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[Ya-ta Boy]

Yeah, yeah. Everyone talks about Christmas dinner and where to find some turkey. Now it's time to talk about breakfast--as your mom told you so many times, the most important meal of the day (well, not on Christmas, no).

This year I'm having a Charleston Breakfast Casserole with Alsatian Christmas Sausage. I've never had Christmas sausage before, but thought, WTH? Why not? It sounds a bit odd, but holds some promise.

I made some up the other day:

500 g ground pork (only W2,000)
1 1/2 t salt
1/8 t ginger
1/4 t nutmeg
1/2 t sugar
1/2 t black pepper
1/4 t cinnamon
1/4 t ground cloves

Mixed the spices and then squished them into the ground pork in a zip lock baggie and kept it in the fridge for a couple of days, giving the bag a squish from time to time.

This morning I took it out, lined a round cake pan with foil and then squished the sausage into a crust lining the bottom and sides of the pan.

I've used the following recipe with other kinds of sausage and it always tastes good. Even half the recipe makes 3 good-sized breakfasts for one person. I make some modifications, but here is the basic recipe.

Breakfast Casserole

12 slices of bacon, fried and crumbled
1/4 c of butter
3 c croutons (bread cubes)
2 c cheddar cheese, crumbled (or any other cheese)
6 eggs
1 3/4 c milk
1 bell pepper (I used some red and green)
1 Tablespoon spicy mustard
salt
pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 165 C
2. Put bread cubes in the bottom of a 9 X 12 baking dish and drizzle with melted butter. Sprinkle the cheese on top.
3. Mix the eggs, milk, bell peppers, mustard, salt and pepper and pour into the pan.
4. Sprinkle the top with crumbled bacon.

Bake 40 minutes.

My pan is smaller, so I made half of the recipe and added some garlic and parsley to the egg mixture. I also made some other changes: I used the sausage for a bottom crust, put in a thin layer of onions, then covered that with sliced potatoes that I had zapped in the mic for a couple of minutes so they will cook faster, covered those with a handful of mushrooms. I saved the bell peppers and put strips on top for a Christmasy look.

For people with toaster ovens, just use smaller pans.

BTW, I know today isn't Christmas, but I know I won't want to cook tomorrow morning since I'll be doing turkey later in the day.

[Mashimaro]

same as every day baby.. cocoa pops!! Breakfast of alpha males

[trinity24651]

That Breakfast Casserole sounds good!!!

[SuperHero]

coffee

blueberry pancakes

coffee

coffee

coffee

and maybe another cup of coffee.

[tzechuk]

Spring rolls, shrimp dumpling thingy, some mandoo thingy.

[JLarter]

Pancakes,bacon,eggs,bagels, croissants, fruit,juice,toast and beer. That's what I'm serving up for breakfast tomorrow for a couple of co-workers. Any hot women are most welcome to join us!!

[Novernae]

I always have Christmas Morning Wife Saver at home. Mmmmmm.... Slices of bread laid in a pan with ham, cheese, onion, and bell peppers, covered in another slice of bread (like a bunch of sandwiches in a pan) all doused in egg (like savory French toast) and sprinkled with crispy rice cereal (Special K) and green onion. It's all made the night before so all the 'wife' has to do is shove it in the oven on Christmas morning so she can get started on the rest of the cooking (hence the name).

This post has made me want it. Thanks! I'll post the recipe when I get it.

We're going to forgo the pseudo Turkey dinner tomorrow as the oven is on the fritz (broiler keeps going on and burning everything ). We'll make a special ravioli instead, which is what we did in 45 degree heat in Argentina when turning the oven on was just a death wish.

[Hyeon Een]

[PimpofKorea]

Heroin and french toast

[Ya-ta Boy]

Just in case anyone was wondering, the Alsatian Christmas Sausage turned out to be pretty darn good. The black pepper gave it a nice kick.

[Novernae]

[Ya-ta Boy]

That wife saver thing sounds nice. I have something similar that calls for leaving it over night. I've only made it once because it calls for planning ahead. As I live in Korea, I find I have an aversion to that.


I made some Ginger Snaps tonight. The taste is fine, but they don't snap. They are chewy, which is also OK, but I was looking forward to the crunchy.

Hope you enjoy the Christmas sausage as much as I do. I might have to change the name so I can eat it more than once a year.

[krats1976]

I was thinking about German pancakes. I'm the only one I'm cooking for, so I can't be bothered with anything more complicated.

Feliz Naviada todos!

[The Hammer]

[Satori]

Lightly oil fried red capsicum, red onion, and tomatoe, which goes on thick brown toast, then a spicey sausage, some primium bacon, and poached egg all go on top of the toast, bit of ketchup and black pepper...