CentralTexBBQ Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) Apparently, low priced Prime Rib Roasts and cheap Ham. I am so conflicted as to what to cook for Christmas. I want to do the prime rib of course– never done one– need to. I have a vision of how I want to prepare it, season it, cook it. But, I'm inviting my mom by (my step dad is in icu with COVID) and I know she loves ham. Can't have her spending the day alone. Anyway, I need to make a decision on which is going in the freezer. I suspect it's the beef. Edited December 23, 2021 by CentralTexBBQ philpom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnank76 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Cant you cook both :-) Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnank76 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Ps sorry to hear about your step dad. Hope all goes well. CentralTexBBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKOBBQ Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Ham for Mom means more beef for you later. Hope all goes well with your Step-dad. CentralTexBBQ and Sgtsmokeky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpom Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Do both, your mom can have ham and you can cook the beef! Ham makes wonderful leftovers and freezes very well after cooking it. Just portion it up and you have ham for New Years day black eyed peas, split pea soup, sandwiches, mac and cheese, breakfast and more! Sorry to hear about your step-dad, hope he gets better soon. CentralTexBBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_sqrd Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Sorry to hear about your step-dad and hope he gets better real soon. Nice score on the meat. Why not cook both meats and, since your Mom is alone, take some of the left overs and put together some "to-go" meals she can heat-and-eat. She may not wish to cook meals for herself, especially under the circumstances, and this way she can have a good meal when she wants. CentralTexBBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralTexBBQ Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 Thanks guys, it's just more a matter of 20lbs of meat for 4 people– including myself, wife and son. There's zero possiblitiy of my wife eating the prime rib– even less since it will be cooked to medium / medium rare. And maybe I'm wrong on this but the rib roast is just a meat, I'd prefer not to reheat. If someone has had success doing that, let me know. As @K_sqrd and @philpom mentioned, ham lends itself to leftovers and I certainly will make her a more than healthy take-home-a-sack. They had to put him on the verntilator yesterday but, we're not giving up. Praying feverishly for him Boater, TKOBBQ and philpom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 16 hours ago, CentralTexBBQ said: If someone has had success doing that, let me know. I think I've heard @John Setzler talk about sous vide for just that purpose. Have no experience with that method myself, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adm Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Sorry to hear about your step father. But.....for the beef, cold roast beef sandwiches are a thing of beauty to use up leftovers. Granary bread, arugula and horseradish sauce. That's what I am having later today. CentralTexBBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralTexBBQ Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 Thanks again everyone. @Boater, appreciate the pm you sent. I did decide to go with the ham, and though this is a gross exaggeration, I'm going to say that I burned it up. While it was on, we were called to the hospital and donned all of the paraphernalia to enter the room. I'll resist venting about the way things were handled on the hopsital's end throughout this entire ordeal, but we were able to talk to him, sing a few Christmas hymns, express our love for him and pray with him before leaving. He passed about 11pm Christmas evening. I am grateful, first of all, to have been there to spend the day with my mom so she did not have to exeperience any of it alone. Mostly, we are appreciative that 38 years ago to the date, he attended an early morning Christmas service and understood the Gospel for the first time. He trusted Christ as Lord and Savior. He was a changed man from that date and an extremely tense and fractured relationship between he and myself was healed. We find it so appropraite that the Lord would reward him by calling him home on Christmas as well peace... mike echo, Boater and TKOBBQ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_sqrd Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Very sorry to hear of your stepdad's passing. My thoughts and prayers for you and your family. CentralTexBBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKOBBQ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 @CentralTexBBQsorry to hear about the loss of your Stepdad, thoughts and prayers for you and your family during this time. CentralTexBBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralTexBBQ Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Thanks @K_sqrd and @TKOBBQ, it's starting to sink in more now that NY's Eve is upon us. For the past 20 years we'd always attend a late night Church Service in ushering in the new year. Anyway, vaxed, vaxed and boosted and it made zero difference in this case... Go figure TKOBBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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