Our friends over at Epicurious.com always have interesting things to stimulate our brains as well as our taste buds. Right now, they’ve got a poll going asking YOU (and me) what we typically eat for our holiday meal.

My beloved steaks are in the running, but take a look at what meal is the front runner. *Wink, wink* it’s one of my favorites, too!

What’s your vote?

Take the poll here.

Oh, and where can you get the most popular items in this poll? Right here of course.

Photo courtesy of Tastespotting.com.

. . . and other things, too!

I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving. I sure did.

We ate ourselves silly on all the traditional Thanksgiving players:  turkey (smoked this year in the trusty SmokinTex), mashed taters, green bean casserole, two kinds of cranberry sauce — the real kind and the kind that comes out shaped like the can, pumpkin pie and so many other amazing things.

Now, it’s Black Friday and it’s time to stock up for the next holiday. It’s only just about 4 weeks away!

Where has my life gone? My youth and my sanity are slipping away. But, dangit, I’m going to eat well while it’s happening.

We’ll have lots of company again for the holidays so I’m taking advantage of the sale they’re having now at the Kansas City Steak Company. When you spend $49.95 or more you get 8 free steakburgers sent to you. I need those. My people are hungry.

ALL THE TIME.

I’ve got to keep a whole bunch of things on hand because when our family is here it feels like you just finished cleaning up one meal and it’s time to start the next. Ayyyy!

I’m ordering some filets, a roast and some hot dogs. With the steakburgers I’ll get, that should get us through. But ya never know.

After that, they’ll have to call the pizza joint down the street. I’ll be tired . . . but I can’t wait!

The holiday season has officially begun and my freezer is about to be well-stocked!

Photo courtesy of the KansasCitySteaks.com.

So, if you’re reading this, chances are you love steak as much as I do.

I kind of always think people love steak as much as I do. It’s usually a good assumption if I know someone is not a vegetarian.

I’ve given people steak as holiday gifts in the past and it’s always a hit. I KNOW I would love to get beautiful steaks as a gift.

Er hmmm, *hint* . . .

And that got me thinking . . .

Santa works so hard at Christmas time. And we always leave him milk and cookies when he comes to our house.

Don’t you think he’s sick of cookies by now? Might he want some protein for the long night’s work ahead of him?

What if he came to our house and saw THIS waiting for him?

After all, he is an adult. And a little wine might loosen him up a bit. Are there laws against guiding a reindeer-driven sleigh after a glass of vino? I’ll have to look that up.

So *IF* I leave this for him this year, what do you think Christmas 2009 will be like for me?

I do believe I will be at the top of the “Good Girl” list. Don’t you?

Photo courtesy of winetastingguy.com.