So this Christmas thing is staring us right in the face Sunday Night Football Open Thread.

Greetings festive Festive-makers!

It’s your old friend and food guy, yeah right here giving our own Scotchy a much needed holiday respite.

There are some rumours floating about something with a high speed chase, Canadian Royal Mounted Police and DNA evidence but I’m gonna assume it was over imbibing in the Ol’ Holiday Eggnog that leads to my being here rather than our esteemed Northern Ontario brethren.

So how the fuck are you all?

Finished with your holiday shopping? What the fuck are you waiting for? Christmas?

Here in the right house, shit is purchased and we’re ready to get festive like a motherfucker. I’m making a boneless New York strip roast along with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and bourbon, caramel carrots for Christmas Day.

Bourbon, it’s what’s for dinner!

Quick note on the banner image, that’s my world famous mac and cheese that I made last Wednesday for our potluck gathering at work. If you notice the size of it, well yeah, that’s a goddamn beast. I basically quadrupled my regular recipe to feed the whole damn building.

That particular batch of mac and cheese goes as follows.

2 pounds elbow macaroni

5 cups of heavy cream

1 stick (8 tablespoons) of butter

1/2 cup of flour

12 ounces of grated red wax gouda cheese

12 oz grated gruyere cheese

12 oz grated aged extra sharp cheddar

1 1/2 cup of panko breadcrumbs

4 more tablespoons of butter

1/2 tablespoon of salt

1/2 tablespoon of black pepper

1/2 teaspoon of NUTMEG!

Some grated parmigiano reggiano.

Melt the stick of butter, add the flour and make a roux. Add the heavy cream and make a damn bechamel. When thickened slightly start adding handfuls of the gouda and gruyere and over a medium heat make a cheese sauce.

Boil the noodles to the packages instructions.

Get a disposable big ass aluminum pan and dump the noodles in. Pour the cheese sauce over and stir to combine.

Edit: now layer the shredded aged cheddar over the top.

Put the panko breadcrumbs into a pan and add the 4 remaining tablespoons of butter. When the butter has melted, cover the mac and cheese mixture with the buttered breadcrumbs.

Grate the parmigiano reggiano over everything.

Cook in a 375 oven for 45 minutes or until browned and bubbly.

Serve and exalt in the accolades.

TO THE GAME!

KC Chiefs vs. Chicago Bears

Kansas City takes a 10-4 record into a slightly balmy (52 and light breeze) Chicago to face the 7-7 Bears. KC is riding the Maholmes Magic and some Mighty Momentum into this meeting.

Here’s the betting info care of CBSSports.

Bears vs. Chiefs spread: Chiefs -7
Bears vs. Chiefs over-under: 44.5 points
Bears vs. Chiefs money line: Chiefs -241, Bears +196
KC: Four straight victories after losing four of six games
CHI: Three-game winning streak snapped in Week 15 against Green Bay

KC looks poised to keep on rolling and the Bears are just playing out the string since the NFC playoff teams are now basically clinched.

Which means…

SKOL MOTHERFUCKERS!

Look for Maholmes to keep rolling and I’m expecting a somewhat lackluster appearance by the Bears.

Let’s watch and find out shall we?

Get after it in the comments, yo!