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« on: December 12, 2009, 12:43:02 PM »
Since we have direrse an international group, wondered what food or foods to look forward to eating at Christmas time. Of course I am aware it might be something you can' t eat now. So I don't mean to torture you with a longing for it. Hope you will share that which makes this time of year a plesant one for ypu, or has in the past. It might a traditional food, or one your family prefered or you.

Mine is green bean casarole. 
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2009, 01:05:46 PM »
My ex-wife was the only one of four children born in America.  Her siblings were all born in Italy.  She turned me on to the Italian tradition of seafood on Christmas eve.  We always tried to have lobster or some sort of crab Christmas eve.
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2009, 01:11:47 PM »
I think my favorite food is my turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Christmas day!!  I also love fruitcake at Christmas time!!!  Yum!!  I am not Italian but the traditional food at our house on Christmas eve when I was growing up was salted dried cod fish, It was always soaked in water before it was cooked and sweet raisin bread.  I often will still have it on Christmas eve.
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2009, 01:25:06 PM »
As a kid we always had boiled (freshly murdered pig) ham in gobs of garlic and cloves.  Then the other dish would be something totally non Christmas (appropriate for the day before a big rich Christmas dinner) like beef stew of chili con carne and cornbread or oysters (I didn't eat them) or shrimp.  One year the big hit was hot dogs and champagne.  (My mom was a little nuts)  But it is the boiled ham I want now.  Maybe I'll try it but nobody here has ever heard of it.  Makes sandwiches for days.  yum... and a little eggnot with Crown Royal and a lot of Manhattans with Crown Royal.  (Guess that part is out this year)

Christmas Day was sort of a repeat of Thanksgiving and not nearly so exciting.  Basical turkey or prime rib.  There was a spanish salad that I really like always server in the same dish.  Still have the dish.  I may go through Christmas recipes.

Oh and sticky pudding for desert.
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2009, 01:41:45 PM »
I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay and a traditional food for us was scalloped oysters. I continued to make it for years, but Carl doesn't care for them and they are too rich for me to eat by myself. Sure miss them though.

Maybe I'll make some while we are in Massachusetts!  :2thumbsup;

I wonder if my SIL likes oysters. He grew up not far from we I did...
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2009, 02:20:40 PM »
For Christmas we would always pick from the hat at Thanksgiving....  We made up different dinners from around the world ... like  Mexican or Spanish or polish or something  and then we would find receipts for that type of food and give it a try.... Some years are better than others.....   but the drinks are always fun.....
 
    This year we picked Australia  and so we will be trying to find receipts for that country....   we don't nor can we get kangaroo.....    so I hope they eat something close to normal......LOL
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2009, 02:26:39 PM »
Turkey and Ham with Roast Potatoes, Carrots and sprouts, followed by Christmas pudding and cream for dinner...

Was NEVER keen on turkey, or Christmas pudding... Mum misses the ham dreadfully!...

So this year we're having a Beef Wellington, and we've a desert of Orange Trifle... The Wellington is in the freezer since this time last year... Yep, it was last year's Christmas Dinner, but as I was on my own, I didn't cook, and put it in the freezer... Spoke to a good chef, and he tells me it'll be fine for this Christmas!...
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2009, 05:45:15 PM »

Christmas Day was always at my grandmother's and she made turkey and potatoes. Since she's been gone we don't have a routine for dinner, trying different things as the kids grew up.
I like to make breakfast on Christmas Day. We have french toast with cinammon/sugar sprinkled on top. Served with warm syrup and melted butter. MMmmm...
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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2009, 06:16:40 PM »
Family tradition is lobster tail and new york strip.  Sounds extravagant, but it goes back to the first year my parents bought our family restaurant.  It's in a seasonal tourist town, so it was closed all winter.  The first winter, we were surviving on what my part time winter job provided for groceries.  When all the family was going to show at our house for the traditional huge dinner we always served, I couldn't figure out how to stretch the budget far enough to cover all the ham and turkey and fixings we were going need.  Dad dug thru the freezers at the restaurant to see what was left at the end of the season.  No ham, no turkey, but plenty of high end items that don't get ordered very often at our family style restaurant.  We threw out the traditional menu and went with what we had!
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« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2009, 10:37:03 PM »
The cocoa/coconut drop cookies.
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2009, 11:30:09 PM »
YES!!!! The green bean casserole, I love it, but no one in my family will eat it but me, however, this year we are haveing 6 people over ( so far ) who are new to my table. Maybe I can convert them!!
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« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2009, 12:15:10 AM »
tyefly, let me reassure you that not many Aussies eat kangaroo for Christmas dinner, even though roo steaks and sausages 'kanga bangers' (true) are becoming quite popular at other times. A very low fat meat.

But at Christmas, the traditional meal for many years has been the roast (baked) dinner of either turkey or chicken with baked vegetables (potatos, pumpkin, sweet potatos, carrots etc) and greens- either peas or beans, smothered in lovely hot gravy. We follow this with a Christmas (plum) pudding, also hot, served with either custard, brandy sauce, cream and icecream or maybe all of them. Other stuff like mince pies, Christmas cake, nuts and so on follow on. This is served in the early afternoon, when the temperature can reach 40 degrees celcius or 104 fahrenheit. Lashings of grog (beer, wine, whisky etc.) have been known to be consumed during the meal. The heat and booze often bring long-held grudges to the fore and a doonybrook can break out!

More recently, many families have turned to seafood. Australian waters are blessed with wonderful seafood. So the Christmas table may be laden with prawns (shrimps), oysters, lobsters, calamari, etc. etc.

So, yeah, I guess you'd regard it as close to normal. To horrify your guests, you could claim that the mince pies, or the stuffing has been made from Koala legs or Kangaroo entails. Best to tell them this after they have eaten.

Whatever you have, I hope it is delicious. And may I wsh you and yours a very Merry Christmas from Australia.
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« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2009, 05:09:59 AM »
My Mum used to get sent a box of marzipan candy at Christmas time and it wasn't available otherwise in Jamaica at that time.  I'd beg for some but just get tiny bites here and there.  Then one year she decided to try making some herself at home.  It was great stuff, even nicer than the bought stuff but not as beautiful to look at.

We used to have traditional British plum pudding with hard cognac flavoured sauce for dessert but I would still prefer a bit of marzipan.
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« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2009, 08:06:27 AM »
I just got the word from my daughter that I can make some scalloped oysters for our holiday dinner!  :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;

My taste buds are going into hyper-drive already!

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« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2009, 08:52:05 PM »
Stollen. It's originally a German Christmas bread, but is spreading over Europe nowadays.
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« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2009, 11:08:44 PM »
Stollen is just delicious!!!
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« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2009, 04:00:05 AM »
This year we are having Roast Pork-loin! I love it!! :cheer:
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« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2009, 05:56:59 AM »
Sliced Turkey Spam and Strawberry Kool Aid
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« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2009, 09:12:33 AM »
Candied sweet potato's
Homemade cornbread stuffing

and Eggnog.  Without booze in it.

Why do they only sell eggnog from Thanksgiving till new years??
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« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2009, 09:21:31 AM »
Quote from: paul.karen on December 14, 2009, 09:12:33 AM
Candied sweet potato's
Homemade cornbread stuffing

and Eggnog.  Without booze in it.

Why do they only sell eggnog from Thanksgiving till new years??

Homemade cornbread stuffing, yum!

Good question about eggnog.  I have often wondered that myself.
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« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2009, 12:34:50 PM »
Candy canes!

And since I live in the south (Arkansas), we usually eat BBQ ribs around Christmas.
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« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2009, 06:52:10 PM »
Gingerbread People. They used to be GingerBrad Men, but, now, inorder to be PC. they are all people. Soooo good when warm out of the oven.
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« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2009, 06:55:01 PM »
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« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2009, 10:31:20 PM »
Ham.  It's the only time of the year I get to eat ham. 
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« Reply #24 on: December 14, 2009, 11:09:15 PM »
Aleta, you are cute and warm, but, do you have frosting on you???
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