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OT Holiday food
Having just collected Fat Sid the Turkey I wondered what everyone else
has to eat on Christmas Day? We aim to eat at about 1.00p.m. and start by pulling crackers (not biscuits) reading out the pathetic jokes, wearing the paper hats and playing with the little plastic toys etc that come in them. This year the crackers are silver to go with the red tablecloth and silver holly napkin rings I made about 10 years ago. Don't have a Starter (too much to follow), then as 95% of rest of UK, Turkey, with Sage and Onion Stuffing. Sausage meat stuffing, Bread Sauce, Chipolata Sausages, Gravy, Roast Potatoes, Parsnips, Brussels Sprouts and what ever other vegs SIL brings. Oh, and also Cranberry Sauce, but as this is a fairly recent addition in our family (one of these new fangled American ideas!) it usually gets forgotten until halfway through the meal! Then traditional Christmas ('Plum') Pudding. This year very well matured so should be good, with Brandy Sauce and Brandy Butter (some like one, some the other). Then cheese and biscuits for (sorry, Crackers) those with room.. After the meal Tea or Coffee and Mincepies and watch the Queens Speech before presents. Then More tea and Mincepies and Iced Christmas Cake (hope its cooked OK, new recipe!). Then about 7 we somehow eat again - cold turkey, ham, pork pie and salads, followed by lots of fattening desserts! Somehow we also manage to consume chocolates, nuts, dates and alcohol! POP!!! The one year we did have a starter, DS, then about 3, burst into tears 'I thought we were having turkey!!' For the last 27 years he has been reminded of this! Sally |
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After just reading that menu, I'm not going to have to eat for another week
(although some would say I could go much longer than that without any harm!). After years of huge Christmas Day dinners at Grandma's, our family now generally goes to Mom's house and we eat a much smaller meal -- generally soup and sometimes sandwiches. This year we decided a break in tradition was necessary -- we had our gift exchange a week ago, as my brother and his family were moving and wouldn't be here on Christmas Day. Of course, the rest of us still want to get together to celebrate the day, but we (I) didn't think it would feel the same to be at Mom's without the entire family there. So, everyone will come to our house, and our menu will consist of chili, vegetable soup, potato soup, beer bread, and corn bread. Oh, and ice cream sundaes for dessert. -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Sally Swindells" wrote in message ... Having just collected Fat Sid the Turkey I wondered what everyone else has to eat on Christmas Day? We aim to eat at about 1.00p.m. and start by pulling crackers (not biscuits) reading out the pathetic jokes, wearing the paper hats and playing with the little plastic toys etc that come in them. This year the crackers are silver to go with the red tablecloth and silver holly napkin rings I made about 10 years ago. Don't have a Starter (too much to follow), then as 95% of rest of UK, Turkey, with Sage and Onion Stuffing. Sausage meat stuffing, Bread Sauce, Chipolata Sausages, Gravy, Roast Potatoes, Parsnips, Brussels Sprouts and what ever other vegs SIL brings. Oh, and also Cranberry Sauce, but as this is a fairly recent addition in our family (one of these new fangled American ideas!) it usually gets forgotten until halfway through the meal! Then traditional Christmas ('Plum') Pudding. This year very well matured so should be good, with Brandy Sauce and Brandy Butter (some like one, some the other). Then cheese and biscuits for (sorry, Crackers) those with room.. After the meal Tea or Coffee and Mincepies and watch the Queens Speech before presents. Then More tea and Mincepies and Iced Christmas Cake (hope its cooked OK, new recipe!). Then about 7 we somehow eat again - cold turkey, ham, pork pie and salads, followed by lots of fattening desserts! Somehow we also manage to consume chocolates, nuts, dates and alcohol! POP!!! The one year we did have a starter, DS, then about 3, burst into tears 'I thought we were having turkey!!' For the last 27 years he has been reminded of this! Sally |
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Our turkey will be free! When the cashier rang it up the register said it
was .89/lb. DH said the sign on the freezer said .69/lb. The manager went back to the freezer with him and indeed DH was right. The store policy is that if there is a difference the customer gets the product free. DH's favorite vegetable is broccoli, so we will probably have that. (He maintains that he really, really likes it--not only to further differentiate himself from George Bush the elder!) We are also having bread pudding because I had some rolls that were getting stale. I think I will add apples and raisins. Nann "Sally Swindells" wrote in message ... Having just collected Fat Sid the Turkey I wondered what everyone else has to eat on Christmas Day? We aim to eat at about 1.00p.m. and start by pulling crackers (not biscuits) reading out the pathetic jokes, wearing the paper hats and playing with the little plastic toys etc that come in them. This year the crackers are silver to go with the red tablecloth and silver holly napkin rings I made about 10 years ago. Don't have a Starter (too much to follow), then as 95% of rest of UK, Turkey, with Sage and Onion Stuffing. Sausage meat stuffing, Bread Sauce, Chipolata Sausages, Gravy, Roast Potatoes, Parsnips, Brussels Sprouts and what ever other vegs SIL brings. Oh, and also Cranberry Sauce, but as this is a fairly recent addition in our family (one of these new fangled American ideas!) it usually gets forgotten until halfway through the meal! Then traditional Christmas ('Plum') Pudding. This year very well matured so should be good, with Brandy Sauce and Brandy Butter (some like one, some the other). Then cheese and biscuits for (sorry, Crackers) those with room.. After the meal Tea or Coffee and Mincepies and watch the Queens Speech before presents. Then More tea and Mincepies and Iced Christmas Cake (hope its cooked OK, new recipe!). Then about 7 we somehow eat again - cold turkey, ham, pork pie and salads, followed by lots of fattening desserts! Somehow we also manage to consume chocolates, nuts, dates and alcohol! POP!!! The one year we did have a starter, DS, then about 3, burst into tears 'I thought we were having turkey!!' For the last 27 years he has been reminded of this! Sally |
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Sally Swindells wrote:
Having just collected Fat Sid the Turkey I wondered what everyone else has to eat on Christmas Day? We aim to eat at about 1.00p.m. and start by pulling crackers (not biscuits) reading out the pathetic jokes, wearing the paper hats and playing with the little plastic toys etc that come in them. This year the crackers are silver to go with the red tablecloth and silver holly napkin rings I made about 10 years ago. Don't have a Starter (too much to follow), then as 95% of rest of UK, Turkey, with Sage and Onion Stuffing. Sausage meat stuffing, Bread Sauce, Chipolata Sausages, Gravy, Roast Potatoes, Parsnips, Brussels Sprouts and what ever other vegs SIL brings. Oh, and also Cranberry Sauce, but as this is a fairly recent addition in our family (one of these new fangled American ideas!) it usually gets forgotten until halfway through the meal! Then traditional Christmas ('Plum') Pudding. This year very well matured so should be good, with Brandy Sauce and Brandy Butter (some like one, some the other). Then cheese and biscuits for (sorry, Crackers) those with room.. After the meal Tea or Coffee and Mincepies and watch the Queens Speech before presents. Then More tea and Mincepies and Iced Christmas Cake (hope its cooked OK, new recipe!). Then about 7 we somehow eat again - cold turkey, ham, pork pie and salads, followed by lots of fattening desserts! Somehow we also manage to consume chocolates, nuts, dates and alcohol! POP!!! The one year we did have a starter, DS, then about 3, burst into tears 'I thought we were having turkey!!' For the last 27 years he has been reminded of this! Sally We have soup and bread for lunch and dinner somewhere arround six or seven pm. We start with smoked salmon, follow with roast Bambi, roast spuds, carrots and sprouts, and rich gravy. This is followed by traditional Christmas pud and cream (or half fat creme fraiche in my case). My Christmas and New Year 'meat' order is usually along thse lines: Haunch of venison Brace of pheasants Guinnea fowl whole salmon Chunk of boiling ham/gamon kilo or so of cubed venison for casseroles We tend to have different and more luxurious things to eat for Christmas, but not actually eat much more. -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Sally Swindells wrote: Having just collected Fat Sid the Turkey I wondered what everyone else has to eat on Christmas Day? Your menu sounds yummy. We are having 18 for dinner (went up by two yesterday). After catching up with mail and posts here I must go food shopping! Salad - brought by my sister Corn and green chili soup Tangerene sorbet Prime Rib, horseradish sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans Chocolate souffle with raspberry sauce We tested the soup last night and it was yummy. Everythingn else we've made before enough times that we're ok with them. happy Christmas everyone! marcella |
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"Sally Swindells" wrote in message ... Having just collected Fat Sid the Turkey I wondered what everyone else has to eat on Christmas Day? Everyone's menus sound really yummy. This is a whole new Christmas idea for us. My mom made Christmas special for everyone and we always had big family gatherings. Since she passed 3 years ago, I have continued these events. But this year, DB and his kids are going to his significant other's family. Other family and friends have commitments. We were invited to other places, but we decided to do something a little different. I am cooking a good meal on Christmas eve for DH, DD and myself. Cappelleti in chicken broth (the broth is cooking as we speak and it's making me faint with hunger). A big roast chicken and roasted potatoes. Baby Carrots. Fresh bread and some cheesecake for dessert. There will be plenty of leftovers for Christmas day and for the first time in about 15 years, I won't be spending the whole holiday cooking, serving and cleaning up. I love cooking for a large crowd of family and friends and I did it for Thanksgiving and I may be sorry that it will be so quiet on Christmas day, but I don't think so. Cindy |
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I was so shocked that my MIL doesn't make mashed potatoes and gravy or
plain old corn for the holidays that I started bringing that myself. Then I had to pick my battles when I found out there was no fruit salad or rolls or alcohol of any sort, either. So this year we are bringing a brandy apple pie and a squash apple bake. We also are having some terrible stuffing that I won't eat and some overcooked turkey and some sweet potatoes without the marshmallows... MIL is on the South Beach diet and puts everyone else on it too when she cooks. She cuts the sugar and fat (sometimes entirely!), she cuts the carbs, and she cuts the taste. And then she serves it all at noon. Needless to say, our "Christmas Meal" is quite different. We have our own celebration on Christmas Eve and eat the evening meal when it is ready, around 5-7 pm. We have honey ham, mashed potatoes, white gravy, corn, dinner rolls (I like fluffy biscuits, he likes yeast rolls), fruit salad with nuts in whipped cream, french-cut green beans, yams with nuts and tons of marshmallows on top, salad (mixed greens, cucumbers, croutons, crumbled egg, bacon, cheese), and whatever desserts DH decides strike his fancy. We usually have one exotic experimentation food from left field as well, just because it sounds good. Oh, and we have whatever wine or liquor we want to drink with dinner and dessert. Then the little one goes to bed, we stay up until time to go to church (for the midnight service, we have to go by 10:30 if we plan to get a seat at all), and we open presents at 2 in the morning when we get back. We're too impatient to wait until morning, and it is technically Christmas then...Santa comes while we are at church. We're worse than the little one! Ha ha ha... at least we are making it to Christmas now. In the past, we couldn't hold out that long. It has made our lives a lot happier to have our own Christmas celebration on Christmas Eve. And it sure beats MIL's white bean chili she's making for Christmas Eve. -- Firefly ** You can use the sig to net me at ductape if you want to email me. ** People can pass thirty nights in dancing and no one complains about it, but if they watch through a single Christmas night they cough and claim their stomach is upset the next morning. -St. Francis de Sales On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:26:43 +0000 (UTC), Sally Swindells wrote: Having just collected Fat Sid the Turkey I wondered what everyone else has to eat on Christmas Day? We aim to eat at about 1.00p.m. and start by pulling crackers (not biscuits) reading out the pathetic jokes, wearing the paper hats and playing with the little plastic toys etc that come in them. This year the crackers are silver to go with the red tablecloth and silver holly napkin rings I made about 10 years ago. Don't have a Starter (too much to follow), then as 95% of rest of UK, Turkey, with Sage and Onion Stuffing. Sausage meat stuffing, Bread Sauce, Chipolata Sausages, Gravy, Roast Potatoes, Parsnips, Brussels Sprouts and what ever other vegs SIL brings. Oh, and also Cranberry Sauce, but as this is a fairly recent addition in our family (one of these new fangled American ideas!) it usually gets forgotten until halfway through the meal! Then traditional Christmas ('Plum') Pudding. This year very well matured so should be good, with Brandy Sauce and Brandy Butter (some like one, some the other). Then cheese and biscuits for (sorry, Crackers) those with room.. After the meal Tea or Coffee and Mincepies and watch the Queens Speech before presents. Then More tea and Mincepies and Iced Christmas Cake (hope its cooked OK, new recipe!). Then about 7 we somehow eat again - cold turkey, ham, pork pie and salads, followed by lots of fattening desserts! Somehow we also manage to consume chocolates, nuts, dates and alcohol! POP!!! The one year we did have a starter, DS, then about 3, burst into tears 'I thought we were having turkey!!' For the last 27 years he has been reminded of this! Sally |
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After reading everyone else's wonderful menus I am really hungry. G
However we do things a lot differently. For Christmas eve we go to DH's folks. Usually DMiL makes potato salad, chicken salad, fresh orange-coconut ambrosia and there may be assorted pickles/olives and so on. My family does Christmas day. And I mean the whole day........ G although it is getting shorter as we all grow older. We don't have a "meal" it is more of a graze all day thing. In the morning there is nut bread, cookies, juice/milk/etc. Tamales at some point are a must. Sometimes someone fixes eggs, but there may just be deviled eggs depending on how anyone has been//is feeling. At some point sandwich stuff comes out, along with salad maybe. Ambrosia (this is the mandarin orange/ marshmallow/ coconut/nuts/ pineapple/ sour cream and maraschino cherries kind of ambrosia.) Food is eaten when you are hungry. Packages are opened one at a time so everyone can see. Often naps are taken in the midst of things. Packages may be opened over a stretch of a few hours this way. It is a very relaxed and laid back way to do Christmas. And much easier on the cooks. Pati, in Phx. looking forward to the holiday and sharing time with family. |
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I have been reading the post here for some time. I have to say everyone
is so extra nice, trying to help when called upon, It's a place where we can add the extra input without getting put down for speaking out. So anyways, here is our Christmas dinner. We are from the province of Newfoundland in Canada, but currently living in Ontario. For our Christmas dinner we start out by getting a nice big fat gobbler, then we have what we call salt beef (which is beef put in a brine solution and left over time). We buy it in the store in buckets. We let it soak over night then drain again in the morning, put in cold water and cook it for about 3 hours. While it is cooking, we add puddings, a peas pudding, which is split peas put in a pudding bag made from broad cloth, that cook in with the beef utill soft. Then about an hour before we are ready to eat, we add cabbage, carrots, and turnips. Then once that is added and the pot is boiling, we add a molasses pudding and a white one with raisins, (all puddings are in pudding bags). In the last half hour of cooking we add our potatoes. Everything is cooked in one pot. By the time the turkey is ready, we make gravy, mash the peas pudding, take it out off the bag and put in a dish, add a small bit of butter and pepper. We take the rest of the meal from the pot. We are over full when we get from the dinner table. I hope you all enjoy your holidays with family and friends. Happy eating and best of health for the new year. |
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That is very similar to what we do. We open gifts one at a time often
taking food breaks in between. It gives time for the little ones to not get too terribly over-excited and we all truly enjoy the day - all day. We do have a Christmas dinner but try to keep it simple - this year a roast, vegetables and lots of desserts! Bonnie in Missouri http://community.webshots.com/user/bonnied9 delete "removespam" to reply "Pati Cook" wrote in message ink.net... After reading everyone else's wonderful menus I am really hungry. G However we do things a lot differently. For Christmas eve we go to DH's folks. Usually DMiL makes potato salad, chicken salad, fresh orange-coconut ambrosia and there may be assorted pickles/olives and so on. My family does Christmas day. And I mean the whole day........ G although it is getting shorter as we all grow older. We don't have a "meal" it is more of a graze all day thing. In the morning there is nut bread, cookies, juice/milk/etc. Tamales at some point are a must. Sometimes someone fixes eggs, but there may just be deviled eggs depending on how anyone has been//is feeling. At some point sandwich stuff comes out, along with salad maybe. Ambrosia (this is the mandarin orange/ marshmallow/ coconut/nuts/ pineapple/ sour cream and maraschino cherries kind of ambrosia.) Food is eaten when you are hungry. Packages are opened one at a time so everyone can see. Often naps are taken in the midst of things. Packages may be opened over a stretch of a few hours this way. It is a very relaxed and laid back way to do Christmas. And much easier on the cooks. Pati, in Phx. looking forward to the holiday and sharing time with family. |
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