What food do YOU associate with Christmas?

[biggestmexi]

I know you have Turkey for Thanksgiving, and you expect it.

What about Christmas? What do you expect to see when you go to a dinner?

I would like to think ham but on my end its really not.

Myself, I cant say I have one. Maybe I will try to make a Prime Rib from now on.

[ToiletCrusher]

Standing Prime Rib Roast!!!

and Anise cookies!!!

[yojimbo7248]

fruit cake and mincemeat pie.

[BrooklynKat]

Something about freshly made batches of different kinds of cookies... :wub:

[KingGeno]

Prime Rib ftmfw.

And my annual Christmas Eve Crab and Giant Crab Leg throwdown.

[~Katja~]

x-mas eve we have coffee and Stolle and Pfeffernuesse and other ginger based cookies... for dinner we usually eat something "poor" like potato salad with hot dogs or a fish dish.

X-mas day we usually have a Braten of some sorts for lunch... with potato dumplings, red cabbage and gravy.

[Freakshow]

Standing Prime Rib Roast!!!

and Anise cookies!!!

is that like Pfeffernüsses? nothing says xmas like Pfeffernüssse...

[JPMNICK]

lasagna

[EddieMoscone]

We like to mike up the standard fare by hooking up both smoked and fresh keilbasa. Leftovers are great in an omlette the next day too.

[reillyluck]

Stuffed Flounder.

[GvacMobile]

Pigs in a blanket.

We're white trash.

[DarkHippie]

Chinese food

[ANC]

Stuffed Shells
Stuffed Mushrooms
Strufoli

[ChrisTheCop]

December begins Egg Nog drinking season.
I like mine with a little nutmeg.

I know some people hate this stuff, but I'm answering a question.As far as Christmas dinner, it's turkey; ham is for Easter, sillies. Read your bible.

[ANC]

December begins Egg Nog drinking season.
I like mine with a little nutmeg.

I know some people hate this stuff, but I'm answering a question.As far as Christmas dinner, it's turkey; ham is for Easter, sillies. Read your bible.

Big fan of Eggnog

[pittphantoms]

Christmas Eve is our Slovak Christmas meal...
Bahbalkhi and Pierogies are my two favorite Christmas foods...

We also do fish and mashed potatoes...

Christmas Day is usally home made ravioli

[King Hippos Bandaid]

used to be Chinese Food

but now


X Mas eve, its Fish 18 different types of fishes and sea food served italiano style

in general its Candy Canes and Chestnuts

[drusilla]

horrendous chicken marsala that my sister-in-law's aunt makes EVERY YEAR!

BLECH! i go home hungry every year. i'm the only person i know who barely eats on the holidays.

[RoseBlood]

Christmas Eve was always "seven fishes", so I associate Calamari w/tomato sauce, scallops, scungilli with Christmas Eve.

Another Christmas Eve dish was Deviled Eggs (disgusting) and stuffed mushrooms (yum).

Christmas, I think of antipasto and home made manicotti.

I'm obviously half Italian, but don't hold that against me!!! :unsure:

[Contra]

Antipasto and crown pork roast! Now I'm starvin'

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Christmas Eve was always "seven fishes", so I associate Calamari w/tomato sauce, scallops, scungilli with Christmas Eve.

Another Christmas Eve dish was Deviled Eggs (disgusting) and stuffed mushrooms (yum).

Christmas, I think of antipasto and home made manicotti.

I'm obviously half Italian, but don't hold that against me!!! :unsure:


thats 1/2 more Italian then people who have Italian style podcasts

[KingGeno]

I'm italian and used to do the fishes. It moved to Crab and Giant Snow Crab Leg and other seafood dishes. Fish is great, but I prefer what it has evolved into.

[biggestmexi]

RoseBlood
you = avatar?

[JerseyJew]

A nice bagel with cream cheese and ice cold chocolate milk.

Oh, the farts that follow!

[Thebazile78]

I'm with Katja on the pfeffernusse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffernusse) ... my favorite cookies to make, but my least favorite cookies to eat. (Go figure!)

Anise cookies are very common in world cuisine ... I make springerle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springerle), myself. (Yummy! Although I can't say that I am particularly fond of biting into the crushed anise seeds on the bottoms. I saw a recipe online that calls for anise oil instead, but haven't tried it. Mine works very well as it is!!!)

I have plans to mix up a recipe of Lebkuchen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen) (which I usually treat like gingerbread when I make them) tonight because the dough needs to sit overnight in the fridge or else it turns out too sticky. Baking will happen tomorrow and decorating will happen on Sunday.

As for dinner meals, Christmas doesn't hold a big "must have" in our house, except for the fact that if we went to Grandma's she'd always have these dinner rolls from the bakery in Lodi (I am 30 years old and I STILL don't know the name of the place) which were such a treat for us that it didn't matter what the entree was. I would guess that the entree would most likely be ham (I hate ham) or Grandma's holubki (my favorite) ... but, again, it never mattered what we ate as long as we had those dinner rolls.

[Foster]

Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, fresh Green Beans, maybe some Corn.

along with multiple types of cookies thoughout the day

[Marc with a c]

my mom makes some sort of awful crescent shape cookies.

[jennysmurf]

My Grandma always makes divinity candy, that's what she calls it anyway. It's not Christmas without it. Oh, and she makes this HUGE bowl of chex mix (that she calls nuts and blots--old people these days!)

[Death Metal Moe]

My family's Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are very similar. It's hard to say just one thing is more Christmas than another. I guess a big spiral ham with pineapple on the outside is something that comes right to mind. But we've had that at Thanksgiving sometimes too.

The 2 meals are so close together that I just think of this whole cold time of year and remember good meals with my family fondly.

[brettmojo]

Cookies, Candy Canes.

Those big roasted chickens.

[torker]

Salty tears and grandpa's whiskey flavored kisses.

[RoseBlood]

My Grandma always makes divinity candy, that's what she calls it anyway. It's not Christmas without it. Oh, and she makes this HUGE bowl of chex mix (that she calls nuts and blots--old people these days!)

What's divinity candy?

[SnuggleBug]

Homemade BBQ beef. Simply fantastic. I orgasm everytime I eat it. And this year I've been learning the recipe and making it myself. Can you say multiples????

[razorboy]

Lasagna, like ths one I made for my sister and brother-in-law.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/razorboy_/asdgg.jpg

Only I can't eat it anymore. Stupid lactose intolerance.

[Ogre]

Every Christmas at dinner I ring a bell, stand and scream.....

http://www.danharlow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/hossenfeffer.jpg

Cook, bring me my hossenfeffer!


Then I am reminded that is what we have for Easter :ohmy:.
So I carve up a nice Prime Rib with Fresh Horseradish and Glazed Yams.

[west milly Tom]

Prime Rib, and cocktail shrimp. Two things we have at every Christmas dinner.

[Drunky McBetidont]

christmas eve dinner = chinese take out
christmas dinner = spiral ham

[Death Metal Moe]

What's divinity candy?

It's hard to explain. I didn't know either but when I Googled it and looked at a few pics, I remembered. Just never knew it was called that. Do the quick Google, you'll know too.

[west milly Tom]

It's hard to explain. I didn't know either but when I Googled it and looked at a few pics, I remembered. Just never knew it was called that. Do the quick Google, you'll know too.

I remember that stuff.

[Drunky McBetidont]

What's divinity candy?

it is just like dandy candy except you don't have to be reminded of franklin's racial confusion when you eat it.

[KatPw]

Krusczyki cookies.

[jennysmurf]

What's divinity candy?

It's hard to describe--it's kind of like meringue (I had to look that word up!) but not. It's firmer than a meringue on a pie, but not as firm as the meringue cookie things. It's white, and very sweet. Here's a pic--if you google search "divinity candy" there are all kinds of recipes and such.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ba38RdLJj3HNQM:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2737831660_03530e50fa.jpg%3Fv%3D0





Heavenly...:innocent:

[jennysmurf]

It's hard to explain. I didn't know either but when I Googled it and looked at a few pics, I remembered. Just never knew it was called that. Do the quick Google, you'll know too.

You beat me to it!

[RoseBlood]

It's hard to explain. I didn't know either but when I Googled it and looked at a few pics, I remembered. Just never knew it was called that. Do the quick Google, you'll know too.

Thanks DMM, I think I've seen them at Cracker Barrel but I don't remember ever having them or tasting them growing up.

[happytypinggirl]

mostly hot cocoa. i only drink it around christmas time, and i go all out to make it super fancy with steamed milk, whipped cream, chocolate shavings, the whole shebang.

i worked at williams sonoma for a few christmases and will forever crave their peppermint bark, their pannetone (even though every other pannetone i have ever had sucks, and so i assume theirs is not authentic, but it is delish!!!!!), and their chocolate covered toffee. obscenely priced-- better to just stop in for free samples.

roasted chestnuts, hot toddies. eggnog. champagne cocktails. oh man. so good.

oh and a big christmas breakfast with pannetone french toast cooked and served in pajamas is a must.

[~Katja~]

oh and a big christmas breakfast with pannetone french toast cooked and served in pajamas is a must.

would you like to make me breakfast this year?

[happytypinggirl]

would you like to make me breakfast this year?

would love to! i used to do a big thing at the studio when we decorated the tree and invited everyone to join in, but now i dont have the room for crowds. but i absolutely adore cooking for people at christmas. im not fancy, but i find ways to make it fun and special.

[Death Metal Moe]

hot toddies.

Otherwise known as "T-Bird's" or "Tossy the Salad Shooters."

LINGER LABLLBLLBLAAAAAAA!

[torker]

It's hard to describe--it's kind of like meringue (I had to look that word up!) but not. It's firmer than a meringue on a pie, but not as firm as the meringue cookie things. It's white, and very sweet. Here's a pic--if you google search "divinity candy" there are all kinds of recipes and such.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ba38RdLJj3HNQM:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2737831660_03530e50fa.jpg%3Fv%3D0





Heavenly...:innocent:
I never knew what those were actually called. The best.

[RoseBlood]

Almost forgot, Anisette Biscotti. I don't really like it but it's a must with Italians (Sicilian), so I have a little once a year for tradition. :happy:

[~Katja~]

would love to! i used to do a big thing at the studio when we decorated the tree and invited everyone to join in, but now i dont have the room for crowds. but i absolutely adore cooking for people at christmas. im not fancy, but i find ways to make it fun and special.

wish I would have been there.

Maybe I should make the panetone french toast a tradition in my home.
Lukas is half Peruvian and they eat a lot of panetone...
and he loves hot chocolate...
I think I will do that this year.

[Chip196]

Xmas eve was always fish (bare minimum was Calamari fradiavlo, and Shrimp Scampi)

Xmas morning was toasted Pannetone with butter every year.

Xmas day was lasagna, Roast Beef, and if enough people were coming, a ham.

Growing up I was also told that Santa only liked Biscotti.

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Nothing captures Xmas quite like my dad's Christmas Stollen he made and I have carried on the tradition a few times. I may just have to get motivated to do it again this year.

One year I kept asking the fam what they wanted for Xmas eve dinner and no one would come up with anything so I made deviled eggs, pickled okra, sweet pickles, and shrimp cocktails but it really didn't satisfy anyone so its the running joke every year now of what NOT to fix for Xmas eve.

[RoseBlood]

It's hard to describe--it's kind of like meringue (I had to look that word up!) but not. It's firmer than a meringue on a pie, but not as firm as the meringue cookie things. It's white, and very sweet. Here's a pic--if you google search "divinity candy" there are all kinds of recipes and such.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ba38RdLJj3HNQM:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2737831660_03530e50fa.jpg%3Fv%3D0





Heavenly...:innocent:

Thanks jenny, if it's anything like meringue then I probably won't like it :sad:
But, I like the way they look.

[happytypinggirl]

there is a christmas food i hate.

those awful chocolate covered marzipan three color thingies. ewwwwwwwwww.

green yellow and pink i think?

[led37zep]

My grandmother used to make these amazing cookies she called "Bells" They kind of resembled a bell in their shape but were amazing.
When she passed away my dad and mom both have tried to make them but there is nothing like the original.

Everytime it starts to get close to christmas I think of those cookies.

[Friday]

my aunt's Chicken Kiev

the cannoli's and strufoli from the Italian bakery near where I grew up.
(it's an hour away and I drive all of the pastries another hour or so out to Long Island, but i still make a special trip for christmas because NOTHING will ever be as good...)

[biggestmexi]

Wow. Just reading through the thread and there is A LOT of great sounding food in here.

A lot of different tradition with some being tied by only ethnic background.

To bad we could not just all come together and have a great potluck of some sorts.

It would be one for the ages I say. One for the ages.

[drusilla]

i almost forgot one of my favorite christmas traditions:

http://www.crunchtimepopcorn.com/photos/small/popcorn-tin-3-flavors.jpg

[mendyweiss]

I'm with Katja on the pfeffernusse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffernusse) ... my favorite cookies to make, but my least favorite cookies to eat. (Go figure!)

Anise cookies are very common in world cuisine ... I make springerle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springerle), myself. (Yummy! Although I can't say that I am particularly fond of biting into the crushed anise seeds on the bottoms. I saw a recipe online that calls for anise oil instead, but haven't tried it. Mine works very well as it is!!!)

I have plans to mix up a recipe of Lebkuchen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen) (which I usually treat like gingerbread when I make them) tonight because the dough needs to sit overnight in the fridge or else it turns out too sticky. Baking will happen tomorrow and decorating will happen on Sunday.

As for dinner meals, Christmas doesn't hold a big "must have" in our house, except for the fact that if we went to Grandma's she'd always have these dinner rolls from the bakery in Lodi (I am 30 years old and I STILL don't know the name of the place) which were such a treat for us that it didn't matter what the entree was. I would guess that the entree would most likely be ham (I hate ham) or Grandma's holubki (my favorite) ... but, again, it never mattered what we ate as long as we had those dinner rolls.


You sound like the wife of the century!!!!

What , did your husband hit the lottery and get to marry you ?

[grlNIN]

My mom's cooking was typically stuffed peppers, stuffed shells, some type of fish i never ate. All Italian food, never a turkey on Christmas Day.

My future mother in law cooks all American type of food and Norwegian food (mm krumkage) but in general the variety of food is nothing that i would ever associate with Christmas.

[Chip196]

i almost forgot one of my favorite christmas traditions:

http://www.crunchtimepopcorn.com/photos/small/popcorn-tin-3-flavors.jpg

We weren't allowed to touch them until my father opened it first and pulled the divider out and mixed all the flavors together. So frustrating when you're 8 and only want the carmel corn. Now I do the same thing.

[~Katja~]

I made my friends try Stollen the other day. While it might be mistaken for a fruitcake just based on some ingredients it tastes nothing like it (so I have been told because I never had the most hated cake in the world) Anyway, they were convinced within seconds of the Stollen hitting their taste buds and now all try to buy some.
I have to say I really enjoy baking, however I never attempted Stollen or Pfeffernuesse or Lebkuchen. Makes me a bit sad, cause this year I got almost none of them... just found the Stollen, one bag of Pfeffernuesse at the beginning of December and Lukas ate them within a day...

[KatPw]

We weren't allowed to touch them until my father opened it first and pulled the divider out and mixed all the flavors together. So frustrating when you're 8 and only want the carmel corn. Now I do the same thing.

There is a divider in there for a reason. No mixing :nono:

[west milly Tom]

Figgy Pudding.

[Chip196]

There is a divider in there for a reason. No mixing :nono:

Every Christmas I could not convince him otherwise. Stupid Cheddar Cheese powder got all over the carmel corn.

And now I totally developed a taste for it that way.

[drusilla]

that would bother me to no end. i HATE cheese popcorn!!!!!! i think if when i was a kid & someone took the divider out to mix it up i would just sit there & cry that they ruined my gift.

[Freitag]

You sound like the wife of the century!!!!

What , did your husband hit the lottery and get to marry you ?

ironically its kind of the other way around

[CountryBob]

What does an old Tennessee redneck family eat every Christmas? Homemade Tamales and Enchiladas of course! We have been doing this since i was a kid in the 70's. This time of year turkey and ham have ran its course with my family. Homemade salsa's too!
Hurry up 25th.

[johnniewalker]

Every since I was little there was never a really big meal on christmas. I always think of oyster soup. I really enjoy it.

[MacVittie]

coffee cake in the morning, turkey (occasionally ham) for dinner, and chocolate all month long.

[TooLowBrow]

kids recently dont make gingerbread houses, they make graham cracker and frosting houses.
so christmas for me is acting like the cloverfield monster, chowing down on these little houses

[GreatAmericanZero]

the only time i have a real baked ham is christmas time

and that pisses me off


real baked ham is the most delicious stuff ever! we can't squeeze another few days in the year where we can have REAL ham?

[mendyweiss]

http://www.texemarrs.com/images/rabbi_schneerson.gifthe only time i have a real baked ham is christmas time

and that pisses me off


real baked ham is the most delicious stuff ever! we can't squeeze another few days in the year where we can have REAL ham?


I eat Ham Too !! So Sue Me !!

[FUNKMAN]

egg nog and italian knot cookies

[DiabloSammich]

egg nog and balloon knot cookies



You go, girl.

[Farmer Dave]

Xmas eve at my Mom's has always been lobster and steak. She's changing it up a bit this year w/ prime rib, lobster, and crab legs.

I usually make cornish hens for xmas dinner at home. Now that I think about, that's the only time we eat those little birds and I'm not even sure how it came to be a tradition. I guess it is, I've been doing it for years.

[ecobag2]

Christmas always seemed to be a repeat of Thanksgiving - but maybe a ham instead.

[Cyber Trucker]

Sweet potato pie

[goreds2]

Meat and cheese trays at partys. The holidays seem to be the only time I see them.

[Thebazile78]

You sound like the wife of the century!!!!

What , did your husband hit the lottery and get to marry you ?

Nah, he just went to a Ron and Fez party the same year I did ... and the rest is history. :wink:

[Thebazile78]

I made my friends try Stollen the other day. While it might be mistaken for a fruitcake just based on some ingredients it tastes nothing like it (so I have been told because I never had the most hated cake in the world) Anyway, they were convinced within seconds of the Stollen hitting their taste buds and now all try to buy some.
I have to say I really enjoy baking, however I never attempted Stollen or Pfeffernuesse or Lebkuchen. Makes me a bit sad, cause this year I got almost none of them... just found the Stollen, one bag of Pfeffernuesse at the beginning of December and Lukas ate them within a day...

I've been baking the Lebkuchen, Pfeffernusse and Springerle on my own since 2001 when I got my mother to send me the recipes she used to use when I was little. (I will gladly share the recipes with you if you like. Just PM me.)

That was the year I introduced my Orthodox Jewish roommate (and her boyfriend) to the wonders of Pfeffernusse. He asked me recently if I could send him some ... too bad my oven's not Kosher or I totally would!!!!