What are you having for the main Xmas meal?

[viper37]

Ok, we have had threads like this before, but that's not the reason not to make another one.

Whatever the main Xmas meal is in your culture/tradition/family, what are you going to have for it this year?

I'm having my parents over this year for the first time (since they are leaving for vacation on the next day and do not want to cook) for the Xmas eve, so I'm having:

- clear borshtsh with uszka (little mushroom-filled pierogi)
- fried pike-perch
- "Greek fish" (fried fish laid under layers of fried shreded carrots, onions, root celery and leek)
- eggs stuffed with salmon and mushrooms
- herring salad
- meat-less bigos (a stew of cabbage and mushrooms)
- lazanki (a type of pasta) with cabbage with mushrooms
- makowiec (poppy seed cake)
- keks (fruit cake with nuts and spices)
- dried plum compote
- wine
- eggnog

My father insists on having a turkey for Christmas, so I'll make one, but it'll be for the New Year.

[Duque de Bragança]

Vin methode chapagnoise

Vin méthode champenoise of course. Well, not true champagne obviously but hopefully no as vomit-inducing as other champagne ersatzes.

[Brazen]

Gin and tonic.

Smoked salmon and venison pates with brown bread toast and side salad.

Wine.

Turkey crown with stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, roast parsnips, carrots, peas and gravy.

Tarte au citron or cheese board.

Cup of tea, burp, Doctor Who, nap, walk home from Dad's.

[Eddie Teach]

Uhm. That's not a Polish tradition (since Poles do not eat meat on Christmas Eve) so why use a Polish term for the dish?

Because it's packaged as "kielbasa" and there does appear to be a slight difference from the meat packaged as "smoked sausage".

[derspiess]

We were originally going to have a food day this week in my department here at work but that quickly escalated into a Food Week.  I brought in a baked brie with black raspberry preserves, and covered by a puff pastry.

Turns out that just one other person in my department has had brie before.  I knew this group didn't get out enough, but FFS.

[Grey Fox]

What? What kind of cheese do american usually eat? Can't always be some yellow crap, can it?

[The Brain]

Turns out that just one other person in my department has had brie before.  I knew this group didn't get out enough, but FFS.

Wow.

[Eddie Teach]

What? What kind of cheese do american usually eat?

Cheddar.

[derspiess]

What? What kind of cheese do american usually eat? Can't always be some yellow crap, can it?

American.  Cheddar.  Sometimes Swiss (emmentaler) if they're adventurous.  Oh, and Pepper Jack because it's spicy...

[MadImmortalMan]

Monterrey Jack and Colby are popular too.

[CountDeMoney]

Turns out that just one other person in my department has had brie before.  I knew this group didn't get out enough, but FFS.

Dude, look where you live.  The only brie those Cincitucky mouthbreathers are familiar with think it's last name is Olsen.

[Eddie Teach]

Gotta include parmesan, ricotta, mozzarella and maybe provolone if you're being comprehensive.

[derspiess]

Gotta include parmesan, ricotta, mozzarella and maybe provolone if you're being comprehensive.

Yeah, but mostly in recipes.  And in those cases it seems like the number of different cheeses used excites people more than the cheese itself.

[derspiess]

Turns out that just one other person in my department has had brie before.  I knew this group didn't get out enough, but FFS.

Dude, look where you live.  The only brie those Cincitucky mouthbreathers are familiar with think it's last name is Olsen.

True.  You should've seen my uber-provincial sister in law when the wife brought it to a family gathering a few years back.

[Caliga]

Christmas dinner for me and Princesca: planned.

Main course:

turkey
sage and onion stuffing
roast potatoes
roasted sprouts
bread sauce

Dessert:

Christmas pudding
brandy butter

We'll have the usual shit at her family's house... this is just for us, probably the next night.  I'll probably make it all since she has to work that day and I don't.