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
:licklips:
This. Maybe throw in some white cabbage as well, and some pork sausage.
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What are the brown balls? Some sort of plums?
Quote from: Martinus on December 20, 2012, 06:43:54 AM
What are the brown balls? Some sort of plums?
Potatoes fried in melted sugar and butter. Delicious.
Gonna have a ham and turkey plus whatever other food Western expatriates and liberal Arabs bring to our small group feast.
We are going simple this year. Chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls and deviled eggs.
I anticipate a 2 hour nap afterwards.
But afterwards it's time to open presents and get drunk in good wine and cognac!
Turkey day =.....turkey
Fuck if I know. Whatever's there when I show up at my sister's house that day.
I'm not overly fussed about most of it; the only thing I'll probably enjoy is some nice cheeses and biscuits.
Pizza. :)
If all the pizza places are closed, then Chinese. :)
I know we're having a honey-baked ham. Other that that, Princesca will no doubt make something with bourbon in it (bourbon sweet potatoes, bourbon balls, etc.) There will also be a number of crappy vegetable casseroles (broccoli casserole, green bean casserole) because the people in Princesca's family are obsessed with those. Not sure about the rest.
Duck plus the same as LIEP more or less.
Mine is very none-traditionnal this year & has no real recurring team.
Mini Tourtiere
Chicken Wings
Vietnamese beef skewers
Roast Potatoes
2 Salads
Texas Bar-B-Que, Posole, and Tamales.
Gonna eat the Easter bunny.
Traditional North Italy Christmas Menu:
Smoked Salmon
Tortellini with beef broth
Big plate of assorted boiled meat: cotechino (kind of cooked salami), beef, maybe beef tail, stuffed chicken, cured beef tongue;
Sides of mashed potatoes, spinach, thistles gratin, lentils
Panettone, traditional Christmas cake
L.
Quote from: Pedrito on December 20, 2012, 08:59:38 AM
Traditional North Italy Christmas Menu:
Smoked Salmon
Tortellini with beef broth
Big plate of assorted boiled meat: cotechino (kind of cooked salami), beef, maybe beef tail, stuffed chicken, cured beef tongue;
Sides of mashed potatoes, spinach, thistles gratin, lentils
Panettone, traditional Christmas cake
L.
Finally someone treating the Christmas meal seriously. Which shows why Catholicism is superior. :pope:
Quote from: Valmy on December 20, 2012, 08:38:44 AM
Texas Bar-B-Que, Posole, and Tamales.
Can I: come over. :mmm:
I don't cum where I eat, Mart.
Mom will be serving ham :mellow: I like ham in general, but it always seems like a bullshit way to get out of having a proper turkey. Wife may do a leg of lamb, since that is always a hit.
And we always have the same sides-- mashed potatoes (or scalloped potatoes since we're having ham), green been casserole, blah blah blah blah. All that would be fine by me if I just got my damned turkey.
Quote from: derspiess on December 20, 2012, 10:55:25 AM
Mom will be serving ham :mellow: I like ham in general, but it always seems like a bullshit way to get out of having a proper turkey.
Did you offer to cook it?
I've just realised that it's my sister's mother in law who'll do the cooking and I've no idea if I'll get my pork usuals.
We might end up with duck. Sides will be the same however, tradition, etc.
Christmas Eve will be the traditional kielbasa, which I will attempt to smoke on a gas grill (never done that before). Most likely served with sauerkraut, rye bread, and some sort of potato (may try to do German potato salad).
Christmas dinner will probably be a standing rib roast, which I have done for a few years now. When I was a kid the traditional Christmas dinner as lasagna, but my mom puts so much ricotta in it that I can't eat it. :blush:
I'm doing the bulk of the cooking
Christmas eve (with friends): Keralan fish curry, rice, some vegetable/lentil side dishes
Christmas day (nuclear family only): Roast rib of beef (I hate turkey), bone marrow gravy, roast spuds, carrots, parsnips, red cabbage., yorkshire pud
Boxing day (extended family): Ham (glazed with mustard/sugar), side of salmon, cheese, pate, several salds, bread etc - buffet style
Quote from: Faeelin on December 20, 2012, 10:58:23 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 20, 2012, 10:55:25 AM
Mom will be serving ham :mellow: I like ham in general, but it always seems like a bullshit way to get out of having a proper turkey.
Did you offer to cook it?
:lol: Good one.
Quote from: Faeelin on December 20, 2012, 10:58:23 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 20, 2012, 10:55:25 AM
Mom will be serving ham :mellow: I like ham in general, but it always seems like a bullshit way to get out of having a proper turkey.
Did you offer to cook it?
:lmfao:
Quote from: Martinus on December 20, 2012, 09:01:03 AM
Quote from: Pedrito on December 20, 2012, 08:59:38 AM
Traditional North Italy Christmas Menu:
Smoked Salmon
Tortellini with beef broth
Big plate of assorted boiled meat: cotechino (kind of cooked salami), beef, maybe beef tail, stuffed chicken, cured beef tongue;
Sides of mashed potatoes, spinach, thistles gratin, lentils
Panettone, traditional Christmas cake
L.
Finally someone treating the Christmas meal seriously. Which shows why Catholicism is superior. :pope:
:sleep:
we love to celebrate our holy days in style
projected weight gain at the end of the Christmas season: + 1,5 kilos :blush:
L.
Quote from: Pedrito on December 20, 2012, 08:59:38 AM
Traditional North Italy Christmas Menu:
Smoked Salmon
Tortellini with beef broth
Big plate of assorted boiled meat: cotechino (kind of cooked salami), beef, maybe beef tail, stuffed chicken, cured beef tongue;
Sides of mashed potatoes, spinach, thistles gratin, lentils
Panettone, traditional Christmas cake
L.
:mmm:
Damn, I miss proper Italian cooking. :(
Turkey. All traditional and whatnot.
I'm not sure, my mother-in-law always puts out both ham and turkey and a lot of the traditional American Christmas side dishes, but she also always has a nice prime rib as well and then usually one other meat that tends to vary year to year. We've had fish as the fourth meat but also goose, duck etc as well.
Top Sirloin Roast
Roast beef (for the wife)
Au gratin potatoes
Pulled pork
Wedge salad
Charcuterie
Beer
Wine
Vin methode chapagnoise
Cheese plate
Trifle
Glazed ham, green beans and deep-fried macaroni are the usual fare.
:yes: :licklips:
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I adopt the contrarian position when it comes to holiday meals. For Xmas, I'll have traditional Chinese dim sum. For Chinese new year, I'll go western. It is cheaper that way.
Normally, we'd have a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, but this year we've kind of decided to go with roast beef instead. Despite the lack of turkey, there will be a pumpkin pie, dang it.
Haven't decided what I want to make yet, either Mole or try out some homemade Chili.
Are you cooking all that yourself, Marb? Or are you going to have catered?
Quote from: Jaron on December 21, 2012, 12:47:34 AM
Are you cooking all that yourself, Marb? Or are you going to have catered?
Catered. :blush:
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on December 20, 2012, 11:08:23 AM
Christmas Eve will be the traditional kielbasa
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? :P
Quote from: Martinus on December 21, 2012, 02:38:11 AM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on December 20, 2012, 11:08:23 AM
Christmas Eve will be the traditional kielbasa
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? :P
Dish? :unsure:
Quote from: Martinus on December 20, 2012, 06:37:31 AM
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
:licklips:
My father insists on having a turkey for Christmas, so I'll make one, but it'll be for the New Year.
Quote from: Scipio on December 20, 2012, 10:28:37 PM
Vin methode chapagnoise
Vin méthode champenoise of course. Well, not true champagne obviously but hopefully no as vomit-inducing as other champagne ersatzes.
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.
Quote from: Martinus on December 21, 2012, 02:38:11 AM
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? :P
Because it's packaged as "kielbasa" and there does appear to be a slight difference from the meat packaged as "smoked sausage".
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.
What? What kind of cheese do american usually eat? Can't always be some yellow crap, can it?
Quote from: derspiess on December 21, 2012, 12:36:56 PM
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.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 21, 2012, 01:02:58 PM
What? What kind of cheese do american usually eat?
Cheddar.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 21, 2012, 01:02:58 PM
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...
Monterrey Jack and Colby are popular too.
Quote from: derspiess on December 21, 2012, 12:36:56 PM
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.
Gotta include parmesan, ricotta, mozzarella and maybe provolone if you're being comprehensive.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 21, 2012, 01:23:52 PM
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.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 21, 2012, 01:21:52 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 21, 2012, 12:36:56 PM
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.
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. :)
For breakfast
Swedish rice pudding with cinnamon
For lunch/dinner
Christmas ham
Pickled herring
Potatoes
Sausages
Beetroot salad
Wortbread
Scanian mustard
And I'll be drinking christmas beer from
a brewery in Gotland and the swedish
equivalent for rootbeer (julmust).
Smoked salmon themed starter.
Turkey and ham with all the traditional trimmings.
Christmas sherry trifle and Christmas cake/pudding (not sure yet).
Can't wait :mmm:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 21, 2012, 01:23:52 PM
Gotta include parmesan, ricotta, mozzarella and maybe provolone if you're being comprehensive.
Personally, I like munster, but I wouldn't claim that it's one of the more popular cheeses here. My stepfather used to eat Limberger--man, did that stuff stink.
Grits and eggs. They're probably fixing some other stuff that I won't eat. But maybe pancakes.
We eat breakfast.
Apparently, I am roasting a previously unaccounted-for chicken.
Bet it's news to the chicken, too.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 23, 2012, 07:45:48 PM
Bet it's news to the chicken, too.
I broke it to the bird gently. The good news for him is that no one is smoking him, unlike the pork butt. Which has been cooling its heels in the fridge enrubbed for a day, and starts smoking tomorrow morning at about half-past the ass-crack of dawn.
Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2012, 06:22:14 AM
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. :)
This got put off till tomorrow night or Saturday. I just made the brandy butter. Delicious. :mmm:
Marbas: My wife says your Christmas feast sounds delicious except for the herring salad. I believe her exact words were "gross, what the fuck." I am inclined to agree.
We had:
Beer glazed ham
Mustard greens (Freshly picked that day)
Peas (likewise)
Mashed potatoes (likewise)
Corn
Cornbread
Peach cobbler
Wine
Eggnog
You picked mashed potatoes fresh? :unsure:
Well, I had to cut them up, boil them, and then mash them, but yes. :)
Quote from: Fireblade on December 27, 2012, 10:29:50 PM
Marbas: My wife says your Christmas feast sounds delicious except for the herring salad. I believe her exact words were "gross, what the fuck." I am inclined to agree.
We had:
Beer glazed ham
Mustard greens (Freshly picked that day)
Peas (likewise)
Mashed potatoes (likewise)
Corn
Cornbread
Peach cobbler
Wine
Eggnog
Wow. No wonder you are so fat.
:P
Christmas dinner and pudding: consumed. My meal was a GREAT SUCCESS, especially the pudding. I couldn't keep the damn thing lit long enough to take a nice picture of it, though. :mad:
Also, Princesca refused to sing "Rule, Britannia!" while I was lighting the pudding so I had to pull it up on on YouTube via my tablet PC. :rolleyes:
She should have smacked you.
She thinks it's cute when I do stuff like this. :)
I would have smacked you.
Quote from: Caliga on December 28, 2012, 08:32:53 PM
She thinks it's cute when I do stuff like this. :)
WE clearly know she has problems, i mean she married you in the first place.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 28, 2012, 08:33:30 PM
I would have smacked you.
Next, I would have choked your crippled ass out.
What Cal didn't mention is how the slide to his Glock fell in the pudding.
Hate when that happens. :pinch:
I dont really care for them. Good weapons, just dont like'm
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 28, 2012, 09:33:26 PM
What Cal didn't mention is how the slide to his Glock fell in the pudding.
I don't have a Glock. :sleep: