Ms.Huxtable Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I'm wondering what food and drinks are in your holiday ritual.Mine:- After Eight Mints- Terry's chocolate orange (there was one in my stocking every year as a kid).- I make a crab and cream cheese mixture, put it in little pastry cups and top it with caviar. Without fail, I eat these until I could puke, every year.- Good ol' turkey dinner.- Captain Morgan's spiced rum with egg nog or mulled apple cider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Christmas morning cheese fondue with lots of Rudisheimer or some ice wine... kills the Christmas eve hangover from the rum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Henkell Trokken and orange juice during the opening of the presentsmy Mom's Christmas cookies (IIRC, they're just balls of ground-up Graham cracker crumbs and evaporated milk [chocolate chips are optional], not baked, just refrigerated; you can also roll them in icing sugar or coconut)my Mom's Christmas cake (torn-up chunks of angel food cake, folded into a mixture of melted chocolate chips and whipped cream, then refrigerated over night)Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 A related question: how do people serve/handle the food at Christmas dinner itself? For a bunch of years when I was younger, we had loads of relatives (my Mom's parents, my Dad's parents, etc.) come to our place for dinner, and my Mom, bless her practical heart, would simply lay out the platters on the kitchen table (we'd eat Christmas dinner in the dining room), and do everything buffet style. The first helping was held up until everyone, plates in hand, was gathered standing in the kitchen for grace to be said, and after that, you were pretty much on your own. No passing of food around the table (except for the wine), help yourself to more when you were done, and so on.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Are you kidding BradM?I can barely handle myself at Christmas dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 There's a reason for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 We always go to the grandparents and have a huge meal where all the family from all over is there then we have a small family one with just brothers mom and such. But Chow Chow is a must! for me at dinner along a variety of cheeses! Besides that there is always lots and lots of rum in the house aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 Like homemade Chow Chow?That's the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 Your darn right! Homemade is the bestest ever! My Grandmother makes the best ever!with lots of chucky veggies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 I would love your Grandmother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 booze chocolates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted December 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 What's chow chow? Sounds like a Chinese food restaurant. Do you have a recipe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Crab legs on Christmas eve has turned into an ongoing event at our place! Followed by two days of Turkey dinners, and two days of leftovers.Think I might rock out my gal's maternity pants this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 HAhaha. Too funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Tortière on Christmas Eve!Homemade chili sauce!Turkey!Ping Pong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 mimosa's for brunch!mind you, they are VERY dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 - I make a crab and cream cheese mixture, put it in little pastry cups and top it with caviar. Without fail, I eat these until I could puke, every year.Can you share the recipe?My holiday gorge usually starts with a bacon and egg breakfast before heading off to my mom's for the all day buffet of cheese, crackers, la vache qui rit, frozen hor d'oeuvres from the oven, chips, nuts, little oranges, chocolate, cold cuts, bread.Then comes the traditional turkey dinner with stuffing, roasted potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, broccoli, green beans, brussel sprouts, carrots and gravy. And Christmas crackers.For desert I'll probably pick up a PC cheese cake of some sort.Lubricate with beer, rum 'n' eggnog, wine and sparkling wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ollie, I'll make the crab and caviar for you on Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Bag of Chips and a Cherry Coke from Father O'Leary after our annual visit to his holiday playroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ollie, I'll make the crab and caviar for you on Friday.Awesome! Yes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) I like to mix a pot of caviar and a can of tuna in with my KD, personally. Good for one's constitution and wards off gout and rickets Edited December 17, 2008 by Guest erah fvgnxg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 On Christmas morning my Mom would normally make her Scotch Meat Tarts. Ground Beef, Cheez Whiz and Onion Soup mix mashed up and put on a torn piece of Wonderbread and cooked in the oven in a muffin pan.Surprisingly tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 deepfried turkey has been in the mix for about 5 years now. the best part is the crispy skin, take a little piece of turkey with the skin and giver a shot of franks or whatever hot sauce you like. it tastes just like a turkey hotwing it is amazing.i love stuffing too, but without the weird stuff. stuffing has to have bacon in it, it should be a pre-requisite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 yum, Tooly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Oh man back home I used to love Deep frying Turkey!!! Its deffinatly the best way to do things, Im thinking about buying a kit out here soon, there great for cooking winger for partys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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