Christmas FOOD!

[mouse_chalk]

I know there are like a million Christmas threads already, but I thought that this one doesn't really fit into the others..

What do you eat at Christmas? Christmas Day?

I'm cooking Christmas dinner this year- first time ever! I'm cooking it at my parents, for me, Steve, my mum and dad, and my brother. My mum normally does it and I help but she's working on Christmas Eve so will be in bed for some of the day Christmas Day.

We're having a roast fillet of beef- perhaps a beef Wellington but we aren't sure yet.... And a roast crown of turkey. My brother will have a quorn (veggie meat substitute) roast- I don't agree with the stuff but he likes it. Then we'll have sprouts, peas, carrots, roast potatoes, parsnips, bread sauce and gravy. YUM.

We always have a starter as well. This year we're having blinis, with smoked salmon and cream cheese. But I need to make a vegitarian alternative- any ideas? Steve doesn't like smoked salmon either so he'll have the veggie version too...

Then we ALWAYS have Christmas Pudding, and we always pour brandy over the top and set fire to it. With the lights turned off so we can all go 'ooooh pretty!'


I do also love roast ham at Christmas too.... And pickles. Got to have pickles. And cheese!! We always have cheese and crackers in the evening, with pickles....

And in bewteen that, freshly made coffee with Baileys in..... YUM!


So what's your favourite Christmas food, and what are you having this year?

 

[Raspberry82]

My Christmas favorites are:

- Christmas cake, the real old fashioned kind with dried fruits and hazelnuts made with molasses and bourbon whiskey with melted butter. MMM!

- Our starters were often toasted bagels with spreads and smoked salmon and cheeses with a veggie platter and pickles/olives.

- Roast Beast (beef) with homemade horseradish sauce

- Black forest cake with cherries and kirsch

- Gingersnaps (we always make gingersnaps during the holidays)

- Eggnog - my bf hates it, but I really love eggnog

My bf's family always does a seafood spread for their Christmas dinner along with a prime rib beef roast.

For your brother's vegetarian belini filling, you could make a hot mushroom filling if he likes those

This minus the bacon.. SO yummy!!
http://www.recipezaar.com/Hot-Mushroom-and-Bacon-Dip-27522

Or maybe a vegetarian italian filling with sauted zucchini, tomatoes, spinach, with garlic, onion, mozzorella, marinanra, basil and italian herb. That would be yum!


On Christmas day we always had a special breakfast.. usually pancakes or waffles with sausage and a baked egg dish.

 

[irishbunny]

Quorn is yummy!...Really soft, lovely in lasagne. I'm not much of a meat eater and I'm trying to go vegetarian so for Christmas dinner I just eat the mashed spud, gravy, carrots and roast spuds. I'm a terrible eater and get full really fast so I can never have a big portion, which drives me mad cause I want to lol. My nana is coming to our house for dinner this year so that means everything will be extra yummy, especially whatever dessert we have mmmm...I'm hungry

Later that night we'll gorge on roses,celebrations and chips 'n' dips.


ETA: What exactly is Eggnog?

 

[Raspberry82]

Here's an eggnog recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/eggnog-recipe2/index.html

Made with egg yolks, nutmeg, sometimes a little ground clove, bourbon, sugar, and cream with milk. Very rich.

Irishbunny: what are roses? I'm guessing you're not gorging on the flower? :biggrin2:

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

Unfortunately i am having christmas dinner this year again cause my sisters hubby is back and i am not spending the holidays with him, so i am having my sister and the kids over, along with my mom and dad, and my hubbys parents are suppose to come up but i dont know if they will be here for dinner.



We will be having a ham , potatoes, biscuts, sweet potatoes, a vegtable. Plus before dinner we will have pepperoni and cheese, crackers, chips and dip. Someone else can bring desert,lol.

 

[furryface]

we always go to my folks for Christmas Eve and Day...

the menu this year--

EVE- frozen pizza, cookies, cheese ball/crackers, veggies/dip

Day-Turkey and whatever we can scrounge in the kitchen (it's always been a kind of "there's the kitchen you know how to use it" kinda day)

Brunch will be egg souffle

 

[NZminilops]

Cold leg of ham and roast chicken, sometimes cold beef, potato salad, regular salad, pasta salad, curried eggs, sauteed mushrooms in mushroom sauce. Home grown tomatoes, potatoes, cucumber, spinach and silverbeet. Can't remember what else right now. Oh! fresh buns (bread rolls?) from the bakery.

Then desert of Christmas cake for those who like it (and no one ever does ), brandy snaps with whipped cream, trifle, jelly, fruit, icecream and chocolate mousse.

And beer. Loooots of beer throughout the day .

 

[BethM]

For several years, my family has a "soup" tradition for Christmas dinner. There's always chili, beef vegetable, chicken noodle. Sometimes something that's actually interesting. My aunt gets out all her mismatched coffee cups instead of big bowls. On the side, there's usually a veggie platter, fresh bread, stuff like that. Pie for dessert.

Not usually very fancy, but at least it's not ham. I hate ham. Usually skip Easter with the family because it's always ham. Yuck. (I like thin deli-sliced ham, on a sandwich, but I can't stand a thick slice of it on my plate.) Now that I'm eating less meat, I may skip Christmas, too. Nothing to eat but cold veggies and bread. (I live 3 hours away, so it is not practical for me to bring something. If it was, I'd bring my favoritest soup of all, Portabella Mushroom Bisque.)

 

[Brandy456]

Breakfast will probably be a classic breakfast..

Pancakes, Toast, Eggs, Bacon, Kish, Bagels, Cheese (Cream, block and cottage), Yogurt.

Lunch is our big thing

Turkey, Stuffing, Ham, Corn, String Beans, Tortierre, Gravy, Potatoes.

Probably ALOT of deserts..

Then round 2 at my brothers' aunts house..

:shock:

 

[PepnFluff]

At dad's were having for breakfast

Craissoints
Berries
Yoghurt
Pancakes
Salmon
Danish Pastry's
Dad's delicious scrambled eggs
bacon

Then for Lunch
Crayfish, salmon, mussels and all that icky stuff
Salads, COLD HAM!!!!!!:bunnydance:
brandy snaps, Pavlova
trifle , bbqed meats
fresh bread

At dinner at mum's I have no idea lol

 

[Luv-bunniz]

Breakfast - What ever is in the cupboard probably croissants or porridge/oat meal then straight on to prepare xmas lunch

Starter - Something with salmon, my nan bought a whole samon and told me I had to prepare it then she will cook it.

Lunch - Roast turkey, roasted potatoes, carrots, peas, pigs in blankets, brussel sprouts, parsnips, mashed potatoes, quorn or something similar, yorkshire puddings umm...and what ever else we feel like lol.

Dessert - Brandy snaps (maybe), christmas pudding (I so hope we set fire to it this year, I think we will), trifle, ice cream, toffee pavalova and rocky road cheescake.

Then party food for tea.

 

[Brandy456]

I'm on everyones desert menu

Woohoo.

 

[Luv-bunniz]

:laughsmiley:



Brandy456 wrote:

I'm on everyones desert menu

Woohoo.

 

[Brandy456]

anic:

 

[slavetoabunny]

We will be going to the 95 Cordova Restaurant at the historic Santa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine. Here is what we will be eating (scroll almost to the bottom and look for Christmas Grand Buffet):

http://www.95cordova.com/95cordova/events.asp

We went last year and it was to die for.

 

[BlueGiants]

Christmas is a bigholiday in our family.

Christmas Eve will be at my In-laws - all Italian dishes: Start with a huge platter of Antipasto (salami, peppers, marinated mushrooms, anchovies (YUCK! JMHO...), cheeses, crackers). Then a large tray of lasagna, ham, sauce, Italian string-beans, carrots and celery, garlic bread and a couple of bottles of good wine. Dessert will be homemade apple pie, cannoli's and a Jelly roll. (Then off to midnight mass.)

Christmas Brunch (at my house) will be croissants, omelets (mushroom/onions, peppers, cheese, etc.), (turkey) bacon, homemade jams, pancakes and coffee/tea.

Christmas Dinner is back at the In-laws and will be all Swedish: Swedish meatballs, stuffedcabbage leaves, herbed potatoes, pickled herring (Another YUCK... LOL! JMHO), and fish. Dessert will be Santa Lucia cake (likea fruit cake with rum!!!), pepper-cocker (Swedish ginger snap cookies), and Swedish cinnamon buns. All washed down with my sister in law's huge pot ofglog: a warm Swedish drink with rum and brandy...

And then I will have to stop eating for 3-4 days cause I won't have any room left!

 

[kirst3buns]

OK, here's our weird family traditional Christmas Eve dinner. We usually have an early (4 p.m.) dinner and then go to an evening Christmas service.

Matzoh Ball Soup, Blintzes, spinach souffle, twice baked potatoes, salad and ham

Dessert - usually several but one is a birthday cake for Jesus.

This is obviously a combination of a variety of traditions for our family, including my MIL's Jewish traditions.

Christmas morning I always make some kind of fattening thing like Monkey Bread or cinnamon streusel coffee cake.

Christmas Day dinner for my dad's side of the family is usually a beef roast with yorkshire pudding, sweet potatoes and another vegetable.


And I remember havingsome of thosewonderful Swedish things too when I was younger and my grandmother was still alive (except for the pickled herring - I totally agree-YUCK!).

 

[mouse_chalk]

Aaaah, I LOVE reading about everyone's different Christmas meals!

Cathy, the Italian theme sounds delicious.... except for the anchovies, I am with you on those!

'A ham' is SUCH a Christmassy thing to me.... We rarely have one as well, but yet I love it so much, and it always makes me think Christmas... I might yet make a glazed ham and take it up to Steve's mum's- she can't cook much at the moment due to joint problems with her wrists so I thought it might be nice somehow.... Not sure though... :?

We never eat breakfast on Christmas Day... it fills us up too much! We drink cups of tea and then at about midday we have something nibbly like crisps, olives etc and then start drinking :embarrassed:


This year I'm making the starter for 3pm and the rest for 3.30... I hope! :?

Our final dinner list is fillet of beef, along with either duck breast, or turkey crown, with roast parsnips, potatoes, brussels sprouts, peas, carrots, bread sauce, cranberry sauce, yorkshire puddings, and gravy. All made by moi! AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHH!!! anic:anic:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

What are brandy snaps?

 

[Brandy456]

^ Either biscotti like cookies or chocolate..