What's For the Holidays?

[pjbear05]

Is there a favorite or special food that says "the holidays", or did so when you were a kid?

 

I mentioned our tradition of homemade kielbasa in Lorraine's cookie recipe thread, but the one constant amongst my extended family was a big box of Sander's candy. Sanders stores in Detroit had soda fountains in them, and sold baked goods and high quality candies and chocolate. The candy was as much a staple in Detroit as Fanny Farmer on the East Coast, Fannie May in Chicago, and See's in CA. Every relatives house we would visit had an open box of Sanders on display.

 

What was-or is-your holiday nom?

[Lorraine]

Used to be ham and kielbasa until I moved out here and couldn't find a decent kielbasa because there are no Polish stores. But I understand that the Ukraine store has a delicious equivalent to a Polish kielbasa.

 

For this Christmas, a friend from our parish very kindly and charitably brought me over a meal this afternoon to pop in the oven on Christmas - ham and potatoes along with fresh green beans. She even baked me a pie and some cookies. How nice is that? :)

 

Typically, I would have something similar for dinner along with an apple pie and vanilla ice cream.

 

My mother was the best cook and baker. One year she even tried to make her own horseradish. I did not inherit her talent, but I try.

[Chicken hawk]

My sister is going all out and getting Prime Rib for our Christmas Dinner.....i would have been happy with Turkey. :musicnote: But im OK with it !

[blueschica]

Used to be ham and kielbasa until I moved out here and couldn't find a decent kielbasa because there are no Polish stores. But I understand that the Ukraine store has a delicious equivalent to a Polish kielbasa.

 

For this Christmas, a friend from our parish very kindly and charitably brought me over a meal this afternoon to pop in the oven on Christmas - ham and potatoes along with fresh green beans. She even baked me a pie and some cookies. How nice is that? :)

 

Typically, I would have something similar for dinner along with an apple pie and vanilla ice cream.

 

My mother was the best cook and baker. One year she even tried to make her own horseradish. I did not inherit her talent, but I try.

 

That sounds delicious! Enjoy! And homemade horseradish sounds delicious!

Edited December 24, 2019 by blueschica

[blueschica]

My sister is going all out and getting Prime Rib for our Christmas Dinner.....i would have been happy with Turkey. :musicnote: But im OK with it !

 

That is what my dad got also! I made lasagna for Christmas eve and we will have roast beef on Christmas day. My dad has always liked to bring home a big meat for Christmas - a ham, or a turkey, or a roast beef. He was young during the Depression and that was a big tradition in his family back then that meant Christmas to them. He went out and got a roast beef this year!

[Derek19]

For, and during the Christmas holidays, I've liked sausage rolls, and eating either a ham, chicken, or turkey dinner, and supper, and with dips, cut up, not cooked vegetables like carrots, celery, broccoli, and cauliflower. If there is a dessert, jello. Edited December 24, 2019 by Derek19

[Alien Girl]

For this Christmas, my husband will attempt Beef Wellington.

[Nova Carmina]

My mother will once again make chili and sopapillas -- my brother refuses to come home if she doesn't make it, and my kids likewise! Delicious.

 

Merry Christmas!

[goose]

My sister is going all out and getting Prime Rib for our Christmas Dinner.....i would have been happy with Turkey. :musicnote: But im OK with it !

I am making a prime rib as well. It's sitting stuffed with garlic waiting for xmas day.

[Lorraine]

Everything we had was absolutely delicious. The ham had a great taste. Even the pumpkin pie had a great taste, and it is not one of my favorites. She rolled her own crust and made the pie with her own family recipe. It didn't taste like the run-of-the-mill pumpkin pies.

 

I also bought (was going to make it, but really am too tired to do much of anything lately) a vanilla pudding cake and we had that as well.

[goose]

Everything we had was absolutely delicious. The ham had a great taste. Even the pumpkin pie had a great taste, and it is not one of my favorites. She rolled her own crust and made the pie with her own family recipe. It didn't taste like the run-of-the-mill pumpkin pies.

 

I also bought (was going to make it, but really am too tired to do much of anything lately) a vanilla pudding cake and we had that as well.

It all sounds delicious!!!

[Fridge]

Couldn't care less, as long as the day goes as quickly as possible.

[pjbear05]

As if yesterday wasn't enough, today we get the last of Karen's online orders. Chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter fudge. I am thoroughly sick of sweets, and am dying for a good greasy burger.

 

Only one holiday food tradition left, and that is Italian on New Year's Eve. Used to be a huge pan of lasagna when we would entertain, but now as it's just Karen and I, I make her Mom's recipe for spaghetti sauce with Italian sausage. Buon appetito.

[Lorraine]

Couldn't care less, as long as the day goes as quickly as possible.

I know how you feel. It's only a day. All this prep and frenzy and it's all over in a flash.

[pjbear05]

My sister is going all out and getting Prime Rib for our Christmas Dinner.....i would have been happy with Turkey. :musicnote: But im OK with it !

 

That is what my dad got also! I made lasagna for Christmas eve and we will have roast beef on Christmas day. My dad has always liked to bring home a big meat for Christmas - a ham, or a turkey, or a roast beef. He was young during the Depression and that was a big tradition in his family back then that meant Christmas to them. He went out and got a roast beef this year!

Reminds me of the massive Christmas parties in Detroit when I worked for Animal Control. It was pot luck and everyone contributed. One of the veterinarians had been with Food Inspection, working the Central Market, knew where to go, and brought ginormus meat. Big whole hams, standing rib roast, leg of lamb, etc. Between that, my kielbasa, and somebody bringing in venison, we ate like royalty.

[Lorraine]

I'm having lasagna tomorrow and here is the recipe I use and am about to begin making:

https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/the_best_lasagn/

 

It's delicious! :)

[goose]

Prime rib!

 

Bone in = happy dogs

[invisible airwave]

Not visiting her this year but I would always look forward to my sister's green bean casserole.

[blackhawkrush]

Borscht with mushrooms and eggs, and a carp, but not that Canadian crap ( too many fish bones to deal with ) My grandmother would buy a live one, let it swim around in the bathtub for a day or so, kill it and have it fresh for us at Christmas time.

[pjbear05]

Borscht with mushrooms and eggs, and a carp, but not that Canadian crap ( too many fish bones to deal with ) My grandmother would buy a live one, let it swim around in the bathtub for a day or so, kill it and have it fresh for us at Christmas time.

There was an open air farmers market in my mother's neighborhood that, due to the ethnicity of the area, was nicknamed the Old Polish Market. Farmers would sell live ducks so the locals could make fresh czarnina (soup with duck's blood, used as a coagulant or binder).

[zepphead]

We are very traditional here on Christmas Day and Boxing Day -

 

roast turkey,

roast ham,

cocktail sausages,

turkey gravy,

mashed potatoes,

roast potatoes,

carrots,

brussel spouts,

peas,

cranberry sauce.

 

Followed by Christmas pudding and brandy custard.

Edited November 26, 2021 by zepphead

[laughedatbytime]

I know what the Patriots' Matthew Nixon won't be having...

 

"I'm not even going to answer your question. I'm going to tell you: We got to get macaroni and cheese off the table. All right, guys? I'm getting on my soap[box]. It's just cheese and noodles. It's not that good. Let's be honest guys. Everybody here is probably a little lactose [intolerant], so it messes up our stomachs. And we have to get it off the table. It's probably one of the most overrated dishes. But my favorite is dressing. I do love dressing. But get macaroni and cheese off the table and it will be a much better Thanksgiving for everybody in the house.

 

"I have never liked macaroni and cheese. You know how they say "Your taste buds change every seven years, you just gotta … every time I try it it's the same thing. It's never going to change. It's never going to get better. All right? I'm almost 30 now. I'm pretty set in my ways, and it's disgusting. Get it off the table. The bathrooms will be less busy and everybody will have a better day. So if you want to have a good Thanksgiving, don't cook macaroni and cheese.

 

"My whole family loves it. My brothers and sisters. My mom cooks it in a big pan—they know not to put it on my plate, or that's fighting words. All right? I'm going to have to fight everybody in the house one by one. And I will wait until they eat their macaroni and cheese, get sluggish, and then I'm going to whoop them."

 

—New England Patriots edge rusher Matthew Judon

[goose]

^^^ :lol:

 

If you do make it, don't experiment

 

 

 

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