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    What are you having to eat for christmas?

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    • Posts: 8,112 Member
      The unconventional Christmas dinner at our place will be tapas/pesticos. Presunto, choricou, some sheep's cheese we dragged back from vacation in Portugal, Portuguese carrots in garlic vinaigrette, grilled courgette, grilled prawns, baked drumsticks, potato wedges, alioli, homemade mojama, duck proscuitto, padron peppers and bread. Probably a Spanish tortilla as well. Dessert will be dried figs poached in wine served over a yoghurt based frozen parfait.
    • Posts: 436 Member
      We wI'll be visiting family so for sure there will be ham, raw vegetables, green beans, cornbread, sweet potatoes, rolls and probably some kind of cheesy potato. I'm looking forward to the ham, green beans and sweet potatoes.
    • Posts: 69 Member
      Field Roast Celebration Roast, Mashed taters, green beans, broccoil, mushroom gravy.
    • Posts: 3,556 Member
      Christmas Eve: Prime rib not sure on sides yet
      Christmas: Lasagna
    • Posts: 5,585 Member
      Christmas Eve : Traditional Danish Christmas dinner.. of which I will not have any since none of it will be vegan :( so ill just bring whatever i feel like for me
      Christmas Day: All vegan Christmas - Danish pancakes for breakfast & then....not having a tofurky this year because i dont feel like it but lots of mashed potatoes,sage & onion gravy,mac&cheese,lots of stuffing,squash,fresh bread,buns,homemade carrot cake,caramel apple crisp & icecream,candy cane rice dream ice cream sundaes, various snacks & chips
    • Posts: 2,290 Member
      For the main course I know that we're having at least two kinds of Chili, meatballs, usually baked macaroni, homemade crab dip, maybe deviled eggs, & not sure on the rest.

      For dessert we always make dirt dessert, we'll have various cookies, & a Pumpkin Roll that I know of.
    • Posts: 16,769 Member
      Chinese food and movie theater popcorn. What else do Jews eat on Christmas?

      Actually, this year we are invited to spend the day with friends, so we will be having a "real" Christmas dinner...not sure what they are making.
    • Posts: 4,374 Member
      My sister hosts Christmas dinner and it will probably just be tamales and rice. :(

      I'm just looking forward to making myself sick with deserts.
    • Posts: 399 Member
      Wow what a huge response. You guys sure know how to celebrate :) and there are more than a few people I'd love to visit for Christmas to taste all their inspiring dishes.
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      sauerbraten with spatzle and rottkraut
    • Posts: 6 Member
      I am having a load of family for breakfast on Christmas day, we are having:

      melon
      bacon
      lorne sausages
      link sausages
      black pudding
      cinnamon swirls
      pain au chocolate
      smoked salmon
      potato scones
      eggs of some sort
      toast

      For dinner I will go to my mother in law's where she will cook

      Chicken and rice soup
      Turkey
      ham
      roast potatoes
      veg
      desert

      I can't wait.
    • Posts: 56 Member
      I'm out for Christmas DInner so it's 6 courses!
      Duck parfait with sultana bread
      Champagne sorbet
      Mushroom and goat's cheese wellington
      Creme brulee
      Cheese and biscuits
      Coffee and mince pie (though I hate mince pies)

      I'm gonna be sick!
    • Posts: 16
      Actually I don't know yet!
      I'm celebrating christmas with my boyfriends family and they tend to eat veeery oldschool foods (lots of double cream, full fat milk, butter etc) but because I am a vegetarian, we're going to make something special for me. I'm thinking maybe a sweetpotato cinnamon casserole which I personally think sounds heavenly. And then there's a danish tradition of either eating rice porridge (basically milk and rice boiled, topped with cinnamon sugar) or Risalamande which is rice porridge mixed with heavy cream and almonds and vanilla sugar. :neutral_face: I don't really like that though and they make their rice porridge way to thick for my liking, so my mom's come to my rescue by freezing down a portion of her rice porridge (made with semi skimmed milk and water) which I like much better, so I'll have that for dessert.
      As far as chocolate, cookies, and other sorts of treats, I have no idea what I'll dig into! Will be depending on my mood :)
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      Well we're going to see family after all, so who knows. So much for keeping it healthy (I honestly couldn't care less about the main meal at Christmas... I just want dessert and cookies LOL). Still making my chestnut cream Yule log though.
    • Posts: 10,451 Member
      I'll be forced to eat everything.
    • Posts: 3,498 Member
      blueakama wrote: »
      I'm mostly looking forward to trying heston blumenthal pudding with custard.

      The hidden orange one? We've had that for the last couple of years and it is lovely.

      My wife has had the Christmas cake on the go for much of the year, surreptitiously plying it with alcohol when I am out of sight apparently...
    • Posts: 6,666 Member
      Everything.

      Hahaha.

      Seriously though, no idea about Xmas eve or Xmas dinner yet, but Xmas Morning will have glorious Monkeybread... and that's all I need/want.
    • Posts: 631 Member
      Haven't heard this one mentioned yet--Having Tortiere with home made fruit ketchup!
    • Posts: 292 Member
      Prime rib roast, baked sweet potatoes, salad, asparagus, deviled eggs, some kind of cranberry compote (daughter wants something with mandarin oranges and cranberry....trying to find a recipe) and maybe and apple pie.

      Christmas Eve is finger food....cheese and crackers, meatballs, sandwiches.
    • Posts: 224 Member
      edited December 2014
      Christmas Eve / w/ Mom ,Kids and Hubby:
      Stove Top Chicken Cacciatore over Egg Noodles a la Betty Crocker.
      Crusty bread
      Mesclun Salad +/ or Simply Steamed green beans
      Wine
      Mom's Cookies for Dessert.

      Christmas Day w/ Brother in Law:
      Spiral Ham, Potatoes of some sort, corn, peas, biscuits.
      Dessert/ goodies at my Families house:
      Assorted Cookies and pies
      Wine and Other assorted Spirits
      Day after: Alka seltzer and sleeping in.
    • Posts: 76 Member
      ALL THE MEAT!!!!!!!!!!
    • Posts: 177 Member
      turkey, gammon and all the trimmings... and i intend to hit the cheese, biscuits and red wine hard! intending to go for a xmas morning run to minimise some of the damage, but other than that its full steam ahead on eating whatever i want! woohoo
    • Posts: 1,094 Member
      Lasagna Christmas Eve (one of the only traditions my family has) and Ham, Scalloped Potatoes and Asparagus for Christmas. I'm lucky to have a family that doesn't make a big deal out of baking and making massive dinners. So no pies, cookies, etc. I'm in charge of the menu so I can make things "healthier" without people knowing.
    • Posts: 781 Member
      We do finger type foods with my mother-in-law's. I think her husband is smoking wings and ribs (yum!) There will be a veggie platter, chips, and various other munchies. I'm thinking I'll make this awesome cranberry salsa I had at a recent Christmas coffee along with my usual sweets.

      My family is doing a late Christmas this year on the weekend after new years. We haven't planned specifics yet, but we frequently do brunch.
    • Posts: 13,575 Member
      Christmas dinner must be low carb for us. Standing rib roast and sides will be a cheesy baked broccoli and spaghetti squash, roasted brussel sprouts and mashed cauliflower with mushroom gravy.

      I'm still trying to find a low carb dessert that actually tastes like dessert. So far no luck, but tonight I have 3 new recipes to try. <fingers crossed>
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      angelinhell wrote: »
      I'm out for Christmas DInner so it's 6 courses!
      Duck parfait with sultana bread
      Champagne sorbet
      Mushroom and goat's cheese wellington
      Creme brulee
      Cheese and biscuits
      Coffee and mince pie (though I hate mince pies)

      I'm gonna be sick!

      Hold a tick.

      What is duck parfait?
    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      kristen6350 wrote: »
      Lasagna Christmas Eve (one of the only traditions my family has) and Ham, Scalloped Potatoes and Asparagus for Christmas. I'm lucky to have a family that doesn't make a big deal out of baking and making massive dinners. So no pies, cookies, etc. I'm in charge of the menu so I can make things "healthier" without people knowing.

      But, but, but... that's the best part!
    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      Ninkyou wrote: »
      Seriously though, no idea about Xmas eve or Xmas dinner yet, but Xmas Morning will have glorious Monkeybread... and that's all I need/want.

      I do monkeybread on Christmas morning too. It is my favorite part of the day, digging into that goodness while watching the kids open their presents... I will drink a mimosa for you. ;)

    • Posts: 10,740 Member
      Christmas Eve my husband and I are taking my mom out for a late lunch/early dinner at our favorite Asian buffet, it is about 50X nicer than most (beautiful restaurant and huge selection of truly good food, some Japanese & Korean style as well as Chinese)...so I'll have Mongolian BBQ, sushi, and other yummy stuff.

      That night we won't really eat dinner...probably a veggie tray with cheese & crackers and my mom's wonderful PB fudge.

      Christmas Day I have no earthly idea what is on the menu. Probably turkey and crap. We usually go to my stepsister's house and everyone brings various dishes I don't like. My husband and I just eat a bit of the food and whatever we brought (usually something like sesame green beans and deviled eggs).
    • Posts: 185 Member
      edited December 2014
      Spiral-Sliced Honey ham for some, Sauerbraten and Spaetzle for others (yummmmm)....various sides that I have no idea about at the moment, plenty of cookies/fudge/buckeyes, there will be some sort of cheese laying around to munch (brie, good sharp cheddar, or some sort of smoked cheese)...and lots of good beer - store bought and home brewed...and also home brewed hard cider as well.
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