Christmas food... Yum

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

Christmas Day is our big feast, for us at least. And whether you eat on Christmas Eve or Day, what do you eat?

For us its...

1. Swedish Meatballs
2. Honey Ham
3. Mashed Potatoes
4. Green Beans
5. Jello Salad (Green Jello, Cabbage, Whip Cream, Pinapple)

And then random stuff we add in!

This year for dessert we are going to try this gorgeous cake we found in the special edition Southern Living we just got.

[Billy Battles]

Jello Salad is not something I would try

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

It's Extremely good...

[JOHNOR]

jello salad scares the life out of me! is it just a bowl of jelly with cabbage, pineapples and whip cream on top?

[JOHNOR]

the ultimate christmas dinner for me would be:

prawn cocktail

turkey
stuffing
cranberry sauce and bread sauce
roast potatoes
mashed potatoes
carrot & turnip
cauliflower cheese
baked leeks
green beans
yorkshire pudding
gravy

treacle pudding
custard

bottle of rose wine

[Sunshine73]

Christmas food is the best!!

In our family, the traditional feast varies very little from year to year. We always have:

Turkey
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Candied Yams
Green bean casserole
Baked Beans
Escalloped corn
Burn and serve rolls
A veggie tray with dip
Cranberry sauce

and for dessert:
Pumpkin pie, chocolate cream pie, banana pie and usually a fruit pie of some kind (apple, cherry, etc.) We're all about the pies on Christmas!

[scooterbugs25]

Christmas Eve is always finger foods.

Christmas day is:

Baked Ham
Taters
Gravy
Corn
Green bean casserole
sweet tater casserole.
Deviled Eggs
Creamed chicken stuffing
Rolls
Chicken noodles.
Broccoli cheese
Cranberry pudding.

ALOT Of yummy desserts after wards.

We eat about 2 pm.



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[Jinglebelle]

jello salad scares the life out of me! is it just a bowl of jelly with cabbage, pineapples and whip cream on top?

Ewww! That scares me too! YICK!!

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

jello salad scares the life out of me! is it just a bowl of jelly with cabbage, pineapples and whip cream on top?

Nope...

You mix up jello and then once it starts to firm up, you add the shredded cabbage - Stir - Pineapple - Stir - and Marshmallows. Pour half of it into a mold and to the rest of it add whip cream and fold in. After letting the first layer firm up a little, you add the second layer and keep it in the fridge 'til firm!

[Billy Battles]

No still don't want any, but hey if you like it more power to you.

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

Ewww! That scares me too! YICK!!

Guess it's a scandinavian thing...

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

Last year we had, what i call a Swedish Canoli, for dessert, it's actually called Krumkake
(K-r-oom-Ka-K)...

Lemme see if i gots a pic.

looking...

looking...

hmm...

AH HA!

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[JOHNOR]

what the?!!!!!!!

[dvdguy]

whats in that? Strawberries?

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

Yesh... It's strawberries. The filling is whip cream which you pipe in. You can add any fruit or my fave, chocolate... yum...

[Holiday]

Looks DELICIOUS!!!!

[haagarr]

My grandma used to make the most tastiest swedish meatballs. That swedish canoli sounds great I am swedish.

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

yeah, If you take the northern-ish part of europe and mix it together, you have me!

[JOHNOR]

i love christmas food, i always eat way more than i should!

i have a party for the kids in my family a week before christmas and we have a buffet full of:

pizza
crisps
dips
ham sandwiches
mini scotch eggs
chicken drumsticks
king prawns
sausage rolls
samosas
chicken curry and rice
chocolate cake
cookies
sweets/candies

i am so hungry now!

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

Yumm... sounds soooooo good.

[JOHNOR]

oooohhhh!!!! good idea, i will try that! lol

[kelly ann]

ALL THIS TALK OF FOOD IS MAKING ME HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!:hello:

[JOHNOR]

i really want to try egg nog this year but don't know whereabouts in the uk i could get it from, does anyone know where sells it?

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

No clue... I've never been outside of North America, So I am of no hope. Maybe around Mid-November, you should start looking in stores. It probobly isn't on shelves yet.

[Sifreynir]

i really want to try egg nog this year but don't know whereabouts in the uk i could get it from, does anyone know where sells it?


is advocaat not the same thing? We used to buy my Grandad a bottle every year. One year after I had left home he told me he hated the stuff but accepted it graciously lol

We normally have:

Yorkshire Puddings with gravy to start = Yorkshire does it proper way tha knows ;)

Creamy, Lemon & Pancetta Turkey
Roast Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Roast Parsnips
Savoy Cabbage
Sprouts
Carrots
Gravy

Then if anyone can move after that, and if I have cooked properly then they will have to wait at least 2 hours to eat anything else - I have a selection of chocolate cake, trifle, christmas cake and mince pies.
A selection of soft drinks, white wine (tho I am liking Ernst and Gallos White Grenache at the moment) Ale and Moniacks mead!

Going to have to look for an alternative stuffing for the turkey this year as mum is allergic to dairy :(

[christmas87]

I am cuban and pr so for christmas dinner we eat pork,rice and beans and some other spanish food i cant really spell.

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

is advocaat not the same thing? We used to buy my Grandad a bottle every year. One year after I had left home he told me he hated the stuff but accepted it graciously lol

We normally have:

Yorkshire Puddings with gravy to start = Yorkshire does it proper way tha knows ;)

Creamy, Lemon & Pancetta Turkey
Roast Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Roast Parsnips
Savoy Cabbage
Sprouts
Carrots
Gravy

Then if anyone can move after that, and if I have cooked properly then they will have to wait at least 2 hours to eat anything else - I have a selection of chocolate cake, trifle, christmas cake and mince pies.
A selection of soft drinks, white wine (tho I am liking Ernst and Gallos White Grenache at the moment) Ale and Moniacks mead!

Going to have to look for an alternative stuffing for the turkey this year as mum is allergic to dairy :(

mmm... cabbage... I love cabbage...

[whychristmas]

I love cabbage and jello salad sounds rather tempting!

Yeah, I think eggnog is the same as advocaat (or at least a close cousin!). I think the main difference is that you can't have advocaat without the booze in it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocaat

I've found a recipe here, nothing you get get from Tesco or somewhere JOHNOR: http://thefoody.com/drinks/eggnog.html

My Christmas food is normally something like:

Don't generally have a starter, leaves more room for pudding ;-)

Turkey & Gammon (ham)
Stuffing
Little Sausauges
A bit of bacon perhaps...
Roast Pototoes
Roast Parsnips
Carrots (from the garden hopefully!)
Peas
Green/runner beans (frozen but grown in the garden during the summer)
Sprouts (yum yum yum, I love em!)
Cabbage
Gravy
Cranberry sauce (oh and in cold turkey sandwiches, ummmmmm)

Christmas pudding
Ice cream
Custard

If you want a 'alt' Christmas pudd, someimes we make a 'sponge pudding' and stick mincemeat and maple syrup (imported from vermont ;-) into the mixture. Very Christmassy but quite light.

Dad also always hopes that he gets given a box of 'after eight' mints early in the morning (do you have them in the USA? they're after dinner mints), cos as long as he opens them after eight (am) he can have some (cos it's after eight right?!)

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

I love hearing about other countries traditions!

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

...Dad also always hopes that he gets given a box of 'after eight' mints early in the morning (do you have them in the USA? they're after dinner mints), cos as long as he opens them after eight (am) he can have some (cos it's after eight right?!)

I believe i've heard of those

[thechristmasnut]

Christmas Dinner at our house:

Honey Baked Ham
Candied Yams
Cheesey Potatoe Casserole
Green Bean Casserole
Scalloped Corn
Deviled Eggs
Rolls

And LOTS of dessert.... usually cheesecake, cookies, oreo pie and dutch apple pie.

[Luludou]

Well we have tourtière (patato & meat pie), beets, homemade tomato ketchup, gravy, green salad, vegetable soup and for desert usually a cake and some homemade chocolate cookies (my mom makes these)

[Billy Battles]

Jello Salad (Green Jello, Cabbage, Whip Cream, Pinapple)



Still sounds disgusting

[Mumof2]

In our house its the north meets the south..im from Mass hubby is from Louisiana so we mix the two....Ham-sometimes a Turducken-roasted\mashed potatoes-Grilled Asparagus-rolls-corn-peas-rice dressing-pecan\apple pie-cool whip-cookies-candy-

[ReineV]

What do we eat for Christmas? It's more of a question of what DON'T we eat! LOL
My mom was born and raised in upstate New York, but her former mother-in-law helped her fuse her northern-bred cooking with southern cooking. And in the 35 years that my mom has lived in the south, she's just studied the people around her.

One 10-12lb fried turkey
One 10-12lb roasted turkey
One ham
Garlic mashed potatoes
(homemade) Gravy
collard greens
green beans
dressing
yams
macaroni & cheese casserole
cranberry sauce
cabbage

Dessert:
Butter pound cake
sweet potato pie
pumpkin pie
apple pie
peach cobbler

No exaggerations. My family can put away some food! We never have enough room to put all the bowls/plates of food out. We have to circulate throughout the whole dining room/living room and kitchen filling our plates up. I keep joking that we're going to have to set up food in the bedrooms! My mom cooks EVERYTHING except the fried turkey, cabbage and two of the desserts. She only cooks on holidays and thankfully, we only eat like this at Christmas and Thanksgiving. We all throw caution to the wind and don our stretchy pants.

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

Still sounds disgusting

Okay, it may sound, this so called "disgusting" but in reality, you are seriously deranged...
jk, but really? I love it. It tastes soooo good. This year, i will write down the recipie, post it here, and you'll just HAVE to try it.
It's AMAZING.
Trust me.

[VeryWelshXmasLover]

mmm, christmas food.

Firstly, on the topic of this jello/cabbage salad thingy. Totally not my cup of tea and wouldn't try it, but hey, if you like it, thats all that matters :) x

For us, Christmas Day food is always:

Turkey
Cranberry Sauce and Bread Sauce
Boiled Potato and Roast Potato
Sprouts
Carrots
Peas
Mini Sausages wrapped in bacon
Stuffing
Parsnips (mashed with butter and a little cream)
Cabbage

Desert we have a choice of a chololate-y pudding or Christmas Pud :) (I always go for the Chocolate option lol)

[Holiday]

It took me YEARS & I mean YEARS to try the "cabbage/jello thingy"! It always manages to make it's way to at least 1 Christmas party every year & I would always turn my nose. But I did break down & try it a couple years ago after hearing so many times "you should try it, it's goooood!" & I was pleasantly surprised. It actually is pretty good...strange as it may sound!! :grin: I will eat it again.

[trackrebel]

What do we eat for Christmas? It's more of a question of what DON'T we eat! LOL
My mom was born and raised in upstate New York, but her former mother-in-law helped her fuse her northern-bred cooking with southern cooking. And in the 35 years that my mom has lived in the south, she's just studied the people around her.

One 10-12lb fried turkey
One 10-12lb roasted turkey
One ham
Garlic mashed potatoes
(homemade) Gravy
collard greens
green beans
dressing
yams
macaroni & cheese casserole
cranberry sauce
cabbage

Dessert:
Butter pound cake
sweet potato pie
pumpkin pie
apple pie
peach cobbler

No exaggerations. My family can put away some food! We never have enough room to put all the bowls/plates of food out. We have to circulate throughout the whole dining room/living room and kitchen filling our plates up. I keep joking that we're going to have to set up food in the bedrooms! My mom cooks EVERYTHING except the fried turkey, cabbage and two of the desserts. She only cooks on holidays and thankfully, we only eat like this at Christmas and Thanksgiving. We all throw caution to the wind and don our stretchy pants.

my mouth is watering right now.....that sounds so so yummie

[SparkleNana]

What would happen if we tried for one Christmas -- to just give the children gifts -- and have the adults' job to bring food for the feast. Those who didn't cook, could bring fabulous things they had bought!! And the purpose would be (1) to watch the children go crazy with fun and (*2) set up buffets of food (like ReineV) - eat. Rest - jn a stupor. (Watch football or Christmas movies.) Watch the children play. A few hours later - eat! Go into a stupor again. Actually - it would be a lot of fun for me!

[Christmas Snow Angel]

Christmas eve it's generally finger foods.

Christmas Day

Spiral Cut Ham
Broccoli Casserole
Green Bean and garlic Casserole
Baked Mac and Cheese
Mashed Potatoes
and basically what everyone else shows up with...

This is at my husbands families dinner...they love their CARBS LOL.

[Courtney]

Ham (maybe Maple glazed this year!)
Mashed Potatoes
Bean Salad and/or baked beans
Some veggie
Rolls
Pumpkin Pie
Mincemeat Pie (maybe)
Cherry Pie
Spice Cake or Red Velvet Cake

This menu is subject to change. :P

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I like cabbage - but not in jello. We put fruit in our jello, Cool Whip, and sprinkle with nuts!

We have a traditional, southern Thanksgiving/Christmas meal.
At our house:

roast turkey
ham

green bean casserole
potato casserole
corn casserole

Homemade rolls with loads of butter!

jello salad - minus the cabbage
green salad with dressings of choice (Ranch, Thousand Island, Balsamic)
fruit salad

pecan pie
pumpkin pie
apple pie
whatever other desserts we bring in at the time!






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[joyful]

Christmas Dinner

Always Ham and sometimes a Turkey Breast with it.
Mashed Potatoes w/gravy
Baked Yams
Green Bean Casserole
Homemade applesauce
Fruit Salad
Rolls
Desserts:
Pumpkin Pie, of course and more than one.
Cherry Pie
Pumpkin Roll or Bars, depending on wht I feel like making.

[NLxmasmom]

Christmas dinner is at my parents' house.

Turkey
Ham
Potatoes, turnip, carrots, cabbage, parsnips, peas
stuffing/dressing
gravy
pastry/yorkshire pudding
peas pudding
doughboys

I'm usually in charge of desserts.

[cherie]

Honey baked ham (sometimes)
Baked ziti
Asparagus
Apple pie

Beer appetizer

[kelly ann]

Ewww! That scares me too! YICK!!
I know, yuck yuck yuck!! If you watch National Lampoons they eat it on there and it looks revolting!!!