Christmas Eve/Christmas dinner
My sister, brother-in-law and I have a new Christmas dinner tradition. Pigs in a blanket, Aunt Vera's Tangy Onion Salad (obviously a family recipe) and corn souffle. Total carbs. I volunteered to buy a prime rib, but bil like PIAB! My sister and I laugh about our new tradition because it's so white trash, but we like it. |
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| Christmas day we do prime rib and yorkshire pudding... Christmas eve we do all kinds of appetizers that everyone shares in making.. A few are yearly favorites but most are recipes we all have found over the year and want to try. This year it's potato leek soup, pork picadillo empanadas, thai peanut chicken skewers, cream cheese/pineapple dip, mini prosciutto/pear baskets, home-made cheddar crackers, cheesy puff-pastries, smoked salmon dip, ham and cheese twists, raspberry/balsamic glazed meatballs and various Christmas cookies. We don't make a huge amount of any of it, but it's fun planning and preparing as a family all afternoon and evening everyone's favorite things to try. Oh.. and I always need to watch A Christmas Story at least once before going to the Midnight Candlelight service at Church. It's Tradition!!! |
| Both of your menus sound so yummy, they make me want to take a road trip on Christmas Eve. lol I've not really thought too much about Christmas Eve because we thought Chuck would be working. Their paid days off are Christmas and the 26th. Since he's now into bereavement he'll be off on Christmas Eve, so I guess I have to come up with something. hmmmm When we where raising our family, I always made Lasagna for Christmas Eve dinner. We would also make caramel balls and lots of finger food for the kids to enjoy while they watch their Christmas programs. So I'm not sure. Paula I would pick whatever veg you like the most. Merry Christmas! |
| Paula...as mentioned your food celebrations sound wonderful!!! Ever since we lost my Mom, Gram and Aunt Ro in 1985/86...We had to start new traditions. On Christmas Eve Dino, me and the 'kids'~ kidinlaws~~5 grandkids (ranging in age from 14 to 8 ) ~~go out to eat Chinese...It is fun, happy and a quick meal. Then we go to our son's house for desert, drinks and the grands open their presents. ((This year, my wonderful son, Nicholas and daughter-in- law, Jen bought all 5 grandkids nerf guns. The girls got crossbows and the only boy got a big gun...HOWEVER, Nicholas being a perpetual child, bought himself the BIGGEST gun and Jen had a smallish pistol....  They just moved into a 3 story house so the kids, had a ball hiding behind doors and around corners trying to nerf each other and Nick had a ball being...well....Nick......  It was a very happy Christmas Eve...On Christmas, the whole family heads to my brother's house, where we feast on shrimp, mostaccioli, Dino's special baked Ham, and lots of sides and deserts!!! This is a wonderful time of year!!!!   |
interesting reading about others' traditions. Just for us: Christmas Eve neither of us wanted much after icing Christmas cookies........can you say lick the bowls...at our ages  , so we had lox and bagels with some leek potato soup. Lox were actually gravlax that I made earlier. Christmas day was leg of lamb. We discussed turkey and couldn't get excited, prime rib.... but somehow lamb sounded good. After investing on the instant read thermometer, my meat cooking has gotten a lot better! Lamb was perfect. Yes, we'll be eating lamb for the next week, LOL! but we don't care. There is something about lamb and sheepdogs........every one of mine have gone bonkers with the smell and demand their share. Beef, pork and poultry don't elicit the same frenzied response. Traditional around here is tamales with posole, a hominy corn with beef and pork "stew". Maybe I can do that for New Years............  |
SheepieBoss wrote: interesting reading about others' traditions. Just for us: Christmas Eve neither of us wanted much after icing Christmas cookies........can you say lick the bowls...at our ages , so we had lox and bagels with some leek potato soup. Lox were actually gravlax that I made earlier. Christmas day was leg of lamb. We discussed turkey and couldn't get excited, prime rib.... but somehow lamb sounded good. After investing on the instant read thermometer, my meat cooking has gotten a lot better! Lamb was perfect. Yes, we'll be eating lamb for the next week, LOL! but we don't care. There is something about lamb and sheepdogs........every one of mine have gone bonkers with the smell and demand their share. Beef, pork and poultry don't elicit the same frenzied response. Traditional around here is tamales with posole, a hominy corn with beef and pork "stew". Maybe I can do that for New Years............ My Costa Rican friends smuggled in some Christmas tamales for us... mmmm I would love to have your pozol recipe!!!!  |
| LOL! I make it differently each time. When I have more time I'll be specific on what I did this time. It was red chile, sometimes I do green. In northern NM hominy is served sweetened as a side dish to temper the hot chile. I'd love to learn how to do that. Maybe it's the few restaurants I go to in SF that does that, it might not be universal. It is used in place of the Spanish rice. |
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