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Traditional Christmas Eve dinner

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Cooking Corner: Traditional Christmas Eve dinner users admin

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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
What's yours?
we always have chili and tamales

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I don't have one any more. When my mother lived in San Diego, we had a traditional family get together. But it was mostly tapas -- small plates of things, different every year.

I'm doing Xmas day brunch. And this year doing breakfast tacos. You can't find 'em here, but in Texas I'll be darned if you can find our omnipresent breakfast burritos. So breakfast tacos will all sorts of stuff to build your own (scrambled eggs, cheese, onions, salsa, avocado, tomatos, bacon, sour cream). Roasted potatos with onions and green peppers. Fruit salad with honeyed yogurt dressing. Fresh squeeze OJ. Starbucks Christmas Blend Coffee. Keeping it simple for a change! :-)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
P.S. Hey Tex. Do y'all make your own tamales? Yum... Xmas tamales! The best tradition!

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
I no longer have one, but when I use to go over to my sisters we alway had lazona (sp?) Don't know how to spell it, but I sure know how to eat it.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Costacat I often make breakfast burrittos, only I use really really thin pancake mix to make the shells and add all the other stuff to them and roll them up.

Geez this is making me really hungry.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Breakfast burritos are available everywhere here in San Diego. But whenever I've been in Texas, all the taco shops sell breakfast tacos. Some of
'em with FLOUR tortillas! (Which isn't a taco! Tacos are CORN tortillas! <grin>)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Cat..that's the exact same breakfast I am fixing! LOL
No, don't make mine but they come from the Texas Tamale Factory.
Jagger, lasagna? the Italian layered pasta?

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
we usually have enchiladas or tamales on christmas eve, or sometimes a crab feed. depends on whose house the meal takes place. one year, i just made a lot of hors d'oeuvres type things such as cheese crab dip, spinach salad, walking taco salad, cheese ball, smoked salmon, l'il smokies, etc. you know, superbowl sunday food!
as long as i eat and can make merry, it doesn't matter too much.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
LOL Tex, yup lasagna.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
we used to roast some hot dogs over a fire. A tradition from my childhood when my parents had to seperate our visits between their families. My mothers family always got Christmas eve-we would roast the hot dogs and open gifts.

Haven't done that in years. This year we are making reservations at The Melting Pot-which just opened down the street

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
When grandma was alive it was Lutefisk, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Jello, Lefse and Ham.

Christmas day for lunch was Ham and a turkey with buffet smorgasbord and lots of yummy Norwegian pastries.

Christmas supper was oyster stew and chili.

Now my mom makes a ham or pork roast for Christmas Eve. We still have oyster stew and chili on Christmas day.

We have kept the Norwegian Lefse, but have, thankfully, ditched the Lutefisk (this is cod fish cured in lye, don't cha know!)

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
Seafood Gumbo for Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day is usually Turkey,Ham, Rice Dressing, Mac & Cheese and various other side dishes.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Back in Philadelphia, my Italian friends always invited me to Holiday Eve dinner...but first, if you can imagine it, I went to midnight mass with them. Usually it was at their local church, but one time we went to the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, where Cardinal Bevilaqua did mass and once I insisted I wanted to hear it all in Latin so we went to another place.

This isn't answering the question....

Anyhow, after midnight mass, Italian Catholics [at least in South Philly] do the Feast of the Seven Fishes. I don't remember all of it, but I remember calimari, shrimp, baccala, and other stuff. I think I also remember lasagna. And lots of wine. Lots and lots of wine.

And ever since I can remember, December 25th has meant only one thing: Jewish Christmas featuring Chinese food and the movie theatre.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
we always celebrated the christmas holiday in my house on christmas eve. we had prime rib, baked potatoes, peas, big fat rolls, and ice cream bombe for dessert. then you got to open one present. and for some dang reason, whether it was one of the smallest or the largest gifts, i always seemed to open up the christmas jammies! after my mom died in 1997, my dad has kept the tradition. making the same exact dinner. he decorates a living tree, and then it gets planted in the back forty with what year it was from at the base. during the spring, we always go out and have memories of the christmases.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
that's sweet Landi
I always let dd open one gift on Christmas eve too. And they are always her Christmas pjs! Lol.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yum, Christmas eve dinner. We go to my sisters and see Santa. Then there's the food, lasagna, spaghetti, veggie trays, pizza. It's no sit down dinner, you just grab a plate and stand chatting. We finish up pretty early cuz some of us have to go see someone else and all of us have kids we need to get home in bed.

When we're done there we head over to a friends house and spend some time with her. She always has some kind of dessert for the kids. Then its off to look at Christmas lights and home for hot chocolate and reading the Christmas book before we tuck the kids into bed.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
We always celebrate Christmas Eve at my mom's house. We usually have a turkey or ham, lots of side dishes, lots of appetizers and lots of desserts. We also have sushi, which isn't something people regularly have but my mom was born and raised in Kauai and they always had sushi and always a pot of rice.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
My partner's birthday is Christmas Eve, so I try my best to have a birthday dinner, and not anything Christmas-related on that day. It doesn't always work, but I try.

On Christmas at my parents' place, we have turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potato/gravy, sweet potato casserole, etc. With my partner's family, they have roast beef, gravy, Yorkshire pudding, etc.

I've never really loved big dinners myself. But at least this year I don't have to cook it, like last year!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Lovely story and tradition, Landi!

Tish, isn't the 25th this year also the start of Hannukah?

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Hi Texannie, (I'm butting in here) Yes, Chanukkah begins at Sundown on Christmas Day (25th) this year...

To answer the question of what to eat for Christmas Eve dinner...

My Granny would make Christmas dinner with a turkey and cranberry sauce and all the trimmings or we would all go out for a traditional Christmas dinner. In the European tradition, they let me open my presents which were under the Christmas tree on Christmass eve. Then dad and I would go to the movies, etc. on Christmas day. (Once my mom got wind of this she threatened to cut off visitation, and poof, there went my Christmas tree... Sigh.)

And no, I'm NOT half Jewish. Both my parents are Jewish, but while my mom is traditional/conservative, dad's family was quite simply very assimilated (Dad thought he was Catholic as a kid!) and we all enjoyed the holiday season full-tilt boogey.

The story is frankly a sad one, and I'll continue it in my folder if anyone is interested, as I don't want to be a downer here, in this happy holiday thread.

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Whooops! I posted the rest of my story in Baby Boomers, Living Alone, Changing Habits, (Not in my folder....)