What would be a typical Christmas dinner in your country?!
And where are you from!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Roast beef, ham, rack of lamb, prime rib roast, or turkey!. Side dishes such as potatoes, corn, bread/rolls, cooked veggies, casseroles, stuffing, sauce!. Desserts usually include cakes, pies, or cookies!. U!.S!. of A!. :) I'm half Mexican and tamales are also traditionally served during the holidays!. I'm also half Filipino, and my mother likes to serve fried lumpia (meat, potato, and veggie stuffed egg rolls)!. They are very delicious, and the wrappers are thinner and crispier than Chinese egg roll wrappers!. Then, there's also Soul food on the table- my stepfather is African American!. We love collard greens and sweet potato pie- and SOMETIMES chitterlings (boiled pig intestines)!. They smell GAWD awful but I have come to love them over the years :) Sorta like tender, flavorful chicken skin!. You have to wash them several times in salt water, rinse thoroughly, and boil at least twice!. LOL It's all good eats as Alton Brown would say!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
In the US a typical Christmas dinner would vary a little by region, but generally I'd say turkey (or roast beef), & trimmings (potatoes, stuffing, squash, gravy, etc) with pumpkin and mince pies for dessert!. Although I currently live in the northern part of the US, I spent several years in Louisiana and carried that culture up here with me!. For my family, it's usually a Honey Baked ham, gumbo, and turkey, or sometimes turducken!. Often, my daughter in law will also cook us a leg of lamb!. Besides that there's mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, gravy, nuts, cheese, sweet potato pie - the list goes on and on and it all gets washed down with tumblers of Jamison's - neat, thank you very much!. Even though there's only a few of us, we usually start eating about 10:00 am on Christmas Eve and don't quit until late in the day on New Year's, pausing only occasionally to nap and belch !.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
October 21, 2008
Hey!!
In our family, we do some variation of the following:
(1) Roast Prime rib with fresh horseradish sauce
(2) Mixed veggies with mild curry
(3) Spinach salad (fresh mushroom slices, diced green onions, minced, crispy bacon, mustard dressing)
(4) Pecan rolls
(5) mashed potatoes
(6) gravy
(7) sweet potato casserole
(8) home-made clam chowder (served on Christmas eve)
(9) steamed broccoli (served with a topping of parmesan cheese)
Here's the recipe for desert!!
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BOURBON PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE
Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 10 1/2 hr (includes chilling)
For crust
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (from five 4 3/4- by 2 1/4-inch crackers)
1/2 cup pecans (1 3/4 oz), finely chopped
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
For filling
1 1/2 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin
3 large eggs
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon bourbon liqueur or bourbon (optional)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
For topping
2 cups sour cream (20 oz)
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon bourbon liqueur or bourbon (optional)
Garnish: pecan halves
Make crust:
Invert bottom of a 9-inch spring-formm pan (to create flat bottom, which will make it easier to remove cake from pan), then lock on side and butter pan!.
Stir together crumbs, pecans, sugars, and butter in a bowl until combined well!. Press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom and 1/2 inch up side of pan, then chill crust, 1 hour!.
Make filling and bake cheesecake:
Put oven rack in middle position and Preheat oven to 350°F!.
Whisk together pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, cream, vanilla, and liqueur (if using) in a bowl until combined!.
Stir together granulated sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in large bowl!. Add cream cheese and beat with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy and smooth, about 3 minutes!. Reduce speed to medium, then add pumpkin mixture and beat until smooth!.
Pour filling into crust, smoothing top, then putspring-formm pan in a shallow baking pan (in casespring-formm leaks)!. Bake until center is just set, 50 to 60 minutes!. Transfer to rack and cool 5 minutes!. (Leave oven on!.)
Make topping:
Whisk together sour cream, sugar, and liqueur (if using) in a bowl, then spread on top of cheesecake and bake 5 minutes!.
Cool cheesecake completely in pan on rack, about 3 hours!.
Chill, covered, until cold, at least 4 hours!. Remove side of pan and bring to room temperature before serving!.
Cooks' note:
Baked cheesecake can be chilled, covered, up to 2 days!.
Makes 12 to 14 servings!.
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Good luck! I hope that your holidays are great!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Hey!!
In our family, we do some variation of the following:
(1) Roast Prime rib with fresh horseradish sauce
(2) Mixed veggies with mild curry
(3) Spinach salad (fresh mushroom slices, diced green onions, minced, crispy bacon, mustard dressing)
(4) Pecan rolls
(5) mashed potatoes
(6) gravy
(7) sweet potato casserole
(8) home-made clam chowder (served on Christmas eve)
(9) steamed broccoli (served with a topping of parmesan cheese)
Here's the recipe for desert!!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++!.!.!.
BOURBON PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE
Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 10 1/2 hr (includes chilling)
For crust
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (from five 4 3/4- by 2 1/4-inch crackers)
1/2 cup pecans (1 3/4 oz), finely chopped
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
For filling
1 1/2 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin
3 large eggs
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon bourbon liqueur or bourbon (optional)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
For topping
2 cups sour cream (20 oz)
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon bourbon liqueur or bourbon (optional)
Garnish: pecan halves
Make crust:
Invert bottom of a 9-inch spring-formm pan (to create flat bottom, which will make it easier to remove cake from pan), then lock on side and butter pan!.
Stir together crumbs, pecans, sugars, and butter in a bowl until combined well!. Press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom and 1/2 inch up side of pan, then chill crust, 1 hour!.
Make filling and bake cheesecake:
Put oven rack in middle position and Preheat oven to 350°F!.
Whisk together pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, cream, vanilla, and liqueur (if using) in a bowl until combined!.
Stir together granulated sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in large bowl!. Add cream cheese and beat with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy and smooth, about 3 minutes!. Reduce speed to medium, then add pumpkin mixture and beat until smooth!.
Pour filling into crust, smoothing top, then putspring-formm pan in a shallow baking pan (in casespring-formm leaks)!. Bake until center is just set, 50 to 60 minutes!. Transfer to rack and cool 5 minutes!. (Leave oven on!.)
Make topping:
Whisk together sour cream, sugar, and liqueur (if using) in a bowl, then spread on top of cheesecake and bake 5 minutes!.
Cool cheesecake completely in pan on rack, about 3 hours!.
Chill, covered, until cold, at least 4 hours!. Remove side of pan and bring to room temperature before serving!.
Cooks' note:
Baked cheesecake can be chilled, covered, up to 2 days!.
Makes 12 to 14 servings!.
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Good luck! I hope that your holidays are great!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
From Sabah - Malaysian Borneo!.!.!.
Christmas is a rather late addition to the many indigenous reasons for a party, so there is no 'typical' or even 'traditional' dish for Christmas!. It depends on your budget, maybe you want to celebrate an 'open house' for Christmas if you have enough money, and you have a caterer provide dishes you don't eat every day!.!.!.plus of course rice wine! Www@FoodAQ@Com
Christmas is a rather late addition to the many indigenous reasons for a party, so there is no 'typical' or even 'traditional' dish for Christmas!. It depends on your budget, maybe you want to celebrate an 'open house' for Christmas if you have enough money, and you have a caterer provide dishes you don't eat every day!.!.!.plus of course rice wine! Www@FoodAQ@Com
USA
Italian/American Christmas which includes:
Roast beef
Some sort of pasta, lasagna, ravioli, tortellini, etc!.
Mashed pots or roasted pots
Lots of roasted veggies and a fennel salad topped with thinly shaved parm cheese
Lots of anti pasta dishes, olives, cheeses, pepperoni, salami, artichokes, marinated mushrooms!.
Lots of Italian bread for baked garlic bread or garlic mozzarella bread!.
Italian pastries, apple pie and pumpkin pie
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Italian/American Christmas which includes:
Roast beef
Some sort of pasta, lasagna, ravioli, tortellini, etc!.
Mashed pots or roasted pots
Lots of roasted veggies and a fennel salad topped with thinly shaved parm cheese
Lots of anti pasta dishes, olives, cheeses, pepperoni, salami, artichokes, marinated mushrooms!.
Lots of Italian bread for baked garlic bread or garlic mozzarella bread!.
Italian pastries, apple pie and pumpkin pie
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Roast turkey, carrots, brussells sprouts, mashed potato, roast potato, roast parsnips, sage and onion stuffing, cranberry jelly and pigs in blankets (chipolata sausages wrapped in streaky bacon cooked in the pan in the turkey fat, yummy!)!. And for dessert, it would be good old christmas pud with brandy butter sauce!.
I am from the United Kingdom!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I am from the United Kingdom!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Christmas in mexico is kinda like halloween here!. They usually have no tree!. Kids go to different houses where they make prayers!. At the end they get a bag of treats and bonuelos which is a fried treat!. At there own houses they make prayers to jesus and get presents!. They only get one present or none depending on how poor the family is!.
Note: This is from a poor rancho(little village) in mexico so I do not know how the richer familys celebrate it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Note: This is from a poor rancho(little village) in mexico so I do not know how the richer familys celebrate it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Ok - let's start with the last part!.!.!. Born in what's now Czech republic, lived most of my life in the States, and last 13 years in SE Asia!.
Now!. In the old country the meal is carp (a fish) soup and dinner!.
In USA (NJ), it was always turkey (even when my wife couldn't cook any more and I had to go and get whole takeout meals from a nearby restaurant)!.
Here in Phils, it's a chicken and pork stew!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Now!. In the old country the meal is carp (a fish) soup and dinner!.
In USA (NJ), it was always turkey (even when my wife couldn't cook any more and I had to go and get whole takeout meals from a nearby restaurant)!.
Here in Phils, it's a chicken and pork stew!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Australia!
Unlike many people that still follow the old ways of those from namely the UK and Ireland!. We are a little more up to date and prefer, due to the heat and weather, to indulge in our country's fabulous seafood!. So for us it is prawns, crab, fish anything you can put on the barbie!. YUM!Although for the New Year we do tend to opt for a baked ham mostly sandwiches and cold meat platters!.
For desserts its is fresh fruits, ideally mangoes! cheeses and sometimes I like to also make a Summer pudding or a Vanilla Panecotta with a berry coulis!. Whatever it is being able to escape from the heat is a must do!. Unlike when I was a kid and my mum would slave over a hot stove cooking a turkey for whatever reason I still to this day do not understand!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Unlike many people that still follow the old ways of those from namely the UK and Ireland!. We are a little more up to date and prefer, due to the heat and weather, to indulge in our country's fabulous seafood!. So for us it is prawns, crab, fish anything you can put on the barbie!. YUM!Although for the New Year we do tend to opt for a baked ham mostly sandwiches and cold meat platters!.
For desserts its is fresh fruits, ideally mangoes! cheeses and sometimes I like to also make a Summer pudding or a Vanilla Panecotta with a berry coulis!. Whatever it is being able to escape from the heat is a must do!. Unlike when I was a kid and my mum would slave over a hot stove cooking a turkey for whatever reason I still to this day do not understand!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The good ol' USA!. I'm from Louisiana, and we have a culture of food all our own!.
Here in Louisiana, a popular dish is "Turducken" (seasoned boneless Chicken stuffed with a dressing of your choice, wrapped inside seasoned boneless Duck, that is then wrapped inside seasoned boneless Turkey!. This can easily weigh up to 30 lbs!.
Another Louisiana favorite is Oyster Dressing!.
A good desert here is Bread Pudding!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Here in Louisiana, a popular dish is "Turducken" (seasoned boneless Chicken stuffed with a dressing of your choice, wrapped inside seasoned boneless Duck, that is then wrapped inside seasoned boneless Turkey!. This can easily weigh up to 30 lbs!.
Another Louisiana favorite is Oyster Dressing!.
A good desert here is Bread Pudding!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
USA - we always used to do turkey, etc!. just like Thanksgving which is just a month before!. One year we decided to change it up and we would make either sauerbraten and potato dumplings (from our german heritage) or chicken with dumplings and sour cream gravy (our hungarian side)!. So it's fun every year to see what we will make!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm from Australia and our family have a huge leg ham, salads, chicken!.!.!.maybe a little turkey, but we buy it rather than cook it!. Quite possibly the laziest Chrissy lunch/dinner ever, as there is no preparation, but who wants to spend hours cooking!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
england!!!
erm!.!.!.!.!.!.!.roast turkey,stuffing, cranberry sauce, pigs in blankets (sausages with bacon wrapped round them), yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, gravy and mixed vegetables!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.follow by a christmas pudding with custard on or something else!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
erm!.!.!.!.!.!.!.roast turkey,stuffing, cranberry sauce, pigs in blankets (sausages with bacon wrapped round them), yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, gravy and mixed vegetables!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.follow by a christmas pudding with custard on or something else!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
North Germany (Hamburg)
christmas eve
carpen blue, boiled potatoes with hot butter and sweet sour horseradish with whipped cream!.
christmas
polish goose stuffed with apples and sultanas, apple red cabbage, potatoes, and souce from the gooseWww@FoodAQ@Com
I live in south africa and during Christmas it is very hot!.We usually have cold salads with a BBQ!. For desert it is something like fruit salad,ice cream or trifle!.OH and we have to have fruit cake!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
in the UK mine would be
roast turkey
chestnut and sausage stuffing
sausages wrapped in bacon
gravy
peas
carrotts
roast potatoes
and for desert
xmas pudding with brandy sauce!!
xmas cake
mince pies with creamWww@FoodAQ@Com
roast turkey
chestnut and sausage stuffing
sausages wrapped in bacon
gravy
peas
carrotts
roast potatoes
and for desert
xmas pudding with brandy sauce!!
xmas cake
mince pies with creamWww@FoodAQ@Com
Spiral cut ham
The other half of the turkey from thanksgiving that was frozen
Waldorf salad
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Rolls
Green bean casserole
Succotash
Cookies
Pie
I'm from TexasWww@FoodAQ@Com
The other half of the turkey from thanksgiving that was frozen
Waldorf salad
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Rolls
Green bean casserole
Succotash
Cookies
Pie
I'm from TexasWww@FoodAQ@Com
USA: Big Mac and fries!.Www@FoodAQ@Com