when you were a kid, what type of foods did your family make on christmas?
you have any special memories about it?
2006-11-20 13:18:10 · 12 answers · asked by ♥ caramel_bonbon ♥ 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Christmas dinner:
standing rib beef and pork roasts
Mashed potatoes and gravy
relishes
green bean casserole
pickled beets and eggs
homemade Swedish rye bread
asparagus
Caesar salad
date-nut pudding---we are at least 4th generation to have this desert at Christmas--from my dad's side of the family
2006-11-20 13:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by MUD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always start out the day with a veggie tray out. That way we arent tempted to pick at the fattening dinner food while cooking. Then there is turkey, mashed potatoes (we had really good ones once made from Yukon gold potatoes) gravy, and stuffing but we add dried, sweetened cranberries, since none of us like cranberry sauce and it is SO good. Then we take and cook some canned corn or something, and throw in whatevers left from the veggie tray. For dessert we often get a cheesecake, and make brittle out of toasted almonds and more dried cranberries, or just cook the almonds with brown sugar on the stove. And a little while later (we eat Christmas dinner early) we have made some cookies, and we decorate them.
I had divorced parents, and so I usually went to my Dads celebration Christmas Eve, and they had a whole big dinner. Christmas day I was at my moms, and that is the tradition I just described. It was fun to have different holiday recipes to learn for my own parties I have now. But I make more of my moms recipes I think
2006-11-20 13:25:57 · answer #2 · answered by Together 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turkey, Ham, Mac and cheese, stuffing, pies, mash potatoes, greens, biscuits, and someone always brings some casserole. Special memories about Christmas is always family activities after dinner. Like a playing football and watching the NBA game every year.
2006-11-20 13:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by ttuchriswooden 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we do not have dinner, we've a champagne brunch with kinfolk and some friends! After a lot turkey at Thanksgiving, all of us keen to do something diverse. We eat round 12:00 or 12:30 so everybody has Christmas morning with their personal households, then we meet at my mum and dad (they have a valuable room with musical instruments). Cranberry Juice, clean fruit salad, sausage and egg casserole, shrimp creole, hand-crafted cinnamon bread and sweet potato cakes, and clearly, a touch champagne (clean grape juice for those underage). Then we sing Christmas carols round my moms organ. She performs that or the bass (both mess round and guitar) and my dad performs drums and we sing and sing and sing. Then we take a walk if the elements's valuable and are available decrease back to espresso and cakes galore! Oh what an afternoon! Oh what interesting!
2016-11-29 08:01:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roast dinner of Chicken or Turkey, Christmas Pudding with Sauce.
2006-11-20 13:25:40 · answer #5 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Family has a traditional polish dinner every christmas eve. We have fish, prunes, mushrooms...all kinds of stuff, it's very different but very good (except for the prunes)! Then Christmas day we have Ham and Turkey and Stuffing and noodles and all that stuff!
2006-11-20 13:23:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mashed potatoes, mashed turnip, peas, carrots, cole slaw, gravy, stuffing, turkey, apple pie, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, egg nog, and cranberries. We also had christmas candies in dishes; we had walnuts we cracked open with a nutcracker. Ah, the good old days!
2006-11-20 13:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by judirose2001 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well Thanksgiving is turkey and Christmas is ham for my family, ham with mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and a few other things I can't seem to remember.
2006-11-20 13:21:44 · answer #8 · answered by a.gatenby 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
both, turkey and CORNBREAD DRESSING! sweet potato's etc! and my memories are the family gathering around the table and breaking bread! very special time of each year! hope yours is just as good! happy thanksgiving!
2006-11-20 13:35:48 · answer #9 · answered by jo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Caramel: well check this website http://www.myfamily'sfavoritchistmasdinner/recipe.com
I do remeber on chrismas day we went over to my aunts for
dinner potatoe salads , cranberry jello, ambrosia too along
with smoked ham and all kinds!
2006-11-20 13:42:03 · answer #10 · answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋