My family wants one but I dunno what the usual kind of dinner is. Help please.
2006-12-21 10:58:45 · 5 answers · asked by Indira B 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
turkey and dressing
spiral ham
mash pot and gravy
homade mac n cheese
broc,caul and cheese
rice and broc and cheese
green bean casserole
hot rolls
cranberry sauce
cranberry salad
corn
than lots of deserts
fruit salad
candid yams with marshmellows
2006-12-21 11:26:51 · answer #1 · answered by swtluvingcntrygirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", at the end they have a roast goose dinner. So a big roast bird is certainly typical, but I think more people would use a turkey or chicken, they are less fatty and easier to cook without making a mess. Lots of people eat ham instead, feeling that they just had a big turkey dinner a month ago at Thanksgiving.
An important element is a festive dessert. Fruitcake is traditional, but most commercial ones are kind of bad. "Buche de Noel", a French roll-up cake made to look like a Yule log, is wonderful but requires a very good baker and decorator. Following the Dickens theme, a English plum pudding would seem good, but I have no idea how hard those are.
In any case, there's no "standard" for Christmas dinner the way there is for Thanksgiving, there's a lot more variation.
2006-12-21 19:12:32 · answer #2 · answered by KimballKinnison 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ham is always good with some stuffing, sweet potatoes, some veggies. Gotta have lots of sweets like cookies and pie.
2006-12-21 19:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by l'il mama 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ham, biscuits, candied yams, peas, corn, cranberry sauce, tossed salad, mince pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate cake, wine, tea, coffee, milk cookies
2006-12-21 19:20:17 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tamales and anything else you like...
2006-12-21 19:00:54 · answer #5 · answered by Papa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋