What are some special foods you only get once or twice a year?

Question

For me, it's breakfast pizza...only get it on my birthday and Christmas.

Answer 1

After the December 1994 issuse of better home and gardens, my mother made the Tamales in there for christmas dinner now it is a tradition. It takes a long time so we only have it at Christmas or a special event. Here is the recipe,it isn't ours but it is close.
Tamales:
INGREDIENTS
Tamale Filling:
1 1/4 pounds pork loin
1 large onion, halved
1 clove garlic
4 dried California chile pods
2 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Tamale Dough:
2 cups masa harina
1 (10.5 ounce) can beef broth
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup lard
1 (8 ounce) package dried corn husks
1 cup sour cream
DIRECTIONS
Place pork into a Dutch oven with onion and garlic, and add water to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer until the meat is cooked through, about 2 hours.
Use rubber gloves to remove stems and seeds from the chile pods. Place chiles in a saucepan with 2 cups of water. Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, then remove from heat to cool. Transfer the chiles and water to a blender and blend until smooth. Strain the mixture, stir in salt, and set aside. Shred the cooked meat and mix in one cup of the chile sauce.
Soak the corn husks in a bowl of warm water. In a large bowl, beat the lard with a tablespoon of the broth until fluffy. Combine the masa harina, baking powder and salt; stir into the lard mixture, adding more broth as necessary to form a spongy dough.
Spread the dough out over the corn husks to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. Place one tablespoon of the meat filling into the center. Fold the sides of the husks in toward the center and place in a steamer. Steam for 1 hour.
Remove tamales from husks and drizzle remaining chile sauce over. Top with sour cream. For a creamy sauce, mix sour cream into the chile sauce.

Answer 2

Cornbread dressing~I Love It!! It is one of the dishes we fix for Thanksgiving & Christmas to eat with turkey or chicken (I prefer turkey)! And I personally like it with cranberry sauce which is another food/condiment, I just get once or twice a year. And (this isn't food BUT) I really enjoy having eggnog around Christmas & New Years. It is sooo goood and again that's just my personal opinion! I like it with or without alcohol!!

Answer 3

When I was growing up, it was boiled shrimp in the shell, and only for my birthday. Of course I now live someplace where it's a normal item and not a luxury!

Now it's either veal or lobster a couple times a year since it's so expensive.

Answer 4

The first fistfull of fresh blueberries.
The first carrots up from the ground with a little hint of crunchy sand.
Grandmas lukevarm homemade prune and apricot dessert on christnmas eve with cream and sugar.
(it comes two times a year (the next day)since she makes a big portion)
I dream myself away..

Answer 5

Mangoes from India or Pakistan. So sweet but only available for a few weeks in the summer.

Answer 6

Potica
Our Xmas treat! Full of butter. But since my brother had a heart attack last year, everything he eats is low- or no-fat.
Potica has been relegated to the family history file. :-(
It's been a challenge to research new sweets, but we managed to bake fat-free quick breads and cookies. All very good.
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Answer 7

Tamales - during the Christmas season.

Banana Split Cake - my birthday

Figs - they are just really hard to find now

Answer 8

Turkey, twice a year.

Answer 9

Lobster, usually once in the summer, and then again at thanksgiving

Answer 10

turkey. twice a year. i don't make it any other time b/c then its not as special