I want some ideas for a change!
we usually have a curry or something!!
=))
2007-11-29 03:54:24 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
la vigilia
My aunt , grandmother, and mother cook for days preparing for Christmas eve every year.
it's a Sicilian tradition and we modernize it every year and have more then 7 variates of fish and other Italian dishes.
Tuna with pasta
Bocola
Smelt
eel
Flounder
calamari
Baked clams and clams casino
Scallops wrapped in bacon
Clams and Pasta about 6lbs
Italian brasute
Plates of rosted peppers
Crap Napoleon
Lots of anti Pasta and bread
Wine etc etc
And all the deserts are homemade but that's another list lol
My wife an children go with all my realative to my mothers every christmass eve. The food is insane.
2007-11-29 03:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by CSC78 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On Christmas Eve we usually have a big dinner with about 15-20 people.. we are Italian so we do 2 big trays of Lasangne, salads and lots of appetizers because Football is on.. so we have finger foods all throughout the day.
On Christmas Day, we do an intimate immediate family dinner with a Prime Rib roast. Best wishes and Happy Holidays!
2007-11-29 04:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by Cupid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually make finger foods with a side cracker and cheese tray. Then I put out tons of chocolate, nuts and candies. If were all going to enjoy a big meal Christmas day I keep it very light Christmas Eve. Everyone just pics at everything.
2007-11-29 04:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, Carmen C -- I want to go to YOUR house for Christmas Eve dinner! :D I fly out to visit my parents for the holidays so the best gift is not having to do the cooking myself. Woo!! We'll usually go over to a family friend's home for dinner on the Eve because my family hosts the dinner on Christmas -- the food tends to be similar on both nights. My family is from Hawaii, so while somewhat non-traditional, it feels like Christmas to me. There's usually ham or smoked turkey -- that's fairly tradtional -- but then the pendulum swings to things like sushi, sashimi, poke (like a Hawaiian ceviche), crab wontons, different Asian noodle salads, steamed potstickers, char-siu pork, and then everyone ends up making a dessert so there's always multiple options there.
2007-11-29 04:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by denise25 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has always been a tradition in my family (they are italian) that we have fish. Even now that i am married and have my own family i still do the same, i was going to try to do something different this year but i've changed my mind. It just wouldnt be the same without it. This year we are having prawn cocktail, prawns in garlic butter, salmon, and depending what i can find in the shops some shellfish.
2007-11-29 23:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by Francesca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We traditionally (not sure how it got started) eat something we call "taco tartletts" on Christmas Eve. They are a ground beef meat concoction formed in a cupcake pan, then filled with cheese and olives. Very good, and very quick, and very warming on a cold evening with the family.
2007-11-29 04:02:55 · answer #6 · answered by Kerry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have all sorts of things we always have Shrimp, Punch, Cheese tray, Veggie tray, meatballs and sausages, Chips, a few different dips, Home made chex mix, homemade candy and cookies, and some other stuff. We usually don't have a solid meal.
2007-11-29 04:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by JadedOne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese food? Forget my previous post. That was about Christmas day. For xmas eve, it's just my husband and I unless we go somewhere. I'm thinking that we will order out chinese. But maybe we will make a pizza.
2007-11-29 04:15:42 · answer #8 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say lots of wine......usually i have a liquid diet on mas eve but this year i wont be touching a drop of the stuff
So i will prob just have a pizza or something while everyone around me gets drunk or it would be nice to go out for a meal with the whole family somewhere
2007-11-29 03:57:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We always have a buffet style meal for tea. Its a family tradition now - all the traditional buffet food - sausages on sticks, sausage rolls, pickled onions, cheese and biscuits, bits of salad, cold chicken drumsticks, ham, pork pie etc etc etc.
ALWAYS enjoy it - and its great if you've got lots coming cos they just eat the bits they like and leave the rest for eveyone else. Plus there's always left overs for supper for the next couple of days - no more cooking!!!!
2007-11-29 03:59:39 · answer #10 · answered by Nicola 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋