Wiccans/Pagans What will you be eating a drinking in celebration of Yule?

Question

I worded the first question wrong, but am getting some great answers so I will keep it and word it correctly in this one.

I have not decided what I will drink yet as egg nog is milk and I really can't have milk due to it forming kidney stones and I usually don't drink alcohol products and did not make any non alocoholic mead.

I will probably eat ham and pancakes and jam for breakfast and dinner I plan on having turkey legs and a chocolate Yule log.

I may copy some of you all suggestions if you have some good ones.

If you drink wine what kind would you drink for Yule?

I am asking this here because Yule is a religious and spiritual holiday and the pagans are in this section. Besides I did ask a similar questin in the food and drink section and got no replies yet.

Answer 1

Well, I'll be roasting a turkey, making stuffing, cranberry sauce, bread (or maybe hot rolls), ginger-honey carrots, an apple pie and a pumpkin pie. Coveners are bringing side dishes like green bean casserole, roasted corn on the cob, and some other desserts. We'll be drinking red and white sparkling cider. Blessed Be and Merry Yule!

Answer 2

definatly just a very small celebration of only 5 people since thoes are the only pagans I know in school :D we are probably going to have the ritual first. (isnt that what Yule is about) since the me and someone else are vegetarians we will be bringing our own side dishes.. (the other 3 are going to eat probably turkey too) then we are going to sit down and eat sorry but we are prolly going to drink beer or home made margaritas and we cant forget the eggnog! and then just relax kinda boring but yea just having fun with my friends and having a good time then prolly imma go later to my mothers house on the 23 so I can pass christmas with my family! yep I still have alot to do I wish you a happy Yule and Happy Holidays! oh I have an Idea maybe you can make virgin Strawberry Daquiris the recipe is Simple

Fill a blender with cracked ice. Add lime juice, strawberries, and sugar. Blend until smooth. You may add a little water if too thick. Pour into a chilled glass.
Garnish with an extra strawberry or an orange slice. Enjoy! :D

Answer 3

Greensong Grove (of about 300 Pagans) had a Yule circle tonight. The hubby and I will probably also do something on the night of Yule -- I need to write a ritual. It makes me feel so invigorated after coming out of a sacred circle all smelling like sage and incense with memories of the ritual still fresh. After years of it, I still get goosebumps sometimes. Ultraviolet, remember that the Full Moon is Dec. 23. Great time to consecrate tools after letting them sit under the moon for awhile! **Spiderman, no worries...we weren't talking about you. Raj, you're so right about the Honey Mead ;) I didn't have time to make mine this year, but luckily I have a store nearby that carries it. Thundor...my Witches' Calendar says the full moon (Wishing Moon, Grael Moon this month) is on the 23 -- Sunday. Where was your info found?

Answer 4

Ham for dinner, with hot rolls (I make really good dinner rolls,) cookies, and whatever side dishes people bring to the feast. Our celebrations tend to be "cauldron luck." ;)

I'd like to try a Yule log again this year, but unfortunately, my schedule doesn't permit the intensive day-ahead baking it requires.

I still have some mead left from my last batch, and one guy will bring the nog (two kinds; non-alcoholic for the kiddies.) Hot tea and mulled cider, and maybe a pot of coffee if enough people want it.

Answer 5

I don't know, honestly. I need to look up some recipes. I LOVE testing out new recipes, so I don't want to make something I've made in the past. Plus, Yule is complicated for me this year, since my boyfriend's brother, his wife and their two kids are coming home on the 21st, and my sweetheart's dad wants everyone to get together for dinner on the 22nd. Since my boyfriend's brother is in the navy, they live 13 hours away, and we only see them this time of year, I can't really say, "Sorry, got Yule going on, you know." So I'll probably be doing my celebrating Yuletide Eve.

I'll be having white wine, since red gives me headaches and stomach aches.

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Answer 6

My girlfriend bought a whole case of Magpie's Mead at Sirius Rising this summer, so we'll be having some of that at Yule, and there's this dessert recipe that's been in my family for generations called Johnny Bull Pudding. Here's a variation;

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1940,146165-244192,00.html

The recipe I was taught is a little different. Instead of suet we use Crisco, the only spices are Cinnamon and clove, and instead of milk we add a cup of tea. I like to make this pudding for every holiday, especially Samhain, Thanksgiving, and Yule, in honor of my Great Grandmother who taught us to make it.

Answer 7

As far as I know, we'll be eating traditional turkey dinner. For breakfast, my grandpa always makes crepes that are topped with powdered sugar or jam.

My family doesn't drink wine or beer. I don't care for either of them myself. I'll probably have tea or cocoa to drink or sparkling cider. Whatever is in my grandparents' kitchen.

Answer 8

On Solstice - probably roast beef
on Christmas - eggs and hash browns and we'll take a picnic lunch when we go to a National park to enjoy the snow.

On New Year's eve - some ham and black eyed peas

How about some mulled cider for you?

Answer 9

Hot spiced cider to drink. The rest of the meal is pot luck. The meat will be ham, the rest is undecided. I may make a cornbread.

Answer 10

A traditional turkey dinner with eggnog.