What’s for dinner?
I’m a foodie. I’m curious what folks are having for Christmas dinner around the world. Tell me what you eat and where you’re from.
We do the redneck meal here in east TN. Deep fried turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, greens, yams, stuffing, sweet corn, etc.
December 25th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Middle TN
The wife is making prime rib, sweet potatoes, green beens, mac n cheese.
December 25th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Yesterday at my mother-in-law’s we made sushi.
December 25th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Christmas eve is alway Chinese takeout..kitchen is closed for baking.
Bourdon/brown sugar glazed ham, pinnapple stuffing, garlic mashed potatos, fresh bread, sugar peas and cherry cheesecake for Christmas.
December 25th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Standing rib roast with a paste of herbs from our garden, salt, pepper, garlic, and olive oil. Roasted on a bed of carrots, onions, and potatoes.
And my great Aunt Charlotte’s dinner rolls.
Merry Christmas, Unc.
December 25th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I’m a traditionalist
In that I don’t do what most folks do, but do my choices traditionally:
Spaghetti, with Eye-talian sausage red sauce (homemade)
garlic toast
homemade French Silk Pie
December 25th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Cornish Hens, Wild Rice and Asparagus. (Why did I capitalize all them?)
We had a great breakfast, too. Mimosas with raspberries!
Lemon Curd French Toast, Bacon and Scrambled Eggs/.
December 25th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Somehow for the past several years I got roped into making cheese enchiladas, black bean chili, “mexican” rice, borracho beans, quacamole, tamales, etc for Christmas dinner. Everything is made from scratch except for the tortillas and tamales.
Beware of being a good cook. It’ll get you into a lot of work.
December 25th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
The traditional: Salsa and tortilla chips, matambre (butterflied flank steak stuffed with vegetables and egg), rice, black beans, fresh corn tortillas, and lime custard pie for desert.
December 25th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Porterhouse, with grilled onions, sprinkled with blue cheese (yes, in California, they still allow us beef).
December 25th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Had goose with mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, stuffing, cinnamon bread, Caesar salad, bread pudding, sherbert and shortbread cookies.
December 26th, 2011 at 8:24 am
Breakfast was at the In-Laws, Biscuits and Sausage Gravy with Scrambled Eggs, then we had Brunch/Lunch/2nd Meal at my side of the Family, which was Buffet-Style Ham and Taters and Veggies, plus all the Sweet Cookies and Cakes and Treats at both places to knock off a battalion of Diabetics.
Too full to eat when we came home.
But the Wife and I have our own little Tradition on December 26th, which is a Post-Christmas Lasagna, just to “Cleanse the Palate” of the all the Holiday Tastes over the past few weeks.
But come New Year’s Eve, we stay Home out of the LIne of Fire, and have some sort of Pork and Sauerkraut right after the Ball drops. Supposed to bring Good Luck for the Coming year.
Bubblehead Les in NorthEast Ohio.
December 26th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Rolled rib roast, glazed carrots, wild rice, green salad, mixed diced roots (beets, carrots, turnips), toasted brussels sprouts, rolls & fresh butter, a highball or two with Maker’s Mark – or chocolate milk for the younger ones – and hot apple cider & ice cream & carrot cake, shared over two days with four generations.
Merry Christmas, everyone, everywhere!
December 26th, 2011 at 11:13 am
The above being in northern New England.
December 26th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Standing rib roast, yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, roasted root vegetables with garlic and rosemary, steamed broccoli, and lots of gravy.
December 26th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Our was a fairly simple turkey, with mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, stuffing made from the previous day’s rosemary bread, and red cabbage, with cookie dough and thumbprint cookies for dessert (for those who waited long enough for the dough to bake), dark chocolate cookies, and three kinds of refrigerator pie (pumpkin, chocolate, and coconut cream.)
I only intended to make a cuppa, gravy and mashed potatoes to go with the turkey, but somehow I kept getting distracted, and misplacing my tea. Fortunately, I had friends to help eat the lot.
Now I’ll look up at the rest of the comments, and start drawing inspiration for future gatherings.
December 26th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
My traditional dinner: Venison chili.
Lots of beast, onions, beans (kidney & black), peppers (bell, anaheim, jalapenos), a small can of tomato paste, and the secret ingredient…Spicy Hot V8. Simmer four hours and season to taste. Serve with sour cream, shredded cheese, oyster crackers or whatever you’d like, but you have to have cinammon rolls with it.
December 26th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Worked last night, so Christmas dinner is this evening. Standing rib roast, baby potatoes, asparagus. A nice shiraz/vigonier blend from the Antipodes. And some caviar followed the missus home from work, if we need something to tide us over until it’s ready.
Where I grew up we called that last bit “bait”, but, I married a seafood-industry bookkeeper, so…
December 27th, 2011 at 1:36 am
Well…a bit late…
But Turducken (cajun-spiced), a bbq mac cheese w/ andouille sausage, green beans, sweet potato’s, mashed potatoes, sage stuffing, salad, yeast rolls, and a choice of pumpkin or peanut butter chocolate pie for dinner.
Appetizers? Ball cookies, triple ginger snaps, fudge, peppermint sandwich cookies. Beech’s crackers, 4 meats, 6 cheeses. Who needs veggies????
In Seattle 🙂