What do you eat for christmas?

[Krogu]

Some Xmassy atmosphere topic

I'm interested what do you eat?

Well, I am from Poland, so:

The tradition is to make 12 dishes

Borsch -> Simple soup made from beet's, the most traditional dish for everyone in Poland i guess, usually with kind of dumpling -> "uszka" in polish > they are filled with stuffing of mushrooms.



Carp -> usually in jelly with flakes of carrot.


Dumplings -> Simple with white cheese, (called "Ruskie") or with mushrooms and cabbage <- more popular ones for christmas (but usually there are 2 kinds)

That mades the basic ones, then people make one of the many dishes connected to christmas like:

Dumplings made from cabbage with rice and meat inside -> something called "Gołąbki" (gołąbki means pigeons, but no, they arent made from these birds)

Many Cakes

poppy-seed cake (most traditional)


Kutia (i cant translate it)
made from: wheat, poppy, honey, delicacies, nutts...its like a substance but its made only in i don't know like... 1/4 of families....


honey-cake
apple-pie
cheesecake

Fried Fish - mainly Carp
compote
dried fruits

for next days of christmas
> usually some kind of meat to cook
> baked pie made from meat ("pasztet" in polish")
> whatever you like i guess

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My family is half traditional, so beside making Borsch and Carp I'll make some sushi and we will cook some Salmon fish and we do eat "Hungarian Cake" < very chocolate and decorative cake.

[Ralcos]

I think I just heard Usagi say, "fooooooooooood."

[Gaffey]

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[Mayhem]

Probably what most Americans eat for Thanksgiving

(which means if I visit Kris in November I get two annual turkey dinners!)

So meat, roast spuds, peas, carrots, califlower, bacon strips, sausage, bread sauce, stuffing, thick gravy... very nice. With pudding and mince pies for afters...

[Steve Hubbell]

What do you eat for christmas?

Way too much!

Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, various fruit salad concoctions, biskets / rolls, green bean casserol, corn, green beans w/mushrooms, etc.....

[Krogu]

I wanted to make a turkey, but mom bought a duck...

[Tinlantern]

Actually, this year we made Tuscan Ragu which was a change, and VERY good!

Here's the recipe:

http://www.foodfit.com/recipes/recipe.asp?rid=2161

Basically a pasta and sausage dish with a lot of good healthy ingredients added in.

[Deathstroke]

Well this year it was roast beef, potatoes, rolls, green beans, cranberry sauce and HOMEMADE applesauce.

[Krogu]

Sounds nice

The Duck wasnt that bad, my mom added apples to it, so it tasted quite good...quite good ^^

[Todd Shogun]

I deep fried two turkeys this Christmas, three on thanksgiving. They always come out so tasty.