Question of The Day. Saturday 26th of December.

[Silver Crazy]

My family had ham, turkey,corned beef with mustard sauce,all sorts of salads and things.
I got a gastric flu day before Christmas eve and been as crook as a dog since..still havent had my Christmas dinner.

 

[aliceneko]

I recently became a vegetarian so I had a fake meat Christmas dinner with chocolate Yule log for dessert.

 

[lizzie]

We had roast beef and gravy,yorkshire pudding,brocolli and cheese casserole,dinner rolls (I was going to fix a fancy tossed salad but forgot it and they were okay with that)and dessert was pumpkin cheese pie,a cannoli cheesecake and our daughter in law brought a french silk pie with crumbled peppermint stick on top.

 

[strider rose]

went to the in laws and we had fried eggs, bacon, sausage, toast , potatoes and drinks( whatever we wanted )

 

[muffy]

8-hour slow-cooked beef and gravy, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon, Spotted Dick pudding.

OK, I'll bite, what is Spotted Dick pudding?

My sister brought me some green bean casserole, corn pudding, vegetarian dressing and
mushroom gravy.

 

[denice]

OK, I'll bite, what is Spotted Dick pudding?

My sister brought me some green bean casserole, corn pudding, vegetarian dressing and
mushroom gravy.

Spotted dick recipe: how to make the classic British pudding

It's a traditional English pudding which is what we would think of as a heavy moist cake, like plum pudding. The spotted comes from the raisins or currants the 'dick' comes from part of the British word for pudding. The traditional recipe has suet in it but there are probably modern versions that use something else for the fat in the recipe. It is usually served with some kind of sauce.

 

[Boris Diamond]

I ate Christmas Eve dinner with my sisters. It was not traditional. One sister made curried vegetable soup served with yogurt and rice. I made beets with onions, lemon and rosemary. Then we spoiled the whole healthy meal thing by having Sugar Cake!

 

[debbila]

Boris Diamond I've heard of sugar cookies but what is sugar cake?

I had a traditional dinner, Shrimp cocktail, turkey, dressing, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes,and chocolate cream filled yule cake.

 

[Boris Diamond]

Sugar Cake is a traditional Moravian recipe. It is a 1" thick yeast bread made with flour and mashed potatoes, then dimpled and drizzled heavily with a mixture of butter, molasses, brown sugar and cinnamon before baking. Sinful!

 

[Maria Bayote]

No Christmas celebration in my part of the world. My husband and I just went to a buffet resto and ate our hearts out, while watching my kids, brother and his family thru CCTV having a wonderful time back home.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Growing up with an Italian Grandma I used to have a big meal on Christmas Eve and then Christmas day with my other Grandparents. So my Mom and I decided since we couldn't go to church for a candlelight service; we'd revive some of those traditional Christmas Eve dishes plus some Puerto Rican ones for my step-dad, etc.

Christmas Eve:
Shrimp
Baccala (Cod salad, my Grandma's recipe)
Cod fillets
Some kind of Puerto Rican pork roast (Pernil possibly?)
Pierogi (because my other Grandma was Polish)
Arroz con gandules
Pasta with lemon and truffle oil
Sweet Potato Casserole (my MIL's recipe for DH)
Pasteles

Drinks: Coquito (the kids had it without the rum)

Dessert was: Apple and pumpkin pies and blackberry cheesecake (I was too full; I fell asleep and had nothing! Could have been the Coquito combined with lack of sleep too though. )

Christmas Day:
Lasagna (prepared by my DD under my mother's supervision! I'm seriously impressed by my kid! )
Homemade sauce (by me)
Ham
Broccoli/carrot/cauliflower/sugar snap pea/water chestnut mix topped with butter and breadcrumbs
Shrimp
Garlic bread

Dessert: Apple and pumpkin pie and 7 kinds of cookies

 

[jcat]

Hubby did the cooking and wanted something easy to prepare that my elderly m-i-l could readily chew, so he made goulash. It had the added advantage of lots of leftovers, so he didn't have to cook again the next day.

 

[Norachan]

I splashed out and had a grilled cheese sandwich, hardly any washing up.

Genius! That's the kind of cooking I like.

No fried chicken???

No, not for me. I'm a vegetarian. The cats all had steamed chicken breast though.

OK, I'll bite, what is Spotted Dick pudding?

Weird British food. I have relatives who eat things like Toad in The Hole, Suet Pudding, Black Blood Pudding, Jellied Eels and Spotted Dick.

 

[Mia6]

Spotted Dick

hee, hee

 

[Mia6]

Nicole dropped off appetizers on Eve; it had begun snowing and by Day we were all
snowed in. I had decided not to go because no one was going to wear a mask and I
didn't want to be around people I hadn't seen for awhile.

Day after Day morning, Nicole and Daniel dropped off Day dinner and gifts

I haven't finished eating it yet.

Prime rib
cheesy potatoes
green salad
fruit salad
green bean casserole
rolls
cheesecake
sugar cookies
pumpkin cake

not certain how to reheat rib

 

[denice]

Christmas Eve:
Shrimp
Baccala (Cod salad, my Grandma's recipe)
Cod fillets
Some kind of Puerto Rican pork roast (Pernil possibly?)
Pierogi (because my other Grandma was Polish)
Arroz con gandules
Pasta with lemon and truffle oil
Sweet Potato Casserole (my MIL's recipe for DH)

Combining the Feast of the Seven Fishes with Puerto Rican pork roast, that is about as American as it gets. Combining traditions from different parts of the world.

 

[muffy]

Spotted dick recipe: how to make the classic British pudding

It's a traditional English pudding which is what we would think of as a heavy moist cake, like plum pudding. The spotted comes from the raisins or currants the 'dick' comes from part of the British word for pudding. The traditional recipe has suet in it but there are probably modern versions that use something else for the fat in the recipe. It is usually served with some kind of sauce.

Weird British food. I have relatives who eat things like Toad in The Hole, Suet Pudding, Black Blood Pudding, Jellied Eels and Spotted Dick.

It sounds pretty good except for the suet.
The British sure have have some funny names for things.

 

[posiepurrs]

I had planned on ham, scalloped potatoes, steamed mustard greens, French bread and apple pie. I had a last minute change of mind since I had an attack of the lazys. Instead I made a Stouffers frozen lasagna, salad, French bread and apple pie. The bread was homemade. I even bought the pie. It was only hubby and me so I didn't have to impress anyone - it was just a meal.

 

[Norachan]

The British sure have have some funny names for things.

You should here what we call our towns. Pucklechurch, Temple Cloud, Nether Wallop, Westward Ho, Velvet Bottom......

 

[denice]

I think that notorious British dry humor has been around for a very long time.