[Davies]

It's just the two of us, and we don't make a big deal out of Christmas, but we always have turkey and a reasonable amount of trimmings.

For the past few years, we've been getting a turkey crown instead of a whole bird. It's plenty big for us, and you get more meat in proportion to weight. And we'll have roast potatoes, and a little stuffing for me (Col doesn't like it), and gravy of course. Maybe Yorkshire puddings if we feel like it. Probably have green beans to go with it, and I'll make some sugar-free cranberry sauce. Wine of some sort to drink.

Later that evening we'll have Christmas pudding with custard, which rather makes a mockery of the sugar-free cranberry sauce, but never mind.

We've also just bought a little gammon roast, which might end up being the New Year's dinner. Or maybe not. Depends on what we feel like at the time.

[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by Melanie68

(yes we do presents on Christmas eve).

As it should be!

Christmas is on December 24th!


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[RLacey]

So untrue. Christmas is on the 25th. The 24th is Christmas Eve .

[Squinky]

Actually, the real birth of Christ was sometime in early spring.

[RLacey]

Shush.

[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by RLacey

So untrue. Christmas is on the 25th. The 24th is Christmas Eve .

Wrong! December 25th is the first Christmas *celebration* day.


And it seems we are going to have Avocadoes with tuna on Christmas this year.



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[RLacey]

Shush, you.

And avocados [Note the lack of an e] with tuna taste nice.

[Jelena]

In my search for the Christmas spirit that's hiding from me I've now finished the baking of the traditional gingerbread cookies with my daughter.


We've listened to the traditional Christmas Carols and even did the traditional flour tossing (that's our own tradition).

I'm now going to sit down and see what happens.

[samIamsad]

Since my dad had been a chef before his re-education... who knows. I'm fearing the worst though, something as simple and everdaily, but nevertheless tasty and crisp and yummyummy as chicken and French fries plus a cool salad (and don't forget the tomato ketchup) has always been the Christmas dinner I've been dreaming about.

But never got for obvious reasons.

Originally Posted by Jelena

I'm now going to sit down and see what happens.

Careful, I did that maybe twice too often. Still, I'd like to have that on a Tee-Shirt.

[Zack]

The Christmas Dinners I have with my family is pretty much the same stuff we eat for Thanksgiving, which is Turkey, mashed potatoes, creamed onions, peas, dressing ( or stuffing, as I like to call it), and anything else my mom and dad like to make. If that's the case for this Christmas, then we will have the delicious mashed potatoes I always make for everyone to eat.

[tabacco]

Hmm... just made a test batch of my scalloped potato recipe, and the results are mixed. Definitely need to cook the onions first, and switch to a fattier milk.

[lumi]

Originally Posted by Jelena

In my search for the Christmas spirit that's hiding from me I've now finished the baking of the traditional gingerbread cookies with my daughter.


We've listened to the traditional Christmas Carols and even did the traditional flour tossing (that's our own tradition).

I'm now going to sit down and see what happens.

You're always posting foods my parents make. Let's see if you recognize some of my favorites:

[omloflump]

I didn't know they made strawberry tapioca. They must use GM frogs.

[lumi]

That's neither strawberry nor tapioca.

[omloflump]

Originally Posted by Spider Crusoe

That's neither strawberry nor tapioca.

Actually, I think I've eaten that. For some reason, the details escape me, but I remember it being rather frothy, quite puffy, certainly light, and indeed sweet. On second thoughts, that was probably something else entirely, so here's my guess: pink stuff?

[Jelena]

Originally Posted by Spider Crusoe

You're always posting foods my parents make.

No surprise since they're from Finland. I'd guess that the foods of Sweden and Finland are very much alike since we are neighbours. In the north of Sweden there are areas where people only speak Finnish as well as there are areas in Finland where people speak Swedish.

Let's see if you recognize some of my favorites:

The first picture doesn't ring a bell but the second is "risgrynsgröt". I put sugar and cinnamon on it and have it with milk.

[lumi]

Originally Posted by omloflump

Actually, I think I've eaten that. For some reason, the details escape me, but I remember it being rather frothy, quite puffy, certainly light, and indeed sweet. On second thoughts, that was probably something else entirely, so here's my guess: pink stuff?

Yeah, your description fits it. And it's made with cranberries. It's called vispipuuro, which translates to whisk porridge. I've never eaten anything similar to it, so I don't have anything else to equate it to. Goes really well with milk.

Originally Posted by Jelena

The first picture doesn't ring a bell but the second is "risgrynsgröt". I put sugar and cinnamon on it and have it with milk.

I put cinnamon and sugar on it too, but not milk. On Christmas my mom will put one almond in the pot, and whoever ends up with it it wins.

[Jelena]

Originally Posted by Spider Crusoe

On Christmas my mom will put one almond in the pot, and whoever ends up with it it wins.

We do that too, but we say that the one who gets the almond gets married the next year.

[Melanie68]

Maybe I can talk my mom into making some Roast Beast with some Who Hash.

The Grinch is on now.

[Sage]

We normally go eat Chinese food on Christmas day, but my stepdad doesn't like Chinese food so I have no idea what we'll eat this year.

He does make a mean meatloaf, though. Hmmm...