Christmas Morning Breakfast

[Floyd R. Turbo]

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Not my photo but you get the idea!

[dhol82]

1. Yum, pierogis!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 😋🍳🥟❗️

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Well, thank you very much

for making my stomach growl.

Merry Christmas!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. 😋

[Heartstrings]

4. Mmmmm.....

Those eggs are done to perfection! And bless the pierogies and bacon!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

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[underpants]

5. Merry Christmas 🎄 Floyd

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. And to you good sir!

[TheRickles]

6. I wonder how many rough drafts the photographer had to eat before they got Santa looking just right!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 😋

[Irish_Dem]

7. I thought it looked like potstickers, bacon and eggs.

Unusual, but would be a good combination perhaps.

[mopinko]

8. pierogies are a xmas eve thing.

meatless meals on xmas eve is a thing. my italian in-laws did the 7 fished thing.
fil was polish, and the ex worked w a polish woman who always brought him some pierogis.
there were never any left over for breakfast, tho.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Thanks, didn't know that. I just looked up the recipe. Made with potatoes.

Cannot go wrong with a potato dish. Sounds good.

[mopinko]

10. bathed in butter is the important part.

she made several kinds. potato, sauerkraut, and dont remember the 3rd, but maybe pork.
the meat thing is not universal. i was raised catholic and never heard of it til i met my 2nd hubs.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Potato dish bathed in butter, sounds good to me.

Very interesting, never heard of this tradition before.

[mopinko]

12. ikr?

now you have me thinking. there must be a similar irish thing, right?

[Irish_Dem]

13. My father was first generation Irish-American

He was definitely a meat and potatoes man. Would not tolerate fancy recipes.
He would have a piece of meat or fish, plain boiled potatoes with butter and a plain veggie.

If my mother, who was not Irish, made some chili because the children wanted it, she would have to make meat and potatoes for Dad.

When my Irish grandmother came to visit she made the same plain dishes, so we figured that was what Dad was used to as a kid.

An interesting thing is that my Dad's sisters said that growing up the meat was for the men in the family only. The girls cooked dinner for their dad and brothers who ate in the dining room. The girls ate something else in the kitchen. Like hot dogs or tea and toast. I was horrified to hear this as a child. I guess it was what my grandmother had done in Ireland when she was a child. Times were hard in Ireland when she grew up and the family could only afford to give the men who were earning wages the meat.

[mopinko]

14. it's funny. growing up we ate very american.

i suspect this was in part due to the fact that my mom was quite spoiled, and didnt know how to cook when she got married at 27! had to learn it as an adult.
plain fare, too, tho. the only 'irish' thing was st pats boiled dinner. i guess that's why i never wondered about irish cuisine. lol.

there's a couple irish joints here w good food. shepherd's pie, fish and chips, kerry cheese, etc. wish i'd discovered shepherd's pie earlier.

[Irish_Dem]

15. My Irish family would never eat Irish pub food.

My Dad would go hungry before eating a shepherd pie or fish and chips.

However, I love Irish pub food! Love fish and chips, shepherd pie, etc.

[mopinko]

16. my da pretty much ate anything you put on his plate, lol.

but yeah, a hunk o'meat was mandatory.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. 😋