What did everyone eat for Christmas?

[Odin2005]

We had ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, green bean hotdish, 5-bean hotdish, mini-meatballs, rummegrot (a Scandinavian milk pudding) and Blodpolsa (Scandinavian blood sausage). YUM!!!

[Iggo]

1. Rib Eye Roast, Rice Pilaf...

...tiny little carrots, mashed spuds, dinner rolls, ice cold glass of milk.

Um-num-num.

[REP]

2. Filet mignon, baked potato, champagne truffles for dinner

Bagels, cream cheese and lox for breakfast.

[Heidi]

3. CMW made pork steaks and Kraft Mac and Cheese, and before y'all flip out about the mac & cheese,

please know that I had to special order it from an import place in Zurich. The last time my mom tried to send me Kraft Mac & Cheese, Swiss customs confiscated it and all I got was a little note saying my Mac and Cheese had been confiscated. Kraft Mac and Cheese is a delicacy in our household! :rofl:

P.S. We had raclette and potatoes for Christmas Eve dinner, and tonight we'll have a big, post-Christmas family dinner at my mother-in-law's. I've got 4.5 kilos of potatoes to peel today, so that I can make my much-acclaimed mashed potatoes! :D

[REP]

5. No need to explain - I have a mac & cheese addict here

Although he now prefers mine to Kraft's, but he'll mainline Kraft.

Mine's called Macaroni and Jesus, and has cheddar, romano, parmasan, the rind of a bleu, mustard, garlic and onion powder, paprika and any cheese ends lying around in it. I can give you a more detailed recipe if you want.

[Heidi]

7. WANT!!!

CMW loves my homemade mac and cheese, too, but there's just something decadent about having Kraft Mac and Cheese. :rofl:

Would _love_ to have your recipe, REP! :hug:

[REP]

8. Expect a letterpress note!

On my list for tomorrow!

[blogslut]

41. I'm a sucker for the deluxe mac/cheese

You know, the fancy kind where the "cheese food" comes in the gushy foil pack and you squish it over the hot cooked macaroni? I love it and I double love it with a can of tuna mixed in.

:hi:

[siligut]

21. Heidi had me returning to my childhood craving a while back

She mentioned Kraft Mac-n-Cheese in another thread a few months ago . . . and I believe mentioned the same incidence of having had hers confiscated by customs. So when I was at the market, I had to ask where the Velveeta was and they actually do keep it in the refrigerated cheese area. Anyway, I confessed to the young fellow who had directed me to the dairy aisle, what I was going to with it. His eyes lit up like a kid at, well, Christmas. He said he loved the stuff. We never change.

[Chan790]

9. 4.5kg? Isn't that like an entire 10lb. bag?

(e.g. about 30 small potatoes)

I hope you've devised a better method than the good old standard potato peeler or else you're going to have one sore arm.

[Heidi]

11. Yep, it's almost 10 pounds. But I'm finished now,

with only two blisters on my right index finger. I used a regular potato peeler. :yoiks:

:hi: Chan!

[alphafemale]

16. Not that long once you get used to it and get a rhythm

Used to do 20 lbs for potato salad once a month for a feed at a shelter.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Highly suspicious, Ms Heidi

Let me try to understand this. You are attempting to smuggle CHEESE into SWITZERLAND?

No, really, what are you up to?

We have ways of making you talk ...


:hi:

[Heidi]

13. Hahahahahaha! CMW and I at first suspected that fear of cheese competition

was why Swiss customs confiscated the Kraft Mac & Cheese that my mom sent.

But then we got to thinkin' that the cheese in Kraft Mac & Cheese isn't REAL cheese. Or is it?

Mornin', JustABozoOnThisBus! :hug:

[tigereye]

24. it's probably on their list of scary substances

that's kind of how I feel when I make it for my son (he makes it himself now). I refer to it as the "orange stuff." One time I made Mac and cheese from scratch with a roux and the whole thing and he just turned up his nose! :rofl:

[Heidi]

28. Hahahahahahahahaha!

Or "banned substances." :rofl:

When I made my pre-Christmas American ingredients/foods order from the import place in Zurich, it was a great opportunity to buy little stocking stuffers for some of my Swiss/Dutch/Italian friends. Part of the list:

- Baker's sweet shredded coconut (the coconut here is dry, ground and unsweetened)
- McCormick real vanilla extract (everyone here uses either vanilla beans, or "vanilla sugar" which is a dry thing)
- Candy corn (Call Me Wesley goes, "What the hell is THIS?"

[tigereye]

29. I was gonna say banned...

Yeah, I could see you missing the coconut. And no real vanilla extract? that's kind of a surprise. Candy corn! :rofl: Yeah, I can see how that wouldn't be a Euro staple either. Do the folks laugh when you order all this stuff?



I'm trying to imagine ground coconut.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

45. Tell me Heidi

Where can I get Suchard milk chocolate in the U.S.??

My sister brought some home from Switzerland over thirty years ago and it's the best DAMN chocolate on the planet!!!

[Heidi]

54. Hi, M_o_L!

I have no idea! I've never bought Suchard products in the US. (We're Lindt fans or -- if I happen to be in Zurich -- Spruengli LOVERS!)

[Odin2005]

34. I prefer homemade mac & cheese, tastes much better!

:hi:

[EFerrari]

35. Homemade doesn't satisfy the craving for that special blend of

preservatives and food coloring and salt!

:)

[Odin2005]

38. *VOMIT*

I actually hate boxed mac & cheese, at it so much as a kid I get sick looking at it, ditto with Banquet TV dinners. I was a latch-key kid so I taught myself to cook pretty early to get away from the crap! I like real food. :-)

[EFerrari]

39. I go back and forth.

Latch key kid, too. So, I like real food but then, sometimes I like that food that reminds me of my kidhood. :)

[Duer 157099]

4. For breakfast: pancakes, eggs and ham

For dinner: pork chops, sweet potatoes, green beans and cranberry sauce.

Simple but just perfect.

[6000eliot]

6. Giambotta with pinto beans.

Made by my SIL. Very tasty!

[Chan790]

10. I had Tofurky brats with mustard and sauerkraut, beans.

Then I did all my cooking for this week and nibbled as I cooked: chili, soup, pasta sauce, brown basmati rice, hummus.

(Edit: I don't really celebrate Christmas, I celebrate my dead grandmother's birthday...which was the 24th. Yesterday was just Saturday for me.)

[hobbit709]

14. Crockpot lentil soup with ham. Alice B. Toklas brownie for dessert.

[alphafemale]

15. Roast beef with a horseradish sauce, Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes & gravy

baby carrots in an orange cinnamon sauce and a cheesecake with raspberry swirl.

[xchrom]

17. prime rib, mashed taters, popovers, gravy, green beans, home made bread.

desert were wonderful little tarts of various fillings.

[MadBadger]

18. Wonton Soup,Pork Lo Mein, Moo Shu Pork, Sesame Chicken, and Beef Fried Rice

[cmd]

19. Ham, sweet potato, Brussels sprouts - just two of us for dinner.

Our big deal will be on Tuesday.

[bikebloke]

20. I opened a can of soup.

Then licked the glue off the label for dessert. :P

[siligut]

25. Oh, yum label glue

Annie's has the best flavor, but if you are going for texture, well you can't beat good ol' Campbell's, but I know I'm not telling you anything new.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. We kept it simple this year. Baked ham, mashed potato casserole and stir fried veggies.

Dessert was 3 different pies and a cheesecake. We got to spend more time with family and less time in the kitchen. Worked out great.

[tigereye]

23. paella and salmon, Greek salad and cranberry apple pie

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

26. Halibut

and assorted other dishes! MMmmmmmmmmmmmmm good :bounce:

[Texasgal]

27. Vegetarian Tamales

Beans and rice with homemade tortillas!

[Haole Girl]

30. What did I NOT eat would be a better question! lol

Indian food, American food, pie, fudge, cake, fudge, and more fudge.

I need serious help with my weight loss goals. :crazy:

[Odin2005]

36. LOL, ditto with the weight loss goals!

My stomach is too damn big! :-(

[MrsBrady]

31. too much n/t

[fizzgig]

32. matzoh ball soup and potato pancakes

we decided to have jewmas this year because i was sick for hannukah.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. Beer

very festive!

:hi:

[Honeycombe8]

37. A fried turkey from Popeye's. ...

On the days before and after I had candy and pie and tater tots. I know it's odd, but I'm always watching my health and weight, so I ate some things I rarely do. And I looooove those crispy tater tots.

NOW I'm so full and fat that I'm uncomfortable and wondering what I can possibly fit into to wear back to work!

I've had enough sweets and fattening foods to last me awhile! Grilled veggies are starting to sound scrumptious!

[blogslut]

40. A bit of everything

Blogslut Jr, and I have been going to my sister's mother-in-law's house for Christmas eve since the 90's and they used to just do snackages but the last couple of years it's been full-on mealage. There was ham, turkey, squash casserole, green bean casserole, stuffing, smashed taters, pickled okra (a Texas treat!), real cranberry sauce, peg salad, crackers and dips galore, pies of all kinds and these evil cake-filled chocolates that my niece-in-law makes. Oh, and coffee with buttershot liqueur is da' bomb diggity.

For Christmas day, me and Blogslut Jr. shared a pot of 15-bean soup that I enhanced with summer sausage, julienne broccoli/carrots and red cabbage and onions - with cornbread of course!

[PassingFair]

42. Fondue.

Two cheese and one chocolate.

I'm researching good bread salad recipes...
people preferred to dip fillet mignon and
grilled chicken to the bread chucks....

I'll definitely do it again, but try to
keep the number of UNINVITED GUESTS down
to two or three instead of 7!

Kind of hard for everyone to dip when you've
set the scene for 6 and 13 people show up!

[EFerrari]

43. I made a turkey dinner for my brother and our mom.

Everything turned out okay except for the gravy which was perfect! It was nice. Everyone has been so hassled, it was nice to see them relax and tuck in. :party:

[femmocrat]

44. Our traditional meal:

Ham, wild rice, kiebassa, green bean casserole, Christmas salad, rolls, relish tray.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

46. traditional stuff

turkey breast cooked by DH

Pepperidge farm stuffing w/sauteed onions and hardboiled eggs, cooked by yours truly - one bag cornbread, one bag herb flavored, with chicken broth. baked in the oven in a five qt. corning ware dutch oven.

Sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top, with mandarin oranges and pineapple, butter and brown sugar cooked by yours truly (It's a side dish! It's a dessert! It's got Vitamin A!)

Baked cheesecake with chocolate swirly in it, in a springform pan, made by yours truly

Turkey gravy in a jar, made by Mr. Heinz

[siligut]

51. Those sweet potatoes sound good

I appreciate these that threads give me new ideas. Last Thanksgiving, a generous poster told how his Gmother baked her stuffing in cupcake tins, that way everyone got some crispy parts. I did that this xmas and it works beautifully. I thought I would remember who shared that with us, but alas. Now you have shared combining cornbread with regular, I am going to try that next stuffing occasion, using the cupcake method.

To answer Odin's question: We had Waldorf salad, sans raisins. A green salad with vinaigrette. French bread stuffing with apples, sage, onions and celery. Sweet potatoes with orange rind, butter, carrots, cinnamon and brown sugar, mashed and then baked with chopped pecans on top. Green bean casserole with extra mushrooms. Regular mashed potatoes, which I used my new immersion blender to mash/mix and they turned out kind of gooey, like twice baked potato insides, we liked 'em. And the candy canes off the tree for dessert, since we already had had pumpkin pie for breakfast.

[frogmarch]

47. tofurkey, real turkey, plus lots of other

vegan, vegetarian, meat-eater - plus diabetic - dishes. My vegetarian daughter, her vegan daughter and I spent all day the 24th preparing the food. We had 14 for Christmas dinner (vegans, vegetarians, diabetics, carnivores) and I think everyone came away from the table feeling full and happy.

We're atheists, agnostics, Christians (no fundies, though), Buddhists, and whatnot, but we're all Democrats, so we enjoy each other's company. We love Christmastime!

[Forkboy]

48. Santa

Sorry about next year, but he won't be making it. :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

49. Pasta

My niece made baked ziti, and my sister-in-law ordered lasagne from an Italian deli.

Plus vegetables, salad, and bread, with an ice cream cake for dessert.

[applegrove]

50. We had a traditional turkey dinner Christmas night and then steak and scalloped potatoes tonight.

Yummy.

[Skittles]

52. Cambell's soup and apples

on the plus side, I have never had a weight problem :D

[MilesColtrane]

53. Lasagna, salad, garlic bread, red wine

Coffee and biscotti after

[Dulcinea]

55. Lasagna & strawberry pretzel jello.

And real Polish sausage & corn souffle Christmas Eve.

[av8rdave]

56. Gummy Bears. That was it.

My trip ended early (thanks to anticipated weather in Atlanta), so I caught a redeye from LAX to Atlanta, arriving early Christmas morning, then immediately caught a flight to Puerto Vallarta. There was no time for food, so Gummy Bears it was.

However, I'm now here in Puerto Vallarta for a couple of weeks. That is helping ease the pain just a little.

A belated Merry Christmas to all!

[givemebackmycountry]

57. Christmas dinner was just me and my 79 year old Mom -

And it was even better than Thanksgiving dinner, which was awesome.
Thanksgiving we had a full meal that I ordered from The Boston Market, and my Mom bitched and bitched until I pulled it out of the oven.
She ate everything but the print on her plate and then she went back for seconds.
Even she agreed it was the best turkey dinner ever and she's cooked them all.

So, for Christmas I bought us half of a bone in Honey-baked Ham, and when I went to pick it up on Christmas Eve the Honey Baked Ham store was MOBBED.
They had a armed off duty police officer in the parking lot maintaining parking sanity, and I was not prepared for the 45 minute wait to pick up and pay.

The spiral cut Ham was absolutely delicious and she loved it.
Keeping Mom happy is job one, and so far I have done a stellar job this holiday season.

[guitar man]

58. Smoked Ham

Here it is about 30 min before I took it off the smoker :P

The marinade/glaze I made for it was orange juice, dr pepper, teryaki sauce and garlic



Along with it we had mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, broccoli and cheese, deviled eggs, salad and dinner rolls :)