Aint2nuts Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Someone on another forum started a topic on this, and I thought it would be nice to have it here! So, what tastes like Christmas to you? I will start, Tamales. Here in the south Hispanic families make tamales for Christmas and oh my Lord are they good. I could eat a half dozen by myself. I love the sweet corn with jalapeno pepper in it, so good. Lasagna. My Dad is Italian, and we always have Lasagna for Christmas along with the ham. LOL Link to comment
Leah Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Tangerines, sugar-sprinkled cookies, and peppermint sticks! As a kid, in the winter, about the only time we had fresh fruit was an orange and an apple in our stockings on Christmas morning. I used to trade most of the candy from my stocking for the other kid's oranges. I would get as many as I could, and put them in a row on my dresser. The sight of them, the scent of them... and, eventually, the taste of them; that was Christmas. Link to comment
Aint2nuts Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Originally Posted By: Leah Tangerines, sugar-sprinkled cookies, and peppermint sticks! As a kid, in the winter, about the only time we had fresh fruit was an orange and an apple in our stockings on Christmas morning. We had tangerines in our stocking Christmas morning. right in the toe. Along with candy canes (peppermint of COURSE!), and NUTS. Assorted nuts of all kind in and among the rest of the things in our stockings. Stockings are my favorite part of Christmas. Link to comment
Cricket Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Fried Oysters. Cold. We always have fried oysters (along with other seafood and pasta) on Christmas Eve. DH does a lot of the cooking for that meal. Every Christmas morning will find me nibbling the cold leftover fried oysters, first thing. I will nosh on them all day long, one at a time. I am so crazy about them that DH always makes extra on Christmas Eve, just to make sure I am adequately supplied for Christmas! Link to comment
Stephanie Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Peppermint candy of course, I always got one of those big sticks at Christmas. Ham with Durkee's sauce, had to have Durkee's for the Ham at Christmas and the Turkey at Thanksgiving. Egg Nog - That's a big holiday treat for my family and I can remember Grandma making it herself and how good it was. Fudge! with Pecans! Oh my! Divinity Candy! my Grandma said with all the humidity of the South you had to look for the one perfect dry cold day to make it work and it was a treasure. Hot Spiced Apple Cider - my kids love for me to fill up the crock pot and keep it warm all day on Christmas so they can sip it when they want to and it makes the whole house smell so nice. Link to comment
CrabGrassAcres Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Mama's fruitcake and pecan pralines, peppermint canes snagged off the tree, turkey with lots of gravy and cornbread stuffing, Granny Pearl's candied sweet potatoes, mince pie, fried green beans, hot rolls and real butter......... and a great big glass of ice tea! Link to comment
ol'momma Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Don't think I'm weird... Mom's venice mincemeat pie and rose pettle wine. Link to comment
Rezgirl Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Pasole Blue Corn Mush Steamed shrimp with Old Bay seasoning Sausage stuffed mushrooms Date nut pinwheel cookies and/or Date Pudding M&M cookies Hershey Kiss cookies Fruit salad with oranges, apples, bananas, grapes and pecans. Chex party mix Raspberry Triffle Spiral Cut Glazed Ham Link to comment
sassenach Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Rezgirl, what is pasole? Link to comment
Rezgirl Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Posole, pozole - Corn that has been treated with slaked lime to remove the tough outer husks of the kernels, then dried; thick stew made with hominy as an ingredient; the stew usually includes pork and chiles; also another name for hominy. The base of the soup is water flavored with onions, tomatoes (or tomatillos), and herbs. Hominy is cooked into this broth and condiments include minced onion, avocado, lime wedges, oregano, queso fresco, and fried pork skin. It can be prepared in a variety of ways. I add a few pork chops, then when the meat has cooked, pull out the bones. It can be seasoned with chile or be very bland. The Spanish people in our closest town have told me that it is tradition to have pasole after midnight mass on Christmas eve. I should have added Carne Adovada to my list. It is pork chunks marinated in a red HOT sauce. Goes good with pasole. Carne Adovada Link to comment
Becca_Anne Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Mmmmmm Hot Apple Cider Egg Nog Gingerbread! Fudge Sugar cookies decorated by my kids Snowball Cookies (otherwise known as Mexican Wedding Cakes or Russian tea cakes) Turkey with all the trimmings Ham Stockings full of choclates and nuts and a tangerine and cocoa and caramel corn Link to comment
ol'momma Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Lets not ROSETTE cookies! When I was real young we had a neighbor lady who was pretty reclusive, but each Christmas she'd send her frail old husband out to deliver everyone in town a cookie a tray. (it was a Tiny town then). Each one had Rosettes, Snow balls, the most devine Devinity, and these wonderful little buttery pastry cups with date poppy-seed filling. And a mini-Reese's peanut butter cup for each kid. Link to comment
Kelly Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Fudge Peanut brittle cut-out cookies turkey and dressing Buckeyes (peanut butter balls) candy canes Link to comment
Aint2nuts Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Kelly Fudge Peanut brittle Buckeyes (peanut butter balls) I WANT SOME!!!! Can't have it. SOOBBBB Link to comment
Crazy4Canning Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I remember most of all the chopping of nuts.... My grandma would start in early December making cookies and candy. Seems she didn't want us to share in the MAKING of the cookies (her secret, I guess) but was more than willing to accept the slave labor of chopping nuts. BY HAND - no machine. You couldn't get it just right, otherwise. Every kid in the family began to develop knife skills around age 8. They never cut themselves, there were too many people watching. Favorites: peanut butter balls, Russian Tea Cakes, Rum Cake, cookies galore... My grandpa had perfected an Almond Roca recipe SO MUCH BETTER than the pink can. It was coveted by neighbors, friends, even the local seniors groups would persuade him to make it for sales. Somehow I don't have the knack. He would make the toffee first, then freeze it, then dip it in a very pricey chocolate then roll it in hand-chopped almonds. I've not had any for over 10 years now and I miss it. The uncle who inherited the hand-made toffee-trays never makes it to share anymore. Our holiday dinner is always a sit down - always homemade, nothing pre-packaged. We use the good dishes, lines, and silver. It is always a mixture of smells. At times, the smells of chex cereal mix, turkey, or cookies filled the air. Other times, tea, rum cake, and cocoa mix. Each year I try to do some favorites as well as something for my husband and mom (who can't cook anymore due to glaucoma). I actually made fudge for the first time that was PERFECT. DH was impressed. Link to comment
Violet Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Miss Crazy, you should try my almond roca, then. It is better than the store stuff, by far. I can teach you to make it. This is the first year I think we have had peanut brittle since my mom died. Dad used to make it, but when she died I don't remember him ever making it again. Now that he is gone, I decided it was time for me to learn. Maybe I shouldn't have. I have been bad and eating some. Not exactly diabetic friendly stuff. Was your fudge sugar free ? I don't make fudge. My dh doesn't like it, of all things. How can you not like it ? CrabGrass, how do you make fried green beans ? Sounds good to me. Link to comment
ol'momma Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I made pecan brittle this week. Peanuts are taboo at our house, so this is my substitute..besides, I like it better! Link to comment
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