Posted on 11/11/2017 1:08:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian-American tradition to ring in Christmas Eve, when Roman Catholics celebrate the midnight birth of Jesus, known in Italian as "La Viglia." Fish is a traditional ingredient in the Christmas Eve dinner because custom calls for the eschewing of red meat leading up to the holiday. The Culinary Institute of America has provided a recipe to celebrate this tradition.
For a holiday so widely celebrated, the traditions surrounding Christmas are as unique as the ornaments that decorate your tree. From decor, songs, stories and gifts, Christmas looks a little bit different in every home across the world, but of course, here at The Culinary Institute of America, we’re especially interested in what’s on the table.....
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Ping!
We still celebrate the feast of the seven fishes on Christmas Eve. We usually have muscles, calamari, shrimp, crab cakes, clam chowder, and shrimp scampi with linguini. It isn’t a sit down dinner but more of a bunch of appetizers. We are from Rhode Island so we all grew up loving seafood. My children have carried on the tradition and the grandchildren look forward to it ever year.
You can’t beat fresh crab cakes.
“Pilgrims? Christmas?”
Yes & yes.
I’m fairly certain they ate most of the year and despite rumors to the contrary they ate more cod, more often than any other protein.
My grandmother used to make homemade head cheese from a pigs head every Christmas eve. I am glad my family has lost this tradition.
For Christmas day we hike around the local area and then...
Chinese buffet. No fuss. Lots of food.
We’ve been doing that for decades. Up until a few years ago I had never seen the “movie”... and the Peking duck scene.
They celebrated Christmas.
The Captain of the Mayflower broke out a barrel of beer in honor of the day.
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