Unofficial Christmas Eve Culinary Traditions Thread

12/24/11 | traderrob

[traderrob6]

If you're one of the many families that has a Christmas Eve eating tradition please give us your best.

Personally my wifes family had one when we got married....Oyster stew and rice with raisins, it was vile! Thankfully I got her off that and for 20 years we've had Super Jumbo Atlantic wild caught Shrimp and Jumbo Stone Crab claws MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM gooooooood.

Please post what you'll be having

[who knows what evil?]

Chinese food!

You're not the only one...local Chinese restaurant was packed, and Mass (?) wasn't even out yet...

[Lucky2]

Christmas Eve is the day to snack and get ready for Christmas Day. Christmas dinner consists on prime rib, mashed potatoes and homemade gravy, green beans, fruit salad and mince and cherry pie. Merry Christmas everyone, cheers!

[narses]

All I want for Christmas is a healthy son.

A very simple prayer. May Our Lord grant it freely and soon.

[ApplegateRanch]

Christmas Eve culinary tradition at Applegate Ranch:

Huge, heaping plates and bowls full of “Clean Out The Fridge To Make Room For Christmas Foods”, with “Christmas Relish Tray Whoopsies” on the side!

[bigheadfred]

I think you already have the recipe. Just use toothpicks to hold the bacon on.

This is a good source for recipes, too.

http://www.cooks.com/

[TitansAFC]

Prayers to Him that this gift is granted!

[chemicalman]

Bro is cooking about 10 gallons of gumbo, w/duck, chicken, smoked andoulli, oysters and smoked sausage. That’ll be my main staple for tonight.

[Calamari]

Squid, simmered in a nice red tomato sauce for about 3 hours and served over linguine with a romaine lettuce salad and some wine.

[kalee]

Thanks for the link.

[kalee]

prayers for your son.

[bigheadfred]

You are welcome.

Merry Christmas, Kalee.

[Red_Devil 232]

That is exactly what we are having. Gotta make room for the left over baked ham.

[fso301]

From when we lived in Houma, LA.

Christmas Gumbo

1. 1 pound smoked andouille sausage
2. 1 pound fresh gulf shrimp
3. 1 pound Louisiana crawfish
4. 4 cloves fresh chopped garlic
5. 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
6. 2 tablespoons of salt
7. 1 cup wine
8. 2 quarts freshly cut okra
9. 2 quarts diced tomatoes
10. 1 cup chopped onion
11. 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
12. 1 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring
13. 2 cups rice

Add all ingredients except rice into a crock pot and set on low. After 6 hours, add 2 cups rice. Let cook two more hours.

Take everything and throw it out back on the compost pile because the okra ruined everything.

[trisham]

LOL! I like okra!

[Jay Santos CP]

Christmas eve is Sashimi. Lot's of it; salmon, hamachi, uni, blue fin tuna, sea clam. Christmas day dinner is a delicious roast pork shoulder, green beans and roasted mini potatoes.

Despite the country's issues, we're certainly blessed to be alive!

[NTHockey]

>>I’m detecting a little island influence there. With some twists.<<

A couple of islands at work there - Sicily and Cuba, with a little peninsula (Florida) thrown in.

[TASMANIANRED]

Freshly baked ham, german potato salad.

[traderrob6]

“Despite the country’s issues, we’re certainly blessed to be alive!”

AMEN!

[fso301]

LOL! I like okra!

Good for you. I think okra must be like root beer. It's something you have to grow up with to appreciate.

Not long after getting married, my wife and I moved from Ohio to Houma, LA where I had taken a job with an oil services company. That was where both of us had out first experience with the regional delicacy okra. At first, it was nauseating! Over time, we both developed an ability to eat it in order to not appear rude and better fit in amongst locals.

She eventually did much better than I with the stewed okra. I have to grudgingly admit that some fried okra dishes I had were not bad but they were never what I would call good because of the association with stewed okra.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Bacon and Cinammon swirl french toast for breakfast. A lobster for lunch.

Dinner is “The Sandwich”. Capicola, Proscuitto, Ham, Genoa Salami, Provolone on Itialian bread, with very old balsamic, EVOO, lettuce and tomato.