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Unofficial Christmas Eve Culinary Traditions Thread
12/24/11 | traderrob

Posted on 12/24/2011 12:03:05 PM PST by 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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: christmaseve; food; traditions
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To: jakerobins
Chinese food!

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

81 posted on 12/24/2011 3:04:52 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: traderrob6

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!


82 posted on 12/24/2011 3:04:52 PM PST by Lucky2 (NObama - Done in One)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife; thesaleboat; Sick of Lefties; Chainmail; StrongandPround; lilyramone; ...
All I want for Christmas is a healthy son.
A very simple prayer. May Our Lord grant it freely and soon.
83 posted on 12/24/2011 3:06:43 PM PST by narses
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To: traderrob6

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!


84 posted on 12/24/2011 3:07:20 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: A Satanically Transmitted Disease spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus)
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To: kalee

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/


85 posted on 12/24/2011 3:07:57 PM PST by bigheadfred (MERRY CHRISTMAS)
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To: narses

Prayers to Him that this gift is granted!


86 posted on 12/24/2011 3:11:34 PM PST by TitansAFC (Mitt Romney gets less bang for the buck than John-Freaking-Huntsman.)
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To: traderrob6

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.


87 posted on 12/24/2011 3:13:06 PM PST by chemicalman (The more support I see,the harder I want to work,and the more determined I am not to let folks down.)
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To: traderrob6

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


88 posted on 12/24/2011 3:15:23 PM PST by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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To: bigheadfred

Thanks for the link.


89 posted on 12/24/2011 3:15:44 PM PST by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

prayers for your son.


90 posted on 12/24/2011 3:19:05 PM PST by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: kalee

You are welcome.

Merry Christmas, Kalee.


91 posted on 12/24/2011 3:20:38 PM PST by bigheadfred (MERRY CHRISTMAS)
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To: ApplegateRanch

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


92 posted on 12/24/2011 3:29:27 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: traderrob6
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.


93 posted on 12/24/2011 3:39:46 PM PST by fso301
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To: fso301

LOL! I like okra!


94 posted on 12/24/2011 3:42:56 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: traderrob6
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!
95 posted on 12/24/2011 3:45:21 PM PST by Jay Santos CP ("Idiocracy"... It's no longer just a movie.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

>>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.


96 posted on 12/24/2011 3:51:03 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: traderrob6

Freshly baked ham, german potato salad.


97 posted on 12/24/2011 3:52:12 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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To: Jay Santos CP

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

AMEN!


98 posted on 12/24/2011 3:54:40 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: trisham
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.

99 posted on 12/24/2011 4:00:38 PM PST by fso301
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To: fso301

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.


100 posted on 12/24/2011 4:04:53 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Control the media, you control its citizens.)
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