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Christmas Eve the Italian way means fish, fish and more fish
Crux ^ | November 11, 2017 | The Associated Press

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!


21 posted on 11/11/2017 6:02:43 PM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


22 posted on 11/11/2017 6:34:32 PM PST by heylady
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To: heylady

You can’t beat fresh crab cakes.


23 posted on 11/11/2017 7:07:54 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: Arthur McGowan

“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.


25 posted on 11/11/2017 7:34:51 PM PST by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My grandmother used to make homemade head cheese from a pigs head every Christmas eve. I am glad my family has lost this tradition.


26 posted on 11/11/2017 7:36:09 PM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcherhttp://www.stone)
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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.


27 posted on 11/11/2017 7:40:07 PM PST by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Arthur McGowan
The Pilgrims were Separatists not Puritans.

They celebrated Christmas.

The Captain of the Mayflower broke out a barrel of beer in honor of the day.

28 posted on 11/11/2017 7:57:18 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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