Christmas Dinner

[The Free Joy State]

Heyo NSG! I figured that since Christmas is drawing near, we should talk about food! Maybe share some ideas and recipes for what to make this Christmas. So, what do you guys make for Christmas Dinner?
As for my family and I, we make the basic stuff, like turkey, ham

Christmas dinner is roast dinner: usually chicken (some years, it's been roast beef or gammon). With chicken, we have roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, sage and onion stuffing, green beans, carrots, cranberry jelly and gravy. Sprouts are available.

For dessert, boozy Christmas pudding and custard (if you don't feel slightly light-headed from the smell of the pudding, it's deemed a failure).

Christmas tea is usually ham salad or a ham-salad sandwich, and then trifle (the base well-soaked in sherry). And then Christmas cake (also pretty alcoholic).

EDIT: I forgot the pigs in blankets and gravy

[Philjia]

Turkey is bland and unappealing, so we have chicken surprise, which is what my dad calls stuffing wrapped wrapped in chicken wrapped in bacon. This is served with cranberry sauce, boiled carrots and peas, roast potatoes and parsnips, pigs in blankets, braised red cabbage, gravy, and Christmas pudding for after.

[Abarri]

Roasted chicken, beef/pork meat stews, pasta (see explanation below), cake, custard desert, and soft drinks are the usual components of our typical Christmas dinners. Vegetables only appear in the stew, and sometimes there are more than two cakes served. Salad varies from macaroni, to potato, to fruit every year.

*Understand though that pasta dishes aren't frequently eaten on a daily basis in where I reside.

[Deutschess Kaiserreich]

Won't be. I'll be eating for this year pizza cause my family hates me and I'm not invited. Have my teddy bear snuggles to keep me company.

Edit: Sorry for my self-sallow.

[Barboneia]

No matter where I go, my family typically makes ham and standard sides like mashed potatoes and stuffing and stuff. My parents also make these delicious fried green beans that I quite enjoy.

[Luziyca]

Turkey, mashed potatoes, and perogies are the usual staples of my family's Christmas dinner. For dessert, we have pumpkin pie.

[The Emerald Legion]

I generally don't eat on Christmas.

[Hrythingia]

Christmas Dinner for my household is chiefly a large roasted goose, crispy roasted potatoes, carrots, parsnips, kale, brussels sprouts with chestnuts and bacon, proper gravy, stuffing, pigs in blankets (sausages wrapped in bacon), Yorkshire puddings, a lot of mulled wine and Christmas pudding served with brandy butter and cooked in even more brandy. Usually pâté to start and later on in the day some port and cheese. Once the little ones are off there'll be cream liquor and cigars no doubt. Dear Lord I am salivating at the thought already.

[Tarsonis]

A jewish friend of mine once told me, "On Christmas it's traditional for the Jews to eat Chinese.'" I responded "My friend, we have the same tradition."

[Little Tin Hat]

has anyone mentioned the telly- with goose on the menu at Hrythingia,I can imagine them listening avidly to Her Majesty's address to us mere mortals.

I presume the cheese includes a noble stilton.

[USS Monitor]

My family used to always go out for Chinese, but that got too popular, so now the crowds are annoying.

Not sure if we're doing anything special this year. We had a couple years of home-cooked dinners with ham or whatever, which were perfectly good dinners, but since it's not the tradition I grew up with, I don't get that sentimental about it. But this year my parents are retiring and sold their house and they're kind of on the move doing some traveling before they get a permanent home for their retirement, and I don't really have room to host a big Christmas dinner where I live, so I don't know what we're doing.

[The Blaatschapen]

My family used to always go out for Chinese, but that got too popular, so now the crowds are annoying.

Not sure if we're doing anything special this year. We had a couple years of home-cooked dinners with ham or whatever, which were perfectly good dinners, but since it's not the tradition I grew up with, I don't get that sentimental about it. But this year my parents are retiring and sold their house and they're kind of on the move doing some traveling before they get a permanent home for their retirement, and I don't really have room to host a big Christmas dinner where I live, so I don't know what we're doing.

I know what you're not doing.

Do not eat sheep

[Ethel mermania]

A jewish friend of mine once told me, "On Christmas it's traditional for the Jews to eat Chinese.'" I responded "My friend, we have the same tradition."

I am just going to leave this word of appreciation here.

[USS Monitor]

My family used to always go out for Chinese, but that got too popular, so now the crowds are annoying.

Not sure if we're doing anything special this year. We had a couple years of home-cooked dinners with ham or whatever, which were perfectly good dinners, but since it's not the tradition I grew up with, I don't get that sentimental about it. But this year my parents are retiring and sold their house and they're kind of on the move doing some traveling before they get a permanent home for their retirement, and I don't really have room to host a big Christmas dinner where I live, so I don't know what we're doing.

I know what you're not doing.

Do not eat sheep

Lamb is delicious, but probably not what I'll be having for Christmas dinner. It's not as common in the US as it is in Europe or Asia. One thing I miss about China...

[Philjia]

A jewish friend of mine once told me, "On Christmas it's traditional for the Jews to eat Chinese.'" I responded "My friend, we have the same tradition."

I am just going to leave this word of appreciation here.

The often forgotten 11th commandment, "Thou shalt observe the birthday of the false messiah with the consumption of food of the far Eastern people"

[Hrythingia]

has anyone mentioned the telly- with goose on the menu at Hrythingia,I can imagine them listening avidly to Her Majesty's address to us mere mortals.

I presume the cheese includes a noble stilton.

Of course, to both Stilton and the Queen's speech. Quite right too

[Neutraligon]

Something Asian, with a movie at the movie theatre after. Yes on Christmas my family is a walking Jewish stereotype. The only special thing is we roast marshmellows.

[Chernoslavia]

After the long hours I’m gonna be slaving over, I could use some nice bbq ribs this holiday.

[Alorgaze]

Alright...

[Tarsonis]

I am just going to leave this word of appreciation here.

The often forgotten 11th commandment, "Thou shalt observe the birthday of the false messiah with the consumption of food of the far Eastern people"

Must have been on the tablet Moses dropped

[Katganistan]

Heyo NSG! I figured that since Christmas is drawing near, we should talk about food! Maybe share some ideas and recipes for what to make this Christmas. So, what do you guys make for Christmas Dinner?

As for my family and I, we make the basic stuff, like turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pie and apple pie. But we also make some other treats like pierogies, and kolaczkies and blueberry cheesecake.

As a Sicilian-American, it's Christmas Eve dinner that's the big one. We eat seven fishes for good luck in the new year, so -- squid and octopus salad, a lobster tail, and spaghetti with clams, mussels, shrimps, scallops.

Christmas dinner is lasagna and ham, generally.

One year I decided to do a "Dickens Christmas" dinner and bought a goose. That was awesome. I made my own stuffing with rosemary ciabatta bread, sage, onions and granny smith apples, and made mashed potatoes and green beans to go with.

Good times.

[Katganistan]

Reservations at a Chinese restaurant.

After the run in with the Bumpus hounds, I'm not surprised.

[Bombadil]

I'll be in the non-existent land of Belgium this year and pretty much all I asked for is Moules-frites on the menu for Christmas. Well I have that menu now and there's no fucking Moules-frites and, really, what's the point then.

[Fartsniffage]

I'll be in the non-existent land of Belgium this year and pretty much all I asked for is Moules-frites on the menu for Christmas. Well I have that menu now and there's no fucking Moules-frites and, really, what's the point then.

Just get lots of Hoegarrden. It's like eating anyway.

[Bombadil]

I'll be in the non-existent land of Belgium this year and pretty much all I asked for is Moules-frites on the menu for Christmas. Well I have that menu now and there's no fucking Moules-frites and, really, what's the point then.

Just get lots of Hoegarrden. It's like eating anyway.

"Right yes, so for starters I'd like a pint of Hoegarden.. followed by amm.. right I'll follow that with a main course of two pints of Hoegarden and then for dessert.. let's see, I'll have the Hoegarden thanks"
"And coffee or tea sir"
"Hoegarden?"