Holiday Meals

[Bogey]

For those who celebrate this time of year, are there any special foods that appear each year on this day?  The Mrs. and I await your response as we enjoy hearing what others do for special meals.

Christmas Eve:
Ruben Sandwiches
Potato Salad
Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream Chips*


For Christmas:
Prime Rib
Brussels Sprouts
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Yorkshire Pudding
Trifle

Been the meals for over 20 years at our house.

[Todd]

Christmas Eve includes a seafood stew at the in-laws, and Christmas a lamb stew I make my self.  The former is every year, the latter changes from time to time.

[Sergeant Rock]

Christmas dinners at the in-law's: the menu has remained consistent for many years:

Turkey, stuffing, potato salad, Brussels sprouts

Roast lamb, potato dumplings, green beans and bacon, pears filled with cranberries


Sarge

[Ken B]

Turkey, with homemade cranberry-ginger sauce,  stuffing, roasted root vegetables,  Brussels sprouts, mashed potato. Tiramisu. Wine. Pretty traditional.  Best of all, this year I only had to help make the cranberry sauce!

[Mirror Image]

On Christmas day, my family are having our usual Italian meal: four cheese stuffed shells baked in a tomato meat sauce, garlic bread, garden salad, and sweet potato pie. Merry Christmas to all!

[SonicMan46]

Well, for the holiday eves, we usually have a snack dinner (like the one below from last year) - this time, an assortment of cheeses, Paddlefish caviar, smoked salmon (on rye w/ cream cheese), and smoked trout w/ a dill sauce, plus a sparkling wine (tonight & on New Year's Eve, from Dr. Frank, New York State).

For Christmas dinner, a pheasant w/ mashed potatoes and likely a veggie or salad - again, another bottle of Dr. Frank sparkling wine - for those who have not had pheasant, this is a perfect bird for two and pretty much tastes like turkey w/ the contrast of the breast and thigh/leg meats - the main difference is that the joints are tough to cut, so we usually just use poultry shears and cut the cooked bird in half and then each of us is left to our own cutting techniques - BUT, tastes great!  Dave