Holiday Foods

[DonaCatalina]

Do you have a special holiday food that has become a tradition at your house? If so, share with us.
We always have wassail at last once around Midwinter.

    3/4 cup brown sugar
    1 quart dry red wine
    1 quart apple cider
    1 pint cranberry juice
    2 teaspoons nutmeg in a tea ball
    1 cup rum
    2 cinnamon sticks
    1 teaspoon whole allspice
    1 orange
    6 cloves

[MrHyde]

Cold apple cider with a plain cake donut. 

[Hausfrau Monica]

Christmas to me revolves around food and my German heritage.  Having just returned from a trip to Germany a few weeks ago, I got spoiled with the "real thing" and Christmas tastes and flavours early.

Christmas eve will be bratwurst sausages, saurkraut and potato salad.  Christmas brunch is typically pancakes and sausage and fruit with lots of the good coffee and eggnog.  Christmas dinner is not always a turkey....we have had lamb, roast beef or, like this year, a crown roast of pork.  Lots of German cookies and chocolates scattered throughout the house all day too.

Yummmmm....can't wait!

[Valiss]

Honey. Baked. Ham.

Delicious!! 

[Rowan MacD]

  Spiced ham and gingerbread.
  Sugar cookies (don't make them any other time of the year).
  Lindt Chocolate truffles.

[Mairte]

Christmas Eve we always make clam chowder...
Otherwise, sugar cookies, chocolate covered peanut butter balls, truffles

[Merlin the Elder]

We typically do a Honey-Baked ham between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Since Nim & I celebrate Thanksgiving at someone else's house and don't get left-overs, and our son can't come home for the short period, I make turkey and dressing on Christmas Day for all of us.

[dreamwalker]

Lasagna!!! Italian heritage and Mom makes sans meat and/or with spinach (vegetarian). Mum asks us each, me sister and BIL which 2 cookies recipes we want also. Awesome stuff.

Xmas morning at my place so French Toast casserole again. 

[Merlin the Elder]

I had sticky buns last year...then I showered.... Now back to our regularly scheduled thread....

[MrHyde]

Ewwww

[Celtic Lady]

Homemade Eggnog (or instant 3 course meal in 1 cup)

• 1 quart heavy whipping cream (found in the dairy section near the milk)
  1 cup of sugar
  12 egg yolks
  nutmeg
  your choice of alcohol a tablespoon at a time (if you want it spiked)
  
  
  
  
  • beat egg yolks and sugar until yolks are a lemony yellow color and the mixture is thick and spongy feeling.
    beat the heavy whipping cream until thick but not buttery.
    fold the cream slowly into bowl with the egg yolks... mixing thoroughly.
    if you choose to add alcohol add it one tablespoon at a time
    if you want pour mixture into punch bowl (surrounded by ice). if thee is no punch bow a clean jug will do.
    add nutmeg and serve chipped

[DonaCatalina]

Lasagna!!! Italian heritage and Mom makes sans meat and/or with spinach (vegetarian). Mum asks us each, me sister and BIL which 2 cookies recipes we want also. Awesome stuff.

Xmas morning at my place so French Toast casserole again. 

What is a French Toast Casserole?

[dreamwalker]

Lasagna!!! Italian heritage and Mom makes sans meat and/or with spinach (vegetarian). Mum asks us each, me sister and BIL which 2 cookies recipes we want also. Awesome stuff.

Xmas morning at my place so French Toast casserole again. 

What is a French Toast Casserole?

Just like Reg. french toast expect you bake in  glass Casserole pan in the oven. If you like I can get reciepe from Mum and PM it to you

[MrHyde]

Or you could post the recipe here.  That would be good.

[DonaCatalina]

It looks like other people are interested in the recipe besides me.