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
Cold apple cider with a plain cake donut.
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!
Honey. Baked. Ham.
Delicious!! :)
Spiced ham and gingerbread.
Sugar cookies (don't make them any other time of the year).
Lindt Chocolate truffles.
Christmas Eve we always make clam chowder...
Otherwise, sugar cookies, chocolate covered peanut butter balls, truffles
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.
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.
I had sticky buns last year...then I showered.... Now back to our regularly scheduled thread....
Ewwww
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
Quote from: dreamwalker on December 08, 2011, 04:46:18 PM
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?
Quote from: DonaCatalina on December 09, 2011, 05:08:27 AM
Quote from: dreamwalker on December 08, 2011, 04:46:18 PM
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
Or you could post the recipe here. That would be good.
It looks like other people are interested in the recipe besides me. ;D
My sister and I have taken over the holiday cooking so its fun to dig through our Great Grandma's recipes and our granmas too ;D
We always have this jello creation that is red, white, and green it is beyond yummy also there is kiddo friendly wassail made with cider and juice. For breakfast my grandla always made this thing that is like a quice without the crust it is really yummy but she is the only one that can get it to work.
Its hard to have Christmas with out my grandparents up here with us but we are going to haul the presents into my sisters kitchen so they can watch all the kiddos open them over skype.
Quote from: DonaCatalina on December 10, 2011, 09:22:43 AM
It looks like other people are interested in the recipe besides me. ;D
Will do soon :) I'm glad to share with y'all...
Quote from: dreamwalker on December 10, 2011, 11:12:16 PM
Quote from: DonaCatalina on December 10, 2011, 09:22:43 AM
It looks like other people are interested in the recipe besides me. ;D
Will do soon :) I'm glad to share with y'all...
Here is the basic recipe. I make it with cinnamon raisin bread because I really love cinnamon! Top with a spinkle of cinnamon sugar, or powedered (confectioner's) sugar. Serve with maple syrup. Yummy!.
Overnight French Toast Casserole
1/2 C Butter
12 slices White Bread
1 C Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon or Baking Spice
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
5 eggs
1 1/2 c Milk
-Melt margarine & pour in a 9X13 pan (I melt it in a measuring cup in the microwave)
-Mix together brown sugar & cinnamon (or baking spice)
-Wisk eggs, milk & vanilla together
-Layer bottom of pan with half the bread
-Sprinkle half brown sugar mix over the bread
-Layer second half of bread
-Pour egg mixture over all then sprinkle remaining brown sugar
-Cover & refrigerate overnight
-In the morning, cover with tinfoil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes
-Uncover and bake 15 more minutes (should be browned and set
Variations:
Reduce brown sugar to 2/3 C
Use any milk substitute-powdered milk, evaporated skim milk, thinned plain yogurt
Use any type of bread. I've made this with slightly stale hamburger & hotdog rolls.
Cube bread and toss everything together then pour into pan. Not as pretty, but it works.
Sprinkle top or layers with nuts (this of course ups the cost)
Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top.
*Enjoy!*
I'm lazy. I buy a half gallon of maraschino cherries from Sam's club, pour off half the juice and refill with Bacardi 151 (pint ). Shake well and store in a dark cool cupboard, shaking around once a month. 3 months or more is best, but the longer they set, the better they get. Great to sit out some on a tray of other goodies just before serving.
If I am really ambitious, I go to a dollar store and get a half dozen boxed chocolate covered cherries and a bag of diabetic syringes from Walgreens, etc. Open boxes and inject a cc or so of Bacardi 151 into each. Let sit for about a week then serve up to guests. Warning, addicting though. ;D
Hilton Oyster stew (has to be Hilton) on Chirstmas morning with lots of chackers. It was a favorite of my dad. Turkey stuffing, Mashed Potatoes with lots of Velveeta Cheese and butter, black olves, stuffed celary deved eggs and eggs pickled with beets.
Dang this thread reminded me that I was going to start a Rumtopf this year. When I lived in Germany while in the AirForce, I had it at a restaurant, served over Vanilla ice Cream...
You just gotta love anything made with sugar, fruit and 100 proof rum.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art172009.asp
Between 6 or 7 friends get together every Sunday morning for breakfast before church. We hold it at the same house (he has the biggest table!) but everybody takes turns bringing the breakfast.
It was our turn today, so earlier in the week, when I saw Dreamwalker's recipe for the Overnight French Toast Casserole, I decided to make it for our friends. I used the cinnamon swirl raisin bread, plus the other ingredients listed.
It was a HUGE success! Everybody RAVED about how delicious it was, and I'm copying the recipe for them, of course giving credit to Dreamwalker. It's new name is Dreamwalker's French Toast Casserole!
Thank you for sharing that, Dreamwalker. I plan to make it for our house at Christmas, when our sons will be home. It might just become a tradition for us, too! ;D
Easter Brunch,
http://www.notrachaelray.com/2011/11/09/breakfast-casserole-with-sausage-and-spinach/
love this..... :P
As usual, Easter Sunday is a big family event. ;D More food than anyone can imagine. There is usually a ham for dinner though this year my mother informed me there will be turkey as well.
I'll have to eat a Scotch egg before we leave Scarby this Sunday...I think it's something that the Easter pig leaves...
Do you have something traditional for July 4th?
Traditions will change this year, I think. Whereas we would normally converge on my folks' house, Mum died in April, and Pop's been dead 5 years. I don't know if the brother who bought my folks' place is planning anything this year or not. In the past, food has generally been burgers and dogs. Growing up, BBQ chicken was the thing. Maybe I'll BBQ some chicken for Nim, my son, and me this year.
Standard 4th food, homemade potatoe salad, corn on the cob, coleslaw, burgers with American cheese but this year we are going to have bison instead of beef watermelon to finish it off.
Where did you get the bison?
Normally for the 4th we cook out if we are home. We are on the road this year & there might be a burn ban where we are going so who knows. Cookout to us means hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken breasts & smoked sausage.
Our holiday foods center mainly around Christmas Eve. I make Pizza Fondue & Chocolate Fondue and DH & I drink a bit of warm spiced German wine while we watch 'Robbie the Reindeer'.
I think for breakfast this Christmas Day (since its not on a Sunday so we don't have to get up so early) I'm going to make my MILs cinnamon rolls.
Quote from: DonaCatalina on July 02, 2012, 08:29:29 AM
Where did you get the bison?
HEB whole foods in Plano they have both ground bison and bison steaks. But you can also buy it on line.
If we're going to be home for Christmas, I let his lordship pick something exotic since I'll have all day to plan and prepare.
This year he chose Bison so now I need to research Bison recipes.