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The whole multinational family of ours is coming from Christmas Eve until New Years Day.We will be three generations under one roof.
On our German themed Christmas Eve I will be making a spicy curry dish with large meatballs served with basmati rice and fried onions.For the kids I will make baby dill/parsley meatballs served with mashed potatoes and caramelized baby carrots.To drink beer,red/white wine and skiwasser/raspberry syrup, lemon juice and water for the kids.The rest of the evening we will enjoy my German Christmas cookies,coffee or Glühwein and a board of cold cuts and cheeses with little round party Pumpernickel bread.
On Christmas Day we will have a brunch, Kaffeeklatsch with Marzipan Stollen and Baumkuchen served with black coffee.
In the evening roasted Cornish hens in a red wine sauce,served with Bauernbrot,Pretzels,braised red cabbage and cranberry chutney.To drink either wine,beer or for the kids black current juice mixed with water.
What exactly would be German-themed about a "spicy curry dish with meatballs and rice"?
I'm doing the Feast of 7 Fishes with an English twist! I'm using the Afternoon Teabook by Michale Smith.
I'm doing a tea sandwiches - (1) lobster tea sandwiches, (2) salmon and cucumber tea sandwiches, (3) sardine tea sandwiches, (4) eggs tea sandwiches with fish roe added on top.
As for the rest - (5) French onion/anchovy tart (from Julia Child), (6) Russa shrimp salad with vegetables (from Marcella Hazan's cookbook) (7) A salted cod Italian salad (traditional family recipe).
The tea sandwiches, tart and cod salad will be made ahead of time. I will not spend all Christmas Eve in the kitchen! I might have time for church and to put my feet up for a few minutes! Yea!
Had a regular Thanksgiving dinner for me and my husband. Had to freeze leftovers because
I made too much. Don’t want it for Christmas. My husband said maybe ham. I said we can have whatever we want you know. So we’re having lasagna. Stouffers. We like it.
We will go out for a fancy dinner on Friday, the 23rd. On Christmas Eve there’s a neighborhood luminaria, so we stay in and have something simple, but a bit special, like seafood chowder, and fancy nibbles.
Christmas Day is always roast beef, twice baked spuds, salad, rolls, asparagus or green beans, and mince pie.
After a lifetime of Norwegian themed Christmas dinners we're making a change. We'll still have the cookies from the Old World.
There will be only three of us this year and I wanted things I could do ahead. So I am making a favorite - Italian sausage lasagna, Caesar salad, garlic bread. We'll have a cold shrimp platter for appetizer, a tradition. And for dessert, frozen mud pie and cookies.
Culver's has a flavor that I can't always get - Midnight Toffee, and it's outrageous. The very darkest of chocolate filled with pieces of toffee. I'll slather a layer of hot fudge over the top and add a layer of coffee ice cream topped with whipped cream. All on a Walker's shortbread crust.
No one will have room for it. LOL.
I love reading here, too. You make me smile. Waiting to hear from the rest of us.
To all you keepers of tradition, Way to Go!
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