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talkpoliticsHo-ho-hooo! Have you been good kids, eeeh?
So what are some of the most frequent dishes you see around your Christmas/Hanukkah/winter-holiday/insert-appropriate- December-occasion-festivity, ehm, table?
And, you know... pics or it didn't happen!
Honey, garlic, onion, walnuts, dried fruits (plums, peaches, quinces, apples, pears...)
Banitsa with tokens for the new year (I always draw the "Money" token *evil grin*)...
Baked peppers stuffed with beans and cheese, yum yum...
Pogacha. Round loaf, the salt of the land...
Mulled red wine...
Sarmi (boiled rice dressed in cabbage and/or grape leaves)...
Tikvenik (pumpkin pie with powdered sugar)...
...And tons of Gevretsi (huge pretzels with sesame seed)!
And after all this, I'm STILL hungry! Because... because there's NO meat, not even any animal products allowed on the Christmas Eve table! But... come December 25th..... OOOOMMMMGGGG........ MAY THE GUZZLING COMMENCE!!!
Your turn now! Assault me with your recipes!
So what are some of the most frequent dishes you see around your Christmas/Hanukkah/winter-holiday/insert-appropriate- December-occasion-festivity, ehm, table?
And, you know... pics or it didn't happen!
Honey, garlic, onion, walnuts, dried fruits (plums, peaches, quinces, apples, pears...)
Banitsa with tokens for the new year (I always draw the "Money" token *evil grin*)...
Baked peppers stuffed with beans and cheese, yum yum...
Pogacha. Round loaf, the salt of the land...
Mulled red wine...
Sarmi (boiled rice dressed in cabbage and/or grape leaves)...
Tikvenik (pumpkin pie with powdered sugar)...
...And tons of Gevretsi (huge pretzels with sesame seed)!
And after all this, I'm STILL hungry! Because... because there's NO meat, not even any animal products allowed on the Christmas Eve table! But... come December 25th..... OOOOMMMMGGGG........ MAY THE GUZZLING COMMENCE!!!
Your turn now! Assault me with your recipes!
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Date: 23/12/11 11:57 (UTC)(Also a very common cookie in German Jewish culture and is called Erste Sternen and served at the meal following Yom Kippur).
Ingredients for approximately 50 cookies:
• 3 fresh white of egg (about 100 g (3.5 ounces))
• 1 pinch of salt
• 250 g (9 ounces) confectioner's sugar
• 1½ tablespoons of cinnamon
• ½ tablespoon of kirsch or lemon juice
• 350 g (12 ounces) ground almonds
Directions:
1. Stir white of egg and salt in a bowl until it is really stiff.
2. Add confectioner's sugar, stir until ingredients are evenly distributed. Put 1 dl (0.4 cups) aside for the frosting.
3. Add cinnamon, kirsch (or lemon juice) and almonds, knead to a soft dough.
4. Roll out dough on a flat surface (it may be slightly covered with sugar), approximately 7 mm (0.3 inches) thick. Put out stars or other shapes and put them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
5. Let them rest for about 5 to 6 hours or over night in a dry place.
6. Carefully sweep the cookies with the frosting set aside in step 2.
7. Bake for about 3 to 5 minutes in the center of the pre-heated oven at 250 °C (480 °F).
8. Let cool completely before serving.
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Date: 23/12/11 12:05 (UTC)Tonight, my aunt will be putting 6 or 7 pounds of pork in the slow cooker with a cup of apple cider vinegar, a cup of white vinegar, red pepper flakes and an ounce of hot sauce.
Tomorrow morning when she wakes up, she will drain the pork, shred it and and then add a half cup of store bought barbecue sauce, a half cup of apple cider vinegar and a half cup of white vinegar red pepper flakes and a quarter cup of hot sauce. It will be put back in the slow cooker and set for warm, along with cookies, carrot and celery sticks, a homemade cheese ball and a new fresh loaf of bread every three hours (bread machines, sigh).
No one will be allowed in the kitchen all Christmas eve except those of us preparing Christmas breakfast and dinner.
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Date: 23/12/11 12:11 (UTC)CHEVERME!!!
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Date: 23/12/11 12:29 (UTC)I like to use Siracha instead of Louisiana Hot Sauce for a more garlicy sauce.
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Date: 23/12/11 12:56 (UTC)I am a southerner (born in NC, raised in VA, PhD in LA, aid work in Thailand) so hot is a relative thing. It is hotter than the Texas, honey or mesquite sauces (or most sauces) you would get in the grocery store, but those are mostly sugar and ketchup. But it is no where near as hot as Thai or Tex-Mex.
But it is MUCH more vinegary than other regional sauces.
If you want to try it but are worried about spiciness, this is a good slaw recipe (we do not serve that in winter though).
1 head green cabbage, finely shredded
2 large carrots, shredded
3/4 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons grated red onion
2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon dry mustard
2 teaspoons celery salt
Salt and freshly ground pepper
The dairy cuts the spice.
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Date: 23/12/11 19:07 (UTC)Think it's a Pennsylvania Dutch thang.
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Date: 23/12/11 12:16 (UTC)We make four of each (one for the family, one for a family friend, one for a local nursing home and one for the homeless Christmas dinner at my Grandmother's church).
Pumpkin Pie (http://www.pickyourown.org/pumpkinpie.php) - we use more cinnamon and ginger for a spicy pie.
Pecan Pie (http://karosyrup.com/recipe_details.asp?id=485)
Pumpkin Cheesecake (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Pumpkin-Cheesecake-Pie-with-Cornmeal-Crust-102548)
And this year, I suspect I will be making Tikvenik.
There will be lots of Mulled Cider and Custard (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1613,145183-243203,00.html)
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Date: 23/12/11 12:27 (UTC)For Breakfast,
Pancakes, Biscuits, Bacon, Fried Apples, Pork Chops, Oyster Rockefeller, Oyster Casserole (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,198,145169-238199,00.html) only with more eggs and some cheese, and sliced tomatoes.
Then the kids open their stockings.
Then the non-cooks and children go to serve at the homeless dinner.
For dinner,
A Turkey, a Smithfield, my Roast Beef (http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1927,150172-240204,00.html), Green Beans (about a bushel plus a couple of hamhocks), Baked Sweet Potatoes, Traditional Mashed Potatoes, My Mashed Potatoes (skins on, with roasted garlic), Creamed Spinach (spinach, cream cheese, half and half), Corn on the Cob, Creamed Corn, Glazed Carrots, Asparagus with garlic and butter, and deserts.
We will have maybe 20 family and another 10 (mostly foreign students at the University who cannot afford to go home) for dinner.
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Date: 23/12/11 12:39 (UTC)mmmmmm fresh honey.
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Date: 23/12/11 16:48 (UTC)Glazed ham w/ pineapple (cherries optional):
My mom glazes our ham with root beer. It's SO good!
Homemade mashed potatoes (usually w/ skins)
Peas w/ pearl onions
Twice-baked sweet potatoes
Rolls w/ butter
Deviled eggs
For dessert, we usually have homemade cookies (especially Christmas cut-outs) and homemade pecan pie.
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Date: 23/12/11 17:04 (UTC)with some paella
while the codfish awaits desalination, the wine and pomegranates are ready
and to top it off some portuguese rabanadas and an almond cake
i'm drinking slibovitsa and wish you all a very merry xmas
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Date: 23/12/11 17:18 (UTC)Ingredients
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners' sugar
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners' sugar. The dough will look dry. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
Press a toothpick into the top of each ball (to be used later as the handle for dipping) and chill in freezer until firm, about 30 minutes.
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until smooth.
Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes. Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving.
We also have Cushaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushaw) pie, made by my grandmother in Kentucky. I'll have to get the recipe from her when we visit her on Christmas.
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Date: 23/12/11 19:52 (UTC)More info (http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Stinking_Skate_and_Shopping_Fury_0_385719.news.aspx).
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Date: 23/12/11 20:00 (UTC)More info (http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Almost_Half_the_Icelandic_Nation_to_Eat_Skate_Today_0_385700.news.aspx).
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Date: 23/12/11 20:17 (UTC)Does the person who finds the token become the king (or queen) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake) ?
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Date: 23/12/11 20:45 (UTC)Typically I make this for family gatherings at either Thanksgiving or Christmas:
I recipe pie dough (Oh come on, how hard can it be? It's PIE CRUST. Ever heard the expression "easy as pie?" Well then. You want the recipe I use, just ask)
6 cups sliced Jonagold or Golden Delicious apples
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 Tbs cornstarch
4 Tbs unsalted butter, melted and cooled
3 large egg yolks, beaten
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup milk
2 Tbs lemon juice
For topping:
11 tbs unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 2/3 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350. Slice the apples, put them in a bowl, and squeeze a bit of lemon over them to keep them from browning. Roll out the crust, shape it into a pie shell, and pile the apples into it.
In a large bowl or food processor, blend the sugar, cornstarch, butter and egg yolks. Process until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cream, milk and lemon juice and process again until smooth. Set aside.
To make the crumb topping, put the butter and brown sugar in the workbowl of a processor and process until well blended. Add the flour and cinnamon and process until it forms medium-sized crumbs.
Carefully pour the custard filling over the apples in the pie shell, then sprinkle the topping evenly over it and pack it down gently. It's kind of like making an old-fashioned sand-castle.
Place the pie on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, until the crumbs are golden. (It's a good idea to put a baking sheet under the pie. This may make it take longer to bake, but it will catch any custard that might overflow.)
Good still warm -- even better first thing in the morning with coffee after being refrigerated overnight.
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