Posted on 11/18/2017 6:27:45 AM PST by mairdie
Christmas dinner just wouldn't be Christmas dinner without turkey and all the trimmings in the UK and the US.
But a fascinating photo series reveals that these countries are almost the only ones that celebrate by eating these foods.
Twenty-five families from across the world were asked what they tuck into on December 25 by Christmas tree maker Balsam Hill, and some of the meals are very different to a traditional roast dinner.
From slices of veal in a creamy tuna sauce to a starter of goat soup, these are the most unusual Christmas dinners that families enjoy on the big day.
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We usually have lobster and other seafood on Christmas Eve and turkey on Christmas Day.
A lot of cooking, but a lot of fun. I hope you also get a lot of help.
Thanks. My husband does it all. I do the cleanup. :)
I LOVE hand washing good china. There’s something amazingly sensual about the feel of soaping a really fine plate. You’re blessed. My dear one’s skills are centered in boiling spaghetti.
Egg shells is an old-fashioned remedy to clarify coffee to make it less bitter. It’s in Alice B. Toklas’s cookbook and was once a must in most households.
I do the cooking and washing up, Trish, lol! Although during the year, my husband cooks many delicious Italian-American meals.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
One of the first questions I asked him on our first date was whether or not he cooked. :)
A Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours too, Miss Marmelstein! I love the Holidays!
>>cornbread and prosciutto
Recipe please! That sounds wonderful.
What is crosby water?
Interesting. Knew she had to have a reason but never thought what it was.
In those days I enjoyed the Adele Davis cookbooks. Especially the slow cooking meat part. One hour at 350 to kill bacteria on turkey, then cook at 180 degrees for one hour per pound (23 hours for 22 pound turkey). 130 for rare roast beef that will finish with outside dark and inside absolutely uniform from the center to the outside. Went to a talk she gave in CT. Heartbroken. A not very nice human being.
Traditional Christmas dinner for Jews has always been Chinese food.
One of the few places open on Christmas day. Our last good Chinese restaurant is gone locally and good Chinese restaurants are the only reason I miss NY. And great deli food like that at Rhine’s Deli in Vernon CT!
Sounds very good. My stuffing is cornbread, sage, and sausage (chicken in our case). I can’t mske another kind because i love it so much.
My father talked fondly of his mother making sous head cheese from a pig’s head on Christmas Eve which they enjoyed after coming home from midnight mass. I’m glad that family tradition has been lost
That sounds wonderful! Maybe I can get that recipe...hint, hint.
A dear friend showed up at my house with an entire cooked duck from a Chinese restaurant. Head included. Upset at how horrified I was, she cut off the head and put it into her purse. That is really bringing back memories.
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