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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 18, 2012 3:08:29 pm PST #4991 of 30001
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flea - Dec 18, 2012 3:11:37 pm PST #4992 of 30001
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For those who celebrate Christmas, do you have traditional meals you make? We'll have my in-laws for Christmas Eve and Day, and my SIL and her (incredibly picky) kids are coming the 26th. I think I will do lasagna on the 26th, with Italian sausage and no spinach, because I am pretty sure at least one of the incredibly picky kids will eat that, and it is hard to feed 9 people, but lasagna is one of my staples for that. For Christmas Day we will probably do a boeuf bourguignon (Julia Child/Jacques Pepin). I am sort of at a loss for Christmas Eve - my SIL always does pizza, but that seems a little boring. I want something easy but not boring. Ideas?
meara - Dec 18, 2012 3:13:20 pm PST #4993 of 30001
My mother has started doing a "traditional" meal (of about 4 years now) on Christmas Eve of Trader joes appetizers. Cheese, little things, chocolates, whatever looks good
Dana - Dec 18, 2012 3:13:57 pm PST #4994 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Honey-baked ham? Like, from the actual Honey-Baked Ham store.
Consuela - Dec 18, 2012 3:18:23 pm PST #4995 of 30001
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I want something easy but not boring.
Soup and salad? My family traditionally does lasagna on Christmas Eve, but a big pot of hearty soup might do.
Around here one of the traditional things is Dungeness crab...
Jesse - Dec 18, 2012 3:21:40 pm PST #4996 of 30001
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I would like a ham tradition, but my mother mixes it up. Christmas Eve we have family, and sometimes a ham, sometimes tourtiere (pork pie), this year I think she's doing pulled pork. So I guess we always have pig? Turkey on Christmas, because we don't have Thanksgiving at home.
None of those are especially onerous to make, aside from time and pulling the pork.
flea - Dec 18, 2012 3:23:08 pm PST #4997 of 30001
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I was actually looking at shrimp scampi recipes. Part of the problem is negotiating between what I would like to eat (TJ's appetizer dinner is right up my alley!) and what my 73 year old in-laws from Cleveland would like to eat (Honey Baked Ham is right up their alley.)
Calli - Dec 18, 2012 3:29:06 pm PST #4998 of 30001
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My family often does a standing rib roast. Pricey, but we only have it once a year or so. Other years we've had a ham.
Scrappy - Dec 18, 2012 3:29:52 pm PST #4999 of 30001
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How old are the kids? If they always have pizza, I you might have it, at least for them. Then the grown-ups can have something more adventurous.
Trudy Booth - Dec 18, 2012 3:32:45 pm PST #5000 of 30001
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Ham is nice. Then you can have ham and eggs for breakfast one day, ham sandwiches for lunch another, and in the end use the bone to make split pea soup.
Mmmm... ham.