What's a holiday food that is traditional at your family gatherings but is definitely out of the ordinary?
Do you eat Froot Loops every Thanksgiving? Do you have beanie weinies at Christmas? Do you eat fried chicken at Easter?
It’s not limited to these holidays. Pick one and tell us about how odd your family really is.
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Sausage bread. At least it’s out of the ordinary for people I’ve met. People out here in Denver have never heard of it of course unless they’ve moved here from NY/NJ.
So yummy!
The last few years (since my Mom passed away) we have been having homemade spaghetti and meatballs for Christmas dinner. My Dad’s specialty.
Watermelon is always served at our holiday meals.
Baked oyster dressing (stuffing)
We have turkey and dressing on the 4th of July instead of hot dogs and hamburgers.
Flan. Its a great light dessert that is great because you can have it even when you over eat.
The first course at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter is always escarole soup. My husband’s grandmother used to make it, and now one of her daughters has inherited the job. They’ve been making it from scratch for many years before it was available in cans with the more appealing name of “Italian Wedding Soup.” It’s a chicken broth with orzo, shredded chicken, tiny meatballs, escarole, celery, and various seasonings. We sprinkle it with grated parmesan and sop up the remains with bread. So yummy.
Tamales. Though it’s traditional in Latin American cultures.
we have tamales at our house last Christmas though were not Latin they were still good
We celebrate our Norwegian-ness by having a smorgasbord. Fresh with cheese, crackers, meatballs, fish-paste, beer and wine.
@tinyfaery, I had the best homemade turkey tamales for Thanksgiving when I was visiting my exes family in Texas. Yummy.
Cranberries here, canberries there, cranberries everywhere. even in the boxes of cereal. my wife is big on cranberries, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas. she says they are good for your heart.
We always have lasagna each year at Christmas along with a turkey for those who want the traditional food. I could do without the turkey completely though. Love my lasagna!!
My aunt, who hosts Christmas, married into an Italian family, so we have a traditional Italian dinner (or so I’m told). Spaghetti and meatballs, or spaghetti and lobster (in red sauce); calimari (fried squid); calzones; canolis; etc. We also have more normal stuff, too—salad, rolls, dessert.
@drClaw
Herring and Gjetost this year in memory of my deceased father.
“La oss skåle for Papa”
Black Beans and Rice. Not normal where I have moved to and not really normal where I grew up either.
we have Cheshire cheese with our Christmas cake….. nom nom
scun·gilli (skuŋ gē′lē) is a conch.
Scungilli salad. Served cold.
Or in hot(spicy) tomato sauce. With a fresh loaf of Italian bread.
Sauteed Acorn squash with corn niblets, onion and cilantro. Supposedly it’s a native American indian dish.
@icy
Where do you celebrate Yankee Stadium?
I have Christmas with my husbands family (the are Mexican) and they have seafood broth, picadillo, bacaloa, and jalepenos stuffed with sardines.
My favorite holiday for food growing up was Passover. My grandmother makes the best matzah ball soup! We had all of the requirements of course (boiled egg, cheroset, etc), but then our entree was yummy things like chicken captain, and sometimes brisket. We never had gafilte fish, or some of the other traditional dishes I hear people serve—yuck.
@icy
You just went from icy to the bowels of hell with that avatar switch…ok you can have hot dogs..brrrr.shivers
@hawaii_jake
Thanksgiving?
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and if it’s rainy and really dismal out we add Clam Chowder…
@tinyfaery : He’e in Hawaiian means octopus. Yummy.
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