Seems to be a little quiet around here lately. Maybe this will liven things up a bit.
Since the American members have just waddled
through Thanksgiving, and Christmas/Hannukah/?(your tradition) is here or just around the corner, what are some of your favorite holiday foods and food traditions...recipes would be nice (if you haven't already shared) but I know that some recipes are old family heirlooms and not to be shared with outsiders. I'll start...although I don't have anything particularly exciting or unusual.
French Toast and maple sausage breakfast on Christmas morning. This is a fairly new tradition...my S.O. has a friend that is a butcher/sausage maker, and he makes the best maple breakfast links I have ever had.
I have to admit I the whole turkey dinner thing is a highlight (sometimes we have ham too)...complete with the works, including pickle and relish trays, fresh baked rolls, cranberry sauce, and lots of pies. (I baked 4 pies for Thanksgiving - apple, pumpkin, pecan, and sweet potato)
My family always requests my sour cream cheese bread for an appetizer/snack food.
I usually bake about 8 to 10 different types of cookies and cookie type treats. But I can't let the holidays get by without making gingerbread cookies, even if I don't do any other baking. Aside from all the other little cutouts, I always decorate one gingerbread man or woman to look like each member of the family.
Some others that aren't exactly mine, but I look forward to...One of my sister-in-laws makes incredible baked beans, another makes wonderful three-bean salad...nothing fancy...just things that have become a regular and expected part of our holiday get-togethers.
