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I am thinking about making myself something delicious. Not celebrating with anyone this eve but curious what everyone else will be eating.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m by myself. I made a frozen pizza. I didn’t realize it was Christmas Eve until I saw this post and read some of the replies. I really don’t care about the holidays.

[–] mysoulishome 7 points 1 year ago
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[–] sylver_dragon 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tacos and Gluwein.
As is tradition. At least, those are our traditions.

[–] Wootz 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That sounds awesome.

You gotta give us the story of how it came to be.

Tacos and Gluwein are spectacularly, gloriously far apart culinarily.

How did you come to having a middle American dish with a northern European beverage?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Breakfast for dinner with challah French toast! First time trying it with this bread

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Leftover chicken con mole, in an enchilada. And some scraps of banana bread I made the other day.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had raclette and I'm about to go down on some delicious riskrem with cherries and I will hopefully find the hidden almond.

[–] Lifecoach5000 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Had to look both of those up but sounds awesome!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something I had for breakfast upset my tummy so I'm skipping dinner tonight. My husband is currently making himself some veggie (soy) chorizo and eggs. I may make myself some chicken broth later.

Did you decide what you're making?

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[–] lickmygiggle 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My infant daughter is in the hospital so it’s a Chinese takeout feast for us.

[–] grasshopper_mouse 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Egg roll in a bowl. It's basically the filling of an egg roll, minus the fried wrapper that would normally go around it. It's like a stir-fry, really. Cover it in chili garlic sauce and that stuff is fire.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

South American here, we celebrate on the 24 at night. Spent all day cooking with my parents, there's turkey, baked potatoes, Caesar salad, 6 topes of hot sauce, carrot pudding for desert. Egg nog, spiced wine and a drink called canelazo made with naranjilla a relative of tomatoes and golden berries spiced with cinnamon and star anize

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sounds amazing!

An Argentinian friend told me she felt some of their Christmas food was a bit strange, as it was a lot of heavy food that you'd otherwise never eat in summer but that's eaten anyway because it's associated with Christmas. Does this fit your experience?

It's ten below where I am, and I certainly wouldn't mind being served up that dish haha

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[–] GreyShack 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had it about an hour ago: a sort of one-pot pasta and lentil stew thingy, made in our slow cooker. I wouldn't call it it a particular favourite of mine, but it has the advantage of being dead easy and surprisingly substantial.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No idea but tomorrow I'm making pork katsu curry

[–] Lobreeze 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope things get better for you

[–] Lobreeze 5 points 1 year ago

It's a big party, relax.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm celebrating it in family. 4 relatives, me, 2 cats, and probably 1-3 uninvited (but still welcome) guests. It'll be:

  • Snacks - 2 types of chips, mozzarella with olive oil and oregano, salsicho (local sausage, nice to eat with some sprinkled lime), olives.
  • Booze - beer. Sis is bringing something else too but I don't know what.
  • Soda - for the kids. Or rather the 16yo "kid". And likely for the adults to mix with the booze.
  • Main meat - one of those big chicken breeds with fancy names, locally called "chester" or "fiesta". If I were to choose it would be mutton, but I'm the only one who eats it so... I'm still glad that it isn't turkey. At least Kika (cat #1) gets some chicken breast as a treat.
  • Siding #1 - white rice otherwise there's a bloody revolution here.
  • Siding #2 - a yucca meal farofa. I wasn't in charge of it, so I don't know what's in.
  • Salad - a salad with everything and a bit more: ricotta, arugula, bacon, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, croutons, and a yoghurt-based dressing. Siegfrieda (cat #2) gets some yoghurt as a treat.
  • Dessert #1 - a fake tiramisù with pasty cream instead of zabaglione + mascarpone because it's how my family likes it. 22:00 yesterday and I was still preparing it.
  • Dessert #2 - sweet french toasts with syrup. I'm expecting the sweet teeth in the family to drizzle its syrup over the tiramisù.

It's theoretically for five people but we're expecting 1~3 more to come in, and leftovers always become part of the Christmas breakfast and lunch, so we give ourselves the luxury to go a bit overboard. Plus three pairs of hands to cook, fuck yeah.

(Happy Christmas for everyone here!)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Soda - for the kids.

Just asking on your opinion, is it otherwise weird/rude to refuse drinking alcohol when it's not due to religion or health issues?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think that it's weird; it's a personal choice, and I think that it should be respected. I said that the soda is for the kid because he got to choose it and from earlier experiences he's the only one who drinks it.

[–] mysoulishome 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My daughter requested meatballs for tonight. My wife makes them from scratch. Probably with potatoes and gravy poured on both meat and potatoes. Tomorrow (Christmas day) wife and mother slow cook a big beef roast.

LOVE THIS THREAD! It feels so cozy and home-y up in here with the Lemmy family!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Chicken gnocchi soup and sandwiches

It's my first time making my own gnocchi 🤞

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm having a ribeye, gratin potatoes, brussel sprouts, and a slice of pie. I'm having a glass of Maker's 46 to cap it off.

I chose to eat alone tonight so I didn't do all the fixings, but it's enough for me. Last week was a tough one and for three days I've chosen not to deal with people. I may go out for a nightcap later but I'm not going to be dealing with anyone while I do.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Prime Rib with roast potatoes and all the fixings.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe pizza, if I don't get lazy first and actually make one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Indian takeaway for Christmas Eve on my end. Going thru a rough time and I have no family or friends, so this is the best way I know to enjoy myself.

Tomorrow for Christmas I'll be making a small ham with brown sugar glaze and will use it for sandwiches, and I'll use the leftovers for ham, green bean, and potato soup in a day or two.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Tomatillo tamales and chile.

[–] lazycouchpotato 5 points 1 year ago

We had guests over, and they made homemade perogies.

They were great.

[–] j4k3 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I cook once a week+ so day 8 of fried rice, chicken, veggies and a Hong Kong sauce made with spicy mayo, teriyaki, and some fish sauce mixed. Might do that now for lunch and guacamole, chips, and a beer for dinner. Cheers solo crew!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mayonnaise potato salad.
Somehow you caught me on a day when I have something for dinner.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Eve, we made Cincinnati-style chilidogs. Homemade chili was great, but store-bought buns weren’t great, and neither were the dogs, but it’s rough to get proper ingredients on a different continent. I may try it again this week but with cornbread (I have extra maize flour around, but no spaghetti).

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[–] TeaHands 4 points 1 year ago

Crispy Hawaiian tofu with egg-fried rice. Normally eat it with regular rice but this is a special day and husband wanted to treat me since I've not been at all well these last few weeks. Bloody love egg-fried rice.

Now absolutely stuffed and feel like I never want to eat again, although he's already prepping our two-person Christmas dinner for tomorrow so I won't tell him that!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Normally, I would roast a chicken (Turkey is expensive and too big for my Japanese oven and Goose is also expensive and I have no experience with it), make dressing, roast some veg, make mashed potatoes and gravy, and probably make something like brownies for dessert. This year, we're going to hang out with friends of the wife, so I'm not sure what the plan is.

I am making oatmeal-chocolate-chip cookies, though, using my grandma's old recipe. I actually put in a bit less sugar today and they turned out more like she used to make, so I'm guessing some things were left out of the recipe. I guess it's also possible that the type of sugar differing is an issue (we don't really have brown sugar that's the exact same here in Japan as in the US, and we also tend not to use granulated sugar in a lot of stuff) as I'd end up with rather flat, crispy cookies rather than the more pillow-y type like I made this morning. Shortening could also differ somehow, I guess, from the Crisco she used.

[–] maniajack 4 points 1 year ago

Chicken divan. Delicious stuff, easy to make, give it a shot if it looks good to you.

https://thecozycook.com/chicken-divan/

[–] JimmyChanga 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pizza time! Hot salami and cranage caramelised onions

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hungarian Fisherman's soup with fresh bread. It's very common to eat fish in some form on this day in Hungary.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fried trout fillets, potatoes, broccoli and green beans, with lemon, butter and some hot sauce. Chestnuts for afters. And half a bottle of Baileys.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My wife and I make a big baked ziti every Christmas eve (well, she does most of the work but I help wherever I can) and eat it over the next 2 days. It just came out if the oven!

Also got some cheese/meat/crackers/jam for a low-rent version of charcuterie to snack on.

For drinks, various holiday cocktails we can make out of brandy, rum, whiskey, amaretto, schnapps, coffee, eggnog, cider (not all at once of course, just various mixes we make on the fly). We are also gonna mull some wine later and there is some beer in the fridge for if we get lazy or sick of all the holiday stuff.

This all goes down while we have an endless stream of christmas movies/specials/episodes playing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just made some home made chicken fried rice for me and the wife. Dunno about tomorrow yet, we haven’t decided between pork chops or chicken fried steak.

First year we have been alone for Christmas so we aren’t doing anything special. Didn’t even put up a tree

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[–] mhredox 4 points 1 year ago

Homemade Trompo tacos.

Also, tamales and ceviche.

[–] bulwark 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Traditional Czech Christmas dinner - carp and a potato salad.

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