Merry Christmas, everybody!
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Gahr
Ambassador of Blues & Brews
On a serious note: I would like to thank you all sincerely for being part of this great forum. Coming here brings me joy and great relief. The last couple of years have been really tough, both personally and at work, but TTR is always a safe haven where I find support, fun and madness. Thanks and cheers!
Sérgio
Ambassador of CaliZilian Affairs
Gahr, the main Christmas course here is roast turkey, pretty much like the Americans eat it on Thanksgiving (we don't have a Thanksgiving tradition here, so our "turkey occasion" is Cristmas Eve. Some families do prefer codfish or roast pork.
The other typical dishes are French toast with cinnamon, fruitcake, rice with raisins or nuts, and the main dessert options are pie and Italian style panettone.
How about Norway?
And the rest of you, what are the popular Christmas dinner items in your state?
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Cheers to a brighter better 2020
to us all, as others have said above I love this place, and it is a stress relief happy place to hang out. And I plan on hanging out here for quite a spell ....
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Gahr
Ambassador of Blues & Brews
Depending on where you live, the main dish on Christmas eve is either roast pork rib/belly (eastern Norway) or cured mutton rib (western Norway). We eat mutton rib here. It is accompanied with boiled potatoes and mashed suede. I also make a side dish with woked Brussels sprouts flavored with garlic and a splash of double IPA. The mutton rib is dried and has to be watered out for 24 hours before steaming for 2-3 hours. I use a dark and malty beer for the steaming. We put the potatoes at the bottom of the pot and layer the meat on top. I use enough luquid (beer) to cover the potatoes about 2/3 of the way up. Because of the high salt content in the meat, the potatoes don’t break up during the boiling. The cooking liquid is used as a sauce when serving. The dish is accompanied with beer and aquavit, the traditional Norwegian caraway flavored spirit.
On Christmas day we eat poached cod. Cod used to be traditional dinner on Christmas eve in the south of the country. When I was a kid (living in the south) that was our Christmas dinner. On Boxing Day we eat roast turkey. Turkey is not traditional here, but when I was a kid we used to eat it on Christmas day, because my dad really loves it.
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Sérgio
Ambassador of CaliZilian Affairs
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Gahr
Ambassador of Blues & Brews
Well, they ruled us from 1814 until 1905, so...wow, I didn't know you guys hated the Swedes so much!
Tomorrow will be a Prime rib roast,
I get my second turkey of the year
on New Year’s Day yummmm.
I am going to leave a couple of festive guitar pics in this thread
I get my second turkey of the year
on New Year’s Day yummmm.
I am going to leave a couple of festive guitar pics in this thread
mcblink
Ambassador of Riffs & Spliffs
Nice! We're doing prime rib tomorrow as well!
Man when my internet wants to mess with me it does it well .
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Gahr
Ambassador of Blues & Brews
Haha! Lutefisk is not bad at all, but it is an acquired taste. My father-in-law loves its.