Your Christmas Eve Dinner

[Chicabonita]

So what are my friends here at TTonline plan to cook for Christmas Eve? Please post your list! :)

[Solachica]

Is custom to cook something 'special' on tht day?

[BW]

christmas eve dinner? so on boxing day that food would be two days old. :confused:

Probably going to toss some seasoned salmon on the george forman grill, sprinkled with a bit of lime.

[Scorpio]

I dont remember us ever having a special Christmas eve dinner. To me Christmas Eve was always a mad last minute dash to finish "putting away" the house for Christmas.

[Solachica]

^^Maybe hops and ham for yuh becos they had no time to cook the day before Christmas lol

[Chicabonita]

Oh wow...geez it seems like my family then is the only one with the tradition of a Christmas Eve dinner?? Oops. Back home, we also celebrate during Christmas Eve and Christmas day is just leftovers for lunch, but we usually have a Christmas breakfast (pancakes, bacon, etc).

Is this common for Trinis? (not to celebrate on Christmas Eve?) because I know at least 3 people who does it as well. I am just curious.

Anyhow...what are you all cooking for CHRISTMAS day then? lol

[shaddeck]

ah goin tuh ah wild meat buffet lunch in ah lil while, xmas time is always ah time fuh wild meat fuh me, tonight or tomorrow early ah goin visit some trinis in holland eef de snow ovah de mountains allow meh tuh drive. dem tell meh deh have poncheon an ah carryin ah bottle ah vat 1919 an ah bottle ah eclipse. dey don buy de whole goat and ducks. de goat we does geh from marrocco an de ducks from belguim. ah only hope dat ah cud drive wid dis chippid weddah dat we having dis year. ponche de creme, ham an sorrel already organise so is chutney, parang, black cake, sponge cake, all kinda food an all fours! (an ah bunch ah wile trini people, more oman eh!, who missing home). de last time we meet up was in denmark, and de time before dat was in spain.

in germsmoney, dey does celebrate chrismass eve an is tradition fuh de whole fahmahly (doh matter weh dey livin) tuh come together fuh dinner (mosty it is baked goose) and exchange gifts. dey all have ah chrismass tree, usually douglas fir, which dey decorate wid de usuall kitsch. de chirren don geh dey presants arready on dec. 6th (dats st nickolas day, so de kids arready playing wid dey toys) an today is de gifts fuh mostly de grown ups, although de chirren gehing some to.

[amzz]

I think the Christmas eve celebration is quickly catching on locally. But some years ago all focus was on Christmas day itself.

[kemist]

i hoping de gyro man go be out tonight...

[Wayne]

kemist...........Check out the Gyro Vendors at Adam Smith Square on Ariapita Avenue in Woodbrook between Murray and Carlos Streets.

[Scorpio]

My christmas eve dinner was doubles with heavy pepper :)

[Amelia]

My christmas eve dinner was doubles with heavy pepper :)

Mine too!!!!!!!!!! lol
Been a while since I had doubles so it was a real treat.

[kemist]

kemist...........Check out the Gyro Vendors at Adam Smith Square on Ariapita Avenue in Woodbrook between Murray and Carlos Streets.

I think i had by them already Wayne. :top:

I ended up having some rell nice boil cassava i get from caribbean cafe, all i had do was fry some saltfish. That was goooooooood!

[Chicabonita]

We ate:

Ham
Mash potatoes and gravy
Green bean casserole
Corn pie
Jello Salad
Cole Slaw
Homemade rolls
and Cheesecake

[straphanger]

Christmas lunch:
eggnog and burbon
baked chicken
chicken lasagna
noodles and mixed vege
veg fried rice
mashed potatoes
flounder stuffed with spinach

pecan pie
sweet potato pie
italian cookies

[snowbird]

Oh wow...geez it seems like my family then is the only one with the tradition of a Christmas Eve dinner?? Oops. Back home, we also celebrate during Christmas Eve and Christmas day is just leftovers for lunch, but we usually have a Christmas breakfast (pancakes, bacon, etc).

Is this common for Trinis? (not to celebrate on Christmas Eve?) because I know at least 3 people who does it as well. I am just curious.

Anyhow...what are you all cooking for CHRISTMAS day then? lol

Chica I guess every family has a different holdiay tradition ....depending on your roots.

for mine it has always been.....

Christmas Eve .....lots of finger food (hot and cold) everything from a variety of Hot Hors d’Oeuvres ....to cold meats cheeses and veg tray....lots of poncha cream, sorrell and peardreax lol

On Christmas it's.....

Mid-day brunch (brunch because, have to wait until the little ones open their gifts from Santa then get over to Nana's house)

...that's when we blend the old with the new..... Pastels, Ham and Omlets, with several baked goods (cinnamon buns, croissants. french toast)....champaign and orange juice, tea, flavoured coffee (for the adults) and hot chocolate w/ mashmellows for the kids
.... for desert a 'Tropical fruit compote' ....fancy name for a tropical fruit salade tossed in cole slaw dressing and topped with whipped cream... (Nana goes all out and everyone gets their fav. included in this brunch lol)

Christmas Dinner....traditional stuff.... turkey, stuffing, calaloo, macaroni pie, couple different vegs (this year ...garlic green beans with red peppers...and little baked Parissean potatoes) oh, and corn as two of the little don't like the way I do the green beans.... "Too spicy Nana" lol

Desert...black cake, poncha cream, sorrel.... and cookies that I made with the little ones.

So what are all of my guests (adults) doing today???? Trying to loose about 15 pounds. lol

Me....I'm taking it easy now. lol

[Wayne]

snowbird................yuh mention everything that we have at my for this Christmas weekend............wait nuh we also had raw oyster
cocktails and coconut water.

[snowbird]

snowbird................yuh mention everything that we have at my for this Christmas weekend............wait nuh we also had raw oyster
cocktails and coconut water.

nice..... and no, I had no oyster cocktails....instead we had ah shrimp ring, does that count? (as a matter of fact...it is still untouched....lol

Oh, and the coconut water goes without saying (daz ah staple at my house)..... like yuh forget..... my drink of choice is ....C&C ....smoothe tuh de last drop lol (= Chivas Regal and Coconut Water lol)

[Lystra Kochin]

Ham, pastelle, chocolate mousse... coo coo,... sorrel...

[saltwater]

As is normal w my family, the christmas eve dinner got sidelined and the imprumtu dinner was dhalpurie and curry duck, chicken; cowheal soup, ham, coconut cake, fruit cake and sorrel.
For us Christmas eve is a time to put finishing touches to the house and the christmas day menu while celebrating the arrival of family members. When in Tdad, a formal dinner is planned by one of my sisters and we must all gather at her house to eat, drink and be merry.
Christmas day is the big day w friends and family and a lavish menu always combined w curry and a formal non curry menu.
This year was:
Turkey and cranberry sauce
vegetables
rice dish
pasta dish
salad
dhalpurie
curry duck
curry chicken
channa and alloo
cake and sorrel
My sis did make ginger beer but we still hv not seen it.

[Wayne]

nice..... and no, I had no oyster cocktails....instead we had ah shrimp ring, does that count? (as a matter of fact...it is still untouched....lol

Oh, and the coconut water goes without saying (daz ah staple at my house)..... like yuh forget..... my drink of choice is ....C&C ....smoothe tuh de last drop lol (= Chivas Regal and Coconut Water lol)


snowbird..............yuh does be "buzzing" eh?