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Favorite Holiday Feast

What's your favorite holiday feast?

  • Christmas

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • Thanksgiving

    Votes: 8 61.5%

  • Easter

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • July 4th BBQ/Cookout

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Mother's Day/Father's Day

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Some other American holiday - explain please

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • A non-American holiday - explain please

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Other - really explain please

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    13
Dragonfly

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Sorry for this being slanted a bit towards USA holidays, but that's what I know best.

So which holiday feast is your favorite and why?

Is it the food? The people? The time of year? All of that? Something else?

What makes it your favorite?
 
I voted Christmas, but not for religious reasons. That week and a half, the two to three days before Christmas and the days between Christmas and New Years are always, for my family, quiet and focused on family. No shopping like at Thanksgiving. It lasts a while, not like Easter. And for us anyway, it's not a short commercialized party like Halloween, or St. Patrick's Day, or most of the other holidays, although those can be fun for other reasons.

After thinking more about this as I was typing, I think it has a lot to do with my getting older and appreciating the things that matter more because I've seen so many people no where near as lucky as I am to live in this country where we don't have to worry about constant warfare in the streets, and because of having the family I have with the greatest wife I could ever have been blessed to share my life, and for me being granted the gifts that have allowed me to be successful in business after a career in service to others.

When I was younger, and single, I may have said St. Patty's Day, or maybe even Halloween. But not now.
 
A crawfish boil is nice. Lots of beer and spicy crawdaddys.
 
Thanksgiving, and other :

my birthday dinner with my folks, and their birthday dinners. they are always a lot of fun.
 
Dragonfly said:
Sorry for this being slanted a bit towards USA holidays, but that's what I know best.

So which holiday feast is your favorite and why?

Is it the food? The people? The time of year? All of that? Something else?

What makes it your favorite?
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I'd have to say Thanksgiving.

A 20# Butterball. Stovetop Stuffing made separately from the delicious turkey broth in the roaster. Jellied cranberry sauce. Sweet potato casserole with maple syrup, brown sugar, butter and marshmellows on top at the last minute browned and well caramelized in a hot oven. Mom's southern style green beans cooked to death with salt, butter and garlic. Mashed potatoes with lots of butter and half-and-half.

And the star of the show? That turkey! Set in a king sized roaster with about 2" of chicken broth, diced celery and onion, covered with foil for much of the cooking time, then uncovered to finish browning. For a PICTURE PERFECT BIRDIE. The juices from the bird join the broth and create a WONDERFUL elixir for brown gravy and, best of all, to cover leftovers for juicy reheating that tastes just exactly like fresh roasted.

Dessert? Prolly pumpkin pie or maybe pecan from the best bakery in town.

Sigh...
 
Christmas is the best. By far. Week or 2 before Christmas, the shopping, and if you have kids there's nothing better.

But I do like Thanksgiving and turkey and pumpkin pies, and yes the football. Even the 1 week of turkey left-overs are great. Turkey sandwiches, turkey soup... All good.
 
MaggieD said:
I'd have to say Thanksgiving.

A 20# Butterball. Stovetop Stuffing made separately from the delicious turkey broth in the roaster. Jellied cranberry sauce. Sweet potato casserole with maple syrup, brown sugar, butter and marshmellows on top at the last minute browned and well caramelized in a hot oven. Mom's southern style green beans cooked to death with salt, butter and garlic. Mashed potatoes with lots of butter and half-and-half.

And the star of the show? That turkey! Set in a king sized roaster with about 2" of chicken broth, diced celery and onion, covered with foil for much of the cooking time, then uncovered to finish browning. For a PICTURE PERFECT BIRDIE. The juices from the bird join the broth and create a WONDERFUL elixir for brown gravy and, best of all, to cover leftovers for juicy reheating that tastes just exactly like fresh roasted.

Dessert? Prolly pumpkin pie or maybe pecan from the best bakery in town.

Sigh...
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Great, now I have to go back to the grocery store...thanks a lot!:censored


:lamo
 
Christmas! It's a quiet, relaxing holiday with just me, the Mr., spawn 1, spawn 2 and my mom. On Christmas Eve we do lasagna or pizza then bring the fire pit to the end of the driveway and wait for Santa to come by on the fire truck. Christmas is steaks on the grill, some kind of potatoes and a delicious veggie. This year Hanukkah begins on Christmas Eve so we'll probably have brisket, latkes and green bean casserole and light the Menorah before we go have our fire and wait for Santa.
 
New Years. We always make something new.
 
Christmas. It goes on for days and involves everything.
 
MaggieD said:
I'd have to say Thanksgiving.
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Me too. You wouldn't be missing much if you got stranded at my house for Thanksgiving. :mrgreen:


Turkey
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top
Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
Turkey gravy for the turkey
Candied/jellied cranberry sauce
Green bean casserole with fried onions on top
Pickled peaches
Pickled watermelon rind
Stuffing - a tray from inside the bird, plus a tray from outside the bird then drizzled with stock from roasting pan
Homemade pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Best part is just the ultra relaxing day with family. Plus the leftovers.
 
Ramadan and Christmas

these are celebrated for children to be happy in my opinion
 
No contest.

turkey smoked on my Weber over hickery while collecting the juices
cornbread stuffing
sweet potatoes
mashed
gravy
Corn
rolls
pureed squash
fresh cranberry sauce
baked oysters
pumpkin pie with cream


Used to do jello mold
sometimes add green beans
 
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Dragonfly said:
Me too. You wouldn't be missing much if you got stranded at my house for Thanksgiving. :mrgreen:


Turkey
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top
Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
Turkey gravy for the turkey
Candied/jellied cranberry sauce
Green bean casserole with fried onions on top
Pickled peaches
Pickled watermelon rind
Stuffing - a tray from inside the bird, plus a tray from outside the bird then drizzled with stock from roasting pan
Homemade pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Best part is just the ultra relaxing day with family. Plus the leftovers.
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Fabulous!

What time should I be there??
 
MaggieD said:
Fabulous!

What time should I be there??
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No later than 5 o'clock pm. :beer:

It'd be greatly appreciated if you brought wine and beer if we're doing all the cooking.
That pecan pie sounds like it should be brought too. Can't have too much pie.
 
Every holiday is an excuse for me to either eat out or splurge on a big feast so it doesnt matter. On the other hand, Ive grown bored of turkey- its tasteless without the cranberry and gravy. I go for roast lamb with yogurt sauce now.
 
Dragonfly said:
No later than 5 o'clock pm. :beer:

It'd be greatly appreciated if you brought wine and beer if we're doing all the cooking.
That pecan pie sounds like it should be brought too. Can't have too much pie.
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My absolute pleasure! ;)
 
PoS said:
Every holiday is an excuse for me to either eat out or splurge on a big feast so it doesnt matter. On the other hand, Ive grown bored of turkey- its tasteless without the cranberry and gravy. I go for roast lamb with yogurt sauce now.
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:lol:
ok but call it döner or iskender! :((

I also protest food threads without pics :mrgreen:
 
Medusa said:
:lol:
ok but call it döner or iskender! :((
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No thats a kebab, I roast a whole leg of lamb in the oven- my own recipe that uses garlic embedded in the skin, fresh lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, olive oil and butter. I serve it with yogurt sauce, sauteed mushrooms and onions, potato salad, grilled string beans and corn.

I also protest food threads without pics
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Just for you:

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PoS said:
No thats a kebab, I roast a whole leg of lamb in the oven- my own recipe that uses garlic embedded in the skin, fresh lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, olive oil and butter. I serve it with yogurt sauce, sauteed mushrooms and onions, potato salad, grilled string beans and corn.



Just for you:

DREY0l7.jpg
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ok but cant see it :(,recipe seems good
 
Medusa said:
ok but cant see it :(,recipe seems good
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Well if you cant see it then you either need glasses or your PC is blocking images.
 
You left out Diwalli
 
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