Christmas Food - Start a new tradition
What are your Christmas food traditions? Do you have the traditional main course of turkey or goose, or does your family have a different favorite? Many families also eat pig stomach as one of their Christmas food traditions.
What do you eat with your main course on this most important of holidays? Does your Christmas food include mashed potatoes? Someone has spent a long time peeling, chopping, boiling and mashing these. Make sure you get a good helping before they are gone. Homemade mashed potatoes are not served often throughout the year.
Does your family include cookies with their Christmas food traditions? Many families make several types of cookies around the holidays so they can keep them around in case friends or family stop by during the holiday season. There are many types to choose from that go with the holiday. You could make chocolate chip, peanut butter, sugar, raison, snickerdoodles, or even the ever-loved gingerbread men. They will all be appreciated.
Another Christmas food that goes along with your main course is cranberry sauce. You can add this as a side dish to almost any meal. It seems most families like this as an addition to their main meal.
Eggnog is the drink of the season. Make sure you get some before it is gone. You can search for it the rest of the year, but will never be able to find it again.
There are many recipes on every page of your cookbooks. Try a new dish this year to see if you can find a new and delicious Christmas food and begin a new tradition. Most of these dishes can be made in the privacy of your own home before your guests even arrive. You could begin making Christmas food two or three days in advance if you are going to have a crowd.
So, this year when you are thinking about your Christmas food and the menu you are going to be serving your guests, go for something a little different. Try a new dish that your guests will be pleasantly surprised with. Something you never dreamed of making. It will give your holiday meal a little kick start.
Sit down with a glass of champagne or a cocktail, and think up your holiday menu. What do you think everyone will like? Go for some of the traditional Christmas food, but be a little brave and try a new recipe or dish this year. Your family will be surprised and delighted with the little change.