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Okay, now you're just being argumentative. Actually, I don't think ham would taste bad in lasagna, but I don't really have any interest in trying it. Jalapeno, on the other hand...
Okay, now you're just being argumentative. Actually, I don't think ham would taste bad in lasagna, but I don't really have any interest in trying it. Jalapeno, on the other hand...
No argument. I do like a layer of thinly sliced deli ham in lasagna. Think ham and cheese sandwich nicely melted and toasted. No dill pickle though.
Watching Ina Garten. She made crabmeat nachos. Anyway, she makes salsa and puts parsley in it. Then she says, "If you use cilantro, I don't want to know about it." Who doesn't put cilantro in salsa?? I know a lot of people don't like cilantro, but come on now...
My Nonna, who lived with us until I was a teen, was 1st Generation Italian American She made all her pasta from scratch. No machine. Rolled and cut it out herself. What we didn't eat that day, she hung from a clothes line across the kitchen, along with heads of garlic.
Christmas dinner she made Ravioli. Sorry, no WON TON wrappers but her own dough. Also very big Antipasta. Mom was the Baker. She made all the deserts and cakes herself from scratch.
My Dad was 2nd generation British. He did not like any of this, so he cooked his own Roast Beef. and Yorkshire Pudding for Christmas dinner in addition.
As an adult I am very sorry I never got the recipe for Nonna's Brachole, or Dad's Yorkshire Pudding. Nothing comes close. Nice growing up in a multi-ethnic household. You get to choose and sample.
We bought a ham that I'll have to shave some ham from for a ham and potatoes casserole. Also we brought home a 5lb package of slice American cheese and 10lbs of good looking Idaho potatoes. With a new jar of pickled jalapenos I'm going to eat good for a few days.
On Christmas day, we had a meal that wasn't much different from Thanksgiving. When I was young, and my grandmothers were alive we had home baked cookies, pies, and stollen with marzipan.
We always had Clementines and nuts - walnuts, Brazil nuts, pecans and roasted chestnuts.
As I got older, my parents and other relatives used to order pies and other baked goods from a farmstand. My sisters and I continued to bake cookies.
I remember a few Christmases we had Chicken Cordon Blu.
My father had guite a few local businesses as clients and one was an Italian Bakery. We loved it when he bought canoli. They are delicious!
I like Tiramisu, but I don't think I ever tried it until the early 2000s.
When I was little we had lutefisk, mashed potatoes and lefse with lots of butter. (Cod cured in lye and potato flat bread.)
Later when my uncle died we'd have my aunt and the cousins on Christmas Eve and then Mom would roast a turkey, dressing and all the fixings. Thats when she started making a nut and cranberry steamed pudding with hard sauce. She'd turn the lights low, put them all on a tray with a lit sugar cube on top and bring them in. All of us young people thought that was just the most exciting thing.
The next day, Christmas, we'd go to their house and my aunt would serve ham with a cherry sauce.
I know for a couple of years when I was a toddler all the Aunts and Uncles would come home to Grandma's and we'd celebrate there but I don't remember what we ate. I do remember the laughter, though.
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and jalapeno.
Actually, I don't think ham would taste bad in lasagna, but I don't really have any interest in trying it. Jalapeno, on the other hand...
Anyway, she makes salsa and puts parsley in it. Then she says, "If you use cilantro, I don't want to know about it." 
Who doesn't put cilantro in salsa?? I know a lot of people don't like cilantro, but come on now... 
My Christmas Dinners as a child
