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English fruit cake (not the same as American fruit cake; it has some candied peel and cherries but is mostly raisins and currants, and it is covered with layers of jam, marzipan and royal icing).
Don't know why my father's family adopted it, as none of them were Irish. Maybe it was just considered "fancy" in the Midwest by the early 20th c???
Gak, even the thought of it makes me sick. My sibs and I would spit it out into our napkins, but that hot milk was still in the bowl and you couldn't get rid of it. "May I pleased be excused?" "No, not until you finish your oyster stew!"
You poor thing. I used to stare at the mushy peas and Brussels sprouts on my plate knowing that I'd be made to eat them.
I make ton of cookies and rarely do I make any of them the rest of the year. Christmas dinner is massive.....it's been called The Feast by family. Thanksgiving pales in comparison. Aside from the cookies, I can't think of anything I don't make the rest of the year......I definitely don't make as much for one meal. Having 20 people at the house versus the normal 2.
Actually nothing, I cook what we want no matter what time of year it is.
I see no reason to "save" a dish for a special day, in my opinion any time I am
able to sit down and eat a good meal is a special day.
It's more than that for me. Foods have a season. I look forward to strawberries in the spring, peaches in the summer and squash in the fall. I also don't want to heat up the house baking cookies for twelve hours in August.
I was thinking about this today and realized I never use my cookie press any other time of the year. I use an old hand-crank Nordicware press that makes great Spritz cookies in different shapes. Easy to use but I guess I just don't bother at other times. That, and I could probably eat the whole batch.
I also make Zebra cake which is a no-bake that my grandkids love. You just slather chocolate wafer cookies with whipped cream and line them all up in a row in a long cylinder shape. Cover with whipped cream and a little shaved chocolate over the top. Refrigerate for a few hours and when you cut into it it's yummy. And zebra-like.
I do a boiled fudge recipe that I don't dare make except at Christmas since I eat most of it. I think Christmas gives you a pass.
When it comes to main dishes, prime rib, turkey, ham, etc. I eat those at other times of the year. So what do you make only at Christmas?
Definitely those spritz cookies. I wonder why I never use the ribbon plate for like, cheese straws, at other times of the year.
And of course, fruitcake.
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