There’s so. much. food. When I was young, we had a bunch of family… including Grandmothers, aunts, uncles cousins, etc… there was about 20 of us that gathered every year. We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve so my mom drew the line at dinner, and we would actually go out for dinner. Before you think that we were rich, I need to let you know that we would go to the Royal Fork – which was a family buffet restaurant. Everyone could eat whatever they wanted for the same low price. This was especially helpful when we started having a fair amount of teens in the mix.
So – we’d go out and pig out and then come home to a huge layout of Christmas treats. Tons of sweets, different salads, sausages, little dogs in bbq sauce, candy, rolls, pies, cookies, etc, etc, etc.
There are a few dishes that were always the standouts. My mom’s fudge is still – to date – the best fudge I’ve ever tasted, homemade or store bought. Smooth as silk, never grainy and so chocolatey! And – my mom’s shortbread was also the best I’ve ever tasted. There were so many incredible things there –
and many of them we only got once a year – so we HAD to eat at least some of everything.We’d spend the next few hours just snacking and snacking and snacking. As always, we started opening Christmas presents at midnight – that’s right – midnight. And each person opened their present’s one at a time. We wouldn’t finish until like 3am. We’ve changed this in the last few years so now we finish up by midnight.
But – we’d spend the next few days eating all the great leftovers What great Christmas food/treat tradition memories do you have?
You know I'm craving fudge now, don't you? :)
ReplyDeleteWell, we ate the same meal for Christmas dinner as we did for Thanksgiving. My mother would serve turkey, gravy, cornbread dressing with pecans, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and Bacardi rum cake. She'd also make fudge in the microwave, but it didn't always set up properly, so sometimes we had to eat it with a spoon! lol
Someone would always give us one of those kits from Hickory Farms with the cheeses and sausages and other friends would drop off various homemade cookies and candies.
I'm getting hungry now!