I am thinking about making myself something delicious. Not celebrating with anyone this eve but curious what everyone else will be eating.

  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    I’m by myself. I made a frozen pizza. I didn’t realize it was Christmas Eve until I saw this post and read some of the replies. I really don’t care about the holidays.

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      11 months ago

      That sounds awesome.

      You gotta give us the story of how it came to be.

      Tacos and Gluwein are spectacularly, gloriously far apart culinarily.

      How did you come to having a middle American dish with a northern European beverage?

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        11 months ago

        Nothing really spectacular. Gluwein is a tradition from my family (which has some roots in Germany). I always had it at my parents home during Christmas time. And since my wife enjoys it, she agrees with me making a batch for Christmas. Tacos came about because my wife makes good tacos and neither of us is much into the traditional ham or turkey dinners which are common. One year, we just agreed to tacos and that’s been that. Christmas now means tacos and Gluwein.

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          11 months ago

          That’s awesome.

          I’m in Denmark (so close to Germany) and we usually have the Danish variety of Gluwein, Glögg, multiple times throughout December.

          I can totally relate to not being much into traditional Christmas cooking. My family isn’t either, so we try something new every year.

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    11 months ago

    Breakfast for dinner with challah French toast! First time trying it with this bread

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    11 months ago

    I had raclette and I’m about to go down on some delicious riskrem with cherries and I will hopefully find the hidden almond.

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    Leftover chicken con mole, in an enchilada. And some scraps of banana bread I made the other day.

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    11 months ago

    Something I had for breakfast upset my tummy so I’m skipping dinner tonight. My husband is currently making himself some veggie (soy) chorizo and eggs. I may make myself some chicken broth later.

    Did you decide what you’re making?

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    Egg roll in a bowl. It’s basically the filling of an egg roll, minus the fried wrapper that would normally go around it. It’s like a stir-fry, really. Cover it in chili garlic sauce and that stuff is fire.

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    South American here, we celebrate on the 24 at night. Spent all day cooking with my parents, there’s turkey, baked potatoes, Caesar salad, 6 topes of hot sauce, carrot pudding for desert. Egg nog, spiced wine and a drink called canelazo made with naranjilla a relative of tomatoes and golden berries spiced with cinnamon and star anize

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      11 months ago

      Sounds amazing!

      An Argentinian friend told me she felt some of their Christmas food was a bit strange, as it was a lot of heavy food that you’d otherwise never eat in summer but that’s eaten anyway because it’s associated with Christmas. Does this fit your experience?

      It’s ten below where I am, and I certainly wouldn’t mind being served up that dish haha

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        We sont really have many summer / winter foods here since I live in the equator and seasons are non existent. But Turkey it’s pretty much only a Christmas thing.

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    11 months ago

    Had it about an hour ago: a sort of one-pot pasta and lentil stew thingy, made in our slow cooker. I wouldn’t call it it a particular favourite of mine, but it has the advantage of being dead easy and surprisingly substantial.

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      11 months ago

      Pasta with lentils sounds delicious.

      I used to make lentil and navy bean chili a lot. You’ve inspired me!

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        It was decent; we had fried them lightly before adding to our soup but that made the texture different than expected. Was still tasty so we’ll be experimenting on how to best perfect it :)

  • Jay@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Maybe pizza, if I don’t get lazy first and actually make one.