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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    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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    1 year ago

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

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

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

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    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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    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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      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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    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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    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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      Pasta with lentils sounds delicious.

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

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    I’m having a ribeye, gratin potatoes, brussel sprouts, and a slice of pie. I’m having a glass of Maker’s 46 to cap it off.

    I chose to eat alone tonight so I didn’t do all the fixings, but it’s enough for me. Last week was a tough one and for three days I’ve chosen not to deal with people. I may go out for a nightcap later but I’m not going to be dealing with anyone while I do.

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      By the way, PSA for anyone like me who has been saying gratin wrong for a long time, the proper pronunciation is gra-TAN (rhymes with Dan) or gra-TAAN (rhymes with Don). I said GRA-tin (rhymes with rotten) for 40 years on this earth.

      Or at least, now someone who properly knows the exact right way to say it can reply to this and correct me.

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        As a Canadian, I really enjoy listening to Americans pronounce French words.

        Editing to say, my French isn’t great but I don’t think you really say the N in gratin (or maybe that depends on regional accents, I’m not sure). I would say it more like “grah-ten” but without really saying the N. You kind of just hint at its existence. Maybe? We need an actual Francophone here…

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        there are millions of French words that get mangled by English speakers every day. Just speak French instead. And gratin does not rhyme with Don or Dan

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          Thanks for using your knowledge to tell us what it doesn’t rhyme with.

          Super helpful or as they say in France apparently, ‘just speak french instead’.

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