Holiday Foods

Published on March 15, 2009 By KFC Kickin For Christ In Misc

Holiday foods......yum! Do you make special foods for the holidays? What's your favorite?

I'm not sure what my favorite is exactly but a New England Boiled Dinner on St. Patrick's Day is pretty close. I made that last night and it's got to be up there among my very best meals. I mean I love the turkey and mashed potatoes with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving and all but hmmmm.....corn beef and cabbage with those little red potatoes and carrots......oh so good!

Easter (or Resurrection Day) is right around the corner and it will be ham and pineapple with the fixins of course. Probably sweet potatoes and some sort of pie for dessert. It seems tho we never get tired of the traditional fare.

Then nothing for a while after Easter unless we do something for July 4th which I don't necessarily do. Various potato and macaroni salads are the norm for the summer anyhow with plenty of fresh fruit and grilled steaks. I will miss my blueberry picking in the woods of Maine. That is, unless I plan on a trip north in July. That is a distinct possiblility. But how do I travel on the plane with gallons of blueberries?

We were out running and biking last night when we passed a home that had something smelling pretty good on the grill. Hmmm......steak and potato salad sounds good for tonight sans the blueberry muffins!

Afterall it's summertime in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of summer like a steak cooking on a grill.

Comments

KellyW0498

on Mar 15, 2009

Don't forget New Years Day: Hoppin' John for good luck!

foreverserenity

on Mar 16, 2009

Steak on the grill is always good in my book! You know, as a child growing up in Jamaica, one of our favorite dish (and it was a widely known and used Island favorite) was Corn Beef and Cabbage, with rice or with dumplins and green bananas and potato! I had no clue that dish was a mainstay of the Irish culture at the time til I came here to live! The beef we used though was not Brisket, though I like that too, on its own, rather we used the canned version which in Jamaica is known as Bulle (pronounced Bull-e Beef!

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Mar 16, 2009

green bananas and potato

green bananas and potato? What a combo! I've never heard of this but it does sound strangely interesting.

Don't forget New Years Day: Hoppin' John for good luck

what's Hoppin' John?

I did forget about New Years. We usually do Chinese Food as our tradition. So for me it's a holiday off from cooking. Nice way to start the year!

foreverserenity

on Mar 16, 2009

green bananas and potato? What a combo! I've never heard of this but it does sound strangely interesting.

That's the green bananas not plantains. Yes, they are a staple on our table and it tastes great with yellow yams and potatoes!

Adventure-Dude

on Mar 18, 2009

I think food at Chanukah and Passover are my favorite? I don't know though I like most of the Feast day foods.

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Mar 19, 2009

I think food at Chanukah and Passover are my favorite?

so what are we talking.....the bitter herbs or the roasted egg?

I once taught the book of Esther to a group of women and made a special cookie for desert that is made in Israel in the celebration of Purim. I remember they had a raisin filling inside little dough shaped three corner hats supposing to be like the hat Haman wore when he persecuted the Jews back in the days of Persia. I still have the article that was in the paper with the recipie just in case I teach that book again.

Adventure-Dude

on Mar 19, 2009

I once taught the book of Esther to a group of women and made a special cookie for desert that is made in Israel in the celebration of Purim

Sounds like Haman's ears. Weird name for them I know. I don't really like them.

the bitter herbs or the roasted egg

Well, it certainly wouldn't be the roasted egg since I don't know of anyone that eats it (it's more for symbolic decoration at the table). I enjoy the lamb, horseradish (bitter herb), charoset, matzah at Passover.

Mmmm, just 3 more weeks

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Mar 19, 2009

I love charoset! Good stuff.

DrJBHL

on Mar 20, 2009

Many believe that the significance of the roasted egg refers to additional sacrifices made in the Temple besides the Pascal lamb. That roasted egg is not eaten...the egg in salt water is.

As with most Spring Holidays, it celebrated the beginning of a cycle, and renewal. Easter eggs have the same significance. Not surprising as the Holidays should be fairly congruent in times celebrated.

Many believe that the significance of the roasted egg refers to additional sacrifices made in the Temple besides the Pascal lamb. That roasted egg is not eaten...the egg in salt water is.

Dancing in the Rain

on Mar 20, 2009

that made me hungry just reading lol

DrJBHL

on Mar 20, 2009

LOL...I was referring to the ritual part....not the actual meal. THAT is way delicious....lamb dishes, chicken, beef recipes, pork (naaah...not really) all sortsa great stuff. The ritual part is just that...to remember, celebrate and to teach.

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