Traditional Christmas Cooking
Christmas is a time of year when different families around
the world will get together and observe traditions that are the
same for them year after year and yet vastly different from those
that other families share around the block. There are very few universal
Christmas traditions any more and there is nothing wrong with that.
In America however, there are some items that many people consider
traditional holiday cooking and there is little that will be done
to dissuade these opinions. The truth is that many of these traditional
holiday foods are largely traditional in specific regions rather
than the United States having one nations wide traditional Christmas
dinner.
Turkey or ham? For some families the answer is both while others
answer quite quickly that it is neither. One of the best all-American
Christmas cooking ideas I've ever seen was lasagna. It was a Christmas
Eve tradition but a delicious tradition just the same. There are
no right or wrong traditions only those traditions that work well
for you and your family. If you feel the need to change a long-standing
tradition for a large extended family by all means discuss it
with everyone involved. Otherwise it is your tradition and you
should feel free to make it your own.
At the same time, there is something comforting and reminiscent
of home to have those traditions to come home to year after year.
I can't help but think of the movie Christmas with the Kranks.
The entire movie was spent in an attempt to break with the traditional
Christmas trappings and trimmings only to make a mad dash to return
to them in the end. That is often the way things go when attempting
to break with tradition. If you are considering this for the first
time this Christmas be sure to hang on to some of your old traditions
in case you find that it just doesn't feel like Christmas without
them. You certainly don't want it to be too late and miss out
on the spirit of Christmas in your home.
Other great traditional favorites for many Americans as far as
Christmas cooking goes are: sweet potato casseroles, devilled
eggs, dressing or stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole,
pumpkin pie, apple pie, mince meat pie, and pecan pie. Of course
there are regional favorites that are often highly dependent upon
where you live such as key lime pie, lemon icebox pie, oyster
dressing, deep fried turkey. If one of these is a Christmas tradition
for you, no matter where you are in the world you will think of
home or Christmas whenever you come across them. It's really amazing
how that happens and quite nice too when family and friends seem
far away to have something as simple as a dish of food make them
seem that much closer.
That, of course, is the great, and almost perfect things about
Christmas traditions. We pass them along to our children who one
day will find that they are a little less alone because someone
in an airport is eating a slice of key lime pie or having a dish
or macaroni and cheese. If you don't have Christmas traditions
it is time to develop a few just so that you can share something
special and almost sacred with your friends and family.
Author: Mind Farms
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