Holiday food craving. Name just ONE food that you don

My 16-year-old loves them. We don't keep them in the house because of ...

...well, you know. Tons of sugar.

He calls it "Shards of Glass Cereal" because of what multiple bowls at one sitting will do to the roof of your mouth!

Michael

 
I wouldn't have said it an hour ago but after reading about the eggnog cake above,

I need eggnog. Real eggnog. Not the stuff from the carton, spiked or not, but the Joy of Cooking eggnog with separated eggs, whipped cream and three kinds of booze.

 
Christmas Eve fish fry

We do it every year which I adopted as a family tradition from my grandparents and look forward to it all year (as much or more than the kids anticipating opening up their Christmas presents).
but for just one let's see... the fried shrimp

 
Oh, boy. Well, panettone and torrone, from my mom's side of the family. But then it depends:

If we're in Prague, then I crave my family's Christmas foods: lasagne, Enstrom's toffee, mixed nuts, my mom's cranberry bread. If we're in Colorado, then I end up craving the Czech things: Christmas potato salad, real chocolate ornaments for the tree, and lots of little cookies.

This year, we're splitting the difference and just making as many cookies as possible. Since we would normally be in Prague this year, I'm planning (she said in a delusional state) to do the Czech Christmas dinner--the fried fish isn't hard and everything else can/should be made in advance. But since Christmas is celebrated there on the evening of the 24th, I figure being in New York means we can accommodate everyone's traditions for a two-day stretch. smileys/wink.gif

In reality, though, there's a very good chance that these well-laid plans will evaporate and we'll be ordering the new parents' special: delivery. smileys/wink.gif

 
This thread made me think....

..... because the truth is I crave absolutely nothing in particular. I felt like some kind of a mutant... smileys/smile.gif

It turns out that growing up the traditional stuff my Grandma would make I absolutely hated. Salt cod fritters, a traditional Portuguese dish, she always made it either for Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve. All the family went crazy for them, I hated the smell that lingered around the house and never touched them. I bet my Grandma would be shocked if she knew nowadays I eat pretty much anything!

Another thing she would make during holiday season was a bread soaked in red wine, coated in egg batter and fried - the name completely escapes me, it is also a traditional Portuguese dish, and I also never touched a single slice. Picky girl I was.

So now we don't have any traditions going on, I see everyone going nuts baking this or that particular type of cookie or pie, or... you name it, and it's kind of fun I bet, but for us holidays are very low key. Plus, I don't even remember last time we had our home with the three stepsons for CHristmas - this year it will be Phil, me, one stepson + girlfriend, but they will leave early on Dec 25th to join her family in San Diego for the evening.

During their visit, we will make an oven fried chicken, that the kids used to love growing up, but that's about it. We eat pretty much our normal day to day food during the holidays, nothing extravagant. Maybe THanksgiving is the only time of the year we stick to tradition

 
Remembered the name: RABANADAS

I guess I was also disgusted by the name, because "rabo" means "tail" in Portuguese and I could never quite get why they would call a piece of bread, a bit like a French toast, with a name that has anything to do with a tail. Go figure.

 
I am glad that I don't have to go nuts baking, shopping, decorating, etc..

Some of my friends truly run themselves ragged this time of year.

 
Kinda reminds me of my childhood...2oz of Christian Brothers Brandy/splash of carton Egg Nog.

I had to make them for the adults. I do get a craving for the carton egg nog...about 1 ounce a year.

 
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