Strange meal traditions

desdemona01

When we were kids , we always had a proper pudding - crumble & custard & the like & felt we got short shift if it was 'just fresh fruit'. probably the wierdest pudding we had was steamed fruit pudding - you know the one spotted something with a blob of butter more likely marge and sprinkled with sugar! I think my Mum's dad started it. He also did this with left over Christmas Pud, frying it first of course!

positivelymummy

stefejb wrote: »

We have an after xmas dinner tradition - The Jeffrey Present. When me and exoh first got together years ago I already had two dds. He would phone sometimes pretending to be Mummy's other boyfriend jeffrey. To prove his existence to the sceptical girls we got a present for Jeffrey who was supposed to be coming for xmas diner. As he never turned up LOL we got to open it after dinner and it turned out to be soemthing the whole family could enjoy - can't remember what. We have had a Jeffrey Present now for over 14 years and it's usually game or a puzzle or something. This year Jeffrey is getting a chocolate fountain .... if he turns up. It's so funny cos if dinner is getting late and the girls are asking what time it will be I just answer "i'm giving Jeffrey some time to get here" and there is this whole thing all day of speculating whether he will finally come this year. Other parts of my family now have Jeffrey Presents and it's a lovely way of rounding off the day together

i just love this story, how fab!, its a bit like us in our family always refering to 'Harvey' (the 6 foot invisible rabbit from the james stewart film) so if the door suddenly blows open, its Harvey, if we lost anything, it was Harvey who moved it etc etc, 3 generations and its still going strong:D oh wish Jeffrey a merry christmas from me:rotfl:

belfastgirl23

Seakay wrote: »

We used to have mars bar and apple sandwiches (on brown bread for good health ) for special picnics - admittedly probably only twice a year.


Sounds yummy - did you grate or slice the apple?

sliced Nice and crunchy

juliettet

I adored left over yorkshire pudding (cold) with butter and brown sugar, my sister spread her bread with peanut butter and brown sauce:eek: . My Mother claims not to remember this!

I still make too many yorkies and secretly indulge.

Gironde_Gal

When I was a kid we always had a barbeque on Boxing Day with our neighbours, and any relatives that were staying - and we all had to sit outside in our coats to eat.

My parents of course have stopped all the nonsense but we still hold a BBQ every Boxing Day, this year we have invited some rather bemused neighbours who don't quite believe we will actually go through with it. Makes a nice change to all the formailty of Christmas Day, mulled wine is compulsory to keep the chill out!

greenmoneysaver_2

My OH's mum always does a cold buffet on Boxing day, but even in 21stC it has a 1970's ring to it,

iceberg lettuce - there is salad cream to go on it
rolls of smoked salmon - no brown bread to make it into nice sandwiches, and the year I dare put it out not in "rolls" you would have thought I'd pooped on the Queens dinner plate!
cold quiche - and never a veggie one, she thought all quiche was veggie!
whole boiled eggs - QUE?

We don't go down for the forced festive meals now - just cook our own lovely stuff!

And as for other times of the year my bonkers mother cooks soup, with millet in it. Yes the stuff you give to budgies, and it doesn't absorb water, just stays like sand in the soup!

prettypennies

My OH always used to have milk pobs for his supper. Warm milk with chunks of bread in it - yuk!!

When we used to go to my MIL for xmas lunch, she would cook the meat the day before and serve it COLD with the christmas dinner!!!

dND

This thread has reminded me that Boxing Day breakfast was alway sliced leftover Christmas pudding fried in butter. I must try it again this year and see if it is as good as I remember - I have a feeling though I might find it a bit too rich these day;)

alocin

In my family we also have Bucks Fizz for Christmas Day breakfast along with "Florida Cocktail" (grapfruit and oranges cut up by my Mum the day before) and brioche rolls with butter and jam. Yum! It's a tasty tradition.

Also it was cereal and/or toast for brekkie on normal days but every Sunday at our house it was crumpets with jam or english muffins toasted, spread with marmite/bovril then topped with cheese and grilled until all melty and golden. I loved Sunday mornings...

ceridwen

prettypennies wrote: »

My OH always used to have milk pobs for his supper. Warm milk with chunks of bread in it - yuk!!

When we used to go to my MIL for xmas lunch, she would cook the meat the day before and serve it COLD with the christmas dinner!!!

I have my own version of pobs - dont know where I got it from, as its not a family thing, nor has anyone else ever given it to me - chunks of bread cooked up in milk with a bit of honey for sweetening. I dont have it often - but its a bit of a "comfort" thing to me.

Recently came across Amish Cold Soup - similar-ish type idea. Chunks of bread and some sort of soft fruit (berries?apricots?) and cold milk poured over the top. Have that sometimes for lunch.