Strange meal traditions

lil_me

I like - cheese and digestive biscuit sandwiches (yes, chocolate ones are nice too)

Me, my partner and my youngest all like chip butties with salad cream/mayo on In fact the little one will eat mayo on anything, Sunday lunch he lets the yorkshire soak in gravy, licks that off then dips it in mayo ewww

Does anyone else have yorkshire puddings as a starter for Sunday lunch? Oh and there is nothing wrong with yorkshire puddings and jam. I make extras now that are thin and flat for beef wraps, yummy...we also don't always have Sunday lunch on Sundays.

Christmas dinner at home was served at tea time, anything from roast duck to lasagne...my Dad hated Turkey so was only ever on the menu one year. We always had a present at the table aswell, usually my Dad's idea. One year he was really wicked (or so we thought) and made us wait until after dinner for presents big meanie.

Becles, I think I would decline any offers to visit that relative, noooo thanks....

BusyGirl

Bubble and squeak with left over turkey on Boxing Day...it's The Law! I always cook lots of vegetables on Christmas Day as there would be a riot if we didn't have this on Boxing Day!:eek:

For brunch on boxing day (we always have a lie-in) I always make tons of pancakes with butter and maple syrup poured over the top with bacon on the side. My DH was born in the USA and quite a few of his traditions have stayed.

When I was a kid and went to my Nan's she would give me sandwiches made with cheese and slices of apple. I remember them being quite unusual but enjoying them, although I don't eat them now! :rotfl:

vixtress

Gironde_Gal wrote: »

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!

i think thats a fantastic idea! i fancy a new years eve bbq!!

jae79

I agree with the red cabbage on my christmas dinner (pickled red cabbage that is).
Also that it is the law that you must have bubble and squeak on boxing day, with more red cabbage. I look forward to the bubble and squeak, more than the christmas dinner. Yum yum! :drool:

Kaz2904

We used to have hundreds and thousands sandwiches.
Sunday morning breakfast was pink grapefruit grilled with brown sugar on top.
Wednesday night was kievs and chips.
Sunday lunch when we were young was something cooked and cider to drink- made interesting football for us kids after lunch though!
When we got older it became bread and cheese. All sorts of cheeses and pate, nice crusty bread, pickles etc.

moanymoany

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!!!

This was very popular in our family as well. The milk was sweetened and if someone was feeling poorly an egg was beaten into the milk first. I remember loving it.

We didn't call it 'pobs' - we called it - wait for it - 'bread and milk' lol

My grandma made egg flip at Christmas - I loathed it it felt so slimy. Everyone else loved it. I can't cope with advocat because it looks like it!

FrenchMaid_2

Bread Soup was a quick standard to use up bread that got a bit stale - basically any kind of stock (if we had some celery, carrots etc. in it) poured over the stale bread - was actually quite yummy and sometimes I make it for myself.

Oat soup is another one - oats (not the porridge kind but the whole flakes iyswim into stock bring to the boil, add a whisked egg - and hey presto another warming quick meal - we often had that for dinner in winter with a sandwich.

Warm mustard sauce, parsley sauce, dill sauce with dumplings (potato or bread dumplings usually).

Crikey can't you just tell that I grew up with my Nan who lived through the 2nd world war....

moanymoany

beanynharrison wrote: »

Moany - Are you from Leicester cos I was just about to come and post the same thing about the porkpie.

My mum has it every year for christmas day breakfast (only christmas day mind!!) My dad used to have it with picalilly and me and my brother like mustard with thick crusty bread too!! My husband thinks we are weird as he is used to bacon, eggs and sausage!!!

My gran used to tell me stories about walking for miles to pick up a pork pie from walker on christmas eve!!

My husbands family have red cabbage with their christmas dinner which I find bizarre

Not leicester beanyharrison, Retford, North Nottinghamshire.

Jayar, The soup and meat thing is called 'pot au feu' in France. In the supermarkets it's possible to buy bags of 'pot au feu' veg and joints of pot au feu beef. I've a Raymond Blanc recipe for pot au feu pork. I love it, it would be good made with brisket.

anonymousie

When we went to my grandmas we used to have odd sandwiches (in reflection probably because she didn't have much food in when 4 of us descended on her ). Raisin sarnies with a shake of jif lemon were popular and sugar sarnies too.

My mum used to cook some very frugal meals too- portion sizes now must have really shot up- a 1/4lb mince cooked in a pan on the hob with stock cube and cornflour to thicken became mince of toast (2 slices each) for 4 of us! Same with mushrooms on toast (I have to cook a ton of mushrooms to feed my family).

We are great fans of "stuop" (Stewp??) here too- mainly a mug of soup mix (the barley/lentil/dried pea stuff) with a ton of veggies and stock- cooked in my large slow cooker.

Must do some stoup for the freezer to use up stuff before we go away for Xmas!

Spendless

prettypennies wrote: »

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!!!

|Yes I have a relative who does that too. The year I was invited for dinner, a younger relative whined about it. Usually I'd tell the younger relative to stop moaning as they are very faddy about food, but on this occassion I was so grateful that someone had voiced the opinion that I thought that I backed her up and put ours in the microwave, to warm up.