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One of the shops near me is already selling mince pies. Would you buy one?

We don't have mince pies in MegaCity One. The only time I've had them have been while in BritCit.

What do people in the US eat for Christmas? Butter?

bigtoughralf wrote:What do people in the US eat for Christmas? Butter?

Butterball Turkey

Ha ha, here in the colony mince meat pies are available year round.

At my wife's house we eat turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with gravy, buns, vegetables, for Christmas dinner.

Special snacks that time of year include short bread, chocolate, nuts, mandarin oranges, sausage, pickles, cheese and crackers,

bigtoughralf wrote:What do people in the US eat for Christmas? Butter?

We eat vegetable-based deserts, not fruit-based deserts. Here's a British woman and her boyfriend -- who is either a flamboyant Sodomite or the toughest Alpha Male in Peckham -- eating pumpkin pie.

I was given Christmas cookies and candies from last year this week and told to finish them up before Christmas.

I much prefer sweet potato pie over pumpkin pie.

Saxi wrote:We eat vegetable-based deserts, not fruit-based deserts.

Hence the saying, as American as apple pumpkin pie?

My favorite part is when they are amazed at it being pie shaped. "It's very similar to ours mince pies, shape."

true story: we made homemade Panettone (Italian Christmas bread) for our church potluck a few weeks ago.

saxitoxin wrote:We eat vegetable-based deserts, not fruit-based deserts.

Pumpkins are fruit. There are many popular non-sweet/semi-sweet fruit. Others include tomatoes, peppers, avocados, tomatillos, cucumbers, eggplant, and other squashes such as zucchini.

However, sweet potatoes are a root vegetable.

saxi just got fruit-checked lmao

I decided not to buy the pies. We still have Bonfire Night on Nov 5th to get past here, starting Christmas before then is excessive.

Votanic wrote:

saxitoxin wrote:We eat vegetable-based deserts, not fruit-based deserts.

Pumpkins are fruit. There are many popular non-sweet/semi-sweet fruit. Others include tomatoes, peppers, avocados, tomatillos, cucumbers, eggplant, and other squashes such as zucchini.

However, sweet potatoes are a root vegetable.

why you gotta do me like that, Votanic

saxitoxin wrote:

Votanic wrote:

saxitoxin wrote:We eat vegetable-based deserts, not fruit-based deserts.

Pumpkins are fruit. There are many popular non-sweet/semi-sweet fruit. Others include tomatoes, peppers, avocados, tomatillos, cucumbers, eggplant, and other squashes such as zucchini.

However, sweet potatoes are a root vegetable.

why you gotta do me like that, Votanic

There's a lot of politicized rhetoric and biased propaganda on the forums, I prefer to stick to the facts.

Nearly every year I make panettone bread - either chocolate or dried fruit or both.



I make it in a bread machine with vital wheat gluten for a better rise.

Somewhat similar to this recipe, but I use a bread machine.

https://anitalianinmykitchen.com/wprm_print/18927

This is another holiday food - Apple Cranberry Vegetarian Dressing.

More often called stuffing down here because these bread crumbs or cornbread mixtures were used to stuff turkeys before we found it was better to cook it separately.

http://elemming.blogspot.com/2019/11/99-vegetarian-mushroom-apple-cranberry.html

99% Vegetarian Mushroom Apple Cranberry Sausage Dressing

Friendsgiving Dressing

99% Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dressing Recipe

1 cup sweet onion chopped (½ a Honeysweet onion)
1 cup chopped mushrooms (½ an 8 oz package)
1 cup chopped meatless sausage links (8 oz package)
¾ cup chopped celery
½ cup chopped green pepper
½ cup chopped red pepper
2 medium chopped apples
¾ cup dried cranberries
¾ cup chopped pecans
1 6 oz. box whole wheat bread crumbs stuffing mix
1 6 oz. box Hawaiian bread crumbs stuffing mix
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
3 cups vegetable broth
1 tbsp. sage
2 tsp. ground rosemary
½ tsp. thyme
2 tsp. basil

In a large bowl cook fruit, nuts, chopped vegetables, meatless sausage, and spices in oil in a microwave on 80% power for 20 minutes stirring several times. Stir in breadcrumbs and broth and cook at 80% power for 20 minutes stirring two or three times.

As always, the recipe is only a starting point and is modified based on whimsy and what is available at the time.

When I was a kid. there were things which were seasonal for no reason... you couldn't get ('English") muffins in the summer, nor crumpets. I remember pomegranates being my favourite Xmas treat. For some reason, you could get them late autumn, then they would disappear until Xmas.

jonesthecurl wrote:When I was a kid. there were things which were seasonal for no reason... you couldn't get ('English") muffins in the summer, nor crumpets. I remember pomegranates being my favourite Xmas treat. For some reason, you could get them late autumn, then they would disappear until Xmas.

I'm not sure why they would stop baking muffins/crumpets (How 'bout scones?) in Summer, but Pomegranates are a late Summer/Fall fruit. Crop seasonality is the reason. This distinction is lost on some nowadays due to International shipping.

Some baked goods don't turn out well under certain climatic conditions. Perhaps Summer humidity is/was a factor.

I'm not certain if customer preferences plays into this, but to my way of thinking, a muffin/crumpet/scone is a more appealing culinary choice in cool/cold weather.
Perhaps there wasn't much demand for such foods in Summer.

Muffins were traditionally considered to have the appearance of a fat child, so eating them was a symbolic means of preventing witches or hags being attracted to your settlement. Given witches and hags generally approach in the dark, muffins were generally only eaten in winter (when it's dark a lot) and therefore became established as a winter snack even after the superstitions faded.

jonesthecurl wrote:When I was a kid. there were things which were seasonal for no reason... you couldn't get ('English") muffins in the summer, nor crumpets. I remember pomegranates being my favourite Xmas treat. For some reason, you could get them late autumn, then they would disappear until Xmas.

I also thought about it. In the past, transportation and storage technologies were not as advanced as they are today. It was difficult to transport and store food for long periods of time. I am happy to live in our time

Many people serve a similar or identical meal at both U.S. Thanksgiving* and Christmas (or other year-end holidays).

I'm completely fine with that because I love all the classic Thanksgiving dishes: turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, yams, various greens, and pumpkin pie.

It's a meal too good to be eaten only once a year.

*Perhaps Canadian Thanksgiving too.

Votanic wrote:*Perhaps Canadian Thanksgiving too.

Yup, that's going to happen today, add Easter to the list.

2dimes wrote:

Votanic wrote:*Perhaps Canadian Thanksgiving too.

Yup, that's going to happen today, add Easter to the list.

Tha's a funny coincidence. I didn't even look at the calendar. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving All.

Thanks. ConfederateSomethingSomething made a reminder thread.

Votanic wrote:Many people serve a similar or identical meal at both U.S. Thanksgiving* and Christmas (or other year-end holidays).

I'm completely fine with that because I love all the classic Thanksgiving dishes: turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, yams, various greens, and pumpkin pie.

It's a meal too good to be eaten only once a year.

*Perhaps Canadian Thanksgiving too.

It's all disgusting crap.

I do eat it, since I've married three Canadians in a row so I always get invited to all these stupid Thanksgiving dinners by my various in-laws and I'm not boorish enough to insult a free dinner, but I see no value in it.

Turkey=most boring meat imaginable. Potatoes, pumpkin, turnip=disgusting, carbohydrate-laden, bland, texture-free vegetables. Stuffing=a way to recycle bread that should have been fed to the hogs.

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:Many people serve a similar or identical meal at both U.S. Thanksgiving* and Christmas (or other year-end holidays).

I'm completely fine with that because I love all the classic Thanksgiving dishes: turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, yams, various greens, and pumpkin pie.

It's a meal too good to be eaten only once a year.

*Perhaps Canadian Thanksgiving too.

It's all disgusting crap.

I do eat it, since I've married three Canadians in a row so I always get invited to all these stupid Thanksgiving dinners by my various in-laws and I'm not boorish enough to insult a free dinner, but I see no value in it.

Turkey=most boring meat imaginable. Potatoes, pumpkin, turnip=disgusting, carbohydrate-laden, bland, texture-free vegetables. Stuffing=a way to recycle bread that should have been fed to the hogs.

Of course you don't like Christmas food, or anything Christmas-related, Jew.