On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 02:22:15 GMT, "Felice Friese" >
wrote:

>
>"Michael Odom" > wrote in message
.. .
>> The Odom clan habitually eats seafood gumbo on Christmas eve. I have
>> no idea why, but we do.
>>
>> What's your usual fare for the 24th?
>>
>If your name ended with a vowel that would explain it -- well, the seafood,
>if not the gumbo. (I can get away with that because my maiden name ends in a
>vowel!) The Italian seafood feast on Christmas Eve is a tradition of long
>standing. I no longer do it in my kitchen, but I do have my Christmas Eve
>dinner at a restaurant on the Cape that has a menu full of splendid seafood
>for the occasion.
>
>Felice
>
There are no Odominos in my family tree to my knowldge. But my people
do hail from Baton Rouge, so the Cajun connection to gumbo surely
makes some sort of sense. Seafood gumbo is just what we like, I
suppose.


modom

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