previously in rfc, "elaine" > wrote:

>
> "CJB" > wrote in message >
>> I do a 7 Fishes - it changes year to year but it's usually something
>> like baked clams or mussels in broth to start - then a seafood pasta
>> with shrimp, scallops, clams, maybe lobster tail (frozen) and then a
>> fish
> dish -
>> I've done salmon the past few years - I'll do calamari salad or an
>> antipasto with anchovies, tuna, crackers, red peppers -
>>
>> Christmas Eve is one of my favorite meals.
>>
>> -Claudia
>
> Fish chowder is always on the menu Christmas Eve. I just happen to
> have a couple of cans of lobster in the fridge, so that will be the
> main ingredient this year.
>
> I would love to have the recipe for calamri salad.
>

I cut my calamari into rings and simmer it for a couple of minutes until
tender in salted water. I cool it, and plate it with mixed baby greens and
small shelled shrimp and dress with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt
and fresh pepper.

Couldn't be easier!

-Claudia

One time on Usenet, Michael Odom > said:

> The Odom clan habitually eats seafood gumbo on Christmas eve. I have
> no idea why, but we do.

Oooh, sounds yummy!

> What's your usual fare for the 24th?

We usually do an hors d'ovres (sp?) thing, to take the stress
off of those who have to cook the next day. I'm not sure what
I'm going to make yet, although I found a recipe for Deviled
Mushrooms that sounds good -- it's from one of those pre-70's
mini cookbooks with the horrible food photography:

Deviled Mushrooms

2 T. grated onion
2 T. butter
3 slices toast, cut into small cubes
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic salt (I'll probably substitute fresh garlic)
1/2 C. beff broth, water, or milk
2 tsp. soy sauce
12-16 fresh large white mushroom caps

Heat onion with butter for 5 minute. Add bread cubes, seasonings,
broth, and soy sauce. Fill mushroom caps with mixture. Place in buttered
shallow baking dish. Bake at 350º F for 15 minutes.



--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

"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?
> modom
> "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
> -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Glad I read this thread; guess I initially thought it would be boring & all
similar to what I grew up with. And not one poster had my childhood
Christmas Eve fare. We always went to early church, returned home for both
oyster stew and chili, did dishes & then opened gifts. There was also a
table full of sweet goodies Mom had made & decorated with specialties
requested by each child, grandchild & in-law. What a feast & festival! kat

"news.individual.net" > wrote in message
>
> Glad I read this thread; guess I initially thought it would be boring &
> all similar to what I grew up with. And not one poster had my childhood
> Christmas Eve fare.


Yes, but don't you think it is a bit early to start this seasonal talk?

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in
om:

>
> "news.individual.net" > wrote in message
>>
>> Glad I read this thread; guess I initially thought it would be boring
>> & all similar to what I grew up with. And not one poster had my
>> childhood Christmas Eve fare.
>
>
> Yes, but don't you think it is a bit early to start this seasonal
> talk?


I don't know. The supermarket I shop in had hot cross buns on the shelf
in the bread aisle less than 2 weeks into January, and Easter eggs have
been on sale there for a week or so now (How many Easter eggs bought now
are still going to be uneaten by Easter!). Given that, surely it won't be
long before the Christmas decorations are back out again....

They used to at least get past Valentine's Day before the Easter stuff
came out, but no longer it seems. Ridiculous, isn't it.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia