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Permalink Reply by mindy on December 7, 2010 at 12:56pm

Can't have Thanksgiving without Green Bean casserole and Deviled Eggs. Christmas is a little different, we switch it up every once and awhile, but every Christmas Eve we have crab and for Christmas it's usually Prime Rib or turkey/Ham.

My newest Christmas tradition began last year, when a friend gave me a recipe for the most amazing sugar cookies in the world. Secret ingredient? Ricotta cheese! I usually dont tell people until after they have tried them. Sounds weird, but they are incredible!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jenni on December 7, 2010 at 12:58pm

wow sugar cookies with ricotta cheese, 2 of my favorite foods combined into one, sounds yummy.

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Permalink Reply by Richie 'Monkey Mooncalf' Isaacs on December 7, 2010 at 12:59pm

..Is that like a PIE pie? With all things contained IN the pastry?
Oooh my mum used to make THE best pies ever, rest her soul, I used to love to crack the top off and lay a slice of cheese in there and let it melt.
Oh man I want one now, wish I had learned how to make them as well as I learned how to eat them!

Oh! The topic!
Hangi-prepared food is my favourite ever, especially kumara (aka sweet potato) ...as a kid I would eat mainly just those.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%81ngi

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jenni on December 7, 2010 at 1:09pm

http://britishfood.about.com/od/christmasrecipes/r/mincepies.htm

that's a mince pie they can be made as tiny individual pies of one big one and the filling is made with raisins sultanas etc the filling can also be soaked in alcohol before putting it in the pie. I think its a British thing since my family here and my friends in the US has never heard of them

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Permalink Reply by Richie 'Monkey Mooncalf' Isaacs on December 7, 2010 at 1:13pm

Ahh I getcha, being a good little colony (here in New Zealand) we still have a fair few British traditions hanging on in there and those sort of mince pies are still very common.
Haven't had one in years as I wouldn't eat them as a child, must try them as an adult now that my fussy-ometre isn't set so high :o)

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Permalink Reply by Richie 'Monkey Mooncalf' Isaacs on December 7, 2010 at 1:13pm

Thanks for the link!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jenni on December 7, 2010 at 1:20pm

I'm glad they still exist somewhere else in the world :D. I really like they but they defiantly seem to be an acquired taste, my brother and husband can't stand them, i always have to bake some jam or chocolate tarts for them instead.

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Permalink Reply by Richie 'Monkey Mooncalf' Isaacs on December 7, 2010 at 1:26pm

I know cheese isn't the universal solution for everything BUT what I used to do as a child, just like with the mince-meat pies, is cover the small fruit-mince pies with a slice of cheese...maybe might change the way your fellas look at the pies.
I really need to get breakfast now!

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Permalink Reply by Sara Emm on December 7, 2010 at 1:18pm

I love my grandmothers green bean casserole. No one makes it quite like she does, and its just so tasty. (:

I'm also big on christmas cookies, but I can make those anytime.

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Permalink Reply by elizabeth molino on December 7, 2010 at 1:24pm

i have a sweet tooth. For me its divinity that my mom makes every year and gingerbread cookies made by my great aunt. She has made me a ginger bread cookie every year for the past 18 years!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Traci HOOPlovely* on December 7, 2010 at 1:39pm

I love pumpkin pie, roasted chestnuts, cranberry sauce, sugar cookies, pea soup, black-eyed peas for luck in the new year...

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