Christmas Eve dinner

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Feast of the Seven Fishes. ( This isn't happening.) I would help my Mom and Grandma with this on Christmas Eve and you were exhausted by the time it was time to eat. Many variations of the but 7 is the lucky number











Smelts fried either Salmon and /or Octopus or Fried Squid. Or maybe the fish salad then I can use at least 5 types of fish

This will make ya hungry: Menu really depends on the region in Italy the family came from

italianchef.com/italian-christmas-eve-dinner/

www.epicurious.com/holidays-events/mario-batalis-feast-of-the-seven-fishes-article

    treid Eel once and did not like it. I was 7 years old I think.

And ya got to have the Honey Fritters. Struffoli Which I buy at Caruso's or the Florentine.

www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/christmas-honey-fritters-em-struffoli-em-350681

[Clipper]

We did the feast of the 7 fishes one year at the fire house at Griffiss. A fellow from Rome that we worked with had his wife prepare it and bring to us on Christmas eve. His version consisted of several fish dishes and fried calamari. I know what you are talking about with the eel. I tried it once when I was in the Navy and was stationed on a destroyer out of Long Beach. We were at a Greek guys house for dinner. It was in some sort of garlicky sauce. Nope. Not for me, haha. He and his wife thought it was the greatest thing since prime rib, but my wife and I were not able to eat much of it. With all the other creatures in the sea I don't see why ANYONE would want to eat and eel. I don't know why anyone would want to CLEAN one, haha.

[clarencebunsen]

Our neighbors still do the traditional dinner. As you say, it is a lot of work.

To the best of my memory, I have only had eel once. It was at a hotel in Hamburg, Germany noted for its eel soup. It was OK, I would have called it a seafood stew.

[Clipper]

The "feast" that I had the privilege to enjoy way back then consisted of baccala, shrimp, mussels, calamari, and a green salad with crab meat. I don't remember whether there was two more dishes or not.

If I were to prepare a 7 dish feast for Christmas eve it would be 2 ribeye steaks, 2 lobster tails, fried calamari, mussels, and a shrimp cocktail.

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Nov 30, 2018 12:06:55 GMT -5 Clipper said:

The "feast" that I had the privilege to enjoy way back then consisted of baccala, shrimp, mussels, calamari, and a green salad with crab meat. I don't remember whether there was two more dishes or not.

If I were to prepare a 7 dish feast for Christmas eve it would be 2 ribeye steaks, 2 lobster tails, fried calamari, and a shrimp cocktail.

And a partridge in a pear tree!