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Title: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by sandie99 on Mar 20th, 2008, 3:36pm Easter is here. Traditionally Finns eat lamb with potatoes and mint sauce. We're going to cook the lamb with herbs and boiled carrots. My family had the tradition to boil some eggs at Easter's main lunch. I think we'll be doing that this year, too. :) Here's what the dessert will look like: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/sandie99/mmmit.jpg It's traditional Finnish Easter treat called mämmi and it divides opinions. I dislike it with passion, Timo loves it: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/sandie99/mmmiman.jpg Timo eats mämmi with some milk and sugar. Others, like my parents, prefer to use cream instead of milk and some just add some sugar. Here's more about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4mmi I'd prefer chocolate eggs to be honest... ;;D So, what are you guys having? Sanna |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Ghost on Mar 20th, 2008, 4:01pm Lasagna ;;D 8) Mike |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by brewcrew on Mar 20th, 2008, 4:05pm Sanna - Don't take this personally, but that shit looks disgusting! We're still talking about what we're going to have - either ham or turkey. And if I get any sensation of taste or smell back by then, maybe I can convince my bride to make one of her delicious lemon poppy seed tortes. Certainly not Mammi. It looks like the stuff I throw away after the primary fermentation of a batch of beer. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by midwestbeth on Mar 20th, 2008, 4:08pm Brunch at Rusty's (a local Restaurant) :) For years I have had everyone over and cooked the whole spread. This year I came to my senses. Beth |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Paul98 on Mar 20th, 2008, 4:20pm I hope! http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/27917/2972566980102944155S425x425Q85.jpg -P. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by LeLimey on Mar 20th, 2008, 4:47pm Paul my love then you need to come here! I'm cooking Roast Lamb with onion sauce and also mint sauce (cos I want both!) Roast Potatoes, Mashed potatoes, carrots with grand marnier, The Usual Parsnips LOL (and the last of that maple syrup you bought me in Lake Placid) Asparagus wrapped in bacon and Green Beans a la greque. For pudding I shall make a trifle 'cos it's traditional in my house. Saturday night I'm having friends round and I'm cooking Stifado (remember the beef stuff I did at Lisa's) ollowed by Shimali which is a greek cake. I'll be sure and post pictures! |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Paul98 on Mar 20th, 2008, 4:56pm on 03/20/08 at 16:47:21, LeLimey wrote:
You are deliberatly torturing me aren't you! You know if I could get there I would. At least this year I will be with family. (well, blood related ;) -P. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by LeLimey on Mar 20th, 2008, 4:58pm Oh I nearly forgot - Bacon sandwiches in Ciabatta bread for breakfast! |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by cash5542 on Mar 20th, 2008, 6:22pm Sanna, I'm with Brew on that dessert. The description alone is enough to turn me off! I'll stick with my apple pie for dessert. Charlotte Originally mämmi was eaten during lent. Its laxative properties were associated with purification and purging. As the dish keeps well for several days, it was also a convenient food for Good Friday, when cooking was against religious custom. Nowa days it is a traditional Easter delicacy. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Mosaicwench on Mar 20th, 2008, 6:45pm It's not food, but we have a winter storm warning for Friday of 10-14 inches of snow. Snow for Thanksgiving, snow for Christmas, snow for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and now snow for Easter. Life in Wisconsin sucks right now. Ham, cheesy potatoes, some sort of vegetables, and a poppy seed torte for poor Brew. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by swimchica623 on Mar 20th, 2008, 7:35pm I think we are having ham with a bunch of sides at my grandpa's. We are making apple pie for dessert (sounds a lot better than Sanna's dessert!) and sweet potato casserole. I LOVE SWEET POTATOES!!!! But if it is warm then we are going to have potato salad instead. That is good too. My grandpa and his girlfriend are making everything else...she is an amazing cook! mmmmmmmmmmm. oooh and I need to talk my mom into making some dairy free peanut butter eggs. Don't know if we have time this year though. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Redd on Mar 20th, 2008, 7:52pm Quote:
Careful Brew,Poppy seeds can cause a false positive on a pee test. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by brewcrew on Mar 20th, 2008, 7:56pm on 03/20/08 at 19:52:09, Redd wrote:
Pegg - Nobody at my company expects us not to enjoy ourselves when we're not working. All I have to do is state that I've eaten poppy seeds in the last x hours. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Redd on Mar 20th, 2008, 8:06pm Oh I know dear. I was only pimpin' on you. I just found it out the hard way many moons ago when I went to donate plasma. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Linda_Howell on Mar 20th, 2008, 8:19pm Is that a dessert Sanna? I won't tell you what I think it looks like but I'd sure like to know what the ingredients are. NO...not the recipe thank you, just what's in it. ;) We're having dark meat Turkey with gravy, Asparagus with garlic and butter sauce, corn on the cob, red potaoes in olive oil and Italian spices and apple crisp. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by brewcrew on Mar 20th, 2008, 8:42pm on 03/20/08 at 20:19:14, Linda_Howell wrote:
From Wikipedia: Mämmi is made from water, rye flour and powdered rye malt, seasoned with dark molasses, salt and dried, powdered Seville orange peel. The mixture is then allowed to go through a slow, natural sweetening process before being baked in an oven until set. Preparation takes many hours, and after baking the mämmi is stored chilled for 3 to 4 days before being ready to eat. Sometimes mild fermentation can occur during preparation. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by brewcrew on Mar 20th, 2008, 8:45pm on 03/20/08 at 20:06:36, Redd wrote:
I often wonder what the methysergide I take from time to time would do to their pee-pee test. You know, conveniently forget to tell them I'm taking it.... |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by cynjeep89 on Mar 20th, 2008, 8:51pm I bought about 20 pounds of fresh and smoked kielbasa at a great Polish grocery store here in Wilmington to take to my family at the beach this weekend but now that those plans have been cancelled, I guess John and I will be having kielbasa and sauerkraut....yummo. Hey Brew......how would I go about sending kielbasa via FedEx? My brother is jonesing for some kielbasa and asked if I could ship it to him this weekend. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by brewcrew on Mar 20th, 2008, 8:56pm Does it need to be frozen the whole way, or is it okay in its packaging for a day or two? If the former, you'll have to throw it in an insulated box with a little bit of dry ice. If the latter, sure, just put it in a box along with some packing peanuts. The dry ice option will cost you a little more cuz it's considered a dangerous good. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by cynjeep89 on Mar 20th, 2008, 9:14pm I always freeze the kielbasa that I plan on taking downstate as soon as I get it home so it is all now frozen. I cut the rings into portions and put them in zip lock freezer bags. Can I get the insulated boxes at a FedEx store? Now I have to find out where to get some dry ice.....will put this on the "honey do" list this weekend. My brother, Jim and I have a running joke that I cannot go near his driveway when I visit until I show him the cooler full of kielbasa. :) Thanks for the help. Cyn |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by brewcrew on Mar 20th, 2008, 9:32pm on 03/20/08 at 21:14:49, cynjeep89 wrote:
No. They might have them at Kinko's, but I'm not sure. I always make my own. Go to Home Depot and buy some big sheets of one-inch styrofoam and cut 'em to fit all six sides inside the box. Quote:
Small pharmacies or butcher shops. Or look up "dry ice" in the yellow pages. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by cynjeep89 on Mar 20th, 2008, 9:41pm Cut styrofoam??? The sound of squeaking styrofoam to me is like nails on a chalkboard to most people...it drives me crazy. John just got one more chore added to the honey-do list. Thanks again, Bill. You have made my brother very happy and John will be a busy guy this weekend. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Mar 20th, 2008, 10:05pm on 03/20/08 at 21:41:50, cynjeep89 wrote:
Cyn - cut it with an electric knife - 3 times faster and not nearly that god awful noise! |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Linda_Howell on Mar 20th, 2008, 10:52pm Quote:
Last Year Bill and Pat sent me some Culvers frozen custard like that. It got to me in very warm California as frozen as it could be Cyn. Quote:
Okey-dokey...Not to make fun of your cultural foods Sanna...but yuck! No wonder you thought it looked like something in the bottom of your beer while brewing Bill. On the other side of the coin though Sanna you could probably not stand some of the things we eat here either. grits, collard greens, creamed spinich, tofu wrapped in kelp, Dandelion tea, cotton candy, hot dogs, sweet potato/pumpkin pie..etc. lol |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by sandie99 on Mar 21st, 2008, 5:26am I actually hate mämmi... I've eaten it as a child, but not since then. I understand very well how people consider it to be discusting based on what it looks like. ;;D But Timo and many other Finns like it a lot. If Timo would have his way, we'd fill our freezer with frozem mämmi boxes, so that he could eat it all year round... No thanks! Back in here some magazines actually arrange mämmi tastings for tourists! It's intresting to see the look on their faces as you can imagine! ;) But usually, the result is pretty much the same than with Finns: some like it a lot, some dislike it a lot. I actually took a tiny box of mämmi to my former landlady. She took the box and tried it, but for some reason I never heard what she thought about it... ;) I gave her mämmi, because she was very keen on trying different foods and desserts. Otherwise, no worries, I won't be serving it! Sanna |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by sandie99 on Mar 21st, 2008, 5:30am on 03/20/08 at 22:52:12, Linda_Howell wrote:
I've eaten cotton candy back here; it's bit too sugary to my liking. The hot dogs I've had in here have been nice as well. Sweet potato is not used that much in here, so I haven't really tried that one. I generally like all the vegetables, so I think I'd like it. And what comes to pumpkin... I've always wanted to try pumpkin pie! Back at junior high we did get pumpkin amoung some salads and I liked it. :) Sanna |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by cash5542 on Mar 21st, 2008, 8:47am Cyn, I have more styrofoam packing boxes and ice packs for shipping then I know what to do with!! Lisa gets an allergy med shipped once a month shippped in them. But then again, if you were coming down here there would be no need to get them to you. Have a nice dinner, hope to see you soon. The wind is still blowing! It better not snow! Charlotte |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by mummymac on Mar 21st, 2008, 10:36am The beef is cooking now, the smell is like Heven Roast Beef, Roast potoes (shaken in semolina) yorkshire puddings, Mashed sweet potatoes(with butter and black pepper) , roasted parsnips, Roasted Butternut Squash, Cauilflower cheese, and for the ones in my house with no taste Brussel sprouts Helen what is this onion sauce? you have mentioned that a few times, it sounds good, how do you make it. I tried Grits once - yuck, what is it? The best food is the food someone elses cooks Happy Easter http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/mummymac1/smileys/th_Bummy_works_2.gif |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by LeLimey on Mar 21st, 2008, 11:01am Tanya when I was little my mum ALWAYS cooked onion sauce with lamb. I love it with a lot of things though, not just lamb! I fry a couple of onions until just transparent and thenjust make a basic white sauce, you know, flour and butter roux and then add milk. Before returning itto the heat to thicken it I add the onions (I like ALOT!) and some celery salt and pepper. (No ordinary salt) and then stir while it thickens and thats it! I love it with brussels but then when I cook brussels I use a little chicken stock (knorr stock cube!) and boil them lightly and then saute them with some diced onion and bacon and they are just gorgeous. So much so my kids BEG me to make them LOL I'm thinking about cauliflower cheese for sunday too - simply because I love it! |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Mar 21st, 2008, 11:06am Lord, Helen and Tanya - could you set an extra place at the table. You're both making my mouth water with your dinner plans. Hugs & Happy Easter Carol |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by E-Double on Mar 21st, 2008, 11:06am It won't be matzo this year.... We always go to Jo's family for easter and we get stuck not being able to eat so we bring our own kosher for passover food.... This year we shall indulge in whatever they cook... No doubt an awesome Italian feast :D |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by LeLimey on Mar 21st, 2008, 11:22am Oooh Eric I love matzo's! I had a friend who was Jewish when I was about 18-19 and I used to love staying at her house. We had matzo's and the most amazing cherry jam I've ever had for breakfast.. I still dream about that jam LOL PS Carol there is ALWAYS room at my table for you :) |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Rosybabe on Mar 21st, 2008, 11:41am I still don't know what I am going to do :(...lamb sounds good..maybe and irish stew, Hubby has been begging for one ;)...the only thing I am sure of is the carrot cake! Yummy! :D |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by LeLimey on Mar 21st, 2008, 12:00pm I adore carrot cake, it's my favourite cake of all. I've made a malibu and coconut cake and I'm in the middle of making a lemon layer cake then its onto sausage rolls and bacon puffs. I'm having a whale of a time I'm telling you! I'm damned and determined that whatever else I make NOTHING I make will have chocolate in it. There's enough of that in the bloody eggs and as most of you know, I really do NOT like chocolate! ;;D |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by sandie99 on Mar 21st, 2008, 12:32pm Carrot cake... I love making it! The recipe I have is fit for an army, though... ;;D Helen, that lemon layer cake sounds delicious! Any chance we'll we seeing a pic of that once it's ready? :) Brussel sprouts... now that's the only vegetable I've met which I don't like. Well, I disliked how my mother made it, anyway. Them and bacon... that could work for me. ;) Sanna |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Rosybabe on Mar 21st, 2008, 12:42pm I am not going to post pics of my carrot cake! ;;D no way!! ;;D My daughter is going to decorate it herself!!! ;;D ;;D ;;D...she got some chicken peeps and some sprinkles and pixie dust (colored sugar) ::)..who knows how that cake would look like when she finishes with it :D..but I won't look at it when I eat it, I will close my eyes 8) and just enjoy the taste ;) |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by sandie99 on Mar 21st, 2008, 1:06pm Rosy, it's wonderful that you let your daughter decorate the cake! :) My mom let me "help" when I was very young and all that "helping" turned into cooking & baking passion. Decorating cakes, especially birthday cakes, was a favourite of mine! :) Sanna |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Tiannia on Mar 21st, 2008, 1:55pm I'm cooking a spiral sliced ham to take to lunch / dinner at the great grandma's while the kids (mine and their step cousins) are shooting with Grandpa and Shaun. We will hard boil eggs and I'll make creamed eggs and biscuits for breakfast. Think of a really rich white country gravy with sausage and you slice the hard boiled eggs in. It is sssoooo good. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by cash5542 on Mar 21st, 2008, 2:32pm Rosy, I'm completely with Sanna. My love for baking also came from being encouraged as a child. My family ate my asst. color cupcakes one Easter. They were purple and blue and every color I could think of, the darker the better and the more color variety , even better, and of course with jelly beans on top. Please post your cake when she's done!!! Easter is such a fun time for kids and creativety. Charlotte |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by wildhaus on Mar 21st, 2008, 2:52pm Dinner is over………. lots of snow out the window…… the fireplace is lit….. and Jazz music playing in the dinning room for the real stuff: Milk lamb Provencal, with a touch of Pernod asparagus a la campagny, baby potatoes with rosmarin fresh strawberries with crème and fresh mango….. at the fireplace a cheese platter (gruyere, Vachrain Mont d’Or, Appenzeller) with bugget... Mocca (Ethiopian / Colombia mix) or white tea - for me. Sat. B/F eggs muffins and different marmelades….. Sat. night…. only real stuff – Steak! (beef from local meat) aged 4 weeks in air (chilled) no need for condiments! dessert Austrian “Kaiserschmarren” (look it up in wiki) Sunday we are out for Brunch….. Light Dinner….. Monday…. if there is room left (most likely will) Cheese Foundue sounds good….. (all subject to changes) Eric…. we have about a month, and I look forward for Gefillte fish….. somewhat sweet served with fresh graded horseradish…. But that should be a different thread….April 19th it should be… Michael |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by HappyElaine on Mar 21st, 2008, 5:13pm Sunday afternoon we are going to the nature park and have a nice time and we are taking chicken and coleslaw and some baked beans, and some soft drinks and we are going to forget about all the stuff that has had us bogged down. |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by Annette on Mar 21st, 2008, 5:25pm Easter chocolate mud cake ! YUM !! :) |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by beachmusic on Mar 21st, 2008, 5:42pm Easter chocolate mud cake!!!! Annette, any chance you would share that recipe? YUM YUM that sounds delicious!!! Even if you're too busy to get to it till after the holiday I would still love to have it! Thanks, Mary Ann |
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Title: Re: Easter foods - what are you having? Post by mummymac on Mar 21st, 2008, 6:27pm Who needs a cookbook for ideas, there are so many wonderful sounding foods on this thread. Helen thanks for the Onion sauce recipe it sounds easy enough, I will try it next week, I have two vegetarians to feed so the recipe for Brussel sprouts is a no go,also I don't think anything could make them taste better, in my granddaughters words "YUCK" Michael Your weekend selection sounds really good, just change the JAZZ though, I am not so keen on that, the cheese board sounds to die for Lent is nearly over I cannot wait for my Easter egg/s on Sunday. I cannot belive I have gone so long with no chocolate |
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