Ranee wrote:

> This brings me to a question...
>
> Which holiday days are the primary days for you?
>
> Our major Christmas meal is Christmas Eve, I do a rib roast and
> trimmings with a fancy dessert for after mass. Christmas day we do
> potluck, and I don't care really what we eat, and it ends up being more
> snack tray. New Year's Eve we do a lot of hors-d'oeuvre type foods, but
> also a ham and some other main dish things. New Year's day is leftovers.

I assume by the follow-on paragraph that you mean primary FOOD days. So
with that assumption, here goes:


Memorial Day I always have a big barbecue/grillfest, same thing with
Independence Day.

Thanksgiving -- of course -- is my biggest "food day" of the year. I try to
cook something different each year, but it's aways a feast.

Saint Patrick's Day is always a corned-beef-and-cabbage day. Sometimes it's
the only day of the year that I eat corned beef. (I like it, but it's *so*
unhealthy!)

Last year I started making seafood for Christmas Eve. It was quite
well-received, so I think I'll keep doing that.

Christmas dinner is quite variable, depending on how many people are around.
In the past, I've made a goose or a ham. I've never made roast beef for
Christmas; I think I'll try that this year.

I don't have a *dinner* on either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. On NYE,
I offer tapas-like "little dishes" to graze on. On NYD, I make a variety of
stews: Chile, posole, and black-eyed peas. Good cold-weather
football-watching food.


Bob