Christine Dabney wrote:
> Heya all,
>
> Christmas breakfast. Do you fix a special Christmas breakfast? What
> is it and what will it be this year, if you do one?
>
> I am not usually a breakfast person, unless someone is cooking it for
> me. However, for some reason, Christmas breakfast feels a bit more
> special than just the run of the mill breakfasts.
>
> When I was growing up in Virginia, we usually had a full on breakfast,
> after the presents were opened. And when my grandparents were alive,
> it was a full on Southern style breakfast.
>
> To start, grapefruit broiled with brown sugar on top: it was always
> the starter. We never had it any other time of the year, that I can
> remember. Then, usually the standard biscuits unless we had country
> ham available, then it became Ham Biscuits. The biscuits then were
> what are termed at Angel Biscuits, which are leavened with both baking
> powder and yeast: a perfect partner to country ham slices, which were
> tucked into the biscuits. It was always one of my favorite
> breakfasts.
>
> And in later years, my mother would occasionally make something she
> (and my grandmother) called Jewish Coffee Cake..it too was yeasted,
> and had raisins in it, and was soaked with a syrup. I don't think I
> have had it since my mother made it years ago, although I do have the
> recipe.
>
> And when I was on my own, I would sometimes make Eggs Benedict for the
> family when we were together on Christmas morning.
>
> This year, I am not sure what breakfast will be. I am considering
> several things, among which is a recipe from the Smitten Kitchen
> Cookbook: a Gingerbread spiced Dutch Baby. If I had some ham, I
> would make Ham Biscuits. I am also considering trying to make the
> Jewish Coffee Cake again..after all these years.
>
> Breakfast was usually the only meal of the day other than the
> Christmas dinner, on Christmas Day. A large dinner with family and
> friends was in the afternoon, and after that we all went visiting to
> see other relatives, close family friends and the like, where we were
> treated to Christmas cookies, cakes, wine jelly, punch, and other
> goodies. We were usually too full from both breakfast, dinner and
> the snacking at other houses, to eat much of anything else later on.
> We always ended with a visit to the grandparents, then came home to
> host our own visiters, whereupon my mother served fruitcake and
> coffee.
>
> Christine

Oddly enough, I don't recall any Christmas breakfasts from my
youth. (Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned from that?) I
also don't recall what I made for many years. The last few years,
I ate pannetone, but now that I am eating LC, that is out. (To be
perfectly honest, last night I started wishing I had gotten the
tiny one I saw at WF--although perhaps it contained ingredients
that I don't like, in addition to its being carby.) This morning,
I started looking through my files for some alternative that was
better, carbwise. Then I got deterred and ended up sorting a lot
of the previously unsorted recipes, so no progress was made, for
better or for worse.

Sooooo, who knows. Perhaps there will be an update.

On 12/23/2012 9:20 PM, Jean B. wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> Heya all,
>>
>> Christmas breakfast. Do you fix a special Christmas breakfast? What
>> is it and what will it be this year, if you do one?
>>
>> I am not usually a breakfast person, unless someone is cooking it for
>> me. However, for some reason, Christmas breakfast feels a bit more
>> special than just the run of the mill breakfasts.
>> When I was growing up in Virginia, we usually had a full on breakfast,
>> after the presents were opened. And when my grandparents were alive,
>> it was a full on Southern style breakfast.
>> To start, grapefruit broiled with brown sugar on top: it was always
>> the starter. We never had it any other time of the year, that I can
>> remember. Then, usually the standard biscuits unless we had country
>> ham available, then it became Ham Biscuits. The biscuits then were
>> what are termed at Angel Biscuits, which are leavened with both baking
>> powder and yeast: a perfect partner to country ham slices, which were
>> tucked into the biscuits. It was always one of my favorite
>> breakfasts.
>> And in later years, my mother would occasionally make something she
>> (and my grandmother) called Jewish Coffee Cake..it too was yeasted,
>> and had raisins in it, and was soaked with a syrup. I don't think I
>> have had it since my mother made it years ago, although I do have the
>> recipe.
>>
>> And when I was on my own, I would sometimes make Eggs Benedict for the
>> family when we were together on Christmas morning.
>> This year, I am not sure what breakfast will be. I am considering
>> several things, among which is a recipe from the Smitten Kitchen
>> Cookbook: a Gingerbread spiced Dutch Baby. If I had some ham, I
>> would make Ham Biscuits. I am also considering trying to make the
>> Jewish Coffee Cake again..after all these years. Breakfast was usually
>> the only meal of the day other than the
>> Christmas dinner, on Christmas Day. A large dinner with family and
>> friends was in the afternoon, and after that we all went visiting to
>> see other relatives, close family friends and the like, where we were
>> treated to Christmas cookies, cakes, wine jelly, punch, and other
>> goodies. We were usually too full from both breakfast, dinner and
>> the snacking at other houses, to eat much of anything else later on.
>> We always ended with a visit to the grandparents, then came home to
>> host our own visiters, whereupon my mother served fruitcake and
>> coffee.
>> Christine
>
> Oddly enough, I don't recall any Christmas breakfasts from my youth.
> (Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned from that?) I also don't recall
> what I made for many years. The last few years, I ate pannetone, but now
> that I am eating LC, that is out. (To be perfectly honest, last night I
> started wishing I had gotten the tiny one I saw at WF--although perhaps
> it contained ingredients that I don't like, in addition to its being
> carby.) This morning, I started looking through my files for some
> alternative that was better, carbwise. Then I got deterred and ended up
> sorting a lot of the previously unsorted recipes, so no progress was
> made, for better or for worse.
>
> Sooooo, who knows. Perhaps there will be an update.


When our girls were younger, after the gifts had been opened, I would
take the bananas that Santa always lift in their stockings and add them
to pineapple chunks and orange sections for a fruit cup. I would make
scrambled eggs with bacon and we usually had a sour cream coffee cake.
Nice memories.

Rusty in MD

Rusty wrote:
> On 12/23/2012 9:20 PM, Jean B. wrote:
>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>> Heya all,
>>>
>>> Christmas breakfast. Do you fix a special Christmas breakfast? What
>>> is it and what will it be this year, if you do one?
>>>
>>> I am not usually a breakfast person, unless someone is cooking it for
>>> me. However, for some reason, Christmas breakfast feels a bit more
>>> special than just the run of the mill breakfasts.
>>> When I was growing up in Virginia, we usually had a full on breakfast,
>>> after the presents were opened. And when my grandparents were alive,
>>> it was a full on Southern style breakfast.
>>> To start, grapefruit broiled with brown sugar on top: it was always
>>> the starter. We never had it any other time of the year, that I can
>>> remember. Then, usually the standard biscuits unless we had country
>>> ham available, then it became Ham Biscuits. The biscuits then were
>>> what are termed at Angel Biscuits, which are leavened with both baking
>>> powder and yeast: a perfect partner to country ham slices, which were
>>> tucked into the biscuits. It was always one of my favorite
>>> breakfasts.
>>> And in later years, my mother would occasionally make something she
>>> (and my grandmother) called Jewish Coffee Cake..it too was yeasted,
>>> and had raisins in it, and was soaked with a syrup. I don't think I
>>> have had it since my mother made it years ago, although I do have the
>>> recipe.
>>>
>>> And when I was on my own, I would sometimes make Eggs Benedict for the
>>> family when we were together on Christmas morning.
>>> This year, I am not sure what breakfast will be. I am considering
>>> several things, among which is a recipe from the Smitten Kitchen
>>> Cookbook: a Gingerbread spiced Dutch Baby. If I had some ham, I
>>> would make Ham Biscuits. I am also considering trying to make the
>>> Jewish Coffee Cake again..after all these years. Breakfast was usually
>>> the only meal of the day other than the
>>> Christmas dinner, on Christmas Day. A large dinner with family and
>>> friends was in the afternoon, and after that we all went visiting to
>>> see other relatives, close family friends and the like, where we were
>>> treated to Christmas cookies, cakes, wine jelly, punch, and other
>>> goodies. We were usually too full from both breakfast, dinner and
>>> the snacking at other houses, to eat much of anything else later on.
>>> We always ended with a visit to the grandparents, then came home to
>>> host our own visiters, whereupon my mother served fruitcake and
>>> coffee.
>>> Christine
>>
>> Oddly enough, I don't recall any Christmas breakfasts from my youth.
>> (Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned from that?) I also don't recall
>> what I made for many years. The last few years, I ate pannetone, but now
>> that I am eating LC, that is out. (To be perfectly honest, last night I
>> started wishing I had gotten the tiny one I saw at WF--although perhaps
>> it contained ingredients that I don't like, in addition to its being
>> carby.) This morning, I started looking through my files for some
>> alternative that was better, carbwise. Then I got deterred and ended up
>> sorting a lot of the previously unsorted recipes, so no progress was
>> made, for better or for worse.
>>
>> Sooooo, who knows. Perhaps there will be an update.
>
>
> When our girls were younger, after the gifts had been opened, I would
> take the bananas that Santa always lift in their stockings and add them
> to pineapple chunks and orange sections for a fruit cup. I would make
> scrambled eggs with bacon and we usually had a sour cream coffee cake.
> Nice memories.
>
> Rusty in MD
>
That sounds like a lovely tradition.


(Oh yeah. I was going to STRIVE not to answer the really old posts.)