christmas dinner

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Can I ask: what did you convert to?
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Can I ask: what did you convert to?

    Right Hand Drive :D
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Justin Bieber fan?

    Buddhism?
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Can I ask: what did you convert to?
    I am Jewish. I converted 12 years ago. Now I feel old.
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    I just realized I ended my national service 25 years ago - imagine how old I feel :#
    Converting to judaism, that's interesting. I have a question this time too: was your converting influenced (autocorrect: influenza) by your husband's religious beliefs?
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I just realized I ended my national service 25 years ago - imagine how old I feel :#
    Converting to judaism, that's interesting. I have a question this time too: was your converting influenced (autocorrect: influenza) by your husband's religious beliefs?
    No. I finished conversation at 18 ( started at 17). I met my husband in gradschool when I was a whopping 23.(Enter the Blink 182 sing "What's my Age Again.")
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    You meet all sorts of intereresting people here in AJB007 :D :007)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I converted to Atheism long ago ;) :p
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    Happy Hanukkah to you, VM! I shall spin a dreidel in your honour!
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Happy Hanukkah to you, VM! I shall spin a dreidel in your honour!
    You too! My Temple is having a latkes-a-thon this year!
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    Well mazel tov to that!

    When you converted, did you also convert to kosher food? And if so, do you miss pork? I don't think I could live without porchetta and bacon and pork chops and...
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Well mazel tov to that!

    When you converted, did you also convert to kosher food? And if so, do you miss pork? I don't think I could live without porchetta and bacon and pork chops and...
    Porchetta! I love Porchetta, we are having it on Boxing day with rosemary and garlic roast potatoes.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    What time do you want me over, Chriscoop? :D
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Well mazel tov to that!

    When you converted, did you also convert to kosher food? And if so, do you miss pork? I don't think I could live without porchetta and bacon and pork chops and...
    I used to keep kosher but I no longer do... and I eat bacon... lots of bacon...and shellfish...
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    What time do you want me over, Chriscoop? :D
    You're welcome anytime DE :)
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent
    I used to keep kosher but I no longer do... and I eat bacon... lots of bacon...and shellfish...

    Of course you have to eat bacon, because you know what they say about having too much of a good thing!
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    (I *might* be eating county ham for breakfast today... on the first full day of Hanukkah.)
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent
    (I *might* be eating county ham for breakfast today... on the first full day of Hanukkah.)

    :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) {[] Don't forget beer! {[]
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    I hope you all feel the same Christmas spirit as I do these days. On Tuesday there was a consert where children sang Christmas songs, last night was the Christmas party for work, today I found the last of the presents. I hope we get to keep the snow. Really nice :)
  • Ammo08Ammo08 Missouri, USAPosts: 386MI6 Agent
    Due to some military circumstances our family dinner will be small this year. Consequently I am trying to convince the wife to not have the usual fare of ham and turkey, etc, etc...and instead let's cook some prime rib...anything but turkey and ham..I think a nice Beef Wellington is a good idea....
    "I don't know if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who mean it."-Mark Twain
    'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Ammo08 wrote:
    Due to some military circumstances our family dinner will be small this year. Consequently I am trying to convince the wife to not have the usual fare of ham and turkey, etc, etc...and instead let's cook some prime rib...anything but turkey and ham..I think a nice Beef Wellington is a good idea....

    I had the same Idea, but I was out voted :(
  • Ammo08Ammo08 Missouri, USAPosts: 386MI6 Agent
    My pappy used to say, "Why are we thanking the Lord by cooking a dirty old bird?,,,steak sounds better."
    "I don't know if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who mean it."-Mark Twain
    'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    edited December 2017
    In my house It's usually cooked by a dirty old ....... :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    edited December 2017
    I just had "Lutefisk" for dinner, a typical Christmas dinner in Norway. It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish (klippfisk) and lye (lut). It is gelatinous in texture. Its name literally means "lye fish" (Wikipedia). Lutefisk is served with potatoes, carrots, bacon and pease pudding.

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  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    I would be very curious to try that.
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I just had "Lutefisk" for dinner, a typical Christmas dinner in Norway. It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish (klippfisk) and lye (lut). It is gelatinous in texture. Its name literally means "lye fish" (Wikipedia). Lutefisk is served with potatoes, carrots, bacon and pease pudding.

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    I wonder if Peas Pudding is anything like what we call mushy peas, I love mushy peas.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Mushy peaas with loads of hp brown sauce :x
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Mushy peaas with loads of hp brown sauce :x

    Sounds good TP, I must give it a try -{
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    edited December 2017
    Yes, mushy peas is the right expresion.

    Here are staff members of the US embassy in Oslo tackling Norwegian Christmas food: :D
    It must be said that I don't associate some of these dishes
    with Christmas at all, and all of them lack side dishes.

    https://www.facebook.com/usdos.norway/videos/10153360320277123/


    Here is one video showing how to make lutefisk (but they're doing it wrong X-( ) The preperation of the lutefisk is fine. The fish is usually cod, but other types of fish can be used. My mother says the fish must be served with boiled potatoes and carrots. The bacon should be cut into small dices and warmed on the oven (ad butter if needed). The peas should be mushy peas. :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pglwqXosqko

    Here is a more elaborate recipe in English:
    http://www.matoppskrift.no/sider/recipe_2732.asp#axzz51XRiqKVL
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    I would try the food that you posted in that photo, but I think I'd have the same reaction as the Americans in the video for the things that they were eating -{
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