What Day Is Your Feast Day?

[Spacescifi]

For Americans it is often Turkey Day (AKA Thanksgiving).

It is the one day a year where average American bellies will be stuffed... almost guaranteed.

 

I know mine was.

I only eat turkey around Thanksgiving since any other time of year it is more expensive to buy.

What day is your feast day and what do you eat on it?

Edited November 25, 2022 by Spacescifi

[kerbiloid]

New Year (the 31 Dec → 1 Jan night) is the outstanding one since 1930s.

 

10 hours ago, Spacescifi said:

Turkey Day

Strange. Russia neighbors with Turkey, and its day is in America...

[Spacescifi]

28 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

New Year (the 31 Dec → 1 Jan night) is the outstanding one since 1930s.

 

Strange. Russia neighbors with Turkey, and its day is in America...

 

So what do you feast on new years?

 

What food?

 

As far as I know in America New Years is just a day to party, it is a lot less food-centric than Thanksgiving... you are unlikely to see a big turkey dinner with family on New Years in America.

 

You are likely to see beer though.

[kerbiloid]

Fried/baked chicken with potatoes.

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Olivier salad.

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Crab sticks salad with canned corn.

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Smoked sausages and meat/lard/bacon. Sliced tomatoes/cucumbers.

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Aspic (chicken or pig)

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Canned smoked sprats.

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Fried eggplants in garlic sauce.

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"Herring under fur-coar"
(Salted herring under thick layer of boiled beet and mayonnaise)
Considered as classics, but absolutely disgusting on my taste.
Probably every North-European people must have its own disgusting classic fish dish to troll others, like the surstromming or at least this tutorial-mode thing.

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Pickled vegetables and' mushrooms (usually farmed champignons).

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Alcohol: champagne, cogniac, vodka.

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Citruses.

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Miscellaneous (sliced hard cheese, caviar, etc.).

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Tart (Prague, Tiramisu, Napoleon, etc).

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Chocolate.

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Edited November 26, 2022 by kerbiloid

[Spacescifi]

34 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

Fried/baked chicken with potatoes.

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Olivier salad.

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Crab sticks salad with canned corn.

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Smoked sausages and meat/lard/bacon. Sliced tomatoes/cucumbers.

  Reveal hidden contents

Aspic (chicken or pig)

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Canned smoked sprats.

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Fried eggplants in garlic sauce.

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"Herring under fur-coar"
(Salted herring under thick layer of boiled beet and mayonnaise)
Considered as classics, but absolutely disgusting on my taste.
Probably every North-European people must have its own disgusting classic fish dish to troll others, like the surstromming or at least this tutorial-mode thing.

  Reveal hidden contents

Pickled vegetables and' mushrooms (usually farmed champignons).

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Alcohol: champagne, cogniac, vodka.

  Reveal hidden contents

Citruses.

  Reveal hidden contents

Miscellaneous (sliced hard cheese, caviar, etc.).

  Reveal hidden contents

Tart (Prague, Tiramisu, Napoleon, etc).

  Reveal hidden contents

Chocolate.

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Thanks for the cultural interchange.

 

I suspect that oranges and other fruits are imported a lot?

I say this because of all the canned food I saw. Over here (I am west coast) we only buy canned if we do not want to cook as much but we can just as easily buy fresh fruit and vegetables.

I have seen sprauts before in a middle eastern store... fun fact, they were selling spraut cans of the brand you showed made in your country... but after you know what happened now when I look at the label it says they are made in some nearby baltic country , I forget which one

 

I have never had them...  what? Are sprauts like sardines or better or worse? More or less salty?

 

Or are oranges etc actually grown over there?

The mayo fish cake looks disturbing but I could probably get used to it as I like fish.

 

If you wanted to have an American style turkey dinner would be able to find turkey and other ingredients easily?

[kerbiloid]

13 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

I suspect that oranges and other fruits are imported a lot

Abkhazia, Turkey, MidEast.

13 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

I say this because of all the canned food I saw.

The way to store them in relatively cold climate.
In Soviet times - easy to gather and store the best dishes for the New Year.
Since then - familiar and good taste.

13 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

Over here (I am west coast) we only buy canned if we do not want to cook as much but we can just as easily buy fresh fruit and vegetables.

The pickled ones are usually self-made in summer.

13 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

I have seen sprauts before in a middle eastern store... fun fact, they were selling spraut cans of the brand you showed made in your country... but after you know what happened now when I look at the label it says they are made in some nearby baltic country , I forget which one

They are made in Baltic republics since Soviet times, and on Russian Far East and Kaliningradskaya oblast (on Baltic coast) then and especially later. 

13 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

Are sprauts like sardines or better or worse? More or less salty?

Never tried sardines except blanched ones, but the sprauts aren't salty, they are just smoked in oil.

13 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

If you wanted to have an American style turkey dinner would be able to find turkey and other ingredients easily?

The turkey is locally herded, but not popular very much, the chickens prevail.

Edited November 26, 2022 by kerbiloid

[Spacescifi]

4 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Abkhazia, Turkey, MidEast.

The way to store them in relatively cold climate.
In Soviet times - easy to gather and store the best dishes for the New Year.
Since then - familiar and good taste.

The pickled ones are usually self-made in summer.

They are made in Baltic republics since Soviet times, and on Russian Far East and Kaliningradskaya oblast (on Baltic coast) then and especially later. 

Never tried sardines except blanched ones, but the sprauts aren't salty, they are just smoked in oil.

The turkey is locally herded, but not popular very much, the chickens prevail.

 

Too bad turkey is not more popular.

I assure you that a single turkey can feed a lot of people at once... it's like the 'steak' of fowl given how thick the meat is.

The day after Americans are often tired since eating turkey causes an increase in serotonin which makes folks tired or at ease.

 

Turkey is a great family gathering food.

[Nuke]

i kind of wish they would merge thanksgiving and christmas into a single holiday, and replace the traditional meat with prime rib. 

or at the very least move one of them to june so that i have a few months of recovery time. 

when they created all these holidays i wish that they would remove the ritualistic baggage, including the feasting, and just make it a day-week off. in other words if we are going to indulge in some of the 7 deadly sins, can one of them at least be sloth?

Edited November 26, 2022 by Nuke

[Spacescifi]

17 minutes ago, Nuke said:

i kind of wish they would merge thanksgiving and christmas into a single holiday, and replace the traditional meat with prime rib. 

or at the very least move one of them to june so that i have a few months of recovery time. 

when they created all these holidays i wish that they would remove the ritualistic baggage, including the feasting, and just make it a day-week off. in other words if we are going to indulge in some of the 7 deadly sins, can one of them at least be sloth?

 

Worldbuilding is something you only get to do if you rule a country... even then we are products of all that came before us, and we cannot erase that without severe pushback.

I honestly think if a president tried to do what you said regarding holidays lawmakers would laugh at him and say, "Why fix what is not broken?"

 

I believe others think as you do, but the majority I think is utterly indifferent to your 'plight' if I can even call it that lol.

 

I never get drunk... I have enough issues functioning sober so I would probably get fired in a week if I was a drunk lol.

Edited November 26, 2022 by Spacescifi

[Nuke]

43 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

 

Worldbuilding is something you only get to do if you rule a country... even then we are products of all that came before us, and we cannot erase that without severe pushback.

I honestly think if a president tried to do what you said regarding holidays lawmakers would laugh at him and say, "Why fix what is not broken?"

 

I believe others think as you do, but the majority I think is utterly indifferent to your 'plight' if I can even call it that lol.

 

I never get drunk... I have enough issues functioning sober so I would probably get fired in a week if I was a drunk lol.

unfortunately by recovery time, im not talking alcohol. im talking about leftovers. do they ever run out?

[Zozaf Kerman]

9 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Fried/baked chicken with potatoes.

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Olivier salad.

  Hide contents

Crab sticks salad with canned corn.

  Hide contents

 

Smoked sausages and meat/lard/bacon. Sliced tomatoes/cucumbers.

  Hide contents

Aspic (chicken or pig)

  Hide contents

Canned smoked sprats.

  Hide contents

Fried eggplants in garlic sauce.

  Hide contents

"Herring under fur-coar"
(Salted herring under thick layer of boiled beet and mayonnaise)
Considered as classics, but absolutely disgusting on my taste.
Probably every North-European people must have its own disgusting classic fish dish to troll others, like the surstromming or at least this tutorial-mode thing.

  Hide contents

Pickled vegetables and' mushrooms (usually farmed champignons).

  Hide contents

 

Alcohol: champagne, cogniac, vodka.

  Hide contents

Citruses.

  Hide contents

Miscellaneous (sliced hard cheese, caviar, etc.).

  Hide contents

Tart (Prague, Tiramisu, Napoleon, etc).

  Hide contents

Chocolate.

  Hide contents

 

You are making me very hungry… 

[Nuke]

ok so we finally killed the pies and sides, whats left of the turkey is going into some kind of stew. the bones are currently in a stock pot rendering broth. 

[Spacescifi]

3 hours ago, Nuke said:

ok so we finally killed the pies and sides, whats left of the turkey is going into some kind of stew. the bones are currently in a stock pot rendering broth. 

Waste nothing.... I like that idea.

 

Did your cats... the ones still living get in 9n the turkey feast? Sure they were aware of it if nothing else.

 

I wonder if cat biology is subject to turkey induced sleepiness as it does to humans

[Nuke]

the stew was good. the kitties always get a plate. cats always sleep after eating. 

and my exhaustion was from all the cooking and doing dishes and digesting unhealthy quantities of food. 

[tater]

Thanksgiving and Christmas I suppose. We used to go to friends of my in-laws for New Years every year. A Croatian couple who moved to the US in the 1960s, and there was always quite a spread.

Thanksgiving is turkey, etc. If my brother and sister in law are involved also ham. Mother in law made turducken a few times—a wast of duck, IMHO, duck needs to have crispy skin or forget it.

Xmas varies. I made beef Wellington a few times we had xmas here. At in-laws turkey, roast beef, ham, all kinds of different things depending on the year (she's a great cook, so anything is good). I experimented with Christmas Pudding a few times. Pretty good, kind of a pain though.

Edited November 28, 2022 by tater