For Italian Christmas Eve-ers

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Posted by MiciB115

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Posted by Anniegrl

I remember when my grandma was alive she'd make polpo, or baby octopus salad. BLECCCCHHHHHHHH!!!!

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Amen sister!

My dad and his family are straight off the boat and all I can say is the house stinks Christmas Eve! Thankfully my mother is kind and makes turkey

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Okay, there will be no seafood bashing on this post!!!! I looooovvvvvveeeee Christmas Eve

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Posted by Anniegrl

I remember when my grandma was alive she'd make polpo, or baby octopus salad. BLECCCCHHHHHHHH!!!!

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my grandmother loves that stuff- fortunately my mother had protected me from those evils.

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

I'm Irish-Catholic, so all we have for Christmas Eve is whiskey and cold, cold guilt.

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hahaha!!! That made me laugh out loud at work, now people are staring!!!

For my huge irish catholic family, its an entree of whiskey, beer and guilt served with a side order of

'So when are the wee little ones comin' along, eh?'

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Posted by usuk2004

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Posted by MiciB115

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Posted by Anniegrl

I remember when my grandma was alive she'd make polpo, or baby octopus salad. BLECCCCHHHHHHHH!!!!

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Amen sister!

My dad and his family are straight off the boat and all I can say is the house stinks Christmas Eve! Thankfully my mother is kind and makes turkey

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Okay, there will be no seafood bashing on this post!!!! I looooovvvvvveeeee Christmas Eve

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Okay, I'll be nice. I'll only bash the seafood I won't eat which includes everything but shrimp, crab and lobster

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Posted by usuk2004

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Posted by tourist
Farah, of the stuff you suggested, I stick with the shrimp ( coctail & fried, but I love shrimp), maybe only calamari in the sauce, not fried as well. And the baked calms. have some palinpasta too, in case they don't eat it. I personally hate calamri, but i eat most seafood.

ETA-- fried flounder, should be pretty universal. I think most people would eat that, if they eat fish at all.

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Okay, here are my dilemmas

1. Seb LOVES fried calamari and has a running list of which restaurants throughout Manhattan make the best It's probably the reason why he's suggesting we do Christmas Eve my way!

2. Secondly, shrimp are just not the same here as they are at home - They're like a different breed or something, they're mealy-er and they usually have the heads on. so, I'm not sure if they can stand on their own for something like shrimp cocktail.

I guess I'll figure it out. We have to find a good place to get all of this though. SEb mentioned something about a fish market in town somewhere.

I just wanted to get some ideas of what other people eat...Thanks!!!

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Uggh! I dont' know what I would do in a land without good shrimp.

maybe you shoud go to the fishmarket & see what is available & plan from there & have a few non fried things for the anorexic sister in law.

Do your in-laws have any Christmas traditions?
my father is Scottish & we it all sorts of nasty fatty meats from Christmas breakfast

My DH family is VERY Italian and they always do seafood Cristmas EVe. here are the things that stick out in my memory: (I lieave out the shrimp, since you probably won't be able to make that)

Fried calamari
Stuffed clams
linguine with mussels and/or clams (I like it fra diavolo)
stuffed sole
bacala (this grosses me out but Dh loves it)

my fh family is italian.

my favorites that they make- fried calamari, fried shrimp, scungilli in red sauce,

they also have octopus

UMMMMMMMMMMMM getting hungry!!

fried calamari
stuffed clams
linguine with mussels and/or clams
shrimp scampi
scungilli (sp?)
bacala (this grosses me out but Dh loves it)
seafood quiche
chicken parm
eggplant
linguine with red sauce