what holiday food have your always heard about but never tried?

Original post by janwinterbridejoy

Oct 23, 2005 07:34 PM

i always wanted to try figgy pudding and mulled wine.

Thumballina Posted: Oct 25, 2005 11:00 AM

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Posted by Anniegrl

Panetone (pretty much the same thing as fruit cake but the Italian version! blech)

I LOVE Panetone and could not imagine the holidays without it around...if you don't like the one with the dried fruit pieces you could try the Pandoro - which is basically the same just w/o the fruit and you sprinkle powdered sugar on it...there are different versions...ones with chocolate fillings, liquor based fillings or creme fillings...some of them even have a chocolate shell around it...yummmm

kaklesmay Posted: Oct 25, 2005 11:28 AM

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I just tried Pecan Pie for the first time
Yummy!

glinda_goodwitch Posted: Oct 25, 2005 12:06 PM

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Posted by brooklynbridezilla

Posted by Anniegrl

Panetone (pretty much the same thing as fruit cake but the Italian version! blech)

i thought it was made with chocolate?

Nope, it's made with golden raisins, I believe. It's really good. Much lighter than fruitcake. It's almost a bread.

marymoon Posted: Oct 25, 2005 05:19 PM

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I like panetone!

I just bought mulling spices to make mulled cider or wine,a nd I bought a stuffed thanksgiving tofurkey, both firsts for me.

brooklynbridezilla Posted: Oct 25, 2005 05:59 PM

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Posted by glinda_goodwitch

Posted by brooklynbridezilla

Posted by Anniegrl

Panetone (pretty much the same thing as fruit cake but the Italian version! blech)

i thought it was made with chocolate?

Nope, it's made with golden raisins, I believe. It's really good. Much lighter than fruitcake. It's almost a bread.

oooh ok. maybe i will try it!

brooklynbridezilla Posted: Oct 25, 2005 06:00 PM

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Posted by johnsae

turduckin - FH's family had that one year...what the *uck?!? It's a turkey-duck-chicken-in-one.....weird

i saw that being made on the food channel too (can u tell i watch too much food channel?). anyway...did u try it? how was it?

roxyspark Posted: Oct 25, 2005 07:30 PM

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Posted by glinda_goodwitch

hot buttered rum! dying to make it this Christmas

I have never had it either but it sounds DELISH!

klingklang77 Posted: Oct 25, 2005 11:07 PM

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Posted by usuk2004

Ew! They use pudding as an all encompassing word to describe dessert...it doesn't necessarily have to be pudding (which I think they would call custard)...it gets pretty confusing at times

i have the same problem here in Australia. they have something called sticky date pudding, but it is cake like. i dont get it *shrug*.

speaking of fruit cake, i learned that over here they call it christmas pudding, which was mentioned here and they use it for all wedding cakes. it is a tradition to have fruit cake as your wedding cake. can you imagine fruit cake as your wedding cake? yuck.