I have also been busy preparing dinner for the family. For the first time in many years all of my sons will be here for Christmas. Our menu is as follows:
Poached Shrimp w cocktail sauce
Assorted cheeses, nuts, and
fruit
Turkey Breast
Stuffed Cabbage
Kielbasa w Sauerkraut
Pierogies
Peas and Carrots
Mizeria
Rolls
Chocolate cake
Cranberry loaf
We are scheduled to have temps in the 50's so these snowmen will have to do for now.
I leave you with this door that my lab partners and I decorated back in the mid-1970's. The three angels are the three of us who worked together in the chemistry lab.
Your dinner sounds excellent and you put your heart into it. i am so glad all your sons will be home for Christmas. I hate the fact we have no snow but it will still be joyous. Amazing about your family tree and what you have found out. Love the snowmen. I made different Christmas cookies and for main dinner tomorrow, it will be rouladen with red cabbage, broccoli, mashed potatoes and a salad:) This is Birgit by the way
ReplyDeleteTwice my son from Texas couldn't get here because of bad weather. So I am happy to have a green Christmas. Merry Christmas.
DeleteMerry Christmas to you, and happy you were able to put together another Christmas dinner. You've had some amazing menus in the past. I'll be helping my husband put together our Christmas Eve and Christmas dinners. But right now, enjoying the sunshine (I took today off from work) which is not usual here in upstate New York. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteSun is shining here too. Loving it!
DeleteI had to look up mizeria as I wasn't familiar with it, but then when I saw it was cucumbers with sour cream, it brought back memories of my mom making it. I don't remember her using that name for it. I loved it, but in my 40s cucumbers no longer agreed with my stomach and gave me terrible indigestion so haven't had cucumbers in years. Your meal sounds lovely and such an added bonus to have all your sons with you this year! Merry Christmas!
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I know a few folks who cannot eat cucumbers. Maybe they don't bother me since I already take meds for digestive issues. Merry Christmas!
DeleteI've also looked up 'mizeria' for the simple reason that in my native language, romanian, it means 'misery'.
ReplyDeleteWell it appears your mizeria is anything but misery; it's a polish cucumber salad.
Enjoy the meal and the guests!
An Italian princess who married a Polish king would cry whenever she ate the salad because the cucumbers reminded her of her home, hence the name, mizeria.
DeleteI too was unfamiliar with the name Mizeria, I like the explanation about the Italian Princess. Thanks everyone for looking it up, saves me doing so.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your Christmas Denise and I am so glad all your sons will be home. At least a green Christmas does benefit you and others who wish to travel. Your complete menu sounds excellent. What time should I get there?
Noon. You and Matt have a Merry Christmas. Don't overdo the cooking.
DeleteYum! I'll have to drop by accidentally next time you make a feast.
ReplyDeleteI wondered where you'd gone! I was a bit overstretched over Christmas so I wasn't able to visit my blogifriends hence my late comment! I hope your Christmas was everything you hoped it would be and that 2020 will be your best year ever!
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