Christmas / Holiday Cooking

Chickie · 12-04-2010, 11:22 AM

It would be interesting to know what traditional recipes are made in the Lakes Region at this time of year. As so many French Canadians migrated to the Laconia area to work in the mills, I think Christmas means meat pies in a lot of homes even today. Does anyone carry on other traditions from recipes handed down from their ancestors? What about plum and figgy pudding from the U.K. or honored Christmas recipes from Germany and Sweden - foods in the Jewish tradition for Hanukkah? All loaded with sugar and cholesterol without a doubt, but who's counting? I am making caramels this morning from a recipe which has been in my family for years.

12-04-2010, 11:22 AM	#1
Chickie Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 368 Thanks: 0 Thanked 67 Times in 38 Posts	Christmas / Holiday Cooking It would be interesting to know what traditional recipes are made in the Lakes Region at this time of year. As so many French Canadians migrated to the Laconia area to work in the mills, I think Christmas means meat pies in a lot of homes even today. Does anyone carry on other traditions from recipes handed down from their ancestors? What about plum and figgy pudding from the U.K. or honored Christmas recipes from Germany and Sweden - foods in the Jewish tradition for Hanukkah? All loaded with sugar and cholesterol without a doubt, but who's counting? I am making caramels this morning from a recipe which has been in my family for years.