Thread: Local Traditions

Are there any unique coastal Christmas cuisine traditions?

You mean like seafood gumbo and raw oysters? ;-)

Oyster Dressing , The best part of the Christmas Dinner , till Dessert and EggNog

Originally Posted by Pier#r

You mean like seafood gumbo and raw oysters? ;-)

Yep, if that is what you have.

Can't remember a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner that my mother having anything to do with that didn't have a crab mold. Also anyy leftover turkey turned in to months of turkey gumbo rather than days of turkey sandwiches

i can't offer anything to the discussion, but that's a really cool question.

I make some kind of gumbo a couple times a year. My wife wanted a pot of 'true' seafood gumbo for her birthday one year. It was nearly $50 for the stuff I bought, besides the stuff we already had. Found out then it isn't cheap to make seafood gumbo, but it sure was good.

It started out as our family tradition long ago.
We knew seafood wouldn't last in the freezer all winter.
So we made it a point to empty it out all our freezers of crab & shrimp to make gumbo for the family get together.
Some years later one of my sisters (who worked at the bank) had a client who would send her a quart of raw oysters every Christmas.
So naturally those were incorporated into the feast ;-)
And about that time I discovered mackerel salad which is still a holiday mainstay for us.
Along with Susan's mini pecan pies!!!

Fried Wild turkey breast....a mainstay at our house at Christmas

Originally Posted by LevelWind

Fried Wild turkey breast....a mainstay at our house at Christmas

I usually save the wild turkey for Christmas night at my house. Usually with a few ice cubes and splash of coca cola. Also use a couple of teaspoons in the Wild Turkey Pecan Pie. Best when it's still warm with some vanilla ice cream.