Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
Food is a huge part of holiday celebrations this time of year, and most people know the standards with some variations. But what ONE food is make-or-break for you, gotta-have-it-or-it's-just-not-Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate)?
In my house, it's fudge. It simply is not Christmas if we don't make a huge batch of fudge to give away (and pig out on). My mom started this tradition back when my older sister was in grade school, and continued it right up until I graduated high school. We would make a batch of fudge, and then package it up in little, inexpensive glass candy dishes with a big bow on them for us to take to our teachers for Christmas gifts. Looking back, it may have started as a bribe to put up with my sister, but you never heard me say that.
I took this over when I became old enough to make the fudge myself (I'm also a better cook than my mother was), and have continued it to this day, although we give it as gifts at work and other such places, since all my kids have been homeschooled. Also, in recent years we've expanded it from just pecan and no-nut fudge to include bacon fudge. My family is insane for the bacon fudge.
So what food absolutely defines the winter holiday (whichever one is yours) for you?
In my house, it's fudge. It simply is not Christmas if we don't make a huge batch of fudge to give away (and pig out on). My mom started this tradition back when my older sister was in grade school, and continued it right up until I graduated high school. We would make a batch of fudge, and then package it up in little, inexpensive glass candy dishes with a big bow on them for us to take to our teachers for Christmas gifts. Looking back, it may have started as a bribe to put up with my sister, but you never heard me say that.
I took this over when I became old enough to make the fudge myself (I'm also a better cook than my mother was), and have continued it to this day, although we give it as gifts at work and other such places, since all my kids have been homeschooled. Also, in recent years we've expanded it from just pecan and no-nut fudge to include bacon fudge. My family is insane for the bacon fudge.
So what food absolutely defines the winter holiday (whichever one is yours) for you?
