Christmas foods in a foreign country

[Chromeman]

Most of you Europeans and Americans who live here in the Hua Hin area more or less permanently comes from countries with strong traditions surrounding Christmas, not at least related to food.

So I was curious about how much of those food traditions you have brought with you and still follows at Christmas?

[Dannie Boy]

I'm having a very traditional dinner - roast turkey which will have home cured smoked streaky bacon on the breast meat to enhance the flavour and help keep it moist. Roast potatoes, roast parsnips, brussel sprouts, broccoli, carrots, Paxo stuffing, sausagemeat stuffing, cranberry sauce and giblet gravy. If we have room (in our stomachs), I have a Xmas pudding, cream or custard, home made mince pies and home made sausage rolls, but expect they will be reserved for Boxing Day to go with cold turkey and mashed potatoes.

[Big Boy]

cream

What kind? Where did you get it?

[Dannie Boy]

cream

What kind? Where did you get it?

Foremost fresh whipping cream bought at Macro, about 125 baht for one litre.

[lomuamart]

As mentioned on another thread, I brought over our family tradition (the Norwegian side) of having smorbrot on the 24th. These are open sandwiches with a variety of toppings - meats, fish, seafood with vegetables and other dressings.
On my first Xmas here in HH, I knew a young Danish chap who was feeling a little homesick and mentioned that The Admirals Pub did these so we went there and ordered about 8 of them (all we could afford at the time) and ate them with my ex at home around a single candle and plenty of beer (an alternative to aquavit).
Apart from one Xmas back in the UK, I've done the same for 13 Xmases here - until now as the restaurant is closed. However, I'm hopeful that, through other suggestions on the other thread, I might find them elsewhere later today.
We normally had goose on the 25th but I've never looked for that here. We'll have a duck instead (my wife's favourite meat) with various trimmings.
Hic.

[Chromeman]

Happy smørbrød hunting!

[Big Boy]

cream

What kind? Where did you get it?

Foremost fresh whipping cream bought at Macro, about 125 baht for one litre.

Seeing my plight, a friend has gifted me this, which is apparently as close to cream as you can get here. He bought it at Hua Hin Ham & Bacon. Not expensive either.

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[Norseman]

Chromeman; go here to your countrymen's website and read about the possibilities where to get x-mas food. Scroll down to their Facebook notes.
I believe x-mas food is available for all the Nordic countries as well as UK and North America plus other countries as well.
http://www.nordmennihuahin.com/

[Dannie Boy]

What kind? Where did you get it?

Foremost fresh whipping cream bought at Macro, about 125 baht for one litre.[/quote]
Seeing my plight, a friend has gifted me this, which is apparently as close to cream as you can get here. He bought it at Hua Hin Ham & Bacon. Not expensive either.

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As it's in a tin, it will be sterilised or have had some sort of treatment. The Foremost cream is not UHT treated like some of the other carton cream so it tastes ok, but has a more limited shelf life of about a week.

[Chromeman]

Chromeman; go here to your countrymen's website and read about the possibilities where to get x-mas food. Scroll down to their Facebook notes.
I believe x-mas food is available for all the Nordic countries as well as UK and North America plus other countries as well.
http://www.nordmennihuahin.com/

I am not coming to Hua Hin before March 6th so no need for me at this time. Getting all I need back in Norway.

I was just curious how people had adapted their customs after moving to Thailand.

[oakdale160]

Beware of going for a c'mas dinner at a home of a non-cooking ex-pat and his THai wife, who cooks deliciou Issan food but has not quite got the grasp of western food, god bless her. It can be awful. For instance, turkey without gravy, not too appetising.

[Chromeman]

Beware of going for a c'mas dinner at a home of a non-cooking ex-pat and his THai wife, who cooks deliciou Issan food but has not quite got the grasp of western food, god bless her. It can be awful. For instance, turkey without gravy, not too appetising.

Thanks for the warning! Luckily in my situation, I am cooking, and not so bad either , so I will let my girlfriend and future wife take care of the thai and Issan food, and I will handle the western food.

[Pleng]

It can be awful. For instance, turkey without gravy, not too appetising.

Could be worse. Could be given turkey *with* gravy.

[Takiap]

I'm just grateful for the fact that it's so easy for me to dodge the whole xmas lunch thing. Just give me a regular steak cooked medium rare anyday, or some tasty spare riibs or lamb chops. Never been one for roasts.

[christopher1]

I eventually 'found' a turkey crown, so it will be a traditional
dinner.
I also made a giant Gala pie for afters!