Lovely Irish Christmas Dinner
While Christmas Dinner is finished for this year and leftovers were happily consumed this St. Stephen’s Day, I wanted to share with you this photo and lovely setting for this “oh so sumptuous” meal by my cousin, Helen Murphy…
Our Irish Christmas Dinner menu consisted of:
Starters:
- Deviled Eggs
- Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Main Course:
- Roast Turkey basted with rashers (Irish Bacon)
- Baked Ham with a special Cullinan Family glaze consisting of honey, English mustard and a secret ingredient (Paddy’s Irish Whiskey)
- Potato stuffing
- Mashed carrots and parsnips
- Brussel sprouts
- Roasted potatoes
- Cranberry sauce
- Turkey Gravy
Dessert:
- Sherry Trifle with Custard
- Christmas Pudding
Entertainment:
- Good craic with neighbors and a screening of the classic Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
Those Christmas-decorated tubes in the upper part of the photo are known as “Christmas Crackers”… they pop when pulled apart, and contain a holiday joke, a small novelty gift such as tweezers, a small ink pen or miniature playing cards, and the most important accoutrement — colored paper Christmas crown hats!
All in all, a very enjoyable Christmas Day.
