DH and I are upset...

Marce921

While this may make me look like a snob, I'm upset at what my mom tells me we're having for Christmas dinner. Normally we have either filet mignon or prime rib (YUM!). I was really hoping for prime rib, because we just don't normally eat steak and my stepdad makes an AWESOME prime rib. Well, she tells me we're having lasagna. Ick! Really?! I WANT PRIME RIB! LOL

DH was upset too.

Jodi&Joe

Funny - we serve prime rib and baked stuffed shrimp (which we have now made in to a baked stuffed shrimp casserole) and the first year my sister had it at her house, she served lasagna.  We told her to change the menu or it would be at our house from now on! 

Yes, yes we did.

And no, I make no apologies for it.  (FWIW, she happily obliged and our "standard" meal is now prime rib and baked stuffed shrimp casserole and regardless of who hosts, we all split it so no one is paying $500 for Christmas dinner)!

GettinNervous

I totally understand food disappointment!

Marce921

GettinNervous:

I totally understand food disappointment!

Especially when I'm pregnant. That gives me a good excuse, right?! LOL

meghans30

Offer to pitch in and buy Prime rib. We're have a honey spiral ham.

Marce921

I would totally offer to buy it, but they didn't even have it where they normally get it. BOO!

grja

I'd be pissed too. Holidays are a time to indulge in things you don't normally have all that often. Lasagna? Pretty standard meal to me. I'd be pretty sad.

Mickschick

I totally get that. We have lasagna every year at DH's sisters house...and I'm really sick of it- it's not even that good. (How's that for being snobby?!) LOL!

#6

That is an odd thing to serve for Cmas dinner.  Esp when you have family over. 

We do basically the same thing for Cmas as we did for Tgiving. Turkey, spiral ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing/dressing, sweet potatoes/yams etc. 

I had never thought about fixing other things for Cmas until a few years I was reading what other nesties were having.  Maybe next year we will have something "different" for Cmas eve with Dh side of the family.  My mom cooks for Cmas day when we take the kids to see her and my gma.  She also has the same stuff. 

eclaires

IMO, it is NOT Christmas without a bleeding filet.  MMM.

I'd be sad too!

KrisBriMcBunny

We've done lasagna a few times but I get what you're saying...you get used to one thing.  Honestly I much rather have a spiral cut ham for dinner than turkey.  Filet Mignon would be even better but very little people in my family likes it let alone afford it.

summerbrideDC

Yeah, you sound like a snob.  Sorry. 

belle204

this made me lol. i thought it was something pressing. but i can def. understand being upset about food when you're looking forward to something.

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

We always do prime rib too, I love it!

This year I guess we are eating turduckin. (We usually have C dinner at our house but this year we are going to inlaws.) It's a duck in a chicken in a turkey.

Mrs.LB705

K-I-S-S-I-N-G:

This year I guess we are eating turduckin.

REALLY?!?!  I've never actually KNOWN anyone to eat turducken!  I want to know EVERYTHING when you return, seriously!!

femmegem

Mrs.LB705:

K-I-S-S-I-N-G:

This year I guess we are eating turduckin.

REALLY?!?!  I've never actually KNOWN anyone to eat turducken!  I want to know EVERYTHING when you return, seriously!!

Ditto this! And I hope the story is as good as your others have been.

cristiana

Yeah, you can't go from prime rib to lasagna. Boo.

Goose51504

What?!? Dude, I'm pissed for you. I'd totally be upset, and I acknowledge upfront that I'm a complete snob. This is why I host Christmas. That way, I call the shots.

Lasagna is no match for filet, lobster and prime rib. You can have lasagna any freaking day of the year, kwim? No me gusta.

AnnapolisLari

I could see lasagna for Christmas eve, but not the day.

We've done a standing rib for the past couple of years, and this year's is waiting in the freezer.

We've also had ham, turkey and goose on various years, which were all fine in their own way.

I'll be a roast beef snob right along with you.

TheNextWest

We go 11 places over three days for Xmas (literally) and not one of them serve a sit down dinner lol. Well, my g-mother does a huge breakfast on xmas eve morning. Other than that- Pot luck for us! I could so use a filet right now too... man.

CTFandme

If it makes you feel any better my mom screws up dinner at every single holiday.  She still insists on having it at her house (she only has 2 kids and 2 grandkids).  I always offer to bring something and she won't let me. Only recently am I allowed to bring sweet potatoes because my dad and I are the only ones who like them and she doesn't know how to make them.  But I digress...  no matter what she's making she is constantly trying something new and it's gross. One year she made thanksgiving stuffing with white castle hamburgers.  One year she made homemade mac n cheese and there were chunks of egg in it.  see where I'm going? One year she was going to grill steaks and she soaked all of them in the most disgusting marinade and none of us ate.  She recognizes that her conconctions aren't very good, but just won't leave well enough alone.  MIL is no better. she just knows she can't cook so she buys everything.  Stouffers frozen lasagna for easter? At least she allows me to bring a dish - usually ends up being the only homemade dish on the table. I look forward to the day when I can make everything myself!!   So, I guess I'm saying I agree with food disappointment too. 

Zenya

CTFandme:

If it makes you feel any better my mom screws up dinner at every single holiday.  She still insists on having it at her house (she only has 2 kids and 2 grandkids).  I always offer to bring something and she won't let me. Only recently am I allowed to bring sweet potatoes because my dad and I are the only ones who like them and she doesn't know how to make them.  But I digress...  no matter what she's making she is constantly trying something new and it's gross. One year she made thanksgiving stuffing with white castle hamburgers.  One year she made homemade mac n cheese and there were chunks of egg in it.  see where I'm going? One year she was going to grill steaks and she soaked all of them in the most disgusting marinade and none of us ate.  She recognizes that her conconctions aren't very good, but just won't leave well enough alone.  MIL is no better. she just knows she can't cook so she buys everything.  Stouffers frozen lasagna for easter? At least she allows me to bring a dish - usually ends up being the only homemade dish on the table. I look forward to the day when I can make everything myself!!   So, I guess I'm saying I agree with food disappointment too. 

i literally lol'ed @ this.

penguingrrl

My mom's lasagna is an every few years treat, so I'd be thrilled with that lol!  She always tells us that it's too much work when we ask for it and makes baked ziti instead!  But, I also understand food disappointment.  My MIL is a lovely person, but an awful cook and holiday food at their house makes me sad.  And she and both SILs won't let anything change for holiday meals or I would be happy to bring a dish or two.

Angela814

I've never had anything as fancy as prime rib or steak (especially fillet mignon) at a family function. Everyone pretty much makes some type of ham. The rest of the sides are similar to Thanksgiving. Lasagna isn't a Christmas food. I love lasagna, but not at Christmas time.

hopefulmom

I make lasagna at least once a month so that would certainly not be special for my family.  I make a Polish dinner on Christmas Eve and then we have the left overs Christmas morning.  We always go away for Christmas dinner and it is always ham.  This year I get to make cheesy potatoes...but because they are so easy I'm going to make scalloped potatoes as well.  Each family brings something else.  My DD will take a salad, SIL takes her famous baked beans, nieces always make desserts, another makes a great veggie casserole.  The meal is all taken care of and it is all good.  I will probably even make a Polish dish since 1/2 the people there will love it!

My kids would freak out if I didn't make the traditional meal on Christmas Eve.  We've done it for 25 years at least!

CTFandme

hopefulmom:

I make lasagna at least once a month so that would certainly not be special for my family.  I make a Polish dinner on Christmas Eve and then we have the left overs Christmas morning.  We always go away for Christmas dinner and it is always ham.  This year I get to make cheesy potatoes...but because they are so easy I'm going to make scalloped potatoes as well.  Each family brings something else.  My DD will take a salad, SIL takes her famous baked beans, nieces always make desserts, another makes a great veggie casserole.  The meal is all taken care of and it is all good.  I will probably even make a Polish dish since 1/2 the people there will love it!

My kids would freak out if I didn't make the traditional meal on Christmas Eve.  We've done it for 25 years at least!

What do you have at your traditional Polish meal?  We used to have a traditional meal, but let's be honest, that food is gross.  We go to extended family usually the week before Xmas for the traditional food. We stop at McDonald's on the way.  I love pierogi, kilebasa and golabki (sp?), but I could do without the pickeled herring and the noodles with poppyseeds and all the other stuff.