What is the most revolting Christmas food?

[yvr girl]

Take your pick.

[mcscajun]

1. Fruit cake is awful but can be redeemed by the right baker...

Mince Meat pies are just plain awful no matter what.

[On the Road]

21. My Mother Bakes a Mince Meat Pie Every Year

for my father. He is the only who eats it.

[davidinalameda]

2. fruitcake

[skypilot]

3. Mistletoe salad.

Revolting and deadly.

[Vanje]

4. The most revolting = Lutefisk (nt)

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[mac56]

7. LOL sheeptramp!

GMTA

[Onlooker]

10. Yes, Lutefisk, ewww

For those who don't know what it is: It's fish soaked in lye until it develops a translucent jelled texture. It has virtually no flavor, until you add melted bacon fat, butter, and salt on top.

[skypilot]

18. Why? God, why?

Lye? Tranlucent jelled texture? Melted bacon fat? I'm about to faint.

[yvr girl]

22. If I'd ever heard of it, I would have

put it on the list to begin with.

[Sanity Claws]

41. It's Norwegian

[mongo]

38. We always had it with a creamy mustard sauce

growing up with granny and grandpa and all the great aunts and uncles.

[Moloch]

47. Ewww....

Then I change my vote, that sounds much grosser than fruitcake!

[mac56]

5. Lutefisk

It's actually revolting all year round, but I've only had it at Christmas.

[fluffernutter]

24. snarf! "revolting all year round" lol! i voted for it too.

[LDS Jock]

30. someone described it to me as fishy flavored jello

is that about right?

[mac56]

31. That does it too much credit.

It's soaked in lye.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. One of my relatives described it as tasting like

"warm snot."

I'd amend that to say "slightly solidified warm snot."

I was lucky. My dad was Norwegian, but he hated lutefisk, so it was inflicted upon me only when our church held "lutefisk suppers." Masochists--I mean, people--would come from miles around to partake of it. I never saw the attraction, unless the customers came from the Extra Guilt Synod of the Lutheran church.

By the way, I understand that in modern Norway, lutefisk is considered a historical food for impoverished peasants, kind of like hard tack and salt pork are here.

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. green bean casserole

[scarlet_owl]

9. I second that. Egg Nog is pretty gross too.

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. I like egg nog

but that can of beans, can of cream of mushroom soup, can of processed dried onion shit is, to me, like a big bowl of elephant snot.

[LDS Jock]

33. I LOVE egg nog

I could drink a gallon of it. Only problem is it must be the most calories per amount of any food on earth.

[fluffernutter]

23. yeah, what is with that stuff?

[the Princess]

36. It's Elephant Puke I tell ya!!!!!!!!

That is what my family calls it!!!!!!!!!
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[DS1]

8. ham with honey

or any meat with honey on it, for that matter

[AlinPA]

11. Fruitcake is my favorite holiday treat.

[BigMcLargehuge]

15. I can deal with fruit cake

but only a little. She shoe-polish taste gets to me after the first piece.

[AlinPA]

42. Shoe polish? I've never tasted that; the bourbon flavor is good in some.

[Ganja Ninja]

12. I can't even feed fruit cake to my neighbors cows ...

and they eat almost any baked goods you can name.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

14. Tie between Mince Meat and Lutefisk

:puke:

[rbnyc]

16. OK, I love all those.

Especially the first 2!

:9

[Blue Gardener]

17. Mincemeat

It even sounds nasty. I've never had plum pudding so I don't really know if it's good or bad.

[mcscajun]

28. Mince Meat and Plum Pudding

Lean beef, either sirloin or ox-tongue, was generally preferred as the minced meat. Brandy, suet, fruits and spices. Later mince meat blends have omitted the meat. So Don't Ask, Don't Tell, I Guess.

Plum pudding is an easier food to wrap one's senses around, even though it has no plums in it, at least not for the past couple hundred years :P Plums were in the older 17th C. recipe...then later phased out in favor of the lowly raisin, also called a plum...go figure. It also contains suet, flour (or bread), sugar, spices (including ginger), eggs. It's then put it into a cloth, tied (leaving room for expansion) and boiled/steamed. Usually served with a hard sauce laced with rum, brandy or bourbon.

I wouldn't eat either of 'em.

[Blue Gardener]

37. Suet?

That's what I feed the birds. While they seem to love it, I think I'll pass.:puke:

[pdx_prog]

46. I love mince meat.....

all veiigie and fruit now...

[achtung_circus]

19. Without a doubt,

HAGGIS
Ingredients:
1 sheep's stomach
1 sheep heart
1 sheep liver
1/2 lb suet, fresh (kidney leaf fat is preferred)
3/4 c oatmeal
1 ts salt
1/2 ts pepper
1/4 ts cayenne
1/2 ts nutmeg
3/4 c stock

I can't include the directions, I can't

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[Phillycat]

25. Anything that has THREE animal organs in the ingredients list...

can't be good.

[Vanje]

27. Some preperations include the "lights"

"lights" are the lungs. Thats 4 organs.

[Phillycat]

35. Well, you would know. :)

[Vanje]

26. Oh yeah! a haggis on Hogmonay

Served with turnips and Scotch

[MaryH]

39. Is that really Xmas food in Scotland?

I was thinking it was Burn's Nite which is January 25th - I think.

But whenever it is awful. I think everyone just drinks a whole lot with it to make it go down better.

[Liberal Veteran]

20. I vote for the traditional nothing (explanation inside)

Millions of Americans go hungry every year due to poverty and public assistance being slashed.

There is NOTHING more revolting than that.

[Moloch]

29. What is lutefisk?

I've never heard of it.

[Zomby Woof]

32. cod soaked in lye

[Lydia Leftcoast]

45. Oh come on, ZW, be fair now!

They rinse the lye off before serving it.

[American Tragedy]

34. I tried eggnog once. I definitely won't try again.

I literally gagged afterwards. It tasted rotten.

[MaryH]

40. Maybe you got some that had gone old.

I really like eggnog.

[SW FL Dem]

43. Tough choice, I wouldn't want to eat any of them n/t