Lovely Irish Christmas Dinner

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.