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Soul Food Christmas Recipes
from: Karlie BestlerSoul food has become very popular across the United States and beyond. Soul food dates back to the time of slaves and is most common in the deep south of the United States. Many of the recipes come from around New Orleans and the Mississippi. Many soul food recipes have been handed down through generations. Soul food Christmas recipes provide interesting treats for the Christmas celebration.
Food is highly appreciated by everyone who lives in the deep South. Cook ins and neighbors taking food to each other's houses are frequent activities.
Soul food Christmas recipes sometimes include Gumbo, which is like a fish and meat stew with Cajun seasoning. When times are hard, the recipe is sometimes made with chicken feet. Soul food Christmas recipes for gumbo are extra rich because it is celebration time. In many homes on Christmas day gumbo is served as a starter. Leftovers are saved for snacks later. Elsie's Gumbo is one such recipe which is made from different sea food, chicken, sausages and all sorts of spices. Gumbo is cooked for a long time so all the flavors can blend together.
Gumbo is made over the course of two or three days and can serve a large number of people. On day one soup bones, red and green peppers, celery, onions and bayleaves are placed in a pot of seasoned water. The mixture is brought to a boil and then allowed to simmer till the meat falls off the bones. The bones are removed, the fat is skimmed off and the soup is left to stand. The next day the stockpot is reheated and thickened with a roux made from flour and oil, and the second set of ingredients are added. These can be a seafood, chicken, okra, Cajun vegetables, sausage, gumbo file, chilli and thyme. It is then cooked until tender and served with rice.
After the gumbo, there might be baked goose, a loin of pork or chicken served with homemade cornbread, sometimes with a dressing. It is also common to have a salad. Candied sweet potatoes, made with sweet potatoes, margarine, cinnamon, sugar, orange rind and vanilla cooked together until the chopped potatoes are tender might be served. Another favorite is collared greens, which are greens cooked with salt pork. Soul food Christmas recipes also include instructions for puddings, such as lemon pie.
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