Food & Foodstuff that you only buy at Christmas

[ScottCalvin]

First I thought to post this in the food section, but its more to do with what types of food & goods we buy mainly at Christmas time compared to the rest of year.

Here is my usual list that I can only ever recall buying for Christmas

Beetroot (Pickled variety)
Red Cabbage
Pickled Onions
Picalily
Speciality Cheeses (I usually buy Blue Shropshire a type of Stilton)
Pate
Tins of Roses & Quality Street (UK readers will know these they are a type of candy that come in different flavours centres and are usually purchased in 5lb tins)
Peanuts Ok Ill buy these now and again through out the year as a one of snack but I usually purchase around 4-5 varities such as Cashew, Dry Roasted, Salted, Pistachio
Pretzels (not the North American type) these are usually quite small and come in packs with other types of similar snacks
Twiglets ( a type of snack similar to a UK Pretzel but flavoured with Marmite)

[MerryCarey]

Eggnog (favorite flavor: vanilla)
Terry's Chocolate Oranges
Ingredients to bake chocolate chip cookies
Ingredients to make Chex mix
Onion dip
Cheese spread
Sociables (a type of snack cracker)

[made582]

Puff Pastry
Eggnog
Pearl Onions
Frenchs Fried Onions
Fruit Cocktail (to start my fruit salad)
Cheez Whiz
Beef Sticks
Cranberries
Sweetened condensed milk

[winterberry]

Yeah i'm with you scottcalvin, on the tins of roses or quality choc's, not sure which one go for this year.

[Bradmac]

First I thought to post this in the food section, but its more to do with what types of food & goods we buy mainly at Christmas time compared to the rest of year.
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Red Cabbage
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I love red cabbage cooked with a few slices of apple!

I like cream cheese smothered in red pepper jelly. You dip into it with crackers. Good stuff!

[frostrabbit]

Another one to get Quality Street, they're my dad's favourite chocolates so we always had them at christmas time.

Other foods I get are during christmas are:
Eggnog/eggnog flavoured tea
Mulled wine
Port Salut and smoked cheeses
Ciabatta
Assorted nuts
Smoked salmon and cream cheese parcels
Dominoes (chocolates with marzipan, fruit jelly and gingerbread)
Ginger thins
Cadbury chocolate biscuits
Sausages

I'm sure there are others but can't think of them at the moment... ok I've made myself hungry now!

[CJ498]

Eggnog of course! (would buy it year round if it was available cheesy)
Hickory Farms smoked sausage
Specialty cheese, Gouda cheese has always been a Christmas staple in my family.
Bread Pudding (another Christmas treat that was served at Christmas when I was growing up)
Coca-Cola (I like Pepsi better the rest of the year, but at Christmas I crave Coca-Cola probably due to growing up seeing all the Coke Christmas Commercials) cheesy

[Snowfall]

This one might be weird...

Clemintines

I've only ever eaten them during the holidays. I don't know why, but my mom never bought them at any other time, and now I don't either. I just bought my first box about a week ago. I peeled and ate one and said, "mmm! Tastes like Christmas!"

[Christmas-A-Holic]

EGGNOG!
pumpkin pie
hot cocoa (actually all winter)
fruit cake - yes I like it from Collin Street Bakery cheesy

[Murphman]

Moravian Sugar Cake from Deweys
Moravian Spice Cookies

[Emmy Piper]

jingle cookies ;)

[Annette1990]

Gingerbread House
Egg Nog
Chocolate Covered Cherries
Chocolate Covered Cinnamon Bears
Supplies to make chocolate Covered Pretzels, Fudge
Red/Green Sprinkles (for cookies etc)

[Faith4always]

Eggnog
Candy Canes
Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes
Turkey( for Thanksgiving as well)
Ham( for Thanksgiving as well)
Christmas Tea
and any other goodies that are only available at Christmas....
Oh yeah..chocolate covered cherries!

[Mumof2]

Ribbon candy.only because my dad used to eat it.It's so thin you can cut through glass! lol I put it in a dish near my dad's picture.

[Christmasstar]

Egg nog
Cheese cake (the home made kind, takes 5pks crm cheese and over an hour to bake)
Oliebollen
Speculaas
croquettes

[TamaraQT]

Only 2 things come to mind: Milk Chocolate covered cherries and Lindt Lindor Truffles. Once I get them in the house it really feels like Christmas is coming.

[MerryBells]

Eggnogg
Port wine cheese ball (we only have this at Christmas)
Yule Log Cake

[luckymumofthree]

Shortbread (i love the stuff lol)
Baileys Irish Liquor, its the only ever time i drink it is on Christmas Eve cheesy


(i have never tried eggnog before, is it quite good? i have never seen it in the shops here).

xx

[brittd19]

my dad makes his delicious Shortbread cookies!
toblerones
christmas Orangescheesy

[Dukicin1]

Beef Suet
Currents
Mixed fruit and peel

All these are ingredients for homemade plum pudding and mincemeat. I've got some that I made back in 1998, but it's almost gone. Last year I made new plum puddings that should last about 5 years and this year I need to make mincemeat that should last about 8 years.

[Maebeary]

I plan on buying a package of mixed nuts this year. My mom always had them around the holiday. And, since I'm diabetic, I'll have to work for what I want to eat. I recall doing that. I prefer chocolate but I'm going to add the nuts this year. I guess I'll have to buy a nutcracker...the metal kind, not the decorative kind. I have several of those. :razz:

[Courtney]

Chocolate Covered Cherries / Cordial Cherries

[digbugsgirl]

Probably eggnog and Clemetines.

[lauriebear777]

Swiss Colony - I buy their cheeses, and meats for picking and their Pancake Breakfast for Christmas Day. I also buy their fruit cake, very yummy.

Egg Nog
Mulled Cider
Bailey's Irish Cream
Candy Canes

I am sure there is more... :)

[pkcrafty]

Ummm, ribbon candy!
Eggnog
Kraft pimento cheese spread (for making a special dip)
Whipped cream (for cocoa)
Cheese balls
Mini marshmallows (for cocoa and sweet potato casserole)
Peppermint bark

[ChristmasOfLove]

My mom only makes sausage balls on Christmas morning, and we very very rarely make cookies except for Christmas Eve.

Chocolate covered cherries and those chocolate gum drop things. I forgot what they're called but we only can find them/get them starting in November and they dissappear after Christmas.

[whitney37354]

Eggnog. DH only makes pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving & Christmas.

[Bears221]

peppermint bark
pumpkin pie
eggnog

[minkles]

Eggnog
Mandarin oranges
Candy canes
Plum pudding
Red & green pepper jelly
Almond roca
Specialty cheeses & crackers
Sparkling grape juice