Food and Family

It's so important to hold onto your family traditions! As with most all cultures, in our house, many times traditions focus around food. 

Christmas Eve dinner is always fondue as it provides very easy preparation ahead of time, giving us ample opportunity to attend a church service before we return home. It's also a great excuse for the family to cozy up together and spend plenty of time talking as we plunge our meat, veggies, and crusty bread into the melting cheese or hot oil. 

We're known as a family that celebrates just about everything: First Day of School, Last Day of School, Snow Days, you name it. (When you have teachers in your family, these are truly celebration days!)

When we celebrate birthdays, the guest of honor always gets to pick the meal of his/her choosing. Including desserts! Cupcakes, to pies to banana pudding have occasionally taken the place of cake.

From the earliest days, we took our kids out for Chinese food for other special occasions  Really good Chinese food and not the neighborhood greasy takeout. Mu Shu Pork remains a favorite for just about all of us. That hoisin sauce is tangy and sweet and the perfect addition to top it off. Whether it is whole fried salt and pepper minnows, spicy vegetables, or something I can't identify, there's nothing I love more than a big dinner feast at my favorite places with family and friends under the Summer sky. (Of course, for Christians, gathering together in Heaven once Jesus returns means one giant, family filled meal after another. Isn't God good?)

What are your family food traditions?