Christmas Morning Tradition

[atomicsmoke]

I might have posted this before...

This is what we would eat for breakfast Christmas morning.

Stale buns cut in half, boiled topped up with fried sausage, pork meat and ribs, then crumbled cheese (similar to pressed cottage cheese).

This time i went with a crusty farmer's bread split in 3.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Nice
Question though as your post reads to me you boiled the bread or did you mean the sausage?

Warren

 

[atomicsmoke]

Nice
Question though as your post reads to me you boiled the bread or did you mean the sausage?

Warren

Sorry for the confusion. The bread is boiled (after slicing it horizontally). Sausage and meats are leftovers from the Christmas eve dinner . That is actually the origin of the dish: leftover meats, stale buns the kids get when going door to door caroling.

 

[TNJAKE]

Nice looks interesting and good

 

[HalfSmoked]

so the bread is just boiled in water or would milk work as an alternate?

Warren

 

[atomicsmoke]

so the bread is just boiled in water or would milk work as an alternate?

Warren

Boiled in water just enough to soften it. One could boil in milk for a richer taste.

 

[jcam222]

Cool traditional thing to share. Any idea where , when and why it came about?

 

[atomicsmoke]

Eastern Europe...as i explained earlier in the thread on Christmas eve kids would go door to door caroling, carying large cloth sacks that they would fill with home baked buns by the end of the night. The traditional Christmas eve dinner was (still is) fresh smoked sausage, pork, ribs slow cooked in lard (confit style). After a few days all those stale buns where only good for this dish and to make bread crumbs. The dish was also making good use of meat leftovers. I guess cheese was used to freshen up a dish made from scraps. But we liked it so much that we wouldnt wait for the bread to go stale. Now i just buy buns or fresh bread and leave them.out for a day.

 

[crazymoon]

AS, Great tradition for breakfast , looks scrumptious!

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks fantastic!
Our's is French toast made with challah bread.
Al