Christmas dinner in udon

[beer monkey]

The only presents i can buy with ease are for my little boy.......anyone else and i really have a problem, should i buy it, or shouldn't i...will they like it...have they got one...will they use it...do they even want it..is that enough...will it be not enough...nahh i hate choosing stuff for others.

[Khun Paul]

For crying out aloud!!! One of the biggest reasons I chose Thailand as my home was to get out of the XMAS and other commercialism bullshlt! WTF does anyone want to know about a Christian festivity in Thailand.

Yes I do agree to a point, hopwever it seems that the Thai commercial system has hi-jacked the season with a resounding yes.
But the need to obtain parsnips is bot just anChristmas ent, I do actually like them and on occasions I do miss them, assimilation or not, we ( the foreigners) are bringing our ways and thoughts to this Buddist Country, let us MOT be surprised that some of it rubs off, especially in the commercial practices, Big 'C@ is Thai yet at Christmas time they have stuff they never have any other time of the year. They ain't Christan but their business practices recognise a good thing when it happens.

[pompui]

For crying out aloud!!! One of the biggest reasons I chose Thailand as my home was to get out of the XMAS and other commercialism bullshlt! WTF does anyone want to know about a Christian festivity in Thailand.

It's a Buddhist country if you had not noticed!

ASSIMILATE! You guys expect the drifters into your home country to abide by your rules so why not do it here?

Assimilate,I have been 364 days in the year,this day to enjoy some farang food,at least can cross off Eddies in your neck of the woods if the locals like yourself are not welcoming

Enjoy your noodle soup on the day

[jimboLV]

Before I moved to LOS last year, we had a big turkey dinner with some Thai friends. I asked them if they had turkeys in Thailand. They all laughed. "Yes we have turkeys in Thailand. We sell them to foreigners, we eat chicken."

What is the going rate for turkeys in Thailand around holiday time?

[jingjai]

I'm not so much of a holiday person, as I am a holiday food person . I could eat holiday food any old time of the year. A turkey dinner w/all the trimmins...gimme one tonight . A turkey sandwich the day after, umm-umm good!
I realize we are not in the States, so don't everyone come down on me. However, I can buy a turkey, pumpkin or sweet mince pies, 365 days a year in the States. I don't need to wait for a "special" day to enjoy holiday foods.
Hey...the majority of us are retired. Everyday ought to be Christmas & every night New Years Eve.
I've said this many times on the forum: "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think".

Getting back to the original topic. I can't in good conscious recommend any restaurant in Udon for a holiday meal .

[macduff]

Well i think all the udonmap members should get together on Christmas day at a restaurant large enough to enjoy the day.It would be a good opportunity to meet everyone.

What do you think?

[jimboLV]

Right on JJ. Living in Vegas the casinos all had fantastic buffets at the holidays, so I ate there. But I would still snag a turkey whenever on sale and pop it in the freezer. Then later invite some friends over and cook it up. The last time, just before I left, I got brave and brined a turkey overnight, then cooked it on the barbecue with some hickory chips. I will never cook a turkey any other way. The only problem is that it was so good that there wasn't much left over for sandwiches the next few days! EVERYBODY pigged out, even the snobs that claimed they didn't care for turkey.
I can't wait until I get a barbecue set up here in Udon and hang the cost, I'm gonna do me a brined turkey. Of course much of it will probably end up mixed into som tam.

[Ter]

Jimbolv, new one on me ? would you post a how to do as I am interested or pm me.
cheers
Ter

[beer monkey]

New to me too....i guess it fills the bird with moisture.....soft meat all the way, nothing worse than a dry Turkey that won't slide down the throat and gets the jaws aching chewing it.

[Prenders88]

I keep seeing the word 'Holidays'.

Is this a new Politically Correct term for Christmas?
We have a few local councils in the UK, that change the name of Christmas to things like Frostval or Winterval to avoid causing offence to the Muslims.

[beer monkey]

I keep seeing the word 'Holidays'.

Is this a new Politically Correct term for Christmas?
We have a few local councils in the UK, that change the name of Christmas to things like Frostval or Winterval to avoid causing offence to the Muslims.

Its an American Term Prenders.... "Happy Holidays".....

I fancy a nice Yule Log this Year.

Uk is a bit like that.....still the Muslim shop keeps don't mind selling christmas goods.

[aznyron]

yes it called happy holidays any thing to get rid of Christ in Christmas they use to use Xmas such paranoia
about Christ as for Muslims they do not celebrate Christmas so why should it bother them as a Christian
I do not celebrate there holy days I do respect them IMO it not about offending Muslims it about getting rid of CHRIST plain and simple they are using the muslim as scape goat just like they are using them in every thing that offends us they are blamed for every thing which I am not buying I have a mind of my own and I do not buy in to all this proper-gander they are selling people all over the western world hate the Muslims well I don't. / I hate the idiot and you all know who he is AMEN end of prayer and Adios Amigos time for me to get off my soap box.

[Bandung_Dero]

For crying out aloud!!! One of the biggest reasons I chose Thailand as my home was to get out of the XMAS and other commercialism bullshlt! WTF does anyone want to know about a Christian festivity in Thailand.

It's a Buddhist country if you had not noticed!

ASSIMILATE! You guys expect the drifters into your home country to abide by your rules so why not do it here?

Assimilate,I have been 364 days in the year,this day to enjoy some farang food,at least can cross off Eddies in your neck of the woods if the locals like yourself are not welcoming

Enjoy your noodle soup on the day

WHAT planet are you from? Eddie does a very popular XMAS spread to which I do not attend, my choice! That has nothing to do with my personal opinions ---- Whacker

[jingjai]

I keep seeing the word 'Holidays'.
Is this a new Politically Correct term for Christmas?

Its an American Term Prenders.... "Happy Holidays".....

Yes, in the States, "the holidays" usually refer to the period between Thanksgiving Day and New Years Day. "See you over the holidays" is heard often.
Now, "after the holidays" is the favorite term of world-class procrastinators: "I'll stop smoking after the holidays", "I'll get it together after the holidays", "I'm gonna start a fitness regime and lose some weight, after the holidays". Etc.

BM, is this the Yule Log you are talking about:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log

Sometime in the late 18th to early 19th century, a facsimile of the Yule Log became a traditional French dessert. Usually, it is in the form of a large rectangular yellow cake spread with frosting and rolled up into a cylinder - one end is then lopped off and stood on end to indicate the rings of the "log." This "Bûche de Noël" became a traditional Christmas dessert, and has recently spread to other regions, where it is often referred to as a yule log.

The article featured a photo of a durian flavored one.

Or BM, is it this one:

The first mention of the Yule log in the British Isles is a written account by the clergyman Robert Herrick, from the 1620s or 1630s. Herrick called the tradition a "Christmas log" and said that it was brought into the farmhouse by a group of males, who were then rewarded with free beer from the farmer's wife.

I'll refrain from comment on rewarding the lads for their log with "free beer from the farmers wife".

[wazza]

Dropped in today to Chern Chim and saw a few turkeys already there in the shop.

Not sure on the use by dates though, they looked a bit old in the beaks

[Ter]

Could be someone from the forum eh Wazza. ?

[wazza]

Ter

they did have their beaks in the till, so maybe it was a case of Robbin Jon to pay Paul.

[beer monkey]

BM, is this the Yule Log you are talking about:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log

Sometime in the late 18th to early 19th century, a facsimile of the Yule Log became a traditional French dessert. Usually, it is in the form of a large rectangular yellow cake spread with frosting and rolled up into a cylinder - one end is then lopped off and stood on end to indicate the rings of the "log." This "Bûche de Noël" became a traditional Christmas dessert, and has recently spread to other regions, where it is often referred to as a yule log.

Or BM, is it this one:

The first mention of the Yule log in the British Isles is a written account by the clergyman Robert Herrick, from the 1620s or 1630s. Herrick called the tradition a "Christmas log" and said that it was brought into the farmhouse by a group of males, who were then rewarded with free beer from the farmer's wife.

I'll refrain from comment on rewarding the lads for their log with "free beer from the farmers wife".

Ok yes its the first one....i do remember when i was a wee lad my Mother had a small wood log on the table during the christmas dinner...a couple of pieces of holly and a couple of candles where on it.....so that must be a symbol of the second version...so thats something i learn't today.

The first one is covered with chocolate cream in the effect of a log.....and a lite dusting of icing sugar.

[Raven]

I know that last year the "Charoensri Grand", next to the robinson complex, had a Chrismas dinner and party. I never went myself but two friends and there TW said the dinner was good,turkey with all tha trimmings and that the party was very enjoyable with a great atmosphere. It was also mentioned that "Santa's little helpers were the best looking that they had ever seen"

[pompui]

WHAT planet are you from? Eddie does a very popular XMAS spread to which I do not attend, my choice! That has nothing to do with my personal opinions ---- Whacker

So why was your first post on this thread so anti of the thread, whacker.If you do not like celebrating then do not post on this thread as it is for the OP wanting to know about options not your assimmilation advice.


Start a separate thread 'Christmas, no thanks' for the assimmilated farangs.thx