I'd feel the same way if they only time I made banana pudding was at Christmas.  But that's not the case, I HAVE to bring it to every single family get together we have all year long.  And most of the time I have a least one BIL complain that the pudding needs more cookies.  The last time I made it I used 2 whole boxes of vanilla waffers (yes, the pan holds THAT MUCH pudding) and he STILL complained.  Most of the time the only desserts we have at a family gathering is the banana pudding and sometimes SIL will make a 7 day coconut cake. Sometimes I just WANT to make and EAT any other dessert other than banana pudding. 

Shellia

make sex in a pan and raise some eyebrows!!

That's a WONDERFUL idea Martha. |Thanks for the laugh first thing this morning.  I sure did need it. 

Shellia

lol. My answer to people who complain about the food is make it yourself then you can't complain!  and I have said it too.

 I had an Aunt that always made the 7 day coconut cake for Christmas. Everyone loved it. Babs

Dear ALl, For Chanukah, Jews eat fried foods, in commemmoration of the oil that lasted for 8 days instead of just 1 (in reconsecrating the Temple).  Potato latkes (pancakes, somewhat like hash browns) are big with Ashkenazi Jews (Eastern Europeans, English, other European countries except Spain & Portugal); doughnuts are big with Sephardic Jews (Spain, Portugal, Israel & the Near East, North Africa).   Yours in Him, Deb

do donuts count?  I love potato pancakes.  I still have to try the frozen ones I bought from Ikea.

Oh my, when I read Deb's line about Potato Latkes it brought tears to my eyes! My mom, used to make them for our family in the winter often. Dad just loved them, and my brother and I really didn't care for them. Dad's been gone for many years and mom is in an assisted living facility where she can no longer cook. I have a real craving for those pancakes. I'll have to look for a recipe, and try my hand at it.

Mom would often make Kasha for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is a buckwheat product. Sort of bland, but very good topped with a rich turkey or ham gravy. It is almost impossible to find in Central Illinois. Grocers have no clue what I'm talking about. I did find it in the Chicago area a few years back at a Jewel store.

Darlene

On the day after Thanksgiving we always go up our Mountain and cut the most perfect tree in the world .. we get out the sleigh , or the wagon and we bring the tree down and decorate it ..  my grown children were little boys and the girls when they went up the mountain with my DH to pick out our tree .. my DH has started decorating already .. Our annual Christmas party is a big event here in our tiny town. Christmas eve we alway have a light meal usually sandwhiches , then go to Mass . Left over from me attending Mass until I married . when we get home we have breakfast then bed  usually my DH and I are up all night we cat nap .Christmas I always make 2 turkey and 2 hams , mashed potatoes white and sweet . green beans, corn , peas , Aunt Pat salad ..  ( Lots of Radishes ) mac and cheese ,  stuffing ,  cranberries,  several breads and rolls  pecan pie , banana spilt pie , mincemeat , and fruit cake enough food to feed an army .. we will several people drop by and we have will have company all day .. My nephew coming from home from Poland he been working with the govermant there he finished yesterday he be home by the end of the week our first meeting with his wife and new son ..