Dec. 26, Boxing Day Supper

[donna]

Boxing Day, December 26th is practiced in the U.K. and Canada. One explanation of the ' Why ' includes the 26th being The Day of general kindness, good will and charity ( seen here ) . As with all other holidays we've attached food as part of traditional celebrations.

December 26 is Boxing Day. In England, the day after Christmas is a bank or official holiday. Traditionally the servants had this day off to have their Christmas celebration. The family of the house ate Christmas dinner leftovers, and then went off to visit friends and deliver presents.

A Boxing Day Supper could include:

Bubble and Squeak
Potatoes Croquette
Carrots in Gravy
Victorian Winter Salad
Mince Pie

 

[Jimklag]

I love bubble and squeak. My wife's uncle, an Englishman, introduced us to it many years ago. It's like a delicious hash with cabbage in it made from all your leftover veggies and taters.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Boxing Day! Think we should insist on it! It's Christmas II, every year. We're over here going back to work on Dec. 26th, headed to the mall and taking down trees 10 days early. Across the Pond, you get up the next day and go do most of the 25th all over again, with friends.

Not this boxing,


NO idea if it's correct- few sources say no one knows why ' boxing '. Best guess I've seen states that Boxing Day tradition included collecting money for the poor in parish alms boxes, with a medieval genesis . Makes sense, but only a guess.

 

[donna]

Bumping for Boxing Day, Dec. 26th.

 

[Waterloo50]

Bumping for Boxing Day, Dec. 26th.

For many people here in the uk,the focus of Boxing Day has become the Christmas sales, ordinarily everyone heads into town for a spot of shopping. I personally like a traditional Boxing Day as described in your post. One of the things that us Brits really like to eat on Boxing Day are cold meats and various pickles, chips, ham and cold turkey, musnt forget the Branston pickle and beetroot. it's a tradition in my house to have a cheese board with grapes and wine, also plenty of chocolate and mince pies, always finish with wine or beer.

Have a great Boxing Day everyone.

 

[Fairfield]

Today is also The Feast of St. Stephen--as in "Good King Wencelas looked out on the Feast of Stephen"!

 

[Gary Morgan]

It's entirely coincidental, but I just made a batch of croquettes to use up the Christmas dinner left overs.

 

[donna]

Happy Boxing Day, Dec. 26th.

 

[Fairfield]

It's also St. Stephens Day...as in "Good King Wenceslaus went out on the Feast of Stephen"! But the tradition in England--and parts of Ireland--was a negative practice called "Hunting the Wren". In many places in this country it is an occasion for food bank drives.

 

[donna]

One of my favorite Christmas songs is "Good King Wenceslaus". I remember my high school chorale group always singing it at our Christmas performances. That was many year ago.

 

[Mrs. V]

Well, I don't know what we are having tonight for dinner. I kinda want to save the left over food for tomorow.