I propose another round of the skillet battle. The topic of this round can be formulated as follows:
-The only correct New Year's table!
What should it be?
I already once wrote that we don't bother with special New Year's treats. The main dish (from the very favorite, or those that you rarely allow yourself on a holiday because of the price), a couple of salads (in small quantities, so as not to be left "for the future"), deli meats and cheese - also in small quantities. Good wine, dessert.
This is, in principle, all of our New Year's menu.
Yes, if guests are expected, you can diversify it, but I don't see much sense. Because now people do not go hungry even on weekdays, they do not keep fasts (and it seems like fasting ends at Christmas, or after Christmas begins, I beg your pardon - I don't know), that's why New Year's Eve is no longer the case when “at least once a year to eat from the belly. "
I know that many do the same. However... I also hear from many:
- Well, you can't! It's New Year!
In defense of plentiful and "uneatable" tables, arguments such as:
-Tradition!
They always, they say, cooked, and the worse we are!
- Convenient - then do not cook for several days!
I must confess that both of these arguments baffle me - the tradition is not so long-standing, if you really get into the primordial way, then, rather, Christmas should please with an abundance of all kinds of delicacies.
And "then don't cook for a few days"... I'm surprised. There are very few dishes that will not lose quality as a result of storage. Even salads - and they are delicious freshly cut. The maximum "infusion" time is a couple of three hours. They just pass before the feast.
Well, and one more thing - then cook for a few days, do not cook, but everything is too early - some of the products fly into the trash bin half-eaten. Which is not good anyway - is it a holiday, not a holiday ...
What camp do you belong to? What do you think is "right" - a breaking table, leftovers of dishes eaten up for several days, or is it just a delicious dinner that ended - and gloriously?