What's for Dinner #16 - 12/2016 - the (sometimes) Crazy Holiday Yule Edition

[LindaWhit]

I’ve started a new thread for Jan 2017 here:

What's for Dinner #17 - 01/2017 - the New Beginnings Edition

OK, to the not-so-wonderful year that was 2016 is now behind us. Raising a glass of appropriate bubbly to surviving, and toasting that 2017 is going to be better. New Years’ traditions - fireworks to welcome in the new year, dispel evil spirits and bring good luck, smooching a perfect stranger in the middle of a cold Times Square, NYC amidst a million or more of your BFFs. These are a good start. But then there are the food traditions: In the United States (southern tradition), enjoying por…