What happened to the Christmas recipes that filled our grandparents’ homes with warmth and wonder every December?
In this video, we journey back to discover 25 forgotten Christmas recipes that once defined the holiday season – from mysterious sugarplums that weren’t plums at all to paper-thin Moravian cookies that required generations of skill to perfect. These lost culinary traditions reveal how our ancestors transformed simple ingredients into magical holiday memories through patience, tradition, and love, creating dishes that connected families to centuries of celebration.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Chapter 1: Sugarplums
01:50 Chapter 2: Tom and Jerry
03:19 Chapter 3: Green Tomato Mincemeat Pie
04:49 Chapter 4: Divinity Candy
06:23 Chapter 5: Potato Candy Pinwheels
07:56 Chapter 6: Christmas Plum Pudding
09:28 Chapter 7: Brandy Hard Sauce
10:57 Chapter 8: Pfeffernüsse Cookies
12:32 Chapter 9: Moravian Spice Cookies
14:04 Chapter 10: Rum Balls
15:40 Chapter 11: Ambrosia Salad
17:17 Chapter 12: Ribbon Gelatin Salad
18:52 Chapter 13: Cranberry-Orange Relish
20:21 Chapter 14: Oyster Stew
22:03 Chapter 15: Lefse
23:35 Chapter 16: Stollen
25:08 Chapter 17: Aged Fruitcake
26:46 Chapter 18: Gingerbread Steamed Pudding
28:25 Chapter 19: Spiced Pickled Peaches
30:03 Chapter 20: Wassail
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I would help my mom make 100 fruit cakes. They were given as gifts, including to our teachers, but mostly we stored them in the attic to eat year round. One time mom sent my brother to the attic to get a fruitcake for dinner and it was discovered that mice had gotten into many of the fruit cakes. Mom just cut a little bit off and we had to eat the rest of those fruit cakes.
it was my Great Grandma and my Grandma and my Aunt , that made both Thanks Giving and Christmas dinners.