How do you celebrate an Armenian Christmas

[rickhd]

How do they celebrate Christmas in Armenian. What is a traditional Armenian Christmas?

I guess it is rather fitting or symbolic for Armenians that the traditional christmas dinner in North America is a meal where we eat 'Turkeys'.

[violette829]

HAHAHA..funny.

In my family, we celebrate it on Jan. 5, which is Christmas Eve for us. Usually, our family gets together and we eat fish (i'm allergic)..... Oh and also, my mother makes kuku (eggs and herbs cooked in a skillet), which I can't eat either, cause I'm allergic to eggs as well. :confused: So, what do I eat? DAMNIT! Anyway...we don't eat red meat and we drink red wine, with a piece of holy bread (nshkhark) in it, which we get at church.


Then, we bust out the tequila and make some bbq. :laugh: :laugh: It always ends up this way .....

[dstyle]

Ya, we have dinner with our family, that's about it, if we make it to church on the 6th, barring work, we have this soup I don't know what it's called.

[Tres Bien]

ho ho ho! Our christmas is much like violette dicribed it as well, except for the tequila part. We eat kuku:), fish, rise, usually, or khozi mis and chicken...A lot of good tasting food :) Armenian Style :laugh:

[CatWoman]

Yeah... Just like Violette, we eat fish, kookoo, plav, my mom also makes something with raisin, red wine with neshkhark. And obviously no red meat! But unlinke Violette I LOVE the dinner. :D

[Erebouni]

erm wel we have a dinner wit da family onda 5th of jan an 25th of december cuz theres so many of us bt on the 6th of january im back to school )-: n our dinner basicly consists of all violette sed but with chicken as well!and plav yum! (-:

[xBaron Dants]

Usually just a nice family dinner on the 6th, after going to church. I think fish is the traditional meal.

New Year's is where the real party is for us, with Santa, the dancing, the drinking, etc..

[Anonymouse]

erm wel we have a dinner wit da family onda 5th of jan an 25th of december cuz theres so many of us bt on the 6th of january im back to school )-: n our dinner basicly consists of all violette sed but with chicken as well!and plav yum! (-:

I bet you also listen to tupac while you do that huh?

[hyebruin]

I bet you also listen to tupac while you do that huh?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ahhh now that i've stopped laffin, violette jan, since you're allergic to eggs i'm guessing you've never had a flu shot, and you should NOT get one either --anyone who has egg allergies should not get it-- :)

[SagGal]

Go to church, then have a family dinner. Through out the day, we call all of our relatives wishing them happiness, and well, you know. That's pretty much it. :-)
For New Years, it is very LOUD. I love it. :D

[!EEK]

Don't forget Hay Garandt baban arevi aknotzov (who is always ***SPOILER*** select: one of your uncles)

[xBaron Dants]

Don't forget Hay Garandt baban arevi aknotzov (who is always ***SPOILER*** select: one of your uncles)

No IT'S NOT one of my uncles!! It couldn't have been him, because he was in the bathroom when Santa arriv......oh.... :(

[HyePrincess]

man for us we celebrate everything on new yrs lol. i luv new yrs and plus thats when i get ma presents!!!!!!!!!!!

[HyeJinx1984]

Yeah... Just like Violette, we eat fish, kookoo, plav, my mom also makes something with raisin, red wine with neshkhark. And obviously no red meat! But unlinke Violette I LOVE the dinner. :D
Is kookoo Armenian or Persian food?

[sSsflamesSs]

Is it bad that I don't know what kookoo even is?

[omniscient]

I bet you also listen to tupac while you do that huh?

If you don't know what he is talking about Erebouni I'll help you out. Stop using wel, wit, da, cuz, n, sed, and thank you for your cooperation.

[patlajan]

If you don't know what he is talking about Erebouni I'll help you out. Stop using wel, wit, da, cuz, n, sed, and thank you for your cooperation.

Werd U no he Be hATin

[Mags]

Well...we celebrate Armenian Christmas by inviting our dear family friend, Johnnie....below, you will find a picture of Johnnie:

http://store1.yimg.com/I/randalls_1821_43721793

and sometimes, he brings his good friend, Hagop, over as well

http://www.jackdaniels.com/images/index_bottle_bottom2.jpg

Both Johnnie and Hagop have entertained our family for yrs..they make us laugh, they make us cry...and in the end you can be assured they will make every Christmas a merry one...

[Tres Bien]

Kookoo is armenian. I don't think many iranian knows what koko is.

[ArmoBarbi]

So what is kookoo then? I dont think Ive even heard of it. I also had no idea that Armenians ate fish instead of turkey.

My family has a regular American dinner and opens presents. We celebrate 24th to 25th, even though we consider the real Christmas to be 6th to 7th. I guess Ive never had a real Armenian Christmas. :( I will have to look into that.

We celebrate New Years almost the same way, except the presents have been opened by then and the party is louder. We do the whole count down thing and drink champaign.

[CatWoman]

Is kookoo Armenian or Persian food?
It's Persian, can't you see... half the people on this board never heard of it before! lol


kuku:
There is an interesting class of Persian foods called "ku-ku" which is similar to the xxxish "Kugle" in that it involves some sort of vegetable and eggs. This recipe, provided by a recent immigrant to the U.S., is vegetarian, gluten-free, casein-free, and a true ethnic delight - in fact I had to learn another language to understand it.

Although the green ingredients are not listed as "salicylates" to be avoided on Stage Ond of the Feingold Program, they are also usually used in much smaller amounts in American cooking. They are healthful and full of vitamins, but it may be prudent to be a bit cautious if you or your child are salicylate-sensitive. Simply test it as you would any new salicylate food, and feel free to give us your feedback.

SABZI-KUKU

1 bunch fresh Parsley
1 bunch fresh Cilantro
1 bunch fresh Dill
(Dried herbs can be substituted if necessary but fresh is better)

1/2 to 1 Onion
1 clove Garlic (optional)
Eggs
Salt & Pepper to taste

Oil for frying

Finely dice or chop the vegetables by hand or process in a food processor to chop.

Add several beaten eggs (we used 6) until the mixture is quite wet. If you wish to minimize your cholesterol, use more whites and fewer yolks.

Generously cover bottom of large pan with oil, and heat on top of stove. When oil is hot, add the mixture and lower the temperature. Cover and cook gently, and turn when bottom is done and it will hold together. A good way to turn it is to remove it to a plate and then return it to the pan with the browned side up.

Continue cooking until eggs are cooked through.

Remove to a serving plate. Slice and eat while warm. If you tolerate dairy, this is good with plain yoghurt.

This could undoubtedly also be cooked inside the oven using less oil, baking until the eggs are cooked through and the KuKu holds together, but it won't be quite the same.