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Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

...And seeing that today is the start of the Islamic fasting month, I've got a question to ask to all of you.

Whenever you are celebrating a religious or personal celebration, do you prepare any special personal foods for the occasion?

To me and my family, we once served Garlic Bread among ourselves during the fasting month, that is until the special bread we ised went out of stock about 5 years ago. Now we prepare some Roti Jala and be done with it. I miss the garlic bread...

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[(Anonymous)]

...The only real personal celebration I have is the anniversary of me confessing to my current partner. We get sparkling cider (that we call "hobo juice" because once the cashier bagged it in a paper bag and it looked questionable) and have sex.

Oh, and when we go to his dad's house for Christmas, they make Pillsbury cinnamon rolls. But that's about it.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

I looked at some of the pictures on Google on the cinnamon rolls. I would definately try eating them if I ever have the chance. :)

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[(Anonymous)]

...I can't speak for Ramadan, but I can still remember the smell of my mother's macrobiotic lentil soup simmering away after we came back from services on Yom Kippur...

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[(Anonymous)]

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Forgot to add, happy Ramadan! Is it just me, or are the holy days way, way, early this year? (Mine, are too, actually.)

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

Well, our Islamic lunar calendar kinda jumps backward about a few weeks every year due to having less days. It does make the holidays feel that they've come early, doesn't it?

On the plus side, sometimes the holidays fall in-between the Chinese New Year or Deepavali (or better yet, Thaipusam!) so that when it happens, there's a double celebration all around the country!! (2013 Malay trivia)

Wait, back to the main point! I've tried some Lentil Soup when my family and I went on a tour of Syria in late 2010. I remember dunking some bread into it and getting so full that I can't eat the main course!

On another note, Yom Kippur? I'm going out on a limb here and think you're Jewish? Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just a little bit curious.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[(Anonymous)]

Judeo-Christian.

I was going to say, traditionally we have a big meal on the night of the Jewish Passover Seder, but we don't do the Seder itself (although we do the seven days of Passover). That sometimes offends people though, so I did not want to say. :-(

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[dethtoll]

Back when I gave a damn about being Catholic my family did a lot of baking for Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent officially began and our family (and most Catholic families) forewent sweets until Easter. You're supposed to give up something for Lent and most people give up sweets.

Actually Lent was pretty much the final straw for me when I officially stopped observing and started moving towards atheism (with stops in deism, agnostic theism, and apatheism.) Back about 10 years ago my mom and I used to go out for dinner every Friday night. It was a place that had the best chicken sandwich ever (we're talking slabs of fried chicken breast as big as my head) and I loved it. But during Lent, you're not supposed to eat meat on Fridays. Mom gave me a bunch of shit about it, but because I loathe fish I just kept eating chicken. And I decided, you know what, any sort of religious rules that tell me I can't eat chicken on Friday isn't worth my time. So that year I gave up Catholicism for Lent. Come Easter, I figured I didn't really need it that bad.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

Wait, sweets? I've heard of Hindus giving food during fasting and drink only water but sweets? (can't understand)

And about the fried chicken, I would love to see a head-sized chicken breast! Over here the city and kampung chickens are only about hand size and smaller.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[dethtoll]

The idea behind Lent is to give up something you enjoy, at least that's how it was with older Catholics. The standard in the US is candy, but it could be anything from TV to nights out. And if you go far enough back, meat was often forbidden for the entirety of Lent; at some point they changed the rules so you only had to not eat meat on Friday. Wendy's makes a lot of money off their fish menu during Lent, and they know it.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

Ohh... okay, now I get it.

And big-budget food commercialism exists there too, huh? Kinda reminds me whenever a religious holiday comes around here and every fast-food store starts making foods that "celebrates the year". Never bought for it.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[(Anonymous)]

I can only enjoy charoset on matzoh, so I only make it once a year on Passover. My mother's Matzoh kugel is also fantastic.

I wish easy fasting to you and yours!

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

I've looked at some of the pictures on Google and they definitely look interesting! How do they taste like?

And I hope you have an easy fasting too, anon. :)

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[(Anonymous)]

Well, charoses the way I make it is grated apple, golden raisins, grape juice and enough cinnamon sugar to choke a horse mixed together. The matzoh brings out the best of it -- regular bread doesn't taste right for charoses.

Matzoh kugel is bread pudding. You soak the matzah, mix in eggs, sugar, butter, chopped canned pineapple, etc. It comes out as a very thick casserole-like thing with a nice subtle sweet cake taste.

And thank you!

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

Thanks for the description! And you're welcome. :)

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[(Anonymous)]

Happy rammallammadingdongdan!

Happy rammallammadingdongdan to you too!

[al28894]

I thought the correct wording was "shamalamadingdong"?

(I can't believe I actually remembered that).

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[cassandraoftroy]

Well, I don't know if it counts as a holiday, but today happens to be my boyfriend's birthday. I'm baking him a chocolate raspberry cake.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

Never tried that combination before (big fan of berries and chocolate) but thank you for giving me an idea! :)

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[making_excuses]

Happy Ramadan!

I hope I manage to get back home to my home county to meet up with one of my muslim friends*, usually I'lI end up celebrating I don't have the words in English, I think you would call it Id? The last day of fasting, because somehow I always end up being near Muslims during Ramadan, and I always get invited and it is always fun, and the food is a lot better than what I eat on Christmas Eve...

Last year I randomly ended up at my neighbours house during Ramadan, which was a lot of fun, we had never spoken before, but I was outside smoking and he came home and well me and my friend was invited in and we ate chicken and talked long into the night and stuff, the year before I was with a mother and daughter whom lived in the same apartment complex as me (I move a lot), and they invited me over quite a few nights during Ramadan.

*In this case, more commonly known as my best male friend!

Oh right you asked about what I eat during celebrations, nothing special really, I usually make cheese cake for everything, and my step mother always bakes this awesome cake which I have no idea what is called in English, but in Norwegian we call it "The Worlds Best".

Other than we eat the same thing (as everyone else) on Christmas Eve every year, which is usually Ribs, potatoes and lots of lots of side stuf oh and during the day we eat Rice Porridge and/our Sour Cream Porridge, just to make 100% sure that we will be so full that we can't walk to open our presents at 5 (when Christmas in run in in Norway), which gratefully has been pushed later as us kids have grown up, then there is Cakes and candy and stuff, yeah we eat, that is basically what we do during Christmas Day, oh and watch a badly dubbed version of this stupid children's movie...

And I will stop now because I have answered a lot more than you asked, and over-shared as usual, I hope you and your family will have a wonderful Ramadan!

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

Don't worry about the long replies! I like that someone would actually care about my question enough to craft a long reply out of it!

Ah, the correct name for the end-of-Ramadhan celebration you're wondering about is Eid-Ul-Fitr, or as we Malaysians call it, Aidilfitri or Hari Lebaran (much easier to pronounce). Over here we usually celebrate it by going back to our jungle/plantation villages and lighting up oil lamps when it's dark, so it's kinda interesting to see what Muslims elsewhere would do during this time of the year.

And it's nice to hear that you've been invited to a few fast-breaking meals. I hope the spiciness of the food didn't upset your stomach (are Arabian foods usually spicy? I've haven't been to the Middle East in quite a while now).

Wait, back to the topic! I'm a bit busy with my internet tabs but I WILL search for your "World's Best Cake!!!" That, and looking up on Judeo-Christian foods. As for the Rice Porridge, I think I've got an idea on how filling eating that stuff could be (tip: don't eat all the pastries on the table if you're going on a relative-visiting spree. Your stomach will regret it).

Thanks for the wish, and I hope you'll be able to attend more fast-breaking feasts!

P.S: Wait a sec, back home? I thought you were Norwegian, or are you currently away from it?

P.P.S: What kind of children's movie?

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[making_excuses]

Ah, that is why I think Id, that is how I would write Eid in Norwegian, they also say Big Id and Little Id, which my poor grasp of Islam have no idea which is which or what they really are, I think one marks the beginning of Ramadan and the other then end?

Oh, that sounds nice! When I was with a Bosnian family they ate this soup thing with beans (which was surprisingly good, especially as I don't like beans) and some kind of meat I think? It's been some years, I think they just spent the whole day at home, the Mosque in my county is a bit far away so I don't think they went there at all during the celebrations, though they celebrate Ramadan like I celebrate Christmas, because it is what they grew up with. I am pretty sure none of them actually fasted. I also been with an Middle Eastern Family (Afghanistan), and the food was waay to spicy for me, but there was some bread and chicken which I could eat which was delicious, though that was just random days during Ramadan, so I have no idea what they did for Eid-Ul-Fitr. Let's see then I was at my neighbours whom was African (I'm not quite sure where exactly they where from) and again ate chicken.

My best friend is Somalian, and if I remember correctly he goes to the nearest town where the Mosque is and also a community centre for Somalians and they celebrate together, and that is the part where they invite non-Muslim friends, which I was planning to go to this year if I am in the right county.

I did a quick search there was no easy way to find anything not in Norwegian here is a link to a picture of the cake: http://www.sweets2share.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/verdens-beste-Kv%C3%A6fjordkake-03201-Large.jpg

Juedo-Christian, I am not familiar with that term, Norwegians are at large Lutheran Christian if that is what you where looking for, and that is what I officially am (in the books and everything, on account of being baptised as a child), here is a link to a shortish explanation of Christmas Traditions in Norway: http://www.visitoslo.com/en/articles/christmas-traditions/

Rice Porridge is the most filling thing on the planet! Seriously, and then you are hungry again 2 hours later, luckily an hour after that we eat the main meal so you will be nice and full again, before you know 2 hours after that we eat cakes... Yeah traditionally you are supposed to bake 7 different kinds of pastries...

I do too, I love celebrating things that I am not used to! (did that come out wrong? I meant it in a positive way, not in a degrading way)

I live a couple of counties away from my home county right now, so back home is an 6 hour train ride away.

The film is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%99i_o%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%A1ky_pro_Popelku did I mention it is dubbed? Oh and we ignoring all logic watch this on the 23d of December: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One

If you are interested in what else we watch, it is mostly Die Hard, Harry Potter and this Norwegian animated film which is just great! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchcliffe_Grand_Prix and cartoons, lots of lots of cartoons. Lately though on account of me being a "proper adult" I mostly spend my Christmas in the kitchen helping out with the food during Christmas Eve or helping to clean the houses (big family, last year I cleaned 3 different houes), oh and decorating and getting the tables ready for serving food and stuff... Which is quite nice, but it takes a lot out of you.

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[(Anonymous)]

It's not particularly attached to the holiday, but for Christmas breakfast my mom always makes pan dulce, mexican sweet bread. She only makes them on christmas and they're the best thing ever.

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[al28894]

I've looked at some of the Google images of them and they look delicious!

Re: Happy Ramadhan!!

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Happy Ramadan to anyone who celebrates it!

Generally whenever my folks have a celebration, we make Grandma's egg casserole. Everybody I've ever talked to says they think it sounds foul, but it's delicious! They don't know what they're missing. Hardboiled egg slices, layered with bacon crumbles, cheese sauce, breadcrumbs, olives, and (on every part except my little corner) mushrooms.