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Posted by Anniepooh • 12/20/09
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If you celebrate one of the many winter holidays, how would you finish this sentence as it pertains to food: 'It's just not the Holidays without...' ?

For us it's Nanaimos, salmon and cut-out cookies. There isn't a year that goes by without those.

Celebrations, food, Holidays

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amybyrd21 (12/20/09)

Country Ham breakfast at the inlaws and needing to rent a uhaul to get all the toys back from my parents.

Food wise it is my mothers fruit cake cookies, and Hashbrown casserole that I have to make every meal my step daughter eats with us.

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mswjj (12/21/09)

I had a recipe for Nanaimos years ago but have misplaced it. My first time and only time having them was in Victoria, Canada. They are delicious.

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  Theresa111 (12/21/09)
  
  I found a recipe for you:
  
  www.globalgourmet.com/food/ilc/0999/nanaimos.html
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  Anniepooh (12/22/09)
  
  This is the recipe grandma always used, and after I got older learned that it's the original from Nanaimo BC (grandma was from Canada)
  
  Nanaimo Bars
  
  First Layer:
  
  1/2 C Butter
  1/4 C granulated sugar
  1 egg
  5 T cocoa
  1 tsp. vanilla
  2 C graham cracker crumbs
  1 C coconut
  1/2 C chopped walnuts
  
  Second Layer:
  
  1/2 C butter, softened
  3 T milk
  2 T instant vanilla pudding
  2 C powdered sugar
  
  Third Layer:
  
  1 6 oz. Pkg. choc. Chips
  
  First layer: Mix butter, sugar, eggs, cocoa, & vanilla
  over hot water until it resembles custard. Add the
  crumbs, coconut & walnuts. Press into a 9 X 9-inch
  square pan. Cool.
  
  Second Layer: Cream butter, milk, & pudding together,
  then blend in powdered sugar. Spread over the first
  layer & let stand for 15 minutes.
  
  Third Layer: Melt chocolate & spread over the second
  layer. Cut into squares.
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Theresa111 (12/21/09)

The perfect tree all decorated with lights and ornaments. Gifts wrapping and Christmas songs. Cookies, cakes and delicious food. But most importantly, my family and friends.

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