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Any dishes you're gonna be making for Christmas/New Year's?

Don't really have a tradition of cooking any special/thematic "Christmas foods", :marseychef: but last year I was celebrating with my family and decided to make Burgundian beef stew (aka Boef Bourguignon) because I accidentally saw some dude on youtube making it and it looked very yummy. Everyone liked it so I'm gonna make it this year too. It tastes very nice and has a rich and deep flavour which makes it feel more fancy than it really is. It also scales really well as if you want to make more of it you just get a bigger pot and throw more stuff into it, you don't really have to do much additional chopping or frying or whatever else. This also means it's quite easy to make, though time consuming (it took me 1 day to make the stock and 1 day to make the rest of the dish). I recommend everyone try it sometime :marseylickinglips:

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Besides that my mom also has a tradition of buying rabbit or goose for New Year's when they go for cheaper which she turns into a roast, so I imagine this year it will be no different. Rabbit in white wine and rosemary is very nice but goose (:marseyme:) is genuinely one of the best meats there is and the best tasting poultry for sure.

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So what about you, any specific dishes you're planning on making for the table?

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Geese meat is banned here :marseycryingfast:

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Lol what? Why?

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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-roast-goose-and-other-roast-meats-may-be-allowed-into-singapore

the article says that the feds are thinking of allowing it but the article was dated 2018 and we dont have geese meat here yet lol

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That sad, it sounds ridiculous but then again I haven't really given much thought that a a small city-state like yours would be absolutely dependent on imports for food. Does this mean the surrounding countries can literally starve you if they wanted to?

Also do you even celebrate Christmas or New Year over there? I'm certain that you have Chinese New Year instead of those but on the offchance I'm wrong I decided to ask.

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Also do you even celebrate Christmas or New Year over there?

kinda but it's not as important as the Lunar New Year y'know, most of the places outside to celebrate are crowded as frick so i'd usually just have a small party at home :marseycomfy:

Does this mean the surrounding countries can literally starve you if they wanted to?

yea we had to rely on our food reserves during the covid lockdown but it was manageable even though it sucked

a year or so ago Malaysia couldnt send us enough chicken because of bird flu or some nonsense so we were pretty cucked by that, especially since chicken rice is like our national dish lol

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You guys need to colonize :marseyconquistador: a part of Africa :marseynecklace: or something like @kaamrev did

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lol in normal times malaysia send us the better quality produce and meat and other nonsense because they can get a higher price from us and keep the lousier stuff for themselves :marseylaughwith:

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Just conquer :marseyconquistador: Malaysia at this point :marseysoypointgoldpoint: smdh

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:#marseyyikes:

mo backsies after they stripped our statehood :marseytwerking:

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Hey that's just like South :marseyeh: Africa :marseyelonpaypig: charcoal and china :marseychristmasbulb:

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