Teacher Mike's Christmas dinner

Thanks to the great "Teacher Mike'' who shared a lot of Christmas dinner pictures with corresponding explanation. It is really a huge blessing for us to follow him on Facebook. Through his open English-teaching page, we can learn not only English from the very distinct pronunciation in his videos for free, but also American food culture and social customs easily via his everyday experiences. I highly recommend English learners join Teacher Mike's fan groups by clicking here!

感谢Mike老师分享他的圣诞节大餐图片，并配有精彩的解释。能够跟随他的脸书真是三生有幸。透过他教学网页上的视频和日常生活分享，我们不仅可以免费学习英语，还能轻松学习到美国饮食文化和社会习俗。我强烈推荐广大英语学习者加入Mike老师的粉丝团！

Christmas Eve dinner圣诞平安夜晚餐

I made Christmas Eve dinner.
Christmas Eve is the evening of December 24.
Christmas Day is December 25.
Many families have special meals on both days.
Traditional foods include a roast chicken or turky, roast pork, a ham or maybe roast beef.
For Christmas Eve dinner, I made pan-fried chicken thighs with garlic, rosemary, and thyme, roasted potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and a salad with baby spinach, blue cheese, pecans, red onions, and dried cranberries.

我做了圣诞平安夜晚餐。
圣诞平安夜指12月24日的晚上。
圣诞节是12月25日。
许多家庭会在这两天制作专门的食物。
通常会有一只烤鸡，或烤火鸡，或烤猪肉，火腿或者是烤牛肉。
今年的平安夜，我做了香蒜煎鸡腿，配上迷迭香和百里香；烤土豆，奶酪通心粉，菠菜沙拉，里面配有蓝奶酪，碧根果，红洋葱圈和蔓越莓干。

Pumpkin pie and rum balls are 2 holiday favorites.
Pumpkin pie is a sweet pie with spices such as cinnamon and clove.
Rum balls are balls made by mixing crushed vanilla cookies, corn syrup or sweetened condensed milk, crushed nuts, and alcohol (usually whiskey or rum).

南瓜派和朗姆球是节日里的2个最爱！
南瓜派是一种添加了香料诸如肉桂或丁香之类的甜饼。
朗姆球是由碎香草饼干，玉米糖浆或甜炼乳，坚果碎和酒（通常是威士忌或朗姆酒）混合而成的球状甜点。

Breakfast on Christmas morning圣诞节早餐

I made biscuits and gravy, bacon and fried eggs for breakfast on Christmas morning.
Biscuits are not the same as scones.
Scones are sweet and not as soft.
Biscuits are salty and buttery.
The gravy is made with sausage, flour, milk,salt and pepper.

我做了圣诞节早餐，有肉汁小松饼，培根和煎蛋。
这里的松饼与司康饼不同。
司康饼甜甜的，吃上去不是软的。
饼干是咸口的且黄油状。
肉汁则由香肠，面粉，牛奶，盐和胡椒熬制而成。

Christmas Day dinner(1)圣诞节日大餐(1)

I also made dinner on Christmas Day.
I made a roast pork loin coated with garlic, mustard, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper.

我也做了圣诞节大餐。
我做了一个烤里脊猪肉，上面撒有蒜末，芥末，迷迭香，百里香，盐巴和胡椒粉。

Christmas Day dinner(2)圣诞节日大餐(2)

I also made made mashed potatoes, peas, and carrots cooked with brown sugar, thyme and sage.
We also had sauerkraut with the pork loin.
Sauerkraut is basically just fermented cabbages. As is also true with many other American foods and Christmas traditions. Sauerkraut originated in Germany.

我也做了土豆泥，豌豆，还用红糖，百里香以及鼠尾草做了一道胡萝卜甜点。
吃烤肉时我们也配着吃酸白菜。
大体来说，酸白菜是一种发酵了的卷心菜，正如其他许多美国食物和圣诞传统一样。酸白菜起源于德国。

Here are some common snacks that you might see at a holiday party in the US.
Christmas cookies, cheese, fruit, nuts, olives, and liverwurst.
Cranberries are a popular fruit in the winter in the US.
Liverwurst is a pate made from chicken liver.

图上是一些美国节日里常见的小吃。
圣诞饼干，奶酪，水果，坚果，橄榄和肝泥香肠。
蔓越莓是美国冬季的一种流行水果。
肝肠是由鸡肝制作的香肠。

Author: Teacher Mike
Chinese translator: @kaixin