Christmas has arrived! I’ve opened gifts, I’m sitting by a fire, and my belly is so full from Christmas breakfast it is hard to move. I may have eaten just a little too much, but it’s hard not to overindulge. In my family, holiday meals follow strict traditions. There is always a juicy beef tenderloin for Christmas dinner and breakfast always includes my mother’s over-the-top adaptation of Moravian sugarcake. Each part of the meal is sacred and it’s not Christmas (or Thanksgiving, or Easter) without the meals that have become so much a part of that holiday’s tradition.
So what makes up a Sawyer family Christmas breakfast? There is lots of strong coffee and tart Texas ruby-red grapefruits (a wonderful gift from the in-laws!). Scrambled eggs are loaded with cheddar cheese, creamy grits with milk and butter, and there is plenty of Moravian sugarcake and country ham with red-eye gravy.
