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How I miss this tradition. I am originally from Portugal and even here in the States I always do the whole typical Portuguese Christmas dinner which consists of the boiled dry cod fish, eggs, potatoes and cabbage, but one cannot forget the olive oil with lots of minced garlic and a touch of paprika. Then comes the cod fish balls (pasteis de bacalhau) with a mouth watering octopus rice and of course all of the deserts which usually take up about 2 to 3 days to prepare. This year though we will be with my husband's family (Irish descent) so no cod fish for us!