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moonbells

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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
« Reply #40 on: December 18, 2006, 14:17:56 »
Locally-raised goose from local farm
chipolatas and dry-cure bacon from local farm
sage and onion stuffing (tho onions bought, as crop failed again to do much)
roasties (Salad blue pots - great fun!)
mash (Sarpo Mira)
potato croquettes (bought, I'm afraid)
marrow (still have several Long Green Trailing in store)
runner beans (the few Enorma I got this year, frozen)
roast parsnip (Tender and True)
bean salad (Opera French beans, cream, onion, garlic)
garlic-glazed carrots (Autumn King)
braised red cabbage (Red Jewel)

Pudding - making Summer Pudding this year, with home-made bread and lots of frozen fruit, and with a scoop of my Rumtopf* in the middle. And cream!

Almost managed to get everything from somewhere within walking distance.

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*cracked the Rumtopf at the weekend. Wow! I can heartily recommend it to anyone! I put in strawberries, cherries, raspberries, whitecurrants and halved Victoria plums, a couple of lb of sugar and a whole bottle of dark rum. It has made 3 litres. 1 litre is going to M-I-L, we served some to guests at a party last Sat and the rest is for us for Christmas :-)

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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
« Reply #41 on: December 20, 2006, 18:31:42 »
YUM Moonbells, our turkey arrived today from the local farm, is now sitting in my fridge and is rather larger than anticipated!!!! Tomorrow it go's under the knife to get the crown!!!
Beef to be picked up from other farm saturday, rest of stuff is here..............hurray!!!!!!  Ready to rock n roll!
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
« Reply #42 on: December 21, 2006, 20:36:49 »
Am working on Christmas Day [yep, someone's got to do it!] so we will have a late lunch.  Am planning on Chestnut Bourginion Pie with roast potatoes, parsnips, carrot and swede mash and sprouts.  Will also be serving my homemade pud as per tradition for afters.  Hope everyone has a very happy time xx

 

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