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Doris_Pinks
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #20 on:
December 04, 2006, 19:13:58 »
Ooooh Moggle they sound great! Would be nice made small and put on a bed of lettuce as a starter! Hmmmmmmmmmm still looking for a starter ;) ;)
So interesting to hear what everyone is having, keep em comming, oh and a confession, in our family, the Christmas Pud is served with ...........................Thick Double Cream, Brandy butter, Custard AND Ice Cream! :o :o:-[ :-[ Luckily I am not too keen on Christmas pud! ;D
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lorna
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #21 on:
December 04, 2006, 19:14:14 »
Don't know meat we are having as I am invited for all meals next door (Lorna JNR) I haven't a worry in the world ;D I do know it will not be turkey as Lorna doesn't like it. Whatever she has planned I know I will enjoy.
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SueK
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Pudsey, West Yorkshire
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #22 on:
December 04, 2006, 21:02:20 »
We'll be at the MIL's for Christmas, but will be taking our own nut roast - Rose Elliot's pine nut & cashew nut roast with lemon and parsley stuffing. That really is our favourite and, now that we have a food processor, is fairly quick to make, double up, freeze, etc. Everything else will be traditional.
Having said all that, we will probably also be taking another veggie option for our youngest, who will only be a year old on the 21st: the OH wants to try him out on the nuts first, but I've got a portion of Rose Elliot's lentil loaf (contains cheese, onion and mushrooms as well) and mushroom sauce in the freezer as he likes that.
My OH doesn't go for a lot of the Christmassy dessert flavours or alcohol in his food, so I'll be making a Bakewell tart for him, but I'm half inclined to make a pumpkin pie as well as that went down a treat recently and would be OK for the youngest.
Ah, the joys of being a vegetarian. I don't think I've eaten a peanut for five years, what with the two boys coming along. And don't get me started on haggis! :)
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Phee
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #23 on:
December 04, 2006, 21:14:04 »
You lot are bonkers.... Christmas
NEEDS
turkey (unless you're veggie - then I can just about forgive you)
So... with the turkey we'll (me and boyf, future MIL, her husband, boyfs nan and boyfs bro ... EEK!! ;D ) be having ....
Sausagemeat stuffing
Sage and onion stuffing
Roast potatoes
Roasted Parsnips
Carrots
Sprouts
Gravy
Homemade Christmas pudding (made yesterday) with Sherry sauce
Homemade Christmas cake (made in October)
Mincepies
And all that washed down with a tin of Cadbury's Roses!!
And let there be no more talk of beef, or pork or other non-christmas meats ;D ;D ;D
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Carol
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #24 on:
December 04, 2006, 22:38:33 »
Been invited to Bro in laws for the first time ever.............. this is their usual Xmas food
Smoked salmon or prawn cocktails
Turkey with trimmings
Roast tats.
Roast parsnips
Chestnut stuffing
Brussels with chestnuts in
Brocolli (for niece)
Gravy and probably other vegs. (His OH was a school cook)
Home made Christmas pudding and brandy butter
or Pavlova Cake
or Fresh Fruit Salad
Cheese Board to finish with Port
We usually turn up at their house at the Cheese Board stage and give them a hand to eat it, but this year we were invited for the whole dinner.
:D :D :D :D
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lorna
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #25 on:
December 04, 2006, 22:46:55 »
Crikey Soph, we usually eat the Cadbury's when we are waiting for the dinner to cook ;D ::)
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greyhound
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The Kingdom of Wessex
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #26 on:
December 04, 2006, 23:25:15 »
Indian takeaway. 8)
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tim
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Just like the old days!
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #27 on:
December 05, 2006, 09:35:32 »
Noted:
1. More people are using Crowns. So much tidier & easier.
2. And eating 'next door' - we are! 'Bronze bird' I believe.
3. Veg en Croute - great idea. Who did the veg pasties recipe a while ago - it's in my file but no time to look it up now. Next door No2 D is veggie too, so ideas are helpful.
4. Mushrooms? No1 D buys them every time she shops. She HATES them! So we have to find a way of using them before they've quite given up hope. And we're not keen!!
5. Goat's cheese? Love it, but she hates it!
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Barnowl
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #28 on:
December 05, 2006, 15:13:55 »
You could take the legs off, bone and stuff them, tying them into a sausage shape. They can be served as an accompaniment sliced crossways into roundels of dark meat with a stuffing centre or frozen for later.
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tim
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Just like the old days!
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #29 on:
December 05, 2006, 15:18:42 »
What - the mushrooms??
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Mrs Ava
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #30 on:
December 05, 2006, 17:04:57 »
Oh Tim, you mean you haven't seen the famous Barnes running mushrooms? Similar to running ducks, but the rain drips off them better! ;)
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Barnowl
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getting back to my roots [SW London]
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #31 on:
December 05, 2006, 17:15:08 »
Sorry, I thought everyone knew about the running mushrooms. Very disciplined, no need for a sheep dog because they answer to the whistle and they have good sturdy legs suitable for stuffing with turkey.
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tim
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Just like the old days!
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #32 on:
December 05, 2006, 17:46:08 »
Just shows my age!!
By the way, don't forget Nigella's thing about using an aluminium baking dish to save washing up?
No - we do not have a machine!!
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muddy boots
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Posts: 152
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #33 on:
December 05, 2006, 19:10:15 »
As there's just the two of us, cheating again this year and having Chrissie lunch at local pub with a group of friends!
Me : Venison & Cranberyy Pate
Turkey & Trimmings (only cos don't trust anyone else to cook fish
properly!)
Ginger baked pears with chestnut creams
OH Caesared King Prawns
Rib of Beef
Same pud
And Cheeseboard
Coffe & Minced Pies
All with appropriate alcohol of course!
Other days, salmon steaks, roast duckling and, yes, can't resist it, our local free range bronze turkey, legs removed for later
SS mentioned Goose, used to have one every year for ages. Lovely, lovely idea!
Might just go overboard and order one - got nearly two weeks off - plenty of time for sampling goodies ;D
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Marymary
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Norwich
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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December 05, 2006, 21:48:17 »
Christmas Day which is also my birthday always starts with homemead gravlax with scrambled egg & scotch oatcakes plus fresh orange juice & Champaign.
Lunch is usually very late & an attempt to satisfy carnivores & veggies & includes:
organic goose
nut roast - for the last few years I've bought one from M&S
veggie sausages
quorn roast
roast potatoes
sprouts
roast parsnips
carrots
gravy
stuffing
bread sauce
Homemade Christmas pud
Cream/custard
brandy butter
Don't usually eat much at tea time but a bit of cake for supper!
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Phee
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Posts: 29
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #35 on:
December 06, 2006, 16:03:44 »
Yeah that's all very nice... WHAT ABOUT THE
TURKEY
?? :o ;D ;D
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trojanrabbit
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #36 on:
December 06, 2006, 16:20:44 »
Oh, coq!
Sorry, very bad pun :-[
This reminds me however, that with all the excitement, we still haven't ordered meat.
We had been discussing turkey, but the possibility of venison had not been discounted - straight from the farm just up the road in Barnsley 8)
Guess we'd better decide and get on that tomorrow then! ;D
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cookie
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #37 on:
December 06, 2006, 20:40:51 »
We are doing something rather different this year!
After being married for 25 years, and doing all the cooking for 23 of them,we are joining up with 17 friends and doing a traditional lunch between us. I am doing pud and cakes. My friend Caroline has written a play to be performed after lunch, entitled,
Bold, Frank brought this, and Mirth :D :D :D
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Trixiebelle
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Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #38 on:
December 07, 2006, 15:48:17 »
Christmas Eve:
Lots of nibbly things with coleslaw, ciabatta, crisps and mulled wine. It's my mother's birthday on Christmas Eve so everything has to be 'just so' or she throws a strop. She's never really got over being upstaged by the Baby Jesus on her birthday ::)
Christmas Day:
Breakfast
Oatcakes, bacon sandwiches and chocolate!
Dinner
Turkey crown (organic from the local farm shop)
Fresh pork stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Fresh cranberry sauce
Home-made bread sauce
Red cabbage with apples, onion and red wine
Carrots in orange juice, cider and garlic
Roast potatoes & parsnips
Mashed potatoes and celariac
Sprouts with chestnuts, butter and black pepper
Rich gravy with a dollop of sherry in it ;D
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muddy boots
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Posts: 152
Re: What are you having........for Christmas??????
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Reply #39 on:
December 07, 2006, 18:54:01 »
Cookie, that sounds absolutely great. My first breakaway from Christmas with my parents was just that and I couldn't understand why I hadn't done it before. Was such a gorgeous day :D There were five trees in descending size, then we had cocktails, food included lovely starters, beef, turkey, lamb, duck, (cos we had all requested and donated what we wanted to eat) then chrissie pud and other stuff, little table pressies with each course (which we all had done without the rest of us realising - pretty amazing) and choccies and liqueurs after, with folks then dropping in while we all watched the film on tv - the day of the jackal (sp). Tottered home mid evening thoroughly sated and happy ;D
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