Topic: Christmas veggies

[Jayb]

Just having a cuppa and my thoughts are wandering to Christmas day cooking. I’m going to be roasting a turkey with usual trimmings,  but got me thinking about what home grown veggies to have with it. My plan at the moment, roasted potatoes and parsnips, mashed potato and swede, carrots, sprouts and either broad beans or peas from the freezer. I may swap something for leeks or celeriac. Onions will go in the stuffing.

Love to hear what ‘home grown’ vegetable and fruit goodies others are planning? Anyone have home grown meat?

[manicscousers]

As we're having a big family Christmas, yaaaay
Our daughter is doing a 4 bird roast  ???, we're doing minted lamb shanks  and my sister is roasting a ham.
We are supplying kestrel spuds, celeriac, parsnips, swede, onions and sprouts. Unfortunately, all our carrots have been eaten so she is buying some.
We're having a  boozy trifle with our williams pears in wine, I think that's about it  ;D

[Steve.]

We are having a Turkey crown this year and it will be roasted on a bed of home grown Leeks, red onions, carrots and garlic (just a little) with some thyme, rosemary, sage and any other herbs I can grab. While the crown rests, the rest will make our gravy.

Vegwise, Roasted King Edwards; parsnip and Pumpkin roasted together with sesame seeds; Savoy Cabbage fried in butter with a little water, Boiled Sprouts, drained and sauteed with chesnuts, Purple sprouting Broccoli au natural.

Homemade stuffing.

BIG plates!   :o

Boozy trifle here too, drizzled with a homegrown/made blackcurrent coulis (optional).

Anyone hungry?  ;D

Steve...:)

[manicscousers]

Ah, I forgot the butternuts, roasted with the parsnips, celeriac etc . Just as well it's lunch time  ;D

[Robert_S]

I am hoping the only shop bought things (apart from sundries) in our x-mas dinner will be the chicken and parsnips, the rest will be allotment grown...carrots, potatos, leeks, cabbage, french beans, maybe some kale.

Also prawn cocktail (is it just us that has this as a traditional x-mas starter?) with some home grown salad leaves...mizuna and rocket, and lettuce if any survives between now and then...looking like a possibility!

Am planning to get into wine-making next year, so hopefully will have some of my own vintage to share with the rellies next christmas.

[Steve.]

Ah, I forgot the butternuts, roasted with the parsnips, celeriac etc . Just as well it's lunch time  ;D

Ooops, forgot the butternuts too. Probably already enough for the plate anyhow so I'll save them for another meal over the Yule. However, I'm quite jealous of the Celeriac, mine failed this year..all leaf, nowt underneath!

Am planning to get into wine-making next year, so hopefully will have some of my own vintage to share with the rellies next christmas.

Just restarted the wine making hobby this autumn and currently have 4 gallons of Elderberry and 2 of Damson still slow fermenting, should be good for Christmas next year.

Steve...:)

[saddad]

I trade veg for Trout with a keen fisherman... almost "allotment meat"... presumably some allotment chickens meat a sticky end...  :-X

[antipodes]

Sprouts from the garden this year! and home grown pumpkin spiced and sauteed. Onion and garlic for stuffing will be home grown, as will herbs and the gooseberries for the sauce with the duck (frozen back in July, what foresight!).
The carrots will be from the market and spuds too (eaten all mine). But I will buy them from the local market gardener so we are staying local ;-) except for the oranges I guess!!! and a pomegranate for decoration if I can find one.
Dessert will be Xmas pud (home made) - they don't like trifle much, my lot  :(  I will probably make some rum balls though and mince pies. Just in case we haven't quite filled up every square inch!

[Digeroo]

I have sprouts and have saved some red ones as well as green.  Then there will be carrots, parsnips, maybe PSB, potatoes, red currants zapped in apple juice, maybe some fried apple slices.  And fried Tromba D'Albenga squash.   Then there will be some frozen raspberries. 

All I need now is to buy some turkey and bacon and mince pies.  Christmas will be cheap this year.

[cornykev]

Kestrels for the roasties, carrots, parsnips and maybe shallots.  :D

[Melbourne12]

For the first time in 30 years, we're not hosting Christmas lunch.  Hurrah!  But we will be contributing some home-grown sprouts picked on Christmas morning, and home-grown fruit from the freezer.

Next year we're planning to have home-reared chicken to eat, but I'd better not count them until they're hatched ...

[green lily]

We'll be having roast leg of organic lamb from up the road with our  own rosemary, garlic redcurrant and/or mint jelly [au chois]. Roast veg: squash onions[shop], carrots and parsnips, PFA spuds roast and baked or possibly boiled, Sprouts [then I can haul out another couple of plants ] ;).. Xmas pud made by my daughter ,mince pies [homemade mincemeat of course]. No home- made booze unless we get out some vintage sloe gin.  Keep it simple, do it well ;D
Mind you I might thaw some apricots as an alternative to pud- a bit more astringent me thinks

[Mrs Ava]

Locally shot pheasants and local duck with lottie sprouts, carrots, celeriac, cabbage and marrow or roasted squash.   I will use leeks and garlic in the stuffing.  No 'snips as they totally failed this year and I didn't grow as many spuds and alas they are all finished.  :(  Also an array of berries for the trifle all washed down with sloe gin, sloe vodka, mirabelle gin and medlar vodka.  Still have plenty of cooking apples in store so will probably make a spicy apple sauce to go with the ham.

[claybasket]

were having leg of lamb and gammon,veg from lott,pots, carrots cabbage,swede,sprouts,and parsnips,we,also have prawn cocktails,and rasps ,with fresh cream on meringue.Then lie about feeling like a old stuffed chair ;D

[queenbee]

Potatoes, sprouts, onions for the stuffing. Pickled Gherkins and Shallots. Turkey Crown and for afters Raspberry trifle, followed by home made xmas cake. Boxingday will be the day I make turkey soup, I can honestly say that this for me is better than the dinner, I love turkey soup with all my own veg.   

[tricia]

Freshly pulled I will only have celeriac and leeks. Lots of watercress too - unless we get a sharp frost which is unlikely here on the southwest coast. Frozen, I have a choice of french beans and sweetcorn. Also have frozen raspberries, rhubarb, morello cherries and gooseberries.

But then, I only have a small walled garden with four raised beds (1 metre x 1.60 each) which is more than sufficient for a one person household. Oh - almost forgot the squashes and herbs  :).

Tricia

[Steve.]

It's fairly obvious from this topic....Allotmenteers eat well !!

Steve...:)

[willsy]

Not sure what meat we will cook yet, but have ham, chicken and lamb in mind. Veg from allotment, sprouts, cabb, broadbeans, carrots and swede, funny shaped parsnips but taste just as good. Raspberries, strawberries, redcurrant jam, homemade pickles and sauces.Just makin my mouth water thinking about it. Any way you all enjoy what ever you are cooking and a happy new year 2012 to one and all.

[powerspade]

I have had a bit of a disaster I came home last week to find that while I was away the freezer had broken down so all my frozen stock of peas, runner beans,broad beans baby carrots, blackcurrents raspberries  are now on the compost heap, This is the first time for years I shall have to put up with shop bought veg :(

[pumkinlover]

Sorry to hear that Powerspade, your own veg are irreplaceable :'(