Thought she'd been quiet ! Funnily enough, she worked there up until two years ago !Bosscat wrote:Was behind Mrs Clarets4me in Thomas Cook yesterday she was booking a holiday in the Caribbean for One oooops sorry have I dropped her in it
Christmas dinner
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What is it, swan?Granny WeatherWax wrote:Off to the White Swan. All I know is that it’s not turkey!
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Global and media domination.Top Claret wrote:What do Jew boys serve up for Xmas Dinner?
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Is a turkey crown the one missing all the good bits (legs and wings)?
I always wanted to eat swan. Evil b@st@rds.
I always wanted to eat swan. Evil b@st@rds.
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Usually get $hitfaced and eat a frozen pizza at about 3am boxing day. Horrible meal is Christmas dinner. Tastes bland, makes you feel bloated, fall asleep at a stupid time and you're hungry when you wake up an hour later. Bit pointless to me. Stupid tradition.
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Having home cooked Indian food on Boxing Day which will be different.
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Do you normally have it raw ?Loyalclaret wrote:Having home cooked Indian food on Boxing Day which will be different.
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Honey roast ham and veggies.
Cook veggies in advance in the morning.
Cook ham in a big sauce pan. Then onto a try lashed in honey. Cook until crisp. Take it out the try onto the oven rack and place the precooked veg in a tray underneath. Lovely, sticky veggies. With the ham try add abit of thyme and red wine for the gravy.
Cook veggies in advance in the morning.
Cook ham in a big sauce pan. Then onto a try lashed in honey. Cook until crisp. Take it out the try onto the oven rack and place the precooked veg in a tray underneath. Lovely, sticky veggies. With the ham try add abit of thyme and red wine for the gravy.
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Is your Xmas dinner Rugby themed ????Dyched wrote:Honey roast ham and veggies.
Cook veggies in advance in the morning.
Cook ham in a big sauce pan. Then onto a try lashed in honey. Cook until crisp. Take it out the try onto the oven rack and place the precooked veg in a tray underneath. Lovely, sticky veggies. With the ham try add abit of thyme and red wine for the gravy.
Just asking because you had 3 "Try's" in there
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Turkey curry - yum! Thai turkey curry - double yum! Turkey pasta. Turkey fricasee. Turkey and ham pie. Turkey salad. It’s all good, as long as most of it gets frozen and brought out in batches.
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I have it on good authority it's for their Decorator.Bosscat wrote:Was behind Mrs Clarets4me in Thomas Cook yesterday she was booking a holiday in the Caribbean for One oooops sorry have I dropped her in it
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We'd considered that, but when I last spoke to him, he said he hadn't been " abroad " for years ( Full of foreigners, apparently ! ). Apparently, the dates would've clashed with using his Executive box at the Andre Rieu Concert , at the MEN Arena on 20th December ....tim_noone wrote:I have it on good authority it's for their Decorator.
Nothing keeps our man away from his appointment with the " King of the Waltz " !!
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A big family do at THEWELLERNUT70s this Christmas Day. I'm very very much a traditionalist
Prawn Cocktail or Pate
Free range Turkey dinner with all the appropriate trimmings and condiments
Christmas Pudding with white sauce
Cheese Board
Yes I'm a fat get
Prawn Cocktail or Pate
Free range Turkey dinner with all the appropriate trimmings and condiments
Christmas Pudding with white sauce
Cheese Board
Yes I'm a fat get
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I once had a goose at Christmas
Me and the missus celebrate 25 years together in a couple of weeks
Me and the missus celebrate 25 years together in a couple of weeks
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bfcjg wrote:Do you normally have it raw ?
An Indian is cooking it
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Come on Spiral get in the spiritSpiral wrote:Usually get $hitfaced and eat a frozen pizza at about 3am boxing day. Horrible meal is Christmas dinner. Tastes bland, makes you feel bloated, fall asleep at a stupid time and you're hungry when you wake up an hour later. Bit pointless to me. Stupid tradition.
9 of us...
Mushroom Soup;
Smoked and poached salmon terrine with dill and caper dressing
Turkey and trimmings
Mother in Law brings the pud
Brother in Law brings the cheese
Not as bland as a frozen pizza if you can cook. And you won't get bloated if you have normal portion sizes.
Give it a go... and Merry Christmas
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Is there room on a Christmas dinner for a Yorkshire Pudding ? Could it be included as part of the trimmings ?
Just caught a snippet about it on Radio 2 this morning but missed the outcome.
Just caught a snippet about it on Radio 2 this morning but missed the outcome.
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Our Christmas dinner has progressed over the years (or regressed if you are a traditionalist).
We started out with the traditional turkey as the centre piece, moved onto the turkey crown option and now we go with 2 or 3 large chickens. With everyone following their traditional quest for price hike turkeys tasty chickens are plentiful.
Granted you miss out on the opportunity to try and squeeze a monster bird into your oven, but with 2 or 3 chickens you can cook them different ways. We tend to go with a lemon and garlic bird, a bird infused with your classic Chinese five spices and a Moroccan bird. These are accompanied by a small 1Kg+ beef joint with black pepper and a 1Kg ham with honey and mustard.
The advantage of the diverse selection of smaller meat products, instead of a giant single turkey, is that people can pick what they enjoy most and the leftovers are varied and interesting. It also makes it easy to create a number of different sauces from the cooking juices.
For those who are home alone or don't enjoy the whole Christmas cooking extravaganza Morrisons do cooked rotisserie chickens you can simply reheat. It's not traditional fare, but Christmas doesn't have to be difficult, stressful or served out of a tv dinner box.
Proud member of the "sprouts are evil however you cook them" club.
We started out with the traditional turkey as the centre piece, moved onto the turkey crown option and now we go with 2 or 3 large chickens. With everyone following their traditional quest for price hike turkeys tasty chickens are plentiful.
Granted you miss out on the opportunity to try and squeeze a monster bird into your oven, but with 2 or 3 chickens you can cook them different ways. We tend to go with a lemon and garlic bird, a bird infused with your classic Chinese five spices and a Moroccan bird. These are accompanied by a small 1Kg+ beef joint with black pepper and a 1Kg ham with honey and mustard.
The advantage of the diverse selection of smaller meat products, instead of a giant single turkey, is that people can pick what they enjoy most and the leftovers are varied and interesting. It also makes it easy to create a number of different sauces from the cooking juices.
For those who are home alone or don't enjoy the whole Christmas cooking extravaganza Morrisons do cooked rotisserie chickens you can simply reheat. It's not traditional fare, but Christmas doesn't have to be difficult, stressful or served out of a tv dinner box.
Proud member of the "sprouts are evil however you cook them" club.
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Living in Southern Spain it’s a Fresh 6kg Turkey from the English butcher who gets them from a farm in Saville, large Iberian black ham, 1kg of sos & bacon from a local farm, first time i’ve Known where it all comes from & all for €60.
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Where abouts on the Costa Del Sol do you live stockbrokerStockbrokerbelt wrote:Living in Southern Spain it’s a Fresh 6kg Turkey from the English butcher who gets them from a farm in Saville, large Iberian black ham, 1kg of sos & bacon from a local farm, first time i’ve Known where it all comes from & all for €60.
the reason I ask is I live in Alhaurin El Grande and the English butchers very good to
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What ever you choose you HAVE to have the Haffners chipolatas on the plate, amazing.
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What's your address LTL, Ill be round at 2pm!Long Time Lurker wrote:Our Christmas dinner has progressed over the years (or regressed if you are a traditionalist).
We started out with the traditional turkey as the centre piece, moved onto the turkey crown option and now we go with 2 or 3 large chickens. With everyone following their traditional quest for price hike turkeys tasty chickens are plentiful.
Granted you miss out on the opportunity to try and squeeze a monster bird into your oven, but with 2 or 3 chickens you can cook them different ways. We tend to go with a lemon and garlic bird, a bird infused with your classic Chinese five spices and a Moroccan bird. These are accompanied by a small 1Kg+ beef joint with black pepper and a 1Kg ham with honey and mustard.
The advantage of the diverse selection of smaller meat products, instead of a giant single turkey, is that people can pick what they enjoy most and the leftovers are varied and interesting. It also makes it easy to create a number of different sauces from the cooking juices.
For those who are home alone or don't enjoy the whole Christmas cooking extravaganza Morrisons do cooked rotisserie chickens you can simply reheat. It's not traditional fare, but Christmas doesn't have to be difficult, stressful or served out of a tv dinner box.
Proud member of the "sprouts are evil however you cook them" club.
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You lads must have the skits on boxing day! What a mixed slurry your guts have to digest haha
Keepin it simply this year with a protein shake and a grain mix. ANYTHING is better than turkey.
Keepin it simply this year with a protein shake and a grain mix. ANYTHING is better than turkey.
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The legs are the best bits for goodness sake.If it’s only for two you could get a turkey crown rather than the whole bird
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100 percent!!!!!!!Aclaret wrote:Is there room on a Christmas dinner for a Yorkshire Pudding ? Could it be included as part of the trimmings ?
Just caught a snippet about it on Radio 2 this morning but missed the outcome.
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When I saw the price of turkeys and the fact there is just two of us, chicken was muted.Long Time Lurker wrote:
We started out with the traditional turkey as the centre piece, moved onto the turkey crown option and now we go with 2 or 3 large chickens. With everyone following their traditional quest for price hike turkeys tasty chickens are plentiful.
I may as well have kicked kidney punched her with the reaction!
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Chicken is everywhere now with the price so cheap compared, so give it a swerve for Xmas day.
Treat yourself to Lamb, Beef or Duck.
Treat yourself to Lamb, Beef or Duck.
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Longsider4ever, I live in Manilver up the top of the hill from Duquessa port, we also have the overseas shop on the outskirts of Sotogrande, we have purple Brussels which are lovely.
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Rib of beef.
Don't eat turkey all year for a reason (it's crap and overpriced), not starting on xmas day
Don't eat turkey all year for a reason (it's crap and overpriced), not starting on xmas day
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Might try this way of cooking it this time.
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Roast shoulder of lamb. Can't be beat.
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Just 9 this year at ours with me in the apron as usual;
Turkey, roasties, yorkshires, sprouts, carrot & swede, cauli, parsnips, pigs, stuffing, apple or cranberry sauce & lashings of gravy
Pud choice of - apple pie, xmas pud, home made trifle ( Mrs Bs contribution ) or raspberry tart
Then card school & beers with additional family members ( repeat Boxing Day, NY Eve )
Same every year
Turkey, roasties, yorkshires, sprouts, carrot & swede, cauli, parsnips, pigs, stuffing, apple or cranberry sauce & lashings of gravy
Pud choice of - apple pie, xmas pud, home made trifle ( Mrs Bs contribution ) or raspberry tart
Then card school & beers with additional family members ( repeat Boxing Day, NY Eve )
Same every year
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Lamb hotpot every time - from Roy Porter's butchers in Chatburn.
Outstanding!!
Outstanding!!
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A boiled egg.... Can't be beatdsr wrote:Roast shoulder of lamb. Can't be beat.
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Put some clothes on Man the splashing of hot fat is dangerous and a pinny not enough protectionBurt wrote:Just 9 this year at ours with me in the apron as usual;
Turkey, roasties, yorkshires, sprouts, carrot & swede, cauli, parsnips, pigs, stuffing, apple or cranberry sauce & lashings of gravy
Pud choice of - apple pie, xmas pud, home made trifle ( Mrs Bs contribution ) or raspberry tart
Then card school & beers with additional family members ( repeat Boxing Day, NY Eve )
Same every year
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I'm not too bad a cook, to be honest, but you don't really care what the pizza tasted like after half a litre of whiskey and I'm not fat enough to be able to pound that much booze on a full stomach! Ugly looking bird's dry cadaver and miserable tasting roots plucked from the mud? Not exactly my idea of fun any other day of the year, don't know why that would change on Christmas day!Guich wrote:Not as bland as a frozen pizza if you can cook. And you won't get bloated if you have normal portion sizes.
Give it a go... and Merry Christmas
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Hahahaha, bloody phone. The line “sprout” is the highlight of the day.Bosscat wrote:Is your Xmas dinner Rugby themed ????
Just asking because you had 3 "Try's" in there
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You wouldn't get near 'em!dougcollins wrote: I always wanted to eat swan. Evil b@st@rds.
Broken limbs galore!!
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Can't go wrong with Octopus....only trouble with Octopus, it takes about 9 hours to cook ....it keeps on turning the gas down...
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Just prepped the veg, going to par boil the sprouts then slice and saute the little ba$tard$ with cranberries and perhaps pecan nuts. Happy cooking and watch your fingers.
Enjoy your Christmas meal Folks.
Enjoy your Christmas meal Folks.
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