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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: libby1 on December 19, 2011, 10:04:10 AM
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Is it to be turkey and christmas pudding? Or something different? I tried to suggest having a picky buffet (prepared the day before ;)) but my husband was horrified :o
Libby
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For years Mum cooked pheasant with vegies followed by plum pud with brandy sauce or cream.
Since remaining here we have had a duck with veg.; we begin the day with a slice of toast and a walk; C.mas pud with cream for lunch and our evening meal inbetween whatever we watch on TV.
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Turkey & pork with all the trimmings, even though its just me & OH we have to do the lot.
Have the pudding later on as am usually to stuffed to manage it till later.
Stumpy xx :)
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The full Christmas Meal with all the trimmings and what is even better OH cooks the lot! it is delicious but I sometimes wish he would let me do it as mine is delicious too :) :)
One thing I am allowed to do is the gravy as OH does not like it (in all the time I have known OH I have not come to terms with him not liking gravy ::) ::) I don't know anyone else who dose not like it)
There is only the twp of us so there is plenty left to have cold for Boxing Day, sometimes I think that meal is even better as long as there are plenty of cold roast potates left :P :P
silverlady x
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Daughter & partner are cooking our Christmas meal. Actually a lot of it is probably already done & frozen ready for the big day. From what I can glean, we are having spicy parsnip soup, followed by beef of some description then some fancy Gordon Ramsay steamed pudding which my daughter is making. Will be nice to have someone do all the cooking for the change. Hubby will miss his prawn cocktail though! ;D ;D ;D
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Prawns to start, then turkey and pheasant, xmas pud and a cheese board.
A wheel barrow will then be required to wheel me away from the table.
Boxing Day is a cold buffet, my son has been doing a web site for a fishery/smoke house and he has treated us to a sea food platter which has all sorts including lobster :D. Mates rates I think.
A diet will be required in the New Year me thinks ::)
Honeyb
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We're cooking the turkey and DD (who we are going to) is doing all the trimmings. Mince pies and cream and triffle for pud.
Also have a gammon joint which I'll do Christmas Eve. We have cold meat mash and pickles on Boxing Day. My favourite meal :)
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Traditional for us, starter of continental meats, olives, mozzarella, prawns,rocket and crusty bread (as eaten at Carluccio's).
M&S stuffed turkey crown with all the normal veg etc.
Homemade Christmas puds, 1 traditional and one lighter made with pineapple and apricots and golden syrup.
I'm with you San, cold meat the next day is my favourite although we have jacket potatoes.
Flyaway :)
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Yep, the cold meat, pickles and bubble and squeak was what I fancied for Christmas Day but my hubbie had a fit :o
Never mind, back to roast turkey that nobody feels like when they've been cooking for hours :(
Libby
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Only 5 of us - including 2 very small eaters - so not worth doing a turkey. Roast lamb (easy to carve!) roasties, veg and real gravy (best bit!) and then a gooey chocolate dessert I got at Waitrose. Probably sausages wrapped in bacon Boxing Day (OH loves them - I usually have the sausages plain) with toms, cucumber and carrot sticks. Although I do have an M&S Duck in Orange Sauce in the fridge........
Bette x
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Normal Christmas dinner here - my sons would be most upset if I did anything different apparently! So roast turkey with stuffing, giblet gravy, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, sprouts, peas, carrots (eldest and youngest son), broad beans (central son and husband) One son likes trifle and another likes chocolate gateau and the other one likes raspberry pavlova so I reckon that I will get one of each! Nobody eats the christmas pud here although I would like one for the traditional value.
Taz x
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Turkey and all the trimmings here with trifle, gateau or Christmas pud for dessert. One year we had a Christmas BBQ (luckily it was a bright dry day) of turkey skewers, turkey steaks, sausages wrapped in bacon,etc and we cooked chestnuts on the top of the chiminea in the garden. We ate indoors of course. It was the first year our son had left home so he brought a girlfriend over and asked if we could do something a little different. It was brilliant but now we've reverted to tradition. The downstairs stank of smoke for ages afterwards though.
Jenny X
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What a great idea Jenny, I'd love to do that. It's different. To me, Christmas dinner is just like a Sunday roast.
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Ooh like the sound of the seafood platter on Boxing Day Honeybun! Yummy. That will be nice after the Christmas turkey.
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Especially when you actually live on the coast - not quite the same when you live about as far from the sea as you can get in this country!
Bette x
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Does anyone else feel hungry reading this thread or is it just me ;D off to find a biscuit ...
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My son is a head chef...he is coming Boxing Night for a couple of days before he is back into the throng for New Years (busy busy)
With all the fabulous food he turns out at work & for us when he 'sometimes' cooks for us, he always says theres nothing can beat mums roast dinners. :)
Stumpy xx
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That's a major compliment Stumpy :)
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What time is everyone aiming to sit down to eat? We usually aim for 1.30 but end up about 3 ;D
The dishing up is the worst bit and my dad always complains if the plates are not hot >:(
Libby
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About 2, we eat.
Just been to M&S to get the Turkey. You cannot move! OH was getting trolley rage.
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Littleminnie, that's the beauty of online food shopping ;)
I'm having all mine delivered on 23rd, apart from the odd bits.
Libby
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Just went into our local Co-op for some milk, and they have a lovely range of fresh turkeys, no queues!
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Got most of it from M&S ysterday, bought some brussel sprouts on the stem from our Market today, and now just have to get the brandy cream, potatoes and thats it.
Just enough for the two of us and not spent all that much really. We usualy go out for a meal Christmas Eve late afternoon to a country hotel and then its batten down the hatches until its over. :) :)
silverlady x
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We'll eat about 2pm. Bought a turkey crown and gammon joint a couple of weeks ago. DD is getting the rest. Nice relaxed one for me this year :)
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We're still discussing it!
I bought a gammon joint but haven't done one before. I intend to par boil it then roast it with potatoes in the oven.
Not sure what fat to put in to roast it though. Or how to make gravy to go with it. Any ideas anyone? I'm hopeless!
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My family is small but this year I feel rather anxious about cooking. I feel a bit panicky that it will all go wrong,or I will burst into tears, or someone won't like any of it. Hubby says he'll help but to be honest, his help will consist of standing in the kitchen saying "what do you want me to do" and that will panic me even more. He has never cooked anything since we were married so he can't help much.
I don't remember worrying in the past, I must be having a funny phase.
Hubby and I don't make a big fuss about Xmas food as we don't get many visitors and it just goes to waste. Apart from Xmas day, we buy the same as we usually buy the rest of the year.
It will be turkey, roast and mashed potatoes, gravy, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower cheese and yorkshire puds (well everyone loves them so we have to have them ;) )
For dessert there will be a trifle and a strawberry cheesecake.
My son doesn't like turkey or chicken though and he will probably have a home made venison pie.
ariadne xx
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My family would be mortified if I changed the menu. Turkey with all the trimmings and home made Christmas pud with Brandy sauce. I try to vary starters but they usually complain if there are no prawns! We always start the day with a big cooked brekkie with smoked salmon scrambled eggs. We don't eat until it's dark and we can light all of the candles. Usually go for a walk in between. I don't know how people manage to do lunch at lunchtime then go to relatives for tea as some of my colleagues seem to do, I would never manage that much food. :)
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We never manage a breakfast on Christmas Day as we have always filled up on chocolate from our stockings! Maybe that's why the thought of dinner and tea is a bit alien Susie? Not sure I would be able to manage a cooked brekkie and a dinner followed by a tea!
Taz x
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We have bacon rolls for breakfast. Christmas meal around 2pm. No set meal for tea time just pick at bits.
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We have a cooked breakfast,traditional Christmas dinner at whatever time it's ready.Usually between 2.30-3.30.
Then we have nibbles,chocs etc in the evening.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all! :)
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I bought a gammon joint but haven't done one before. I intend to par boil it then roast it with potatoes in the oven.
I do a gammon joint every year. I boil it with half and onion, 2 bay leaves and a chopped carrot. Depending on how big it is - work on about 20 mins per pound- just simmer it. I then serve it hot or cold. It makes fantastic flavoured ham/ gammon. If I'm having it for mains I often do Cumberland sauce with it - gravy just wouldn't work. Delia has a good recipe for this. If you don't like fruity things, parsley sauce is good with small roast potatoes roasted with sprinkled cheese on the top. Yummy!!
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We're still discussing it!
I bought a gammon joint but haven't done one before. I intend to par boil it then roast it with potatoes in the oven.
Not sure what fat to put in to roast it though. Or how to make gravy to go with it. Any ideas anyone? I'm hopeless!
If you par-boil it first it's nice to then strip the top layer of fat off and rub some honey and mustard on it before popping it into the oven. I've never added any fat, quite a lot of moisture leaks out during cooking anyway so use that to baste it with.
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Ours will be fairly traditional - my brother-in-law is bringing the appetizers (he's a chef) and I'll be doing a turkey crown with all the trimmings. Then it'll be Xmas pud with rum sauce and brandy butter plus something else for my hubby who doesn't like it. Followed by cheese and biscuits of course - we normally sit down around 2.30/3pm but it's quite usual to be still sitting round the table nibbling and chatting for a good few hours after that :)
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We are having scrambled eggs with smoked salmon for breakfast,
Then we are going to my sister for dinner this year. There are 12 of us this year. dinner around 3pm -combination of smoked salmon, prawns and melon by choice, followed by Turkey and pheasant Normandy, roast potatoes, honeyed parsnips, and various other veg. My nephew's trifle, pavlova, Christmas pudding, ice creams, cheeseboard.
Paramedics on standby for resuscitation duties!
We sit round the table for hours too, chatting and playing games.
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Thanks suzie56 and greyhoundgal. Thing is I love the crackling so I want to try to get it crispy in the oven. Maybe I should do it separately in the oven. I like the sound of the cumberland sauce although OH hates anything sweet with meat! He hates the crackling too - we really are Jack Spratt and his wife!
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Does anyone make a timing list for the cooking. Most of the programmes on tv mention these.
Do you cook the turkey on Christmas morning or as some I know the night before?
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Pheasant, roasts, sprouts, peas, mash, Yorkshires ……. maybe pudding with brandy custard ….
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Traditional,turkey & all the trimmings.
Me- Xmas pud & brandy sauce and the others pavlova or Creme brûlée.
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We roast our Brussels in a little garlic oil drizzle with chopped bacon and Parmesan sprinkled on
Heaven x
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I do full roast dinners quite often through the year, so the thought doesn't worry me. But I DO write a timing sheet for Christmas dinner, as there are so many elements to remember! There will only be the two of us this year, but we will be having turkey (stuffed with Paxo!), pigs in blankets, sausagemeat and stuffing loaf, roast and mashed potatoes, sprouts (with bacon), carrots, cauli cheese and parsnips (glazed with maple syrup and wholegrain mustard), bread sauce, and proper gravy made with giblet stock.
I do all my prep on Christmas Eve, so all I have to do on the day itself if put stuff in the oven or on the hob at the right time - my timing list makes sure I don't forget anything when I'm distracted by pressies!
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I have already bought 3 pigs in blankets - that is, 3 small pottery pigs 'dressed' in a sack, a bale of straw and a blanket ;-). I will let Mum and Himself choose ………
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My daughter & SIL are providing beef for our dinner. I'm making chocolate mousse & a raspberry meringue pie. Not sure about starters, that's son & DIL's task, but expect it'll involve prawns & or smoked salmon.
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Butternut squash and porcini mushroom bake with apricots, roast potatoes. parsnips, carrots and tenderstem broccoli. :)
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Ooh that sounds a tasty alternative babyjane. Christmas meals are what we make of the company etc not the traditional fayre, though I do like a nicely roasted turkey. ::)
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Roasted turkey here too with; roast pots, mashed parsnips, sprouts, carrots, corn, cauliflower cheese, stuffing and giblet gravy with the turkey liver mashed into it. Then I'm not going to eat for a month, well maybe a turkey sandwich later! x
PS. Forgot the pigs in blankets and cranberry sauce - how could I?
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Having just seen a photo on FB from my son & DIL on honeymoon, they won't need feeding. The pair of them sitting with a 32oz steak with parmesan shavings between them. ;D ;D ;D
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Hubby is vegetarian, has been since he was 17. I tend to eat the same as he does :)
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Meal for one as DD will be with her dad this year, prob something nice from M&S food porn range so I don't have to do much washing up
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Hopefully a full Christmas dinner of turkey and trimmings if mr ethyl and I can cook it between us - it'll only be a week after chemo so I won't be up to running round like a headiest chicken ( turkey) so have ordered lots of pre prepped veg and a turkey crown for ease.