The Christmas Dinner Thread

[Barmaid]

Yes, I know its only November, but if I have half a chance of being ready on time this year, I have to start thinking about it now.

Christmas Day my brother and his gf are entertaining us all to lunch. Roast pork, apple sauce etc. (I'm providing some stuff and another question will follow shortly)

Boxing Day I'm cooking for the OH and his daughter. Turkey has been requested. So this morning I tried to order a Norfolk Black. Seventy two ****** quid they wanted. SEVENTY TWO QUID?! For a turkey? I want a bird, not the whole damn farm. As one friend said to me, what has it been fed on? Hand peeled grapes whilst laying on a chaise longue? So it's an Aldi turkey crown....... with brussels and pancetta, turmeric and chilli roasted spuds, pistachio and mergoz sausage stuffing, gravy and whatever other veg I decide to serve up.

So, have you decided on your Christmas meal? What's it to be? Should I shut up (I've got about 3 questions all Christmas related lol).

Over to you....

[Barmaid]

Yeah so do I McFluff.

Zebo, I agree. Certainly not at that price. By the time I've finished f****** about with it, he wont know it was an Aldi Turkey crown :)

[mccfluff]

please don't **** the turkey crown, I am not bailing you out AGAIN

[EcclesCake]

Ladies, step away from my figs and dolcelatte. You could sustain serious injuries........

[mccfluff]

a few more injuries to add to the list, worth it for figs,cheese n ham

[tamaris]

I am on my own but I will have a proper Christmas lunch with all the trimmings.

[Barmaid]

I'm on my own a lot of the time Tamaris, I sometime just cant be bothered to cook just for me. On the other hand, it sometimes feels really nice to cook yourself something special, doesnt it? Just for you, to spoil yourself.

McFluff and Eccles, behave...........

[tamaris]

I like cooking so I don't mind. What will you do on Xmas day Barmaid ?

[tamaris]

Sorry Barmaid you said what u will do .

[EcclesCake]

I had a fabulous Christmas on my own a few years ago. A bottle of bubbles, fajitas to eat and dreadful TV I was in seventh heaven.

Trying to keep the neighbours at bay was my biggest challenge.

I would often do a roast dinner for myself when home alone. The hardest aspect is buying loose veg so you don't end up with half a tonne of sprouts or whatever.

[mccfluff]

i am getting annoyed with the sprout sellers, sainsburys are the only ones doing them loose. As much as I love them I can't go through a whole bag that quickly....

[Purist]

I will probably cook turkey and whatever other meats I can find with a wheelbarrow full of sprouts on the side :)

[Barmaid]

I had a Christmas alone, Eccles, I ate bung in the oven nonsense from M&S, drank a nice couple of bottles of crisp white and watched back to back Sharpe. It was excellent.....

Hmmmm, sprouts. I can buy as few or as many as I need from the farm shop. I only EVER buy them for Christmas lunch. Do you guys eat them the rest of the time? Personally I hate them, but they are OK sauteed with some herbs and pancetta.

[EcclesCake]

I do eat sprouts through winter. I like them roasted with echallion shallots, finished with a squeeze of lemon.

Shredded and cooked off with some fried onion and pancetta a glue of cream and a handful of Parmesan is good too.

[Islay]

Wants 1/2 a fig and goats cheese now!!

[mccfluff]

sprouts shredded and stirfried or steamed with oyster sauce are bloody gorg. I start eating them as soon as they come into season.

[EcclesCake]

I think others get unnecessarily hung up on someone being alone at Christmas, I had a great day. Most importantly I wasn't subjected to another families rituals and their Great Aunt Maud getting squiffy on the sherry before lunch.

[mccfluff]

glue cream.... :-D

proper got the giggles now

[mccfluff]

its another day for me, i'm happy on my own and there is usually some rubbish on telly for me to watch

[DTCwordfan]

will be at my sister's - she handles the CD meal, turkey and the trimmings, an organic one that does not cost £72 down here! Will be joined by another sister and niece (and possibly nephew as he is studying/finishing projects for his genetics finals) and then, the big news if we can get the logistics in place, my eldest daughter visiting (lives in the States but who is in Israel at the moment).

My sister's Xmas cake is stellar as well.......already made and just needs icing up.

[DTCwordfan]

Sprouts on now, per chance, Barmaid?