Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Topic started by: Goosegirl on December 18, 2023, 10:16
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I've got a chicken breast wrapped in prosciutto ham with pots and asparagus spears followed by raspberries and ice cream. For some reason I couldn't get Green Giant tinned asparagus so had to get some Epicure tins.
What's your plans?
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Turkey & Beef with all the trimmings, and Yorkshire puddings... yes, you read that right... and Yorkshire puddings! :)
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Locally sourced chicken breast, with local chipolatas (Korkers) and Tesco Finest streaky bacon! Veg will be Roast potatoes, own carrots from the deep trays outside, PSB and some steamed Birdseye stuff!
Not sure about afters, raas and icecream seems like a great idea! Maybe make an alcoholic trifle...
And there's some fabulous white Rioja around, it's a bargain at the moment, so that's the general picture!
Lily the dog will have a couple of those rawhide 'shoes', which may last more than ten minutes...
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I'm going Greek Christmas, with a leg of lamb braised in mint gravy, broccoli, carrots and roasted spuds. HM raspberry cheesecake for pud, or mince pies and icecream for anyone who fancies that instead, or as well :lol:
Have Mavrodaphne to go with it, plus a Spumante to go with pud ;)
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Avocado and prawn salad to start, followed by turkey, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots, sprouts and swede(mashed with butter and garlic). For desert, we have a couple of individual puddings (which I don't like) but hopefully Auntie has left me a corner of the advocaat ice cream box that I made yesterday to try. I've never made it before, but a sherry before lunch and a snowball mid morning are de rigour here. Horaay, I got them round the right way - advocaat or advocado! :lol:
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Well you'll never guess what were having
Brought in Madras curry on Christmas eve dished up Christmas day Sorry we dont celebrate Christmas since my Son's been
Gone, it just seems pointless for 2 of us, sorry to be a ' bar humbug '
Alcoholic Trifle for afters if we have room :)
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You're not being a bah humbug, Mrs Pea - it must be incredibly difficult for you both
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We'll have beef as usual, with probably lemon tart or ice cream for pudding (my niece's request). I shall be cutting mine up very small as I had a bike accident about 3 weeks ago and will need dental treatment :ohmy:
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Turkey & Beef with all the trimmings, and Yorkshire puddings... yes, you read that right... and Yorkshire puddings! :)
Nowt wrong with Yorkshire puddings on Christmas Day, we always have them and always did at home, my nephew is taking a pile of them with him to his partner’s house to share this wonderful tradition with his ‘new’ family
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We'll have beef as usual, with probably lemon tart or ice cream for pudding (my niece's request). I shall be cutting mine up very small as I had a bike accident about 3 weeks ago and will need dental treatment :ohmy:
Oh no Yorkie, I’m sorry to hear that, hope you’re better soon
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Well after much discussion we’re having baked Camembert with antipasto meats etc & some bread for dipping in the cheese.
Roast ribs of beef, potatoes & parsnips, cauliflower cheese (already in the freezer ready), sprouts from the plot with bacon & roasted (I think, I’m not in charge lol ) peas & carrots, carrots are always cut into tree shapes -just on Christmas Day, so I hope my daughter remembers. Of daughter wants stuffing, so she’s making that, I’m doing the gravy as I’m cooking the beef here as daughter is out on Christmas morning.
Afters is a chocolate & ginger slice (I’m making this) & a cheese board. Mince pies & petit for biscuits if anyone wants them. And for me a brandy with my coffee :D
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We'll be having whatever Cara puts on the table ;)
I believe turkey with our own veg but I'll be making bread sauce to go with it. Yes, I'm the only one who likes it apparently so it's all mine!
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Son #2 is making Badaami murgh (chicken smothered in aromatic herbs and almonds) served with Emperor's pilaf. He is a skilled cook! I might help if he wants me to, we've made this together before.
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We're at our son and daughter in law. My understanding is prawn cocktail, roast turkey and beef with assorted veg and yorkshire puds. Dessert is a yummy chocolate trifle or mince pies followed by cheese. I'll be sipping prosecco while the others are on red wine.
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I love prawn cocktail as long as the lettuce isn't dripping with water and the Rose Marie sauce is thick and tangy.
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so many lovely Christmas dinners we've decided to have a large free range chicken this year with all the trimmings and Christmas pud the point is who's doing the washing up I know your going to leave the table after filling your face dump yourself in your favourite chair and go into nodlland wake me up dear when its time for tea so what about the washing up ?
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Paul is a four year at college trained chef, I'm only a 'cook'. He cooks, I wash up as we go along, although he moans that I clear up too quickly behind him. I always do the starter and the dessert though. The worst year we ever had was when my youngest daughter came home who was in her second year at catering college and I got continuous calls of 'Paul, Mum's doing it wrong'.
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My husband is a trained chef and used to make the most marvellous meals. He also had the innate knowledge of how to use left-overs. His turkey or Guinea fowl broth with a dollop of double cream was to die for! As said by wighty, he cooked and I washed up as we went along. We had to because the size of the kitchen in our previous home you could put on a postage stamp!
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Being married to a chef is not a really good thing. I like slow cooking, Paul always put everything on the hottest heat and 'boils' it to death.
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Meet in the middle and let it simmer! :mad:
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Aldi's fresh bronze gobbler with giblets and all the trimmings. The bird will be 'flying inverted' in the oven. Been in the shed constructing a little something to support the beast. To be eaten on the 26th, we're off to the brother in laws (who happens to be my beloved's brother) for Christmas dinner.
Cheers Tony. :lol:
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you know I said in my previous reply we where having a free range chicken with all the trimmings well its all changed we went to Tesco the other day and her indoors seen a lovely Turkey crown on offer with you cub card of cause so its got to be a must have it but I have to say it looked very nice and fresh so its now a Turkey crown with all the trimmings I'm keeping the fresh chicken for anther occasion and we forgot the cranberry sauce went to lydl sold out then to our local co-op sold out the to or local cost cutters sold out so we ended up with a jar of redcurrant jelly nearly the same :D I said no more food shopping we've done enough this year but then there's boxing day sales O' no :(
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We've been to Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons and the Co-op and nobody is doing breaded camembert this year as a starter. We've managed to get some Brie with a 'puffed rice crust' and I do have redcurrant jelly in the cupboard so that will have to do I suppose. I'll get Paul to drop me off at Sainsbury's tomorrow in Freshwater for one last look. I can't on Christmas Eve, start my meal without a cheese type starter as we have fish as the main course.
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WARNING... Look away lass
French onion soup for starters.
Mains...
Goose (hate that dry boring tasteless meat called turkey)
Roasties done in goose fat
Bit of mash and veg.
Christmas pudding for pud
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To each their own Aidy...
... but Mrs. Subversive makes the most savory, succulent, tender roast turkey on the planet (my favorite meal of the year is centered around roast turkey, our Thanksgiving holiday in late November).