[snowdrops]

Do you then freeze the stock if the bones have been frozen?
I tend to stock the carcass at the end of the meal in the pan I mashed the spuds in, soaks the gunk off . Christmas Day at sons I broke it all up & put it the pressure cooker that I had taken the gravy in.

[mumofstig]

Yes....cook anything and it's safe to freeze it again 

[Mrs Bee]

Yes, no problems. You are heating the stock when you use it and the heat will kill any bugs.

I have been doing it for years and still here to tell the tale.

The Chinese keep stock pots simmering for years. They just keep adding scraps of meat and bones to the pot. They call them master stocks.

[snowdrops]

My parents gravy pan was like that

[sarajane]

Brekkie today was 2 very dry croissants turned into eggy bread with 3 of the many eggs we seem to have accumulated.  Oh and a big dollop of my strawberry jam on top.

[Yorkie]

Pudding this evening was mince pies and custard 

[mumofstig]

Please send me some through the line - I could just fancy some of that right now  mine have all gone!

[Beetroot Queen]

Oh my I havent had a mince pie all Christmas, I am not sure I actually like them but I keeo trying

[Yorkie]

Please send me some through the line - I could just fancy some of that right now  mine have all gone!

Of course - made by my Mum or by Thomas the Baker? 

[mumofstig]

Mum's are usually best - unless you know different

[sarajane]

All this talk of mince pies has reminded me that I froze extra pastry to make more and forgot all about it.  More pies for next weekend maybe.

[RJR_38]

Oh my I havent had a mince pie all Christmas, I am not sure I actually like them but I keeo trying

My husband said that and the tried the Heston ones from Waitrose... Very different to 'normal' one but yum and niw he is addicted

[Mrs Bee]

I hated mince pies until I started making my own mincemeat in my twenties. So it is the commercial mincemeat and mince pies I don't like.

Several of my son's friends say the same. Guess where they congregate at Christmas!

[New shoot]

Apart from some meat and cheese in the freezer (which I'm not counting), I am finally there 

Tonight's tea is a mixed platter of ham, salami, cheese and olives, with some salad and crusty bread added.  There are still choccies around, but I'm trying to ignore them as well 

[Mrs Bee]

Glad you agree with me and GrannieAnnie, Mrs Bee 

I really must put my glasses on when I read the posts.