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Christmas Dinner

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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So what are you having this year ?

Good ol' traditional for me.

Turkey or chicken crown (chestnut filo parcel for me), brussels with chestnuts and butter, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots (maybe in sour cream and chives), chestnut stuffing ( homemade of course :) ) and Christmas pud ( though i did buy that :p ) Oooooo and proper gravy, not that shit made from granules :)

Tea will be chicken/turkey sarnies, pickles. Christmas cake and trifle.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Cheese on toast :P
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Traditional for us aswell. Can't remember everything my parents cook but I remember the important stuff....
    Turkey, Stuffing, Roast Potato's, Sausages wrapped in Bacon, Carrots, Bread Sauce (I DEMAND this every xmas), gravey e.t.c. There is more but I can't remember! :confused:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I made an early one for my friend and housemate on Sunday (shame I was too ill in the end to eat it!)
    I made

    Buttereed turkey breast
    Yorkshire puddings
    Roast potatoes in thyme
    Mashed potato
    Pork, sage and onion stuffing
    Brussels chopped and fried in butter with onion
    Cabbage
    Carrots
    Brocolli
    Devil's on horseback

    Gravy with the turkey juice.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    VinylVicky wrote:

    Yorkshire puddings


    :shocking: How the fuck did I forget the Yorkshire Puddings?!?!

    But how could you not include the sausages wrapped in bacon? lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    VinylVicky wrote:
    Gravy with the turkey juice.

    :thumb:

    It amazes me how some people have the skill, knowledge and patience to make a great roast dinner, from scratch then, ruin it with gravy granules.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    pill 'ed wrote:

    But how could you not include the sausages wrapped in bacon? lol
    that's what devils on horseback are you numpty :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    VinylVicky wrote:
    that's what devils on horseback are you numpty :p

    lol oh.... yeah I knew that :rolleyes:
    I was actually about to ask you what devils on horseback were lol. I've heard them being called something else before aswell but I can't remember what the hell it was.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    pill 'ed wrote:
    lol oh.... yeah I knew that :rolleyes:
    I was actually about to ask you what devils on horseback were lol. I've heard them being called something else before aswell but I can't remember what the hell it was.
    pigs in blankets
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    VinylVicky wrote:
    pigs in blankets

    I thought that was the American version of Toad in the Hole.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote:
    I thought that was the American version of Toad in the Hole.
    Either you or the yanks are wrong, veggie :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    roffle
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote:
    roffle
    I read that as raffle then!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It's the wordised version of ROFL. Used a lot on a gamesever i play on as we had a player called rofflecopter :)

    According to Wiki, a US pig in a blanket is.........
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote:
    According to Wiki, a US pig in a blanket is.........warm and cosy this time of year
    aw aren't they kind over there?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote:
    It's the wordised version of ROFL. Used a lot on a gamesever i play on as we had a player called rofflecopter :)

    According to Wiki, a US pig in a blanket is.........
    that's a fancy sausage roll if ever I saw one!
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    JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    It will probably be:

    Yorkshire Puds,
    Turkey,
    Sausages in Bacon,
    Turnips,
    Mash,
    Roast Potatos,
    Peas,
    Brocoli,
    Carrots,
    Sprouts.

    Christmas pud.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yummmmmmmmm. Christmas dinner. Oh how I'm looking forward to it.

    Pigs and blankets are lovellllyyy.

    Hopefully I won't ruin my christmas dinner this year by eating too much chocolate beforehand :blush:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Not sure what meat we're having..my sis and mum are having fish i think, randomly, and me , my bro and my dad are having Beef..but the rest is the usualy xmas grub..num num
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I am doing a silverside of beef for the non-veggies (that'd be everyone but me then) and I will probably whip myself up a vegetarian alternative that I haven't given any thought to yet.

    Other than that:

    Potatoes - boiled, roast and mashed
    Roasted carrots and parsnips
    Turnip
    Broccoli
    Cauliflower
    Yorkshire puddings
    Pigs in blankets
    Chestnut stuffing
    Bread & cabbage stuffing balls
    Grav-eh.

    For dessert I really want to have a bash at Nigella's Pomegranate Meringue Mountain :yum:, but in case that goes disastrously wrong we have Xmas pud and a Raspberry Pav too :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We are having Capon, much much nicer than dry old Turkey.
    I don't eat pork so my Mum makes 4 different kinds of stuffings.
    I hope to persuade her to make yorkshire puddings, I love them.
    All the veg, hopefully parsnips too.
    Lots of booze (and I'm in charge of wine buying for Christmas dinner, not sure what kind to get though)
    Trifle for pudding.

    YUM
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Smoked salmon and prawns for starter.

    full works for mains

    chocolate cake, xmas pud or trifle for desert.

    cheese and crackers..

    coffee

    sleep
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We're having duck, with yorkshire puds, veg, cranberry stuffing, venison sausages and lashings of gravy.

    I've got my eyes on a Duchy Originals Christmas pud, but its a tenner:(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote:
    So what are you having this year ?

    Good ol' traditional for me.

    Turkey or chicken crown (chestnut filo parcel for me), brussels with chestnuts and butter, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots (maybe in sour cream and chives), chestnut stuffing ( homemade of course :) ) and Christmas pud ( though i did buy that :p ) Oooooo and proper gravy, not that shit made from granules :)

    Tea will be chicken/turkey sarnies, pickles. Christmas cake and trifle.
    Bought a ready made turkey from Mackros. :yum:

    I dont know what else im having.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    HIT wrote:
    Bought a ready made turkey from Mackros. :yum:

    I dont know what else im having.

    What does a ready made turkey consist of?? i wont be plucking feathers or anything on ours...its ready made to go into the oven
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It's probably already stuffed.

    Can't see the point myself. But then I'm not a big fan of turkey.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turkey is awesome if its cooked right, im a big fan, we'll be having lamb or beef as well as another option, so i'll probably have a bit of both.

    i thought he meant like bernard matthews or something minging like that
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    koe_182 wrote:
    What does a ready made turkey consist of?? i wont be plucking feathers or anything on ours...its ready made to go into the oven
    Its an already cooked turkey crown, no feathers or anything. I cant stand turkey people make because I think its to dry, but this is nice.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm having a "traditional Christmas breakfast" at my aunties - if anyone wants to enlighten me as to what that is, then great :D

    Then we're having a traditional Christmas dinner - turkey, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, yorkshire pudding, pigs in blankets (or the Devils on horseback as Vicky called them, not the US version) various veg - not sure what yet.

    Then a nice buffet for tea, and hopefully some warm turkey sandwiches with my dad at 11:30pm for supper, because thats when he's officially off call and will sit and eat something that takes less than 2 minutes :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm doing Prawn Cocktail for starter - but like a right posh one from a Martha Stewart book - as I dont' eat fish my mother in law is bringing me a suprise starter apparently.

    Then a very expensive Organic Turkey (We've only paid the deposit so far and its £25), roasted sprouts, roasted spuds, and some vegetables I can't remember what I put on the list. Sausages and bacon and stuffing and proper gravey - i've even got some phesant stock to use but i'm not sure if it will go well with the turkey.

    Then Christmas pudding and chocolate tart - mmmm
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh I forgot starter! It's usually paté or soup. Might make some soup this year but then again it's so filling there's not much room for dinner.
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