Grape and melon, and chicken and cheese terrine with rocket salad for the starters.
Roast turkey crown, homemade sausage/sage/onion stuffing, chipolatas wrapped in bacon, sprouts, baton carrots, roast potatoes, parsnips, bread and cranberry sauces, and proper gravy.
We usually have the pudding in the evening, after a light meal of snacky things because we are too full for it after lunch.
Duck, carrots, red cabbage and potato croquettes. I don't have the red cabbage as I don't like it but I eat the rest. Then we have the Christmas cake (which is just a plain Madeira cake iced with rolled up icing) afterwards. We always eat it in the evening though rather than at lunchtime.
Lunch: roast turkey, honey-glazed roast gammon, sage stuffing (made with bread and a little bit of potato), roast potatoes, cream potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce (I make it, it's easy peasy ), gravy, steamed carrots and brussels sprouts.
A wait, then homemade sherry trifle with custard and/or cream.
Kelly Bronze turkey crown, cranberry sauce, roast spuds done in duck fat, green beans, glazed carrots, lemon stuffing balls, Sausage wrapped in bacon, sprouts sauteed with pancetta, chestnuts and toasted pinenuts along with a splash of Marsala, brandy cream.Giblet gravy.
Dessert, Xmas pud with brandy cream (for the others, not me).
Chicken jalfrezi this year. Always wanted to be different and now's the chance, oven's bolllxed and we can cook it on the hob. Going out for Christmas dinner on Boxing day though.
I shall amble down tio the butchers after work today or tomorrow and see what's good for Saturday.
Likely grab a venison steak if they have one (and it looks good) which I would probably have with honey roast parsnips, portabello mushrooms and either roast corgette or roast shallots (did something similar the other week and ).
I have a Fru Key Lime pie for dessert if I need one.
We're at my mum and dad's this year so it will be either fruit or soup (I'll have fruit - soup is a meal in my eyes and I can never manage anything else afterwards!), turkey with all the usual bits and pieces, then either Christmas pud or a Black Forest trifle for pud.
She told us on Sunday that she's also got sausage rolls and veggie rolls, Indian snacks, nuts, crisps etc for tea. I can never manage much although I can't resist a stuffing sandwich!
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Turkey leftovers later on in the day as we have our Christmas dinner on Christmas eve.
What vegetables do you have?
Roast turkey crown, homemade sausage/sage/onion stuffing, chipolatas wrapped in bacon, sprouts, baton carrots, roast potatoes, parsnips, bread and cranberry sauces, and proper gravy.
We usually have the pudding in the evening, after a light meal of snacky things because we are too full for it after lunch.
Lunch: roast turkey, honey-glazed roast gammon, sage stuffing (made with bread and a little bit of potato), roast potatoes, cream potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce (I make it, it's easy peasy
A wait, then homemade sherry trifle with custard and/or cream.
Cake for dessert, normally something from Patisserie Valerie unless someone attending gets all brave and decides to make one.
All washed down with ridiculous amounts of alcohol, which IMO is the True Meaning of Christmas
Then nut roast (because I don't like turkey), sausages wrapped in bacon, stuffing, roast potatoes, roast carrots, roasted onions, cabbage and gravy.
Then everyone else has Christmas pudding if they have room
Carrots,peas and broccoli
Kelly Bronze turkey crown, cranberry sauce, roast spuds done in duck fat, green beans, glazed carrots, lemon stuffing balls, Sausage wrapped in bacon, sprouts sauteed with pancetta, chestnuts and toasted pinenuts along with a splash of Marsala, brandy cream.Giblet gravy.
Dessert, Xmas pud with brandy cream (for the others, not me).
Champagne by the bucketload!
Likely grab a venison steak if they have one (and it looks good) which I would probably have with honey roast parsnips, portabello mushrooms and either roast corgette or roast shallots (did something similar the other week and
I have a Fru Key Lime pie for dessert if I need one.
She told us on Sunday that she's also got sausage rolls and veggie rolls, Indian snacks, nuts, crisps etc for tea. I can never manage much although I can't resist a stuffing sandwich!
No starter
Roast rib of beef, yorkshire pudding,parsnips, peas, carrots and roasties
Eton mess
Lots of champagne,
Turkey, gammon, sausages wrapped in bacon, cooked ready salted crisps, parsnips, carrots, sprouts, peas, mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, stuffing, gravy.
Always stuffed after that, but we have christmas pudding, black forest gateau, cheese and biscuits.
+ Loads of drink
What are "cooked ready salted crisps"?:eek:
It's just a couple packets of ready salted crisps tipped onto a tray and cooked in the oven.
A little odd maybe
I'll need to order our Turkey Crown from Waitrose soon as well.
I switched my sprouts on a fortnight ago, they should be cooked just right by Christmas.