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Old 08-12-2010, 01:15
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I don't think we will. There's just the 2 of us for the 1st time for many years, so I think we're going to have roast leg of lamb with Yorkshire pud, sprouts etc.

Will you be having turkey do you think? What size bird will you get, or will you just get a crown?
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Old 08-12-2010, 01:23
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well hopefully be having the full christmas dinner tukey sprouts ect ect and yes we always do but last years were crap they where to small, think the were meant for children
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Old 08-12-2010, 01:32
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Well our Traditional Christmas Dinner, has different meats, usually Beef, Chicken, Pork (and a little bit of Turkey for me)

But our family don't have Christmas Dinner until Boxing Day, so what I am saying is our Traditional is not other peoples traditional.
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Old 08-12-2010, 01:38
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Yes we are!
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Old 08-12-2010, 08:56
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My Mum gets the biggest Turkey she can we also have a slab of pork and buy a big leg of ham so as well as having a traditional Christmas dinner we also have cold meats / sandwiches in the evening, turkey, chips, coleslaw and salad boxing day, another mini roast at some point and a turkey curry

I don't live at home any more so wont be partaking in the Boxing day ritual - I make a load of party food Boxing day afternoon and that does us for lunch / dinner.
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Old 08-12-2010, 09:34
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I've ordered a 15lb bird from the butchers.

We have it on Christmas Eve, full tummies = good nights sleep and nobody has to cook on Christmas day (except the scallops wrapped in bacon). So we can get on with the serious business of drinking champagne.
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Old 08-12-2010, 09:40
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No

Gutted. I'm working over Christmas and won't be able to get the good sit down with the family enjoying the full whack.

However...

I DO plan to get those joint roasts that come in tin trays (maybe beef and gammon, maybe a wee turkey one too), roast them and cut them up and use the meat for salads / sandwiches to have while i'm working. The roasty potatoes will have to wait
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Old 08-12-2010, 09:51
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My 'traditional Christmas dinner' avoids turkey, sprouts, christmas pudding, mince oies, 'pigs in blankets' and any other of the usual rubbish that most seem insist upon.
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Old 08-12-2010, 10:02
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We always buy a stuffed turkey crown from M&S, just got it this weekend, we have that with a big tin of roast veggies (butternut squash, potatoes, selection of peppers, onions, mushrooms, parsnips, carrots) done in olive oil, herbs and honey. Then we have my hubby's yorkshires which are the BEST ever! Homemade gravy and fresh greens. Our oldest DD who doesn't live at home would go nuts if she didn't get all of that LOL (not that we mind cos we'd do it anyway)
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Old 08-12-2010, 10:23
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I'm hoping I get the whole thing this year. Last year my family was going to my then boyfriend's family for dinner but they had a fire on x-mas day and we ended up with a Chinese takeaway that night, so I'm hoping a lot that this year I get the whole Christmas Dinner
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Old 08-12-2010, 10:39
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I'll be doing the same as the last 4 years!!

To the inlaws on Xmas day, all our lass's family is there, uncles, aunts, cousins ect and we all sit down round a big table with the usual, turkey,stuffing, pigs in blankets, yorkies, veggies and gravy. Then on the night a buffet table with pies, pastys, cold meats ect.

Then boxing day the same folks all go to her aunts house where we drink all day, have a mid day buffet but a bit more exotic with flavoured meats, chilli, BBQ chicken ect, chillie burgers, and all the salad buffet trimmings, then boxing day night her aunt does a chilli con carne and a chicken curry.

New years day we go to a different aunts who does another buffet with the traditional cold meats, pork pies, pickled onions, chips ect.

After ever one we get sent home with all the leftovers wrapped in tin foil to enjoy for the rest of the week.

It might sound mundane to others but after working in a kitchen on Xmas day for 6 years I wouldn't change it for the world!!
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Old 08-12-2010, 10:44
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I'll be doing the same as the last 4 years!!

To the inlaws on Xmas day, all our lass's family is there, uncles, aunts, cousins ect and we all sit down round a big table with the usual, turkey,stuffing, pigs in blankets, yorkies, veggies and gravy. Then on the night a buffet table with pies, pastys, cold meats ect.

Then boxing day the same folks all go to her aunts house where we drink all day, have a mid day buffet but a bit more exotic with flavoured meats, chilli, BBQ chicken ect, chillie burgers, and all the salad buffet trimmings, then boxing day night her aunt does a chilli con carne and a chicken curry.

New years day we go to a different aunts who does another buffet with the traditional cold meats, pork pies, pickled onions, chips ect.

After ever one we get sent home with all the leftovers wrapped in tin foil to enjoy for the rest of the week.

It might sound mundane to others but after working in a kitchen on Xmas day for 6 years I wouldn't change it for the world!!
Not mundane, yummy!!
I.m cooking for about 25 people over 2 days, all traditional stuff washed down with champagne or real ale from the barrels that we get in for the occasion. Then I'll spend January trying to loose weight, Ho Hum.
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Old 08-12-2010, 10:49
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Ooooooooooh i forgot the pigs in blankets!
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Old 08-12-2010, 13:22
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We're having duck, red cabbage, carrots and spuds but I'm having duck, carrots and potato croquettes as I don't like re cabbage or boiled potatoes. Mum and dad sometimes have a glass of wine with it and I have diet coke as I don't drink wine.
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Old 08-12-2010, 13:29
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Yes. We're going to my mum and dad's this year - she's already asked us for our choices for starter and pud!

I'll be having fruit to start, others are having soup but I can't manage soup and a main meal. Mum will do a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings (she makes the best stuffing in the world so there will be plenty of that - 3 varities!) then she's doing Christmas pud (ick), apple pie or Black Forest trifle as pud.

Add far too many glasses of wine as neither of us will have to drive as we're sleeping over and that'll be the entire family apart from the kids fast asleep all evening!
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Old 08-12-2010, 13:29
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We're having duck, red cabbage, carrots and spuds but I'm having duck, carrots and potato croquettes as I don't like re cabbage or boiled potatoes. Mum and dad sometimes have a glass of wine with it and I have diet coke as I don't drink wine.

Ohh I love duck, when I have Children and no longer go to the inlaws duck will be on my table. In fact I might even have a 3 bird roast, a chicken stuffed inside a duck which is then stuffed inside a goose!!! Bloody yummylicious!!
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Old 08-12-2010, 14:17
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Ohh I love duck, when I have Children and no longer go to the inlaws duck will be on my table. In fact I might even have a 3 bird roast, a chicken stuffed inside a duck which is then stuffed inside a goose!!! Bloody yummylicious!!
Sounds nice What does everyone usually have for dessert? We'll probably have some "homemade" Christmas cake after dinner (which is just an iced madeira cake really!) None of us can eat Christmas puddings or other rich food.
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Old 08-12-2010, 14:21
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No starter for us

Beef and turkey for main with all the trimmings

Some sort of roulade or pavlova - something nice and light
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Old 08-12-2010, 14:42
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I wouldn't have Turkey but I always get over-ruled, even though I have to cook the bloody thing!
So as we have to have Turkey, this year I thought we may as well get the decent stuff so i've ordered a Kelly Bronze crown. And it had better be good the bleeding price it was!

Won't bother with a starter but im doing a potato and leek soup for everyone else. I'll serve the turkey with roasties, roast parsnips, glazed carrots, sprouts sauteed with bacon and chestnuts, bacon wrapped sausages, peas, homemade gravy and cranberry sauce. I don't do desserts as i'm not keen on sweet stuff but the others will have Xmas pud and brandy cream.

Oh yes, Champers will be flowing all over Christmas & New Year, it's our one real indulgence over the festive period!
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Old 08-12-2010, 14:49
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My 'traditional Christmas dinner' avoids turkey, sprouts, christmas pudding, mince oies, 'pigs in blankets' and any other of the usual rubbish that most seem insist upon.
Many people eat those things because they like them.
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Old 08-12-2010, 14:56
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Many people eat those things because they like them.
+1. Sounds like some people want to be different for the sake of it.
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Old 08-12-2010, 15:16
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+1. Sounds like some people want to be different for the sake of it.
Well, it's fine if one doesn't like traditional Christmas food, but that the rest aren't all drones who eat things because they're Christmassy. I don't like Christmas pud but I love all other Christmas food unapologetically.
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Old 08-12-2010, 15:21
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We are having the traditional turkey with all the trimmings and really enjoy it . If anything I think I actually enjoy cooking it more than eating it. Of course having easy access to the wine cooling in the fridge has nothing to do with it!!
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Old 08-12-2010, 15:54
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We are having the traditional turkey with all the trimmings and really enjoy it . If anything I think I actually enjoy cooking it more than eating it. Of course having easy access to the wine cooling in the fridge has nothing to do with it!!
I prefer cooking it as well. We have ours about 6 in the evening so i'm usually three sheets to the wind by then and often leave something in the oven to warm and only remember about 2 hours later. Last year I think it was it was the parsnips!
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Old 08-12-2010, 16:04
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A good tip is to prepare, cook and dish as much as you can of your veg in the morning. Then cover in clingfilm and microwave it just before serving. It tastes just the same and it means you're not faffing about with more pans than you've got burners on your cooker. Wash all pans and then you've just got one big roasting tray to do the meat, spuds, parsnips, sausages wrapped in bacon etc. If you can get some giblets from the butcher, make your gravy the day before.

Long ago I stopped running around at the last minute, steamed up kitchen, hot and bothered etc. Get as much as you possibly can done in advance and it really is a piece of piss!
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