Michelle Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 What's gonna be on your table on Christmas Day? Who's making a traditional dinner, and who's doing something different? And for those in the UK, as turkey is traditional for Thanksgiving, do you do it again, or go for something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Hopefully: Game casserole on Christmas eve evening. Smoked salmon, Goose Christmas pud on Christmas day "lunch". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Christmas dinner will be cooked by my Mum (I don't even have an oven so I'm going home for the holidays!) and will usually go like this: Christmas Eve dinner: Fresh cooked ham (still hot) with chips and veg Christmas Day breakfast: (cooked by Dad!) More ham (cold this time) with smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, toast and bucks fizz Christmas Dinner: (about 5pm Christmas Day) Massive turkey, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, steamed sprouts and carrots, plus cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon, Mum's special sausage meat stuffing and loads of proper gravy followed by Christmas pudding for my Dad and squidgy chocolate sponges for Mum, brother and I (although that's a surprise I'm bringing along) Christmas dinner is my favourite part of Christmas day Jo xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well, I'm a lucky so-&-so - I get 2 lunches - teeheehee! For Yule (which is this Wednesday) I'll be getting together with a few buddies for a pot-luck dinner where everyone brings something - as there are usually the 3 of us, we usually take a course each & try to out-do each other every year (we change courses every year). on the rare occasion when there's a fourth, it's their job to choose a nice bottle of wine - LOL! For Christmas, I get together with the reat of my family. This year there'll be myself & Dale, my sister, Leni, & her husband, Russell, my Dad, & possibly our two buddies, John & Katy. on our menu will be the following: Starters: Carrot & Orange Soup or Melon Fan. Main Course: Choice of either roast turkey or roast beef. Mashed potaoes & roast potatoes Sweet potato & swede mash (delicious!) Baby carrots Roast parsnip & butternut squash Skirlie, as well as sage & onion stuffing Gravy & cranberry sauce and brussel sprouts for my Dad - he's the only one who'll eat them - LOL! Dessert: Choice of either: Traditional Christmas Pudding with Rum Sauce Melt-in-the-middle Chocolate pudding with Tia Maria cream This will all happen at around 1:30-ish. Later, at about 7:30pm-ish, there'll be a buffet supper with such delicacies as meat & potatoe pie, apple pie, mince pies, Christmas cake, & various party-type nibbles, as the neighbours usually come through. Mulled wine will be served throughout the day apart from at breakfast (when Dale & I will be having Bucks Fizz with toasted bagels topped with cream cheese & pastrami at around 6:30am - start the day with a bit of booze - LOL!) & lunch (when we'll have champagne to toast each other). After all that, I will feel like I won't want to eat again for a week, but come Boxing Day, I'll be polishing off more grub & feeling like a complete pig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiral Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Mulled wine will be served throughout the day apart from at breakfast (when Dale & I will be having Bucks Fizz with toasted bagels topped with cream cheese & pastrami at around 6:30am - start the day with a bit of booze - LOL!) & lunch (when we'll have champagne to toast each other). 6.30am!!! Good grief, it's the one day of the year I insist on a lie in ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Because we're not staying here for Christmas, we'l be getting picked up to go to Dad's. We like to have time to open our presents to each other in private before seeing anyone else. We have to get to Dad's early enough to cook lunch from scratch to be ready for 1:30-ish & he lives a 30 minute drive away, so the day starts early. No earlier than usual - I'm up by 6am on weekdays anyway & I'm usually up by 8am on weekends too - busy, busy, busy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Most of the family dislike turkey, so Christmas Day:- Roast Beef Roast Potatoes with garlic and Rosemary Parsnips Carrot Mangetout Yorkies Red wine gravy Christmas pudding and clotted cream Boxing Day :- Lunch - cold buffet Evening meal :- lobster - (lovingly prepared by by my husband John, cos I will have wilted by then!!) :santawave: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Ooh, I forgot about the Yorkshire puds! Thanks for reminding me, Angel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I really recommend goose for people who are bored of turkey. Although this year there may be too many in the house for a goose - and I've been trying to find out abuot brining turkeys before cooking them. It sounds like the thing that suddenly changes the bird from bland to wonderful. I expect it will be roast tatties, beans, a parsnip/carrot mash and sprouts on the table with the goose. I hope we get roast parnsips but I'm not sure there's enough room in the oven. Also on Christmas Day: German sweetish wine, maybe a spatlase. White burgundy Decent bordeaux Dessert wine (loupiac/sauternes) Vintage port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Going to get the wine and rest of booze tomorrow. I've always wanted to try goose, Rick Stein was showing last nite. maybe next year when we've got a bit more money and the kids more adventurous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I discovered today that we are NOT getting our pay early like we expected, but are instead getting it on the same day as usual - the last banking day of the month, which will be the 29th. Am SOOOOOO annoyed! Could've done with gettign the moey a few days early & being able to get a few last-second things in time for the festivities! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 That is a pain, BUT... that gap from an early December pay to a normal January one can be a nightmare!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 Our Christmas dinner will be for us and my mum, and will just be a usual Sunday roast really. The nice thing is that Glen cooks it, because he likes cooking roasts. Bad thing.. I'll probably get the mess he makes to clean up! lol So... Turkey for us, chicken for Glen (fussy sod!) Roast potatoes and mashed potatoes (he always does both ) Parsnips Sausages in bacon (not usual.. requested by me!) Variety of veggies Followed by Christmas pud for us Possibly mince pie instead for mum Probably ice cream for the girls! We don't even know what time we're eating.. late afternoon will probably suit, so that'll mean some sort of snack at lunchtime, whilst we're waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Goose isn't really that adventurous. It's nice flavours, though, like a more flavoursome turkey. Not that gamey, so not very "difficult". Does anybody know anything about brining birds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sausages in bacon (not usual.. requested by me!) My sister has informed me that she's doing these too, despite the fact that she's demi-vegitarian & won't be eating them herself (bless her little cotton socks!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Does anybody know anything about brining birds? No, and it sounds like a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiral Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I'm impressed by everyone's cooking skills. Thankfully for everyone concerned, I'm not cooking Christmas dinner, we're eating out this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 We've done that a couple of times, and went to a Harvester. It was nice, but I missed my turkey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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