Old style Preparations for Christmas 2010!!

zippychick · 30 July 2010 at 9:19PM

Right

I seen two Christmas threads running and it seems much more sensible to keep all the discussion together. I made myself the "starter" of this thread, so I can edit and add more links in as they come along!

So this will be the one running Old Style Christmas 2010 thread

I'll make this a kind of Christmas mega index if that makes sense!

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN THINK OF MORE FOR ME TO ADD! BOOKMARK THIS THREAD SO YOU HAVE ALL THE HANDY LINKS IN ONE PLACE! :j:D

Some linkies:D:A

Some existing threads from Special occasions board

New thrifty gifty Ogranised for christmas really long titled thread 2010

Money making for christmas long title again thread 2010

Crafting for christmas 2010!

Christmas 2010 let's get organised!

Year long project -nice idea to give cooks for christmas 2010

Christmas dinner threads:j

Cleaning the oven

Christmas dinner - preparing in advance

Christmas dinner- help it's my first!

Cheap Christmas dinner

What do you do for Christmas dinner?

Diabetic Christmas dinner

veggie Christmas dinner

Other useful specific food links :j

Potatoes

Frozen home made roast potatoes - and Pinks specific post

Crispy roast potatoes

The perfect mashed potato

What is the point in mashed potato? (use your leftover to make potato farls for boxing day brunch ! )

Freezing mashed potato

Sweet potatoes

Cooking and prepping various veg

Parsnips

Oodles of carrots

Cauliflower- recipe please?

Cauliflower cheese

Mushy peas

Spruce up your sprouts

Freezing sprouts

Gravies/sauces

Decent gravy please

Making gravy when you haven't had a roast

Bread sauce

Apple sauce

Making own cranberry sauce

Storing cranberry sauce

What to do with leftover cranberry sauce

HM Ham glaze

Homemade stuffing

Leftover stuffing

Meat Preparation/making stock/using up leftover meat

The best christmas turkey

Turkey crown

Leftover turkey

Turkey soup?

Defrosting turkey

Turkey mince

Turkey leg recipes

Freezing cooked turkey

:xmassmile

How to roast a whole chicken

Whole chicken in the slow cooker

Leftover chicken recipes please

How do i make my own chicken stock?

Chicken stock - how to make it in a slow cooker?

Chicken stock to soup

Chicken soup - how do i make it?

:xmassmile

Cooking a whole duck

What to do with duck stock?

:xmassmile

What to do with a gammon joint?

Cooking a gammon joint in the slow cooker

Gammon and coke

Exciting things with gammon?

gammon stock?

Leftover gammon

Salty gammon joint?

gravy/sauce to go with gammon?

Difference between gammon and ham?

:xmassmile

Partridge

Pheasant recipes/suggestions

Desert/sweet related

when is the right time to make a christmas cake

Iced marzipan - my first cake

Recipe for christmas cake

HM alcohol free christmas pud

Christmas pudding recipes?

Christmas pudding in slow cooker - is it possible?

Shortbread recipe

How do you use brandy butter?

Trifle

HM custard

What can i do with custard

Baileys cheesecake

Cream

how to use up single cream

Double cream

Clotted cream surplus

Can i freeze cream?

Cream refuses to whip

Over whipped double cream

Make your own ice cream

General Food:j

Homemade food gifts for the holidays

Home baked pressies

Vodka jelly

Christmas eve - dinner/tea

What do you have on your christmas day menu?

Christmas breakfast - ideas please

Christmas pudding flapjacks

Best Christmas recipes hunt

Christmas buffet ideas

Can i freeze cheese?

Cheese straws

Presents:j

Make your own Christmas booze

Flavoured vodka

Turning cheap vodka into expensive tasting vodka

Mulled wine recipe

Home made irish liquer

Homemade wine

Old Style Christmas presents

Homemade gifts

Homemade kids christmas gifts

General:j

Best Old Style moneysaving christmas hints and tips

How long after christmas day will you be food shopping?

Is anyone taking their OS hat off on Christmas day?

Christmas eve - what are you cooking today?

Christmas dinner -what did you learn?

We don't like turkey

New year old style resolutions

traditional new year meals

How long does wine keep when opened?

Wine to cook with

red wine stain help

bambam0074 · 31 July 2010 at 8:29PM

I know its still a while until Xmas, but have started to think what I can make for Xmas presents for friends and family..

Numerous ideas have come to mind such as..

Home made wine
Home made chocolate truffles
Home made pate
Home made preserves
Home made pickled veg
Home made flavoured oil
Home made Xmas fruit cake

All home made as you can tell :rotfl:

Anybody else any ideas? The other half took off with fits of laughter as he thought it was a pants idea, and likened me to his mother. Apparently a guy of 35 shouldnt be thinking this way, and I should join the WI with his mom !

Nargleblast · 31 July 2010 at 8:55PM

Tell your OH that Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver have been doing stuff like this for years and it hasn't done them any harm!

Try home made fruit liqueurs, biscuits, mince pies.
Also there are plenty of ideas around for non-edible home made stuff (clothing, cosmetics, soaps etc)

seraphina · 31 July 2010 at 8:58PM

Home made Granola
Home made sweets eg peanut brittle?

never too early for Christmas planning;)

funtime.franki_2 · 31 July 2010 at 11:01PM

I'm tryint to con my mother into making raspberry vodka for uni life

That could be an idea?

jaxx46 · 1 August 2010 at 4:54PM

Have a look on the special occasions forum, loads of ideas on there such as hampers, pots of gold and snowman soup amongst many other things.

noynoy · 1 August 2010 at 6:01PM

oooh dear im 32 and in the wi

but then ive been raised from a farming background ..luckily i think lol

learn to knit and crochet you can make loads then..get yarn from a charity shop i bought 6 large balls of lovely purple yarn for just £2 enough to make sil i squashy cosy jumper

DianneB · 1 August 2010 at 8:22PM

Go for it!! If my sons made any of those gifts I'd be delighted and very proud!! Get some beer brewing while your at it!!

Sorry just read your post again, I thought YOU were the guy of 35!! As your not, ignore him and get on with it!!

babyshoes · 1 August 2010 at 9:23PM

Jam is easier than most people think, as well as preserved fruit. This time of year you can find free fruit if you go foraging, and blackberry/bramble jelly is lovely!

thevicster · 1 August 2010 at 9:31PM

Bit of a lurker on this board but thought I'd add this;

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2920/christmas-muffin-mix

Seemed to go down quite well last Christmas

Gers · 1 August 2010 at 9:32PM

Last year I made loads of snowman soups and Nigella's puddini - both were well received and I've had requests for repeats this year.

Oh - and Christmas muffin mix in Kilner jars too.

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