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xmas dinner, what did you learn?
wallbash
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Over for another year, tell us the successful tips and did anything go wrong 
Jamie Oliver's way of carving the turkey was brilliant , but messing with the brussels was a waste of effort.
More of the traditional Paxo sage/onion went then the expensive stuff from M/S.
Waiting for the dishwasher, the rest of the 'mob' gone for a walk .
To you all , enjoy the rest of the day.
Jamie Oliver's way of carving the turkey was brilliant , but messing with the brussels was a waste of effort.
More of the traditional Paxo sage/onion went then the expensive stuff from M/S.
Waiting for the dishwasher, the rest of the 'mob' gone for a walk .
To you all , enjoy the rest of the day.
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........dont over par-boil the spuds, roasted mash potato is a strange dish
still managed to eat it all though, very yummy dinner even if i do say so :j
hope everyone else has had a good day - prior planning prevents poor performance!
May Grocery challenge £150 136/1500 -
Don't do as many potatoes, people only want about half what they normally eat!0
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Oh did all the cooking today, so I learnt to drink champagne while watching!! Hope you all had a fab christmas0
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Do all the cooking on Xmas eve, so that you can spend ALL your Xmas day having fun with the kids:DJo x:A0
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Don't drop the roasting tin......:D0
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Dont buy a turkey from Waitrose .......... it was horrid .0
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Don't buy a HUGE turkey crown from M&S:o Can anyone tell me if I can freeze it and have it cold one day?
Don't cook a hundred weight of potatoes for 3 people
Don't try to hold the roasting tin with your bare hands straight from the oven :mad:
If I wasn't so full I'd love to eat my dinner all over again, it was lushGrocery Challenge M: £450/£425.08 A: £400/£:eek:.May -£400/£361 June £380/£230 (pages 18 & 27 explain)0 -
fletch3163 wrote: »Don't buy a HUGE turkey crown from M&S:o Can anyone tell me if I can freeze it and have it cold one day?
Mines all portioned out into the freezer, for pies, curries and sarnies throughout January and possibly February :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Aiming to be Debt free by October 20130 -
I learnt to let someone else do it! First year I haven't cooked or travelled miles away for Christmas dinner and it was marvellous
Great dinner made by MIL then we could walk home and have a snooze. 0 -
Xmas dinner, what did you learn?
I learnt that that one last sprout was one too many..... I don't reel very well now!Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree!0
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