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xmas dinner, what did you learn?

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wallbash
wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
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Over for another year, tell us the successful tips and did anything go wrong :D

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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  • vixtress
    vixtress Posts: 1,153 Forumite
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    ........dont over par-boil the spuds, roasted mash potato is a strange dish :o

    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 :D
    - prior planning prevents poor performance!

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  • Pollybear
    Pollybear Posts: 3,235 Forumite
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    Don't do as many potatoes, people only want about half what they normally eat!
  • jorichste
    jorichste Posts: 240 Forumite
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    Oh did all the cooking today, so I learnt to drink champagne while watching!! Hope you all had a fab christmas
  • irchy_mum
    irchy_mum Posts: 297 Forumite
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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:D
    Jo x:A
  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
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    Don't drop the roasting tin......:D
  • mother_noah
    mother_noah Posts: 269 Forumite
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    Dont buy a turkey from Waitrose .......... it was horrid .
  • fletch3163
    fletch3163 Posts: 900 Forumite
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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 lush
    Grocery Challenge M: £450/£425.08 A: £400/£:eek:.May -£400/£361 June £380/£230 (pages 18 & 27 explain)
  • salster
    salster Posts: 175 Forumite
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    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 2013 :D
  • floyd
    floyd Posts: 2,722 Forumite
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    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.
  • Sagz_2
    Sagz_2 Posts: 6,251 Forumite
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    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! :D
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