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What do you do for Christmas dinner?

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  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,162 Forumite
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    edited 2 November 2010 at 11:55AM
    Mags_cat wrote: »
    Get some sweet chestnuts - fresh if you can, otherwise most supermarkets do a can of vacuum packed ones for £2.50 or so. Not a lot for a once a year treat :D

    Fry up some chopped streaky bacon and add in cooked sprouts and chestnuts. Nomnomnom :T

    I think I will "tart up" my sprouts this year with chestnuts & bacon.
    I do the Parsnips Delia style with Parmesan.

    Would like to get cabbage with a creamy wholegrain mustard sauce in over the Xmas season and a Stilton & spinach soup and the hairy bikers Xmas panna cotta and bread & butter pud made with pannatone. I look at it as a holiday season between Xmas & NY so each day is a bit special.

    Will do the hairy bikers left over turkey & ham pie too, DH loves that & beef wellies.

    Home made pate too.

    I'm off between xmas & ny this year:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • MrsE_2
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    Back to the OP, we do still have turkey but we have rolled turkey breast. We get it from our local (fantastic) butcher and it's lovely free-range meat - because we buy rolled breast rather than a whole turkey, we're paying for just what we eat rather than paying for a large cavity etc.

    Downside is that it misses the aesthetic part of having a lovely big, golden whole bird to carve :(

    We do that too.
    Its so much easier to get in the fridge before hand & back in the fridge after, its a nightmare trying to store the whole bird with all the other xmas goodies.

    I've ordered a turkey leg this year too & I've asked the butcher to bone it. Then I will stuff it & roll it, wrap it in tin foil & roast. Its lovely.
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    lil_me wrote: »
    If you want disposable turkey tins LIDL has them in cheap now, I have bought them in £1 shop before too. Cheaper than M&S.
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    large disposable turkey dishes are only 49p at morrisons . i got one to do my gammon + veg in.
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  • My mum usually does full carribean brekfast - acke, saltfish and all sorts of breads... sloshed down with champagne. Nobody wants any turkey..it normally gets put away cooked! ... brekkie normally isnt until 2pm or later

    This year just me..probably see fiance at some point (me bein veggie wud make his poor mum panic!!) quorn roast may be on the cards!
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  • Vaila
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    we usually have a selection of indian food
  • Turkey and ham are always from the butchers, veg is from the farm shop and everything is home made.

    This year it'll be Christmas for seven adults, a three year old and a four month old, and food will go like this:

    Christmas Eve: After the vigil mass (my parents are in the church band) we have a buffet of things like homemade sausage rolls, tuna pie, slices of the ham, sausage toasts, crisps, cheese, pizza etc.

    Christmas Day breakfast (mid morning): Stollen, crumpets, fruit loaf, croissants etc. Fresh coffee and homemade Bucks Fizz.

    Christmas lunch (about 3 pm): Smoked salmon blinis with dill and sour cream for starter. Main is turkey, ham, goose fat roasties, sprouts, carrot and turnip, parsnips, gravy, bread sauce, stuffing and cranberry sauce, and then a flaming Christmas pudding with custard or mince pies for dessert and coffee and mints for afters.

    Oh, and a lot of booze - as well as Bucks Fizz with breakfast and wine with dinner, there's normally a lunchtime trip to the pub and then a drink when we're opening presents (usually G&T).

    We don't normally have sweets or anything other than what's in the stockings (so normally a Chocolate Orange and a bag of chocolate coins) as we're so stuffed from dinner, but they get picked at during the early evening telly. Someone nearly always wants a turkey, ham, stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwich about 9 o'clock as well. But there's still enough food left for a turkey and ham pie and a turkey curry in the week!
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  • mrsb83_2
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    Just me and DH for Christmas day, so I go all out to make it really special.

    We have chicken liver parfait and a homemade loaf for breakfast, with a bottle of champagne.

    This year, I'm repeating last year's dinner of venison wellington with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, pancetta green beans and whisky-glazed carrots. We just have our very favourite veggies because making all types of veg really adds to the prep time. I made a juniper gravy last year which was yummy. I may do port and stilton this year, not decided yet.

    I always do a starter - sometimes the rest of the parfait or a soup. Not sure about this year yet.

    Dessert is usually ice cream and chocolates as neither of us are really that bothered about afters.

    Champagne and red wine on the table.

    Supper is leftovers.

    Some lovely ideas in this thread - I always start thinking about this in the first week of November and I'm glad I'm not the only one!
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  • TBagpuss
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    I shall be going to my parents. There will probably be 7 of us, and everyone will help with the cooking.


    for the main meal we shall have roast turkey (I'm providing this - I have a friend who farms, and who raises a small number of free-range turkeys for family and friends. The flavour is amazing, and as I deal with her direct the price is good too - last year £36 for a 14lb bird)
    there will be home made parsley stuffing, chipolatas, bacon (cooked on top of the bird) possiby sausage stufing, bread sauce, roast potatoes & parsnips, sprouts, carrots and at least one other green vegetable.

    Pudding will be christmas pud for those who like it and another pudding - probably either lemon or chocolate

    Everything will be home made.

    tea/supper will just be people grazing as they like - we always have lots of cheese biscuits, cheeses & pate, plus home made christmas cake, mince pies (and jam/lemon tarts for those who don't like mincemeat)

    We usually have cold (boiled) ham and cold turkey with lots ofdifferent salads on Boxing day, and whatever other meals people suggest on any other days. Last year we had a fantastic Boeuf Bourgignon on Christmas Eve.

    LAst year I went away for new year with some family & friends (6 of us altogether) - we decided to stay in and do a posh dinner party for new years eve;

    Starter
    Tomato Soup or baked camembert with garlic & warm bread

    Fish Course

    Smoked Salmon & cream cheese terrine

    Main

    Beef Wellington with roast potatoes & parsnips, veg & gravy

    Dessert

    Coffee Pudding

    We didn't make it to the cheese & nuts course ;-)

    Everything was home made (except I cheated and used shop bought pastry to save time for the beef welington) and the meal lasted about 4 hours with lots of conversation and pauses.
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  • toontron
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    Flipping heck, I haven't even thought about it yet!! Erm.......well, usually we have Bucks Fizz and croissants for Breakfast, lunch is generally Beef on the Bone, with a small turkey, all the usual veg, I do the roasties and parsnips in goose fat, make my own yorkshires, pigs in blankets and stuffing (generally two). I usually buy a Christmas pudding but it rarely seems to get eaten until Boxing Day. The little Toonies have either choc ice cream, or a gateau type thing, as DS is allergic to dried fruit. Evening just sort of seems to happen, but usually includes the cheese board (I like to have about 8 different cheeses) and some salad stuff, coleslaw etc. Boxing day we have a buffet, and anything not eaten by Boxing Day tea time goes straight in the bin or in the cat or dog!
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  • MrsE_2
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    TBagpuss wrote: »
    LAst year I went away for new year with some family & friends (6 of us altogether) - we decided to stay in and do a posh dinner party for new years eve;

    Starter
    Tomato Soup or baked camembert with garlic & warm bread

    Fish Course

    Smoked Salmon & cream cheese terrine

    Main

    Beef Wellington with roast potatoes & parsnips, veg & gravy

    Dessert

    Coffee Pudding

    We didn't make it to the cheese & nuts course ;-)

    Everything was home made (except I cheated and used shop bought pastry to save time for the beef welington) and the meal lasted about 4 hours with lots of conversation and pauses.

    That is what I would like to do for NYE, a posh family dinner/supper.
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