Christmas Food - buying ahead?

boysmum3

cranberry muffins sound lovely...is the recipe posted anywhere? if not could you PM it to me???


:drool:

furrypig

The recipe for these yummy muffins is posted on the christmas recipes thread (still in old style) they sound really yummy and I will try and bake some!

mennie

IN august make a list of dry ingredients I will need for over xmas
e.g glazed cherries, almonds, marzipan, pistahcios etc
and i buy one every week. I have a cupboard full of xmas stuff now, just need to keep myself away from the cooking chocolate!!!!

piglet6

Bambywamby wrote:

Christmas booze i get from Lidl/Aldi they do some fab blood orange vodka thats only £4.99 a bottle, some great little dutch beers that are 2.99 for 10 and they do plenty of other cheap spirits too.
Only thing i don't recommend from their is their equivalent to Baileys - tastes really harsh and has a chronic after tastes (think they must add turps or something to it)

If you're looking for a Baileys equivalent, may I recommend something called "Irish Knights" from Asda. Its about £3 a bottle and it really is very nice, so don't be put off by the price - Mr Piglet and I discovered it a couple of years ago (he is a pastry chef and was looking for a Baileys flavour to add to chocolates/desserts) so we bought a bottle...and of course, we had to try a quick glass before testing it out in the desserts - otherwise we might have wasted all the other ingredients!!:rotfl:

We had already tried various other alternatives at £6/7 a bottle, but we really found them nasty, whereas this one is quite drinkable just as it is...! No, its not "real" Baileys, but at that price, it makes a very acceptable alternative...:rolleyes:

Piglet

sugaJen

Someone mentioned preparing/freezing pigs in blankets (think it was dolly day dream-apologies if im wrong)

Do u freeze uncooked? and bake from frozen when needed? I would guess thats the right way, just checking to avoid any xmas disasters!!

moosetastic

good bargain at the moment is Whitworths Sage and Onion Stuffing, 15p a box in Home Bargains Sheffield, with a use by date of February 2007! I bought 3 boxes the other day. mind you, seeing as we are stuffing mad in our house, doubt if it will last till xmas!!!

Home bargains in Sheffield also have big jars of beetroot and pickled onions, no idea how much they were, but will surely investigate in weeks to come