Kirstys handmade Christmas... !!!!!!!!

aklmatthews

abaxas wrote: »

If you were cooking for 5 people you could easily have a xmas dinner for less then £10.

Roast value chicken
Veg.
Pudding
Sausages.

The works really. If you scaled up to 10 people for £20, you could all eat like kings/queens.

I agree you could make a much better diner for the same money as it was £2 each not in total and did not include drinks or puddings if you take away the extras from my £20 for six it would probably be about the same price and uses fresh meat and veg would love to see my family’s faces if I served up the daily mail one

FTBFun

aklmatthews wrote: »

I agree you could make a much better diner for the same money as it was £2 each not in total and did not include drinks or puddings if you take away the extras from my £20 for six it would probably be about the same price and uses fresh meat and veg would love to see my family’s faces if I served up the daily mail one

The one from the link (its not the DM's, its from some website called studentbeans.com) is designed for technical reasons as well as costs:

The menu’s creators, from https://www.studentbeans.com, describe it as the perfect solution for those who are tasked with cooking a meal but lack both the cash and the technical know-how.

choille

I think Kirstie could knit lunch out of remants in contrasting colours - she could *upcycle* Phil's tank tops.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

All the earlier talk of Xmas dinner costs .... we've been well and truly trumped by this £2 Xmas Dinner: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073804/2-Christmas-dinner-Lets-just-hope-guests-dont-high-standards.html

Alternatively you could share a pret Christmas dinner sandwich between two.

SUESMITH_2

oh i love pret christmas dinner sandwiches mmm

SUESMITH_2

just looked at her snowglobes - kids used to make things like that at toddlers

Cleaver

abaxas wrote: »

If you were cooking for 5 people you could easily have a xmas dinner for less then £10.

Roast value chicken
Veg.
Pudding
Sausages.

To be fair though, that isn't Christmas dinner is it? It's just dinner. For Christmas dinner to become a traditional Christmas dinner isn't it generally accepted that you have extra stuff to make it somewhat special?

lostinrates

Cleaver wrote: »

To be fair though, that isn't Christmas dinner is it? It's just dinner. For Christmas dinner to become a traditional Christmas dinner isn't it generally accepted that you have extra stuff to make it somewhat special?

Turkey isn't traditional .....on OS today they were saying what my mother always says...a chicken used to be a big treat for special occasions like christmas. dh and my dad both like a turkey, I prefer goose, which doesn't go as far. tbh, we have had both in the past. that christmas certainly asn't a cheap one, lol. In an ideal world so we were all happy I'd have the turkey at thanksgiving and the goose at christmas....but thanksgiving isnt a holiday here. I thin it should be.....it would challenge our moping psyche

System

Cleaver wrote: »

To be fair though, that isn't Christmas dinner is it? It's just dinner. For Christmas dinner to become a traditional Christmas dinner isn't it generally accepted that you have extra stuff to make it somewhat special?

Sprouts. It's traditional to ruin a perfectly good dinner with sprouts.

Oh and parsnips, vile little !!!!!!!s that disguise themselves as potatoes.

Itismehonest

The turkey at Christmas tradition is only just over 100 years old.
I haven't had Christmas turkey for years. I work on the basis that if you're going to fork out for a mega dinner it may as well be something you really like so the meal differs from year to year. Goose, venison. whatever takes the fancy :beer: