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

Davesnave

JonnyBravo wrote: »

It is, without doubt, my favourite meal of the year.

Yes, I like it now we're in full control.

In the old days someone would fuss and faff around for hours, making two versions of everything to cope with fussy people, and then, at about 4pm, it would finally be served-up on cold plates, with the veg all soggy & done to death. _pale_

I used to bless the dog. Two hours later, she & I could go for a walk in the dark without raising any eyebrows. It was a great way to relieve oneself of the 'natural consequencs of excess,' especially from the brassica department! :rotfl:

Cleaver

Davesnave wrote: »

When we had 5 or 6 to feed on Christmas/Boxing Day I would be in Sainsburys at 4pm on Christmas Eve and usually picked up about 3 different birds + a salmon, or something random, for around £20 all in. With a bit of luck and space in the freezer, we'd cover Easter too like that.

It was usually the larger turkeys and the fancy stuff, like HRH's produce, that was left over.

People who couldn't be arrised to do that would buy frozen birds in Iceland, or maybe just one of those turkey crowns, or whatever they're called. Me, I like a semblance of quality.

Is there really that much difference between the Sainsbury's stuff and the Iceland stuff? I'd assume most supermarket stuff is all much of a muchness. Although I haven't had turkey at Christmas for a few years.

Do you really think, even with veg from the garden, that you'd spend "no where near" £50 on Christmas lunch for half a dozen? Mrs Davesnave pops down to Sainsburys and once she's bought the cranberry sauce, the foil for the meat, a bit of goosefat for the potatos (aunty mildred won't eat them otherwise), three bottles of wine (you probably won't drink them but you always get to much), a pudding, custard, stock cubes (you've run out again) etc. etc. that you wouldn't spend £50?

By the way, you're one brave man for going to a supermarket at 4pm on Christmas Eve. We're all different in life and I like a good deal as much as the next man, but I will happilly, even joyously, pay three times as much for meat if it means not having to go within a mile of a supermarket on Christmas Eve.

Davesnave

Cleaver wrote: »

Do you really think, even with veg from the garden, that you'd spend "no where near" £50 on Christmas lunch for half a dozen?

By the way, you're one brave man for going to a supermarket at 4pm on Christmas Eve. We're all different in life and I like a good deal as much as the next man, but I will happilly, even joyously, pay three times as much for meat if it means not having to go within a mile of a supermarket on Christmas Eve.

I'm just saying that there are ways and means of making it much less than £50, if that's what's required. People will have different ways of driving the price down, but if £30 is all they can afford, they'll do it for that.

Nowadays, I couldn't be bothered to lurk in supermarkets for the mark-downs, but when I was paying a mortgage and knew that things would be extra-tight after Christmas, then yes, I'd move from Sainsbury's to Waitrose via Co-op etc in order to pick up whatever I could at knock-down prices. It's all part of the hunter-gatherer instinct, y'know.

Yes, we're all different and no, there's probably not much price variation between frozen turkeys, but I bet Iceland's are still the cheapest.

Cleaver

All true. I guess I was just saying that there many on here mocking the idea that spending £50 on Christmas Dinner for a family is not in the least cheap and something of a norm. I was attempting to point out that for most people £50 would represent quite a budget meal for half a dozen people. A good meal yes, but you'd have to reel stuff in. I fully imagine that many will spend that amount on wine or the meat alone.

StevieJ

Is this the same Kirsty that that helped restore Meadowgate in Devon a property that had stood empty for 39 years? Having recently read the one million empty properties thread I would have thought you lot would be cheering her on for doing her little bit to relieve the situation

Pennylane

flashnazia wrote: »

They love her programme on the Old style Board:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3661071

I was the lone voice in the darkness I think over there!:rotfl::rotfl:

Someone actually reported my post as offensive because I dared to say that the snow globes were like something a child of 6 might make.:rotfl:

Pennylane

Another take on things

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2072551/Sally-Bercow-fires-Twitter-salvo-Kirstie-Allsopps-TV-tips-arts-crafts.html

toby3000

StevieJ wrote: »

Is this the same Kirsty that that helped restore Meadowgate in Devon a property that had stood empty for 39 years? Having recently read the one million empty properties thread I would have thought you lot would be cheering her on for doing her little bit to relieve the situation

Except it's used as a second home, so doesn't really help the housing situation!

Re; Supermarkets on Christmas Eve - I've been to Morrisons on the last 2 and they've been dead. I think everyone thinks it'll be chaos and avoids it!

quantic

Ok, so I've been doing some research and according to my findings, there is a little toggle button on the sky remote with an up and a down arrow, if you press them she should magically disappear from the screen. Additionally, if you press the button at the top of the controller, the screen will go black, you are now free to go outside and get a grip.

suburbanwifey

I like Kirstie and enjoyed the show and just my Turkey, Cranberry Sauce and Trimmings pack from M&S (pe-ordered a few weeks ago with a £20 deposit paid) is costing £54.00 and that doesn't include vegetables, the £14.95 Christmas pudding or the Sparkling stuff for Christmas dinner and there are just two of us.

No way could it only cost £50 for Christmas dinner, wish it did though.