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

aklmatthews

Just out of interest I wanted to see if it would be possible to do Christmas dinner for 6 4 adults 2 children under £20 this is what I came up with can anyone do it cheaper
shopping list
12 items. £17.62
DrinksGuide price in £

1x ASDA Smartpric
e Lemonade (2L) 18p
1x La Comida White Wine (250ml) £1.47 any 3 FOR £4.00

Packets & Cereals

4x ASDA Smartprice Instant Custard Powder (70g) 6p
1x ASDA Smartprice Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix (85g) 15p

Fruit & Vegetables
2x ASDA Smartprice Red Potatoes (2.5Kg) 89p
7 ASDA Sprouts by Weight (100g) 18.7p
1x ASDA Smartprice British Carrots (2Kg) 76p

Meat, Fish & Poultry
1x ASDA Thin Pork Sausages (12 per pack - 340g) 87p
1x ASDA Smartprice Smoked Cooking Bacon Pieces (500g) 75p
2x ASDA Turkey Thigh Joint (800g) £3.65

Bakery
2x ASDA Smartprice Christmas Pudding (454g) 98p
1x ASDA Smartprice Mince Pies (6) 85p

aklmatthews

aklmatthews wrote: »

Just out of interest I wanted to see if it would be possible to do Christmas dinner for 6 4 adults 2 children under £20 this is what I came up with can anyone do it cheaper
shopping list
12 items. £17.62
DrinksGuide price in £

1x ASDA Smartpric
e Lemonade (2L) 18p
1x La Comida White Wine (250ml) £1.47 any 3 FOR £4.00

Packets & Cereals

4x ASDA Smartprice Instant Custard Powder (70g) 6p
1x ASDA Smartprice Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix (85g) 15p

Fruit & Vegetables
2x ASDA Smartprice Red Potatoes (2.5Kg) 89p
7 ASDA Sprouts by Weight (100g) 18.7p
1x ASDA Smartprice British Carrots (2Kg) 76p

Meat, Fish & Poultry
1x ASDA Thin Pork Sausages (12 per pack - 340g) 87p
1x ASDA Smartprice Smoked Cooking Bacon Pieces (500g) 75p
2x ASDA Turkey Thigh Joint (800g) £3.65

Bakery
2x ASDA Smartprice Christmas Pudding (454g) 98p
1x ASDA Smartprice Mince Pies (6) 85p

Some items have been missed off it should be 2 stuffing not 1 and there should be peas at 85p and cranberry sauce at 68p so would be£1.68 more so £19.30

chewmylegoff

7 sprouts between 6? Wont there be a fight about who gets the extra one?

PasturesNew

Cleaver wrote: »

Seriously?

A turkey to feed 5 or 6 will be around £20. Throw in veggies, sausages (gotta have 'em), stuffing, extras, couple of bottles of wine and a pudding and you're looking at about £50 aren't you? I'm sure you could do it cheaper, but £50 for a family of 5 or 6 is around £10 a head, which isn't much for one of the most important family meals of the year.

Where did 5-6 spring from? I'm sure you can get a turkey for less than £20. A turkey crown's big enough for 5-6 and they're £10; that's what I'd serve up if 5-6 people were coming. No sausages. What are extras? Do you order a hooker or something?

Wine isn't Xmas dinner; wine is booze. We've never had wine for Xmas dinner.

Pudding .... does anybody eat that stuff? We're always too full. Make a Xmas pudding for £2 or so and bung some custard on it. Call it £3 tops.

Davesnave

toby3000 wrote: »

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!

Meadowgate cost £300k to buy, and then whatever it took to renovate a property vacant for almost 40 years, so it would only have added to the relatively posh housing stock. It might be a great place for an artist or writer to live, but it's fairly remote from the local centres of employment.

Although there are obvious attractions, the Atlantic Ocean doesn't make the best of neighbours all year round.

I think supermarkets do fizzle-out on Christmas Eve afternoon, but the run-up to that can be chaotic. Where I used to live, it was like that.

Last year, I was snowed-in until 23rd December, so dreading the horrible shopping rush, but here in Devon, that didn't happen. It's worse in summer, when the self-caterers and campers are stocking-up, I think.

abaxas

Cleaver wrote: »

There are indeed, and probably even people I hate. I just thought wishing death on someone who makes Christmas decorations on TV was a little bit odd and speaks more about you than her. But there we go, each to their own.

But that is life.

You are happy for people to be killed for your fun? Why am I not?

[Deleted User]

Pennylane wrote: »

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:

I believe that your post was reported (not by me) because it was very offensive towards another poster.

lostinrates

kittie wrote: »

I believe that your post was reported (not by me) because it was very offensive towards another poster.

I didn't know that post was reported, but did make a glowig post about snowglobes becase the tone used to dampen the enthusiasm of the wannbe snowglobe maker was pretty horrid. And I would like to be given one.

Pennylane

Kirstie and her Homemade Gifts prog was discussed on BBC Breakfast TV today and Kirstie was on the sofa.

They interviewed people in the street about handmade gifts and some thought they were charming, others thought they were a definite No, No and others thought it was something children could do to please their grandparents.

A lot of people have been making handmade gifts for years to present to their families, so its nothing new and they were questioning Kirstie about the cost of making items and how it's now considered very "middle class" to make your own gifts. (These are NOT my words by the way!) Kirstie was saying how relaxing crafting is and even very, very busy people like to do something creative in their few moments of spare time. I agree with that but I wouldn't expect people to be thrilled with something I gave them which I'd run up to help me relax, if that makes sense.

Imagine if your neighbour came round with your Xmas gift and it was a house brick wrapped in some newspaper which they called a festive doorstop. To me that's on a par with those snow globes. :rotfl:

I believe that a beautifully made item that you would use or wear is a lovely gift from a loved one but it is very personal and you have to know the recipient very well or you could get it very wrong.

An example might be home knitted socks. I am totally addicted to knitting socks for my family in gorgeous self-patterning yarns. However, I have friends who have walked in and seen my knitting lying there and throw up their hands in horror and ask "WHY?":rotfl::rotfl: They just wear factory made socks and don't appreciate the work and time that's gone into them.

Kirstie suggested that the best homemade Xmas gift was a cake and I'd probably agree with that. It's fairly safe unless your recipient has a nut allergy or is a diabetic.

lostinrates

Pennylane wrote: »

Imagine if your neighbour came round with your Xmas gift and it was a house brick wrapped in some newspaper which they called a festive doorstop..

that's so odd.....just yesterday my neighbour brought over a heelbarrow of old bricks they had found which they thought we might be able to use in our refrub project as they wer probably fro the house or the originl outbuildings....we were, predictably, overwhelmed with glee!