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Any cooking problems at Christmas.

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  • fannyadams
    fannyadams Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    it was fine - the delivery boy managed to find our house and the food was hot. *giggle*
    just in case you need to know:
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  • Nelski
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    For some reason my leccy oven was on go slow - guess it was the amount of people using at the time so dinner a bit later than planned but not a problem at all we just spend 5 hrs at the table instead of 4 :D:D Great food great day
  • nearlyrich
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    I had a disaster with the beef so didn't serve it with lunch I don't think anyone noticed as we had turkey and pork. Everything went OK apart from that now got loads of beef to use up...
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  • Nelski
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    nearlyrich wrote: »
    I had a disaster with the beef so didn't serve it with lunch I don't think anyone noticed as we had turkey and pork. Everything went OK apart from that now got loads of beef to use up...

    no bad thing about that nearlyrich :j:j

    I have loads left too so its beef in gravy with a large bubble and squeak for my boxing day dinner :cool:
  • flyinggiraffe_2
    flyinggiraffe_2 Posts: 550 Forumite
    Forgot to serve the stuffing and the red cabbage was discovered when I went to stick in a jacket potato to go with the cold cuts for lunch.

    About a week ago I dropped the Christmas cake I had made for mother, so had to completely make a new one. She loved the new recipe, and thankfully the boyshape carried it this time so I couldn't drop it!
  • anniemf2508
    anniemf2508 Posts: 1,848 Forumite
    For once everything went perfectly :)
  • Eyeore
    Eyeore Posts: 259 Forumite
    Only me OH and mum for Christmas day but my brother and his kids came today, all went well, phew, but I tried to make the Nigella vanilla cake in the Christmas tree tin yesterday for today - oh dear, not quite sure what I did but as I made it at about 6pm I had already taken a little drink! The cake was like a brick! Luckily that was the only disaster!
    2019, move forward with positivity! I am the opposite of Eyeore :rotfl:
  • PenguinOfDeath
    PenguinOfDeath Posts: 1,863 Forumite
    Only the two of us this year but no major disasters apart from eating and drinking far too much and falling asleep on the sofa by 10.30pm... Merry Christmas!!
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    not my disaster but my niece's oven blew up on christmas eve evening, luckily a nice lady who lived near, let her use her oven on christmas day as she was going out.
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
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  • Nicki_Sue
    Nicki_Sue Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    Let's just say that when you set the right temp on the range oven and throw in your fabulous Lidl three bird roast that it would be wise to put the meat in the oven you actually switched on, not the cold one next to it.

    We had cook from frozen chicken fillets with all the gubbins and the 3-bird (cooked in the right oven!) today.
    MSE-ing since 2007
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