Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

davemorton

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Yes I do them for about 5 minutes Di then roast in a little bit of honey and seasoning before freezing. I didn’t want to leave them until the big day as I thought they might go soft.

I’m preparing more ahead this year than ever which leaves you with more time for a lazy champagne breakfast:D

But wont they go soft when freezing them?
I would just prep them the day before, leave them in water, and do them on the day. But hey, we all have our ways

TrulyMadly

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Thank you I think I may do carrots, parsnips together so I'm not sure its worth the faf I might just do them on the day, oh cauliflower cheese all done and frozen too. Think I might get the Turkey out today it takes an age to defrost in the fridge and with a crown you can't tell if its defrosted thoroughly to the middle.
My mum makes the most amazing stuffing so thats one job off the list.
We've got Dd and did staying on Christmas eve :j

I think the only veg I’ll be cooking on the day are the sprouts and broccoli. I’ll make the mash on Sunday and chill.

Happy days:)

I’m starting to get excited......you must be past yourself Di having a little one in the house as well:T:T

TrulyMadly

davemorton wrote: »

But wont they go soft when freezing them?
I would just prep them the day before, leave them in water, and do them on the day. But hey, we all have our ways

No they are fine....as long as they go in a nice hot oven when reheated, I promise you won’t notice the difference. I often do them when whoopsied and bag them into portions to reheat.

Just like you would buy them frozen in the supermarket

emerald21

I have just booked my train ticket for Shrewsbury. I had 148 loyalty points which I found when I logged into the loyalty part as well as my account in the first place. Got a £1 evoucher, well I will have when it shows up lol and put the remaining 48 points to the Prince’s trust

curl_girl

emerald21 wrote: »

I have just booked my train ticket for Shrewsbury. I had 148 loyalty points which I found when I logged into the loyalty part as well as my account in the first place. Got a £1 evoucher, well I will have when it shows up lol and put the remaining 48 points to the Prince’s trust

Enjoy your day emerald.
I'm going nowhere today.
I have got to do some cleaning, my housekeeping has been totally neglected. :eek:

diluvsdiscounts

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I think the only veg I’ll be cooking on the day are the sprouts and broccoli. I’ll make the mash on Sunday and chill.

Happy days:)

I’m starting to get excited......you must be past yourself Di having a little one in the house as well:T:T

Yes we are and she's at the hilarious stage she's just learning how to be funny and she's so proud of herself to know she's entertaining everyone.
I might have a trial run tonight with some parsnips/carrots/garlic and a honey glaze. I can try some of the frozen roasties too see what I think. I have a potato mountain :rotfl:

curl_girl

Morning peeps.

Wasn't going to bother this year with a Christmas cake but noticed one last night in W on the battered stand, 3.99 from £16 it just had one ivy leaf missing but I can soon sort that.

Still can't get over the prices in there.
Lovely orchid in a pot but was £50!

I'll treat myself to one from Lidl when I'm passing.

Picasso7

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Ooh..I’ll look tomorrow too hampy...they have stacks of them in my local. Might be worth keeping an eye on the Christmas cake mixes too.I'm sure they’ve started going down in price...£4 rings a bell.

Morning all. I’ll look for the Serrano ham too!! Thank you. Christmas cake mixes? I’m still going through the ones we got for 99p some years ago.

davemorton

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Yes we are and she's at the hilarious stage she's just learning how to be funny and she's so proud of herself to know she's entertaining everyone.
I might have a trial run tonight with some parsnips/carrots/garlic and a honey glaze. I can try some of the frozen roasties too see what I think. I have a potato mountain :rotfl:

Carrots boiled in some butter instead of water is also amazingly nice!

hornetgirl

MKS wrote: »

Hope this might help someone.

I want to use the lounge at Gatwick soon but have had to book with my Priority Pass to ensure that I get in as it's very busy first thing in the morning. It costs an extra £5, so I tried Martins code and it took 33% off. Then It gave me a code for £5 off to give to a friend on their first booking. That friend also got a £5 off code. So if anyone takes up the lounge offer, do it singly and use the £5 code off of your DH/OH/DD/DS/friends lounge pass. Both codes work together.

Yes, bubbs, I did book another one. You know me too well.:rotfl::rotfl:

Thank you! Was this for Gatwick south? We got turned away with our priority pass last time we tried because it was so busy and we hadn’t booked.