What goes down well for dessert after Christmas dinner?

Caterina

MrsB wrote: »

Doesnt sound wierd at all to this Yorkshire (originally) lass!! That's what we always do. Mind, our Christmas cake doesnt have marzipan or icing on.

I had that when I first met my husband (from Yorkshire), his auntie made catering-size fruit cakes that you could use to kill your enemy if you threw them on his head! But sliced thin and with a bit of cheddar they were nice enough!

Caterina

oldMcDonald

*feeling rather embarresed and piggy when looking at what everyone else has*

Christmas pudding comes after Christmas dinner, every time. I've never even considered anything else and am really surprised that so few people seem to have Christmas pud - I just assumed everyone did!!!

No wonder I have a few more than a couple of pounds I could do with losing!!

Pink.

I'm with you oldMcDonald, we always have Christmas pudding which most of us can barely manage. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas in the Pink household without me setting fire to the tablecloth.

Pink

kunekune

We usually have christmas pudding, but we don't normally have a 'traditional' meal, in the past it has been things like chicken with cornbread stuffing, lamb rack and roast beef fillet. Also, because we don't eat it till normal teatime (and just have a plate of antipasti type nibbles at lunchtime) we are hungry. But this year I'm doing it differently, with turkey in the middle of the day and we've decided the christmas pud will be too much. So that's coming out on christmas eve, as part of a soup, bread and pudding meal. And on the day itself, we will have either trifle or cheesecake, not sure which. If it's trifle, I'll do individual ones for the kiddoes so that ours can be stuffed to the gills with boozy stuff: am thinking amaretti soaked in amaretto, raspberries, and custard on top, served with a dollop of either clotted cream or sweetened marscapone. Kiddoes will have a traditional one: swiss roll, tinned peaches, mebbe some jelly, custard and cream. No other puddings because it's only four of us, and we're off to Scotland on the 27th so I don't want lots of leftovers.

mary43

Thanks newleaf................I can now look forward to eating my pudding without worrying about any after effects..................relief !:T

pigpen

treacle sponge pud.. MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..

I hate dried fruits so christmas pud and cake are both out of the question.. treacle sponge......... MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Or if none of that left cos I scoffed it as soon as I bought/made it.. chocolate fudge cake... but usually it is a couple of hours after dinner as I am usually to hot and stressed after cooking a meal for half the country I can't stomach anything.

I had a pork sandwich last year after cooking dinner for everyone!

csarina

What about creme caramel with pear halves on the top, always goes down well in this house, raspberry trifle is another favourite.........pears belle helene, cranachan is scrummy too and you can make it in advance, just put it together as you serve it............

noonesperfect

csarina wrote: »

What about creme caramel with pear halves on the top, always goes down well in this house, raspberry trifle is another favourite.........pears belle helene, cranachan is scrummy too and you can make it in advance, just put it together as you serve it............

Can I come to your house? :rolleyes: pretty please

JoeyEmma

Horace wrote: »

Sounds wierd but I have a slice of christmas cake together with a slice of cheese (it has to be cheddar).

That's the ONLY way to eat Christmas cake (and yes, I am from Yorkshire)!

tru

Ooooh you all make puddings for Christmas day.

I buy mint Vienetta.

Please don't shoot me