Christmas Lunch - what are you having/recommend?

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margaretclare wrote: »

What - all this in one meal????

This would last DH and me a week or more!!!

I grew up in Yorkshire and all the years I had Christmas dinners at home, Christmas meals NEVER included Yorkshire Puddings! Yorkshire puddings are traditionally served as the first course, but never on Christmas Day.

We're having rib-eye steak with mushrooms followed by fruit salad made with pineapple and Cointreau. Our tradition for Christmas Day is: breakfast of smoked salmon and scrambled egg, then church. We have a nice meal for Christmas Day lunch, but not as above. I couldn't face it!

Each to their own, I suppose.

Margaret

Definitely each to their own, I don't see why you shouldn't have yorkshires if you want them (and I am born and bred in West Yorks) - Rib eye steak is not your traditional Christmas fare and neither is fruit salad!

Nix143

Have a turkey with as many trimmings as you can shove on your plate

Have yorkshire pudding for firsts and whatever else after

Have everything prepared by yourself

Or buy everything frozen

Whatever you do make sure that its YOUR idea of a perfect Christmas - there are NO rights and wrongs of Christmas. And I hope everyone has a lovely time xx

Nelski

I reckon that with the advent of all these lovely carvery pubs across the country and also most of us having enough dosh to be able to afford roast dinners regularly then the idea of christmas dinner being very special is slipping. I do think its more about the occasion and the company now. Turkey is hardly a real treat now (pretty cheap compared to lots of meats)

Dont get me wrong I adore my Christmas Dinner which will be traditional for our family in other words turkey, yorkies (and yes we are all yorkshire bred originally) roasties, sprouts with bacon, peas, red cabbage, parsnips ,mash, gravy (its great thats my 5 a day in one swift meal:rotfl: ) Theres about 10 of us usually and it takes most of the day with pudding and cheese/port.

When I was a kid my mum used to serve yorkshire pudding as a starter with beetroot:eek: and onion gravy - prefer the "new" way myself:D

BTW the first time I had christmas dinner with just my other half we had all the trimmings ready to go but after a morning of stuffing ourselves on choccys and bacon butties dinner never actually got cooked and we had chips and gravy from the freezer for an evening meal:rotfl:

Tradition is as much about family and your own choices as it is about what you should have imho - enjoy your days and have exactly what you both want

MrsJ2008

PIGS IN BLANKETS.....


I've eaten these at Christmas time since I was little but had never heard them called 'P.I.B' this until a few years ago when it was on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'.....

BWDSKi

margaretclare wrote: »

I looked up this under 'traditional Christmas dinner'.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/dinner.html

As you can see, they mention 'tiny sausages....' but don't call them pigs in blankets.

They also don't mention Yorkshire Puddings as part of this meal!

No, we're not having turkey. As there are only the 2 of us, even a 'turkey crown' is much too big. We're not all that keen on the taste of turkey, anyway. Organic turkeys are difficult to get this year because of the avian flu - Waitrose emailed me that they will not be having any, although they do have free-range turkeys.

Next year, when I feel more up to it (still recovering from surgery 2 weeks ago) I might go to the farm we get our meat from and get an organic chicken, and do the menu as on the link above.

We may have a piece of roast meat this Sunday, and I'll let you know how the Yorkshire Puddings turn out!

Margaret

"tiny sausages wrapped in bacon"
I suppose it's because they are usually pork (pig) sausages wrapped in bacon (blanket)

Sola

Grr ... Sainsburys have messed up my Christmas order. Instead of a leg of lamb for Christmas dinner, I got a half-leg, what looks like a half-shoulder, and some chops. Now I've got to find time at the weekend to go elsewhere, which was the very thing I was trying to avoid. Not impressed.

needmoney

Christmas 2007
Champagne a la KF
Roast chicken with chestnut stuffing
Roast pork with sage and onion
Roast potatoes, Yorkshires creamy, mash pots Roast parsnips, Chipolatas, bacon rolls, cauliflower cheese, peas, carrots
Sherry trifle / Christmas pudding
With custard or cream
Coffee liquer (Tia maria) and Mince pies

That''s our planned lunch if it turns out as planned it will be a small miracle

piglet6

I think that Christmas dinner can (should :rolleyes:) be whatever you fancy! Its up to the individuals who are eating it - Christmas is a special time, and therefore, whatever "special" meal you fancy eating can fit the bill...

Personally, this year is a strange one for us. Having been together for 15 years, it is the first year that we haven't been with family (normally we have a minimum of 6 people for Christmas dinner - this year it is just the 2 of us...). Plus, Mr P is a chef, so usually cooks everything (and I mean everything :eek:) from scratch.

This year, we have bought as much "easy to prepare" food as possible. Mr P has been in hospital for the last 3 months, and is being discharged on Christmas Eve (I am soooo looking forward to this, but he will still be "frail" and it doesn't leave a lot of time for cooking from scratch! :rolleyes:). I was released from hospital on 8th December after my second bout of "major surgery" in the last 5 months, and I don't feel like cooking much either - not that I am much of a chef anyway...well, I don't usually need to be (it was one of his many attractive qualities...!!! ).

We are planning to cook chicken breasts for Christmas Day (neither of us like turkey, and we don't really eat chicken legs/wings/brown meat, so it seems a waste to cook a whole chicken!). We are planning to have yorkshire puddings with the meal (because we like them!), and a multitude of veg - because we like them, too. However, we will probably turn any leftovers into bubble and squeak, so we are not being wasteful...

What happened to "goodwill to all men" (and their dining preferences...?!)? :rotfl:

Merry Christmas to all - may you enjoy your Christmas Dinner, whatever you may choose it to be (and at one point this year, I felt so unfestive that I was threatening to order a "dial-a-pizza"!!).

It doesn't matter what we eat - it is more important to remember the reason for the celebration! :T

Piglet
x

MrsJ2008

I've finally gone and got my meat....... Indian Game Bird!

Never heard of it before but the butcher said it tastes like old fashioned chicken! Now just need to figure out how to cook the thing.... any suggestions, i've googled it but no joy.

WindChim

margaretclare wrote: »

I looked up this under 'traditional Christmas dinner'.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/dinner.html

As you can see, they mention 'tiny sausages....' but don't call them pigs in blankets.

They also don't mention Yorkshire Puddings as part of this meal!

Margaret

aw, that's what I love about this forum ... it's so friendly, and it's educational, and now Margaret, you know what "pigs in blankets" are (for goodness sake!:p ) and you can enlighten your chef relative if he too, is unaware - after all, if he is in the service industry and a client were to request "pigs in blankets" it would be wonderful if he is aware and can oblige, even if he doesn't consider it "tradition" etc... after all, that's the joy of individuality. Indeed, "tradition" within our family can be very different to what is considered tradition in another family! I hope that your dinner and Christmas is lovely for you. :beer:

Sola - your dinner sounds fab - a little bit of everything - yummy!!:drool: :drool:

OP - I hope your dinner goes well - I remember our 1st Christmas dinner together, and the excitement of it being the 1st Christmas makes it so fab anyway, I wouldn't worry too much about what you cook!! Enjoy :beer:

me?? I'm at the Outlaws for dinner so am catered, but am doing a roast pork for 10 a couple of days after ... with yorkies 'cos I love them!! :drool:



Windy