What do you have on your christmas day menu

fallen121

blueberrypie wrote: »

Why does "pigs in a blanket" annoy you so much? (I'm only asking because I'm interested - I find it fascinating why certain phrases bother certain people.) I do like "kilties" though - easier to say than piab ;-)

Dunno really. 'Kilties' is more traditional in Scotland, has been a term that's been in use for many years and as you point out, is easier to say!

Strangely, when people say, "We're having cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon" I'm fine with that. When they say, "We're having pigs in blankets", I get annoyed the way I do when people use Bingo Buzzwords in Business meetings or start making verbs out of perfectly ordinary words - 'Solutioning' being an example which most makes my blood boil! :mad:

I think I just have an aversion to words being used because they happen to be fashionable, rather than because people have always described things like that. It just takes one newspaper article to use a word and suddenly everyone is walking around like it's been part of their vocabulary for years. It's not illegal. But it's vaguely annoying, to me anyhow. Your view may differ! :rotfl:

PS I have a great recipe for chocolate truffles if you have kids who need to make something sweet for Santa!

mon1o

we are having this:

Starter: Mozarella in carozza (apart from my dad who is having prawn co cktail

Pasta Dish: Pasta in a bolognese sauce

Main: Turkey crown, pigs in blankets, stuffing, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, carrots in a honey glaze, green beans and brussel sprouts. Sage and onion stuffing, yorkshire puddings and gravy.

Cheese course (just a cheese board with biscuits)

Pudding: Boozy chocolate mousse and xmas pudding ice cream (for those who want it!)

We are an italian family so we spend the whole day eating (hence the massive menu lol)

Monica x

lavidaloca

Breakfast: Orange juice, toast and coffee - need to leave room for later

Starters: Crab wrapped in smoked salmon as per M&S advert only homemade MS style!

Main: Porcetta stuffed with cranberry, sage and onion
Roast potatoes
Sprouts with orange and ginger
Creamed mashed swede to which you add a little raw carrot and parmesan cheese
Honeyed parsnips
Green beans
Peas
Carmelised baby onions
Sausage wrapped in bacon
Apple sauce
Gravy

Dessert - we don't like Christmas pud so it's flan or Baileys dessert with a glass of Baileys of course

Champagne will be consumed whilst cooking the dinner!

Supper: what's left from the Christmas eve buffet

Happy Christmas to you all

blueberrypie

fallen121 wrote: »

I think I just have an aversion to words being used because they happen to be fashionable, rather than because people have always described things like that. It just takes one newspaper article to use a word and suddenly everyone is walking around like it's been part of their vocabulary for years. It's not illegal. But it's vaguely annoying, to me anyhow. Your view may differ! :rotfl:

LOL - as a self-confessed pedant and linguistics nerd (seriously - my favourite joke is based on linguistics!) - I completely understand your annoyance! :-D

PS I have a great recipe for chocolate truffles if you have kids who need to make something sweet for Santa!

Oh yes please! As soon as possible please! LOL

blueberrypie

hayley11 wrote: »

Apple Sauce (don't like cranberry sauce but I love this!)

I thought I didn't like cranberry sauce, until I made my own. It's a totally different product to the shop-bought stuff!

MrsE_2

Ours is all bought now.

Pancakes & sausages for breakfast (DD will have maple syrup:eek: ).

Christmas Lunch

Prawn cocktails (despite my battle to ring the changes).

Turkey (from the farm down the road, boned & rolled by the village butcher:D ).
Wiltshire gammon, pigs in blankets, sausagemeat stuffing.
Hassleback roast potatos, brussels, carrots juliene & roast parsnips.
Gravy (M&S poultry gravy) & cranberry (M&S).

Cheese board
Brie, roulard & cheddar & biscuits & crackers.

Trifle & Xmas pud with cream.

Coffee & after eights.


Later on........
Turkey sandwiches on white bread with lots of salt
Warmed mince pies & cream and chocolate log.
All sorts:o

fallen121

To make about 10 truffles you will need:

100g or 4oz of chocolate drops (I just used chocolate buttons we had in the fridge)
25g or 1oz butter
25g or 1oz icing sugar
50g or 2oz plain cake crumbled into fine crumbs (or something similar - I used stale fairy cake but a bit off a Mr Kipling would do)
1-2 tablespoons chocolate strands, shaved chocolate or if you absolutely don't have ANYTHING like that in the house, then some drinking chocolate

Measure everything out and crumble the cake in advance. Put the chocolate strands on a plate.
Melt the chocolate drops and the butter in a glass bowl set in about 1/4 pan of boiling water (don't let your kids do this bit)
Sift the icing sugar into the chocolate/butter mixture (kids can do this if they're still awake!)
Add the cake crumbs and stir until well mixed
Pour off any excess butter
Roll into small balls about the size of a teaspoon (this is very messy as it makes your hands quite greasy)
Roll the balls in the chocolate strands whilst they're still warm (if they're still a bit greasy roll them in a piece of kitchen paper first)
Put the balls into small paper cases (if you have any)
Put everything on a plate and throw them in the fridge.
Best eaten cold - so should be ready by the time Santa gets here!

You can repeat all of the above with white chocolate and/or milky bar buttons and then roll in dessicated coconut.



PS - I'm eating one now!! :beer:

fletch3163

As usual Christmas has caught me by surprise. I've mainly done my gift shopping so it's just the frippery stuff to get (wrapping paper, chocolates, wee mindings, etc) BUT I haven't even thought about the day itself (and Boxing Day obviously).

I enjoy reading about all of your lives so would love to hear how your eating will pan out on the day.

I love a nice breakfast of bacon, egg and soda scone, a walk in the park and then back for canapes and buck's fizz before the main eating event. For the past 3 years or so I've let M&S sort out my eating delights. Although these days we can eat what we want, when we want, my gift to self is less cooking (and I'm assured it'll be tasty ). We don't really booze but we do love to eat.

What are you all eating this Christmas Day?

Fruball

Ooooh nice thread

We will be having home cooked gammon and toast for breakfast, or maybe smoked salmon scrambled eggs

Prawn Cocktail starter (DS favourite)
Turkey, lamb with full roast trimmings for dinner
HM Sherry Trifle for dessert

Supper will be leftovers/cheese and biscuits, depending on what everybody wants.

No doubt DDs will supplement this with copious amounts of chocolate

DS and I will have Breezers/Wine respectively and DDs will have fizzy flavoured water

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi, great thread! After a family discussion we are abandoning the traditional Christmas dinner this year. I hate spending half of Christmas day cooking and clearing up and Hubby and kids both say we have lots of roast dinners and its not really that special anyway.

So by a family vote its curry for us on Christmas day. We will make it special by having several different curries and all the side dishes. Breakfast is always croissants and coffee but the kids will probably be into the chocolates by 8.30am anyway! The plan is to have some nibbles and party food for lunch then our curry early evening. Hopefully I will get most of the cooking done on Christmas Eve.