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  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 34,685 Forumite
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    melanzana wrote: »
    I know it's tradition, but some of your plates must be size of manhole covers to fit in all that food! What's with all the veg too? So many different varieties. Why?? I suppose it's because you like them, but still four or five different veg sides. OMG.

    We have lots of different veg:
    roast potatoes, new potatoes, mash, sprouts, carrots, cabbage, roast parsnips, roast leeks & romanesco.
    Only small amounts of each but we like the variety of tastes.
    This year, we're having pork (neither of us like turkey) so will also have stuffing with added sausage meat.

    We have a breakfast of tomato sausage, black pudding & brown sauce on a roll so we don't have starters & neither of us likes puddings.
  • freyasmum
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    A spoonful of each veg and a slice or two of meat doesn't require a manhole cover-sized plate. Even if you do have a pig in a blanket and a stuffing ball with it.

    Neither does a salad starter with 1/6th of a quiche, or a few fish goujons/mushrooms.

    It just makes the meal a bit more different to others throughout the year. And there are plenty of us, so everything is either eaten over the course of the few days (including a packed lunch for us to drive home with) or frozen to be used as an instant dinner in January.

    Our main is usually about an hour after our starter by the time we've eaten, cleared up and dished up again. Last year, most of us didn't have pudding on Christmas day at all. We don't have a big lunch either.
  • JButler
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    Thanks for all your responses guys! I can see it being the usual suspects that we have every year! I think I might be in trouble if I break with tradition. :rotfl:
    I have enough money to last me the rest of my life ... until I go and buy something!
  • suki1964
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    melanzana wrote: »
    I know it's tradition, but some of your plates must be size of manhole covers to fit in all that food! What's with all the veg too? So many different varieties. Why?? I suppose it's because you like them, but still four or five different veg sides. OMG.

    But whatever you like, enjoy.

    Ours is very simple, neither of us like huge portions of anything.

    Scrambled egg and smoked salmon on bagels with fizz for breakfast. Yep fizz for breakfast. OK once a year I reckon!

    Lunch/Dinner, homemade veg soup with cream and home made brown soda bread with REAL butter.

    After an hour or so, salmon en crutches (en croute ha ha), roast, mash and croquettes, roasted root veg and that's it.

    Cheese and bikkies to nibble at through the evening.

    Plenty of wine and brandy to finish it (and us!) off.

    Baileys coffee at some point.

    Hic.

    It's as much about the drinks as the food here as you can see!


    Wow, you may have small plates but you are certainly tucking away the calories :rotfl:

    This is my table at Christmas. The veg is in normal cereal bowls , the meat is on a platter and will do three days at least

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  • vivaespana
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    I have a huge challenge for Christmas dinner this year. I am on my own in a micro caravan with only a two burner stove and a slowcooker at my disposal and EVERYTHING to do with a traditional Christmas dinner seems to involve an oven! I am thinking turkey slices from the deli, I might try to fry stuffing balls instead of baking, boiled/mash potatoes is achievable but I will miss out on crispy roast spuds. Even all the pre-prepared stuff involves an oven! At least the wine doesn't need an oven!!
  • PasturesNew
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    vivaespana wrote: »
    I have a huge challenge for Christmas dinner this year. I am on my own in a micro caravan with only a two burner stove and a slowcooker at my disposal and EVERYTHING to do with a traditional Christmas dinner seems to involve an oven! I am thinking turkey slices from the deli, I might try to fry stuffing balls instead of baking, boiled/mash potatoes is achievable but I will miss out on crispy roast spuds. Even all the pre-prepared stuff involves an oven! At least the wine doesn't need an oven!!

    I am on my own without an oven/hob. Looks like you've got it covered, so don't need my "input/help"

    Turkey slices are great as you've no leftovers. I'm doing a turkey breast that's sold in a foil container.

    I did my first one last year - learnt some lessons - and this year have a slightly different menu.
  • Bellisima
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    We’ve never done a starter. I feel starters blunt the appetite, don’t even like them in a restaurant, especially as there is so much food on offer in the main course and pudding, then of course the evening tea.
  • redofromstart
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    We have some regular favourites:

    Feta and watermelon salad- there are lots of variations on this, I like to add pistachios too.

    Hot smoked salmon salad with orange segments and a honey/mustard dressing

    Blue cheese, spinach and bacon salad

    It just wants the tiniest of portions, a ramekin full at most, not a great bowl full. Its generally eaten while the veg finishes off in this house, so that everybody is sat at the table ready, with crackers done, glasses filled and ready to help themselves to the main course.
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  • Pollycat
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    suki1964 wrote: »
    Wow, you may have small plates but you are certainly tucking away the calories :rotfl:

    This is my table at Christmas. The veg is in normal cereal bowls , the meat is on a platter and will do three days at least

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    I'm coveting that meat platter, Suki. :)
  • suki1964
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    Pollycat wrote: »
    I'm coveting that meat platter, Suki. :)


    Lol

    I love that platter. It was a find from a house due to be refurbed I couldn't find it one year and was totally distraught ,( I know know exactly where it is)


    I had one plate warmer ( just found one last week in a charity shop for £1 as new) so it made sense to pile the meats and stuffings on that,esp as they would be getting pretty cool time dinner was ready

    Any ways that how I do Christmas, cook up a storm for the day and become creative with left overs till New Year's Eve That night I cheat and buy party food as I have a house full and nyd it's an Ulster fry then a liverner:)
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