Reply to: Christmas dinner - what will be on your table

[Lockhouse]

We're having a traditional Christmas dinner with the Father-In-Law at his dementia home. It's his first Christmas there so I'll be doing my best to make sure the missus doesn't get too weepy. In the evening the missus and I will have champagne cocktails and caviar on our lonesome at home whilst watching some tulip on telly.

[vetran]

Recent convert to sprouts, I found you could puree them with butter and creme fraiche and make them taste much nicer and add chestnuts and bacon.

Same with parsnips, never really liked them till I did some roast for Mr N recently, he was lucky to have any left.

Roasted veg, I empty the fridge of all the tired veg chop it up loads of garlic & mushrooms larter and shove it in with whatever you are roasting always great.

[Uncle Albert]

Obviously I'll be having a twelve bird roast Heal Farm - On Line Meat and Country Food: Massive 12 Bird True Love Roast - feeds 125

Either that or goose with all the usual trimmings. Yum!

[vetran]

Oooh I forgot about that

The absolute best place around here to blow decent amounts of money on a meal recently closed ... we'll have to travel much further afield to get a really decent expensive nosh-up

you can of course fund travel.

[d000hg]

Sprouts fried in butter and bacon are nice. But only because they end up tasting of buttery bacon.

[Dactylion]

Turkey crown, big joint of ham. Full set of veg (parsnips, sprouts, carrots, broccoli, coli, mash, roast spuds, stuffing, pigs in blankets)

Best meal of the year.

I have no issue with this at all but do find it amusing that "pigs in blankets" gets categorised under veg!!

[norrahe]

I adoooore sprouts.

Roast parsnips are amazing. Especially brushed with honey... almost as good as pigs.

Recent convert to sprouts, I found you could puree them with butter and creme fraiche and make them taste much nicer and add chestnuts and bacon.

Same with parsnips, never really liked them till I did some roast for Mr N recently, he was lucky to have any left.

[Platypus]

My Ltd will be having it's annual Christmas party on Christmas day. Just me and the wife in the restaurant, literally, across the road.

I shall of course, be keeping the cost to less than £150 per head.

Oooh I forgot about that

The absolute best place around here to blow decent amounts of money on a meal recently closed ... we'll have to travel much further afield to get a really decent expensive nosh-up

[Platypus]

Turkey crown, big joint of ham. Full set of veg (parsnips, sprouts, carrots, broccoli, coli, mash, roast spuds, stuffing, pigs in blankets)

Best meal of the year.

Exactly the same here. Can I save time and come to your house for Christmas?

[JRCT]

My Ltd will be having it's annual Christmas party on Christmas day. Just me and the wife in the restaurant, literally, across the road.

I shall of course, be keeping the cost to less than £150 per head.

[d000hg]

ah yes indeed

I was thinking more about the parsnips/sprouts

No one ever has more than 1 each of these so to put a bowl out of 20 is pointless, timeconsuming and it takes up valuable table space...

mmm I think I may do a hybrid this year!

Roast parsnips are amazing. Especially brushed with honey... almost as good as pigs.

[NotAllThere]

Goose, probably. Or roast lamb. Goose with lemons and limes is wonderful, as are the potatoes roasted in the fat.

[MaryPoppins]

ah yes indeed

I was thinking more about the parsnips/sprouts

I adoooore sprouts.

[scooterscot]

Swan

[original PM]

Food on serving plates/bowls in the middle with the PiB and Roasties located next to me.

ah yes indeed

I was thinking more about the parsnips/sprouts

No one ever has more than 1 each of these so to put a bowl out of 20 is pointless, timeconsuming and it takes up valuable table space...

mmm I think I may do a hybrid this year!