Sausage, egg, chips and beans. Couple of pints of black sheep and a bottle of champagne. If we haven't got the kids with us we always have this.
We thought about the Xmas dinner thing, but have to travel on Boxing Day and something like a turkey wouldn't get consumed in time.
This year the current plan is to have lasagne - with pigs in blankets of course.
The kids just want to play on their new stuff, and we can't be bothered to cook stuff for hours and hours, only for the kids not to eat it all in their rush back to the toys - so an easier route for all
Haven't done Turkey for years. Only real chance I have each year to cook 'properly' which is something I love to do. This year I'm doing...
Smoked salmon scotch eggs with a sprout salad and caper Mayo.
Pork (pressed and roast belly, braised cheeks, crispy pigs ears, scratchings and pigs in blankets). Roast spuds. Parsnips. Red cabbage. A rich pork gravy
Home made Christmas pudding.
Tradional Turkey roast. Not Christmas without it for me.
I know a lot of people only eat turkey because that's what people do, and they don't like it, but I actually do like it quite a lot. I wish we had it more often 🙂
We generally have an alternative meat though too. I think gammon this time.
We'll be having venison at my folks but I'd have been more than happy with turkey. My dad used to get a nice free range one from a friend but they were getting stupidly expensive.
Everyone else in the house is having turkey and all the trimmings. Me, I can't stand it so a nice bowl of pasta perhaps with a fishy sauce, warm bread and a nice glass or two of beaujolais. Perfect. Will be fit and ready for a Boxing Day run.
Fish paprikash on Christmas eve (wife's Serbian), Turkey on Christmas day and proper beef roast on boxing day. Sorted!!
My dad cooked last year and everything that wasn't burnt was cold.
This year I'll be leaving him and my girlfriend in the pub whilst I cook rib of beef with duck fat roasties, pigs in blankets (no sub 85% pork sausages for me,) with a plethora of vegetables and probably some sprouts with smoked bacon and chestnuts. Hence why I won't be joining them in the pub, too much for me to screw up.
Hopefully I can then get a few drinks down me before the food coma strikes
A ham and Turkey crown this year. The ham is the staple every year but this is the first time we've had turkey for years. And about 4 different types of stuffing.
No turkey this year working till 2130. Make a chilli Christmas eve ready for the following day.
Boxing day I'm going to my mums so Fillet steam, spuds and peppercorn sauce and veg medium rare.
Salmon for the missus.
colournoise - Member
Haven't done Turkey for years. Only real chance I have each year to cook 'properly' which is something I love to do. This year I'm doing...
Smoked salmon scotch eggs with a sprout salad and caper Mayo.
Pork (pressed and roast belly, braised cheeks, crispy pigs ears, scratchings and pigs in blankets). Roast spuds. Parsnips. Red cabbage. A rich pork gravy
Home made Christmas pudding.
Forgot, the main course also includes glazed, smoked ham.
chorlton - Member
Turkey's crashed and burned.
What's goose like?
What's goose like?
Over the years people have lost that loving feeling for goose but I find that their mighty wings, after cooking for a couple of hours in the danger zone takes my breath away.
Sorry that's the best I can do.
It's quite nice. 🙂
Chicken 'pillow' and a big ol' smoked gammon joint on the day. Kedgeree (inc last of the pig) on Boxing Day. Chicken curry and a few side dishes the day after.
Going to fire up the BBC if the weather remains as is 🙂
Game on.
i'm at the inlaws this year, so raw salmon, boiled ham and oven-baked mashed root vegetables. And it's on the 24th.
Luckily, there's a Christmas pudding coming in the post and I'll sneak some pigs-in-blankets into the oven.
We have an organic beef and lamb farm, guess what we're having...
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Turkey 😆
roast turkey crown,roast chicken, roast gammon joint.
Hmmmmm. We used to have goose, but it simply won't feed six adults, and for the last few years we have always had rib of beef, an absolute treat, and of course the leftovers and dripping are a bonus.
This year we have had a rethink. The last turkey I ate was an organic free range bronze, and it was really quite good. Mrs Scape is now asking what we want. My heart says rib again, but I suppose a good turkey wouldn't be dreadful, as long as I get to make the bread sauce.
Had a trial run yesterday for Christmas dinner. Rib of beef is now off the menu as the missus declared it 'too fatty. I can't eat that.'
I did not plan on needing a plan b. I'm contemplating just forgetting to wake her up when I leave.
Change of plan here too.
Leg of lamb with roast spuds and veg.
Nothing special but it is my fave meat and we only have it a couple of times a year so it'll still be a treat.
Nice bottle of medoc to go with it too.
I hate cooking on Christmas Day! By the time I have got everything ready I never feel hungry! So we now get oven ready everything and accept that we are slightly lazy! So this years menu (sponsored by Lidl) :
Smoked salmon blinis
5 bird roast
Roast potatoes, parsnips and Yorkshire puddings, pigs n in blankets of course 🙂
For pudding......... They had a special on vienettas so we have one of each flavour!
No faff and I will keep my appetite:-)
Yes I do bring the demographic slightly 🙂
Earlier today I had 'turkey with all the trimmings' one of the trimmings being half a tinned peach.
Is it tradional to serve yorkshire pudding with crismas lunch? thought it was only to be had with beef?
I don't wanna cause a faux paux.
I've bought 2 large bottles of Leffe to consume while preparing said lunch so I may be slurring while eating. I will then fall asleep on the sofa afterwards wearing my paper hat at a jaunty angle, congratulations I am now my father.
Beef stuffed with turkey stuffed with lobster. Wrapped in bacon. Breakfast of Baileys on cornflakes. Maybe a mid morning fruit snack (in pie form with custard)
Reindeer filet with roasted veggies
Four ribs of beef here too.
If you want to talk trimmings and accompaniments then post here : http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/christmas-menus-share-your-ideas?replies=8#post-7388418