Is it too early for…

Christmas food? It was only last week I was moaning about Christmas items in the shops already and yet yesterday evening there I was stood in the middle of Aldi struggling to resist picking up a Christmas pudding and mini stollen bites! I only did resist out off a feeling of hypocrisy and letting myself down for succumbing to capitalist consumeristic pressures. What to do?

Ultra processed crap.

I’ve stoically marched past the mince pies thus far. On my way to the crisps.

Definitely getting there though

Ultra processed crapalicious, I think you’ll find

What to do?

Put up a Christmas tree and fill yer boots with the sweet Christmas food.

Resist til December. The main thing that makes Christmas food exciting is that it’s exclusive to a particular, limited time of year. If you start eating it now, you’ll be bored of it by Christmas.

If you start eating it now, you’ll be bored of it by Christmas.

Is this verified?

you’ll be bored of it by Christmas.

2025 maybe

Ultra processed crap.

Blah, blah, blah Christmas Pudding with white sauce is the highlight of the year.

Christmas may only start after my birthday*

*24th December btw

Mincemeat made yesterday. Experimenting, we made it in the slow cooker.

Results are excellent…. Already

It’s never too early for mini stollen bites. I had most of a pack within 24 hours of buying them a week ago

Is this verified?

This does seem like the sort of claim which needs testing.

I’m still eating hot cross buns now the world has seen sense to stock them year round. I’ll happily cross the streams and have a mince pie chaser!

I’ve already finished my first pack of mince pies

I’m a complete sucker for mince pies. Left my job last week and they know of my weakness hence bought me eight boxes. Already got through two.

I’m a complete sucker for mince pies. Left my job last week and they know of my weakness hence bought me eight boxes. Already got through two.

Username checks out

I thought this was going to be a thread about Alex Salmond.

mincemeat pies .. gag.

If you bulk buy mine pies, you can trick or treat them and have them on bonfire night.

What’s not to like?

The only question is lid or no lid.

Is it too early for…

I am about to order my team’s panettonne and pandoro in good time for Xmas.

I WFH with my better half

The only question is lid or no lid.

Heat pie

Remove lid

Spoon on thick brandy cream

Replace lid

Nom

Repeat.

Is it too early for…

Wham?

Post it now and wipe out most of Whamagedon 🙂

The marzipan has been purchased for the first stollen, it usually takes me one or 2 tries to get it right. My OH is very happy with my stollen ineptitude.

Not sure whether I’ll make mince pies this year but I’ll probably be persuaded to.

I accidentally, unwittingly had my first mince pie yesterday. As the seal was now broken, I had a second

I see the forum is grouping relevant threads together for convenience. There’ll be a diabetestrackworld one along soon 😉

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I’s never too early…..
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for a 10 from Shirley!

Is it too early for…
Christmas food?

This. Is. A. Disgrace!

We haven’t even had Halloween or bonfire night yet.

I hadn’t even thought of Christmas until I saw that M&S are doing double wrapped pigs in blankets.

I’m just going to leave this here….

I’m looking forward to the full Christmas blow out.  But it will be on the big day only. Mainly looking forward to opening a tub of mini twiglets and a bag of dry roasted peanuts, some quality street and a mince pie or two. However not looking forward to the pebble dash on Boxing Day.

The Mince Pies in our local Co-Op are now in the ‘queuing’ aisle.

I was going to get a pack of the extra-special ones when I was in at lunch, except the use-by date was 20th October 2024 and only I eat them – 6 in 4 days is a bit much even for me.

except the use-by date was 20th October 2024 and only I eat them – 6 in 4 days is a bit much even for me.

So if you ate one a day you’d have the last one two days after the use-by date? That would worry me not one bit, it’s a mince pie, not a sushi roll.

You seem to be confusing. days with hours there. Six in four hours is normal isn’t it?

Six in four hours is normal

For a lightweight

This. Is. A. Disgrace!

Oh have I made a grammatical error?

I knew the theme of this thread before I even clicked on it. The correct answer is nom, nom, nom. We’ve had apple Stollen bites in the house for a fortnight.

Ultra processed crap.

Haven’t you just described half the contents of the food isles in the supermarket. All breads, biscuits, ready meals, crackers, cakes etc.

My tesco has pigs in blankets and mince pies that are best before mid december. This is the problem I was put on this earth to help with