What you having for Christmas dinner?

[J1888]

Just ordered Turkey for me and my folks from Waitrose - click and collect on a day of your choice, which I think is handy.

Conventional turkey - basted with smoked bacon on top, none of the fancy 'porcini mushroom stuffing' ones that they're punting.

I'll also be getting a gammon and the usual veg and potatoes.

Will probably be the first Christmas that I'm in charge of cooking

 

[Ciar]

A turkey crown and a festive ham is our usual, mostly because i dislike turkey ;-)

 

[Markymark]

We're having rib of beef. I've ordered it from our local farmshop, which has a fantastic, award-winning butchery.

Everything else will be bought prepped, as I don't want to waste drinking time.

Do you seriously mean Aunt Bessie potatoes? And I thought your choice of shirts was the worst thing about you.....

 

[numbnuts]

Nothing special

 

[vickster]

Christmas Eve - I think a casserole (brother and SiL then heading off to her family)
Christmas Day - Beef this year as only 3 of us (bought at Waitrose last Friday on half price beef day); smoked salmon in eve
Boxing Day - cold salmon and ham and salad (and the Xmas pud as we never manage it on Xmas day)

No turkey...I'll need to go find a turkey dinner out somewhere!

 

[Lullabelle]

We are having a roast chicken dinner followed by Christmas pudding with vanilla custard.

 

[Markymark]

Nothing Aunt Bessie...

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or similar.

Ok, ok, your shirts are still the worst thing about you.

But those potatoes, really? And please don't tell me it'll be instant gravy?

 

[Shadow]

Depends who is cooking. Depends who invites us.

But it will categorically involve champagne, white wine and red wine. And quite possibly dessert wine!

 

[Markymark]

I don't like gravy and you won't really need it.....

I think you need a 24 hour ban from the thread for that.....

 

[ColinJ]

Nothing special

I would be happy enough treating it as just another day but there are people I want to be with who enjoy making special arrangements so I will go along with their choices as usual.

If left to my own devices, I would probably just make myself a big salad and have it with olives, feta or houmous, and pitta breads. Maybe I would treat myself to a bar of chocolate, but probably not. Drinks: a Yorkshire tea/Green tea mix (strength of the former with a hint of the flavour of the latter).

 

[swee'pea99]

Leaning toward gammon. It's tricky with just three of us this year. I'll be watching this thread for inspiration.

 

[MontyVeda]

Not sure this year. I might make myself a 'sunday' roast which is something I'll have any day of the week if I fancy one... or maybe a monumental full english. I might get invited somewhere but this year, i quite fancy not pulling a cracker or wearing a paper hat.

 

[biggs682]

Just had works xmas dinner all the traditional bits and loads of it and followed by loads of xmas pudding , mince pie and a huge slice of victoria sponge and thats me stuffed for the afternoon .

And yes i even had sprouts

 

[swee'pea99]

Christmas Day breakfast will be smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, accompanied by a cava (possibly the Waitrose Cava Brut Castillo Perelada).

For lunch we will be having various nibbles as a starter, accompanied by gin (I've got 16 bottles on the go at the moment - including a fabulous one from Orkney) . The main course of rib of beef will be accompanied by a 1997 Chateau Haut Brisson Saint-Emilion Grand Cru. I'm not sure what dessert will be just yet - but I've got a couple of bottles of dessert wine that could with it - including an El Grifo Georges Glas. For the cheese course I've got a bottle of Nelstrop's PX and a 30 year old Matusalem (a present from my mum). Mr R is sourcing some port as well.

Excellent to see that food gets a look in - well done!

 

[raleighnut]

Probably a Curry, Maz is out at her Sons with the Grandkids so I get a day off from cooking (apart from the brekkie but that will just be Toast triangles with 'Philadelphia' and Smoked Salmon)