What's you favorite part of the Christmas dinner?

cooltown

What's you favorite part of the Christmas dinner?

Bog

The fact that I don't have to make it for another 3 months.

harr

cooltown wrote: »

What's you favorite part of the Christmas dinner?

its not part of the christmas dinner but i do love the turkey sambos on christmas night with real butter,cranberrry sauce and plenty of salt on them.:)

dashboard_hula

My Mum cooks the ham the night before, to save time the next day - invariably one or all of us will fall in the door at half one, spot the ham and make doorstep sandwiches. We used to try to hide the mangled ham from our poor Mum until 3 years ago when she ended up joining in to soak up the brandy!

So that's my favourite part, the sneaky night before

murphym7

Looking at the overflowing plate wondering what part of the plate to start with. Thats the best bit.

RedXIV

second and third helpings

candy-gal1

Stuffing!! yummy nummy!

moonshinerocks

Brussels Sprouts, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

leahyl

Oh my god my mums christmas dinner is UNREAL! I love all of it but i especially look forward to her cheesy garlic potatoes! Layers of potato, and grated cheese and then she pours cream and garlic salt all over it, tops it off with more cheese and into the oven - it comes out golden brown on the top and the cream has mixed in with the garlic salt and the cheese to make a gorgeous sauce.......oh dear god DIVINE!:D

lord lucan

moonshinerocks wrote: »

Brussels Sprouts, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

+1.

I love sprouts when they're done in the water off the ham. I'd eat a pot of them!:)

Kdylass

Good idea about boiling sprouts in water from Ham - I must try that this year

CrazyChick18

Stuffing!!

lord lucan

Kdylass wrote: »

Good idea about boiling sprouts in water from Ham - I must try that this year

Trust me,you'll be amazed at the taste difference. My ma' has been cooking them that way since i was a kid and i've been doing them that way for years too.

Getting there

Stuffing definitely the stuffing. My mum does a normal breadcrumb stuffing and a delicious sausagemeat stuffing . oh. my. god.

my brothers and i do the sneaky night before eating on that! My mouth is watering at the memory of it.

and +1 to the turkey and cranberry sandwiches! yum

00112984

The ham rolls that night in front of a family film. A couple of years ago I got smart and started buying those self-bake demi baguettes for Christmas night. Perfectly fresh bread. Nom.

star-pants

I actually hate Christmas dinner, I hate Sunday dinners/roasts etc, not a fan of meat either. So I generally just eat roast potatoes & some of the veg which is nice.
We have a prawn cocktail to start & I like that bit.

Dessert is my favourite

SadieSue

I do some stuffing separate because I don't eat meat. Love it with mushy peas, mashed potatoes,carrots and brussel sprouts.. YUM Soul food.

That_Guy

harr wrote: »

its not part of the christmas dinner but i do love the turkey sambos on christmas night with real butter,cranberrry sauce and plenty of salt on them.:)

You sir/madam are talkin' my language.

Anytime I'm out with friends in the run up to Christmas I'm forever talking about the sandwich later on that night after the dinner. It's purely awesome. Washed down with a nice cup of coffee does the job. Ain't nothing better.

WesternNight

The sandwiches that I make with the leftovers. Better than the dinner itself, seriously.

littlemis

All of it,including the evening sandwiches,only difference is we have goose,duck etc and potato stuffing.....

nyeb2007

me - love it all and the fact that we space it out throughout the day.

Starters around 2, Mains around 4:30 and dessert whenever we get the munchies again. Followed of course by the obligatory sambos later on. hubbie thought we were mad having our dinner like this but now he wouldn't have it any other way says he can now enjoy his whole dinner

Just wondering has anyone ever tried the bread soaked in the gravy like they once mentioned in "Friends"

lisao80

I love it all.. but not all at the same time, ill have the starter of prawn cocktail, then when everyone else is piling the plates with everything, i like to just have the Ham, mash and sausage stuffing with gravy , then after a while while everyone is tuckin into desert ill have the turkey, roasties, bread stuffing and cranberry sauce because i dont like the trifle my mam makes.

Nothing can beat the sambo's after tho, Ham, lakeshore honey and mustard and wats left of the sausage stuffing if any.
on xmas eve i love to cook my spiced beef early and that does for sambos for xmas eve and a few days after aswell.

desolate sun

I'm a vegetarian so Christmas dinner is completely wasted on me. I like stuffing though but that's not really a Christmas thing. I usualy make something up or last year I had something yummy from M&S.

I know it's not the question you asked but my favourite part of Christmas dinner is the silliness. Pulling crackers, wearing silly hats, playing with the stupid cracker 'presents' and hearing Dad entertain us with some terrible jokes!

Hide behind the post

Bread Sauce.....
Glaze on the ham
Stuffing
Turkey Gravy....oh and Turkey
Actually im forgetting the roast potatoes
Christmas Pud!!!

This could go on....

Hide behind the post

nyeb2007 wrote: »

me - love it all and the fact that we space it out throughout the day.

Starters around 2, Mains around 4:30 and dessert whenever we get the munchies again. Followed of course by the obligatory sambos later on. hubbie thought we were mad having our dinner like this but now he wouldn't have it any other way says he can now enjoy his whole dinner

Just wondering has anyone ever tried the bread soaked in the gravy like they once mentioned in "Friends"

Xmas Dinner ALL Day..........TIP OF THE HAT!!!!

Id introduce that to my home only we kill each other enough for a comparably short Dinner Its the little things from home that I love

CombatCow

Has to be the turkey and stuffing sangitches afterwards with a can of coke and bag of tayto. NYOM NYOM :pac:

dolphin city

it has to be Christmas Eve from about 6 p.m. onwards - meeting friends and family in local - then heading home about eight to attack the hang sangers and having one for the road until about midnight. Christmas day is such an anti-climax after christmas eve - just the oul dinner to look forward to.

Christmas Eve is the biznez.

dolphin city

oh god ya, the traditional Turkey Sandwich on Christmas night - White Bread - must be processed bread from the shop (no healthy sh*t), loads of mayonaise, cranberry sauce, white turkey (the white slices you hid earlier in the day at the back of the fridge for the specific purpose of your sandwich), and stuffing, washed down with an ice cold glass of full fat milk. Definitely a christmas tradition. Sandwiches made on brown healthy bread are called "traitor to Christmas tradition" sandwiches in our house and gets thrown into the fire on sight. :p:p

Loughc

Getting there wrote: »

Stuffing definitely the stuffing. My mum does a normal breadcrumb stuffing and a delicious sausagemeat stuffing . oh. my. god.

my brothers and i do the sneaky night before eating on that! My mouth is watering at the memory of it.

and +1 to the turkey and cranberry sandwiches! yum

I agree to everything in this quote, especially the part about making my mouth water, haha!!

elvis jones

Since getting married i've taken over the cooking duites for christmas and the 2 highlights for me are my honey baked ham ( steeped, bolied, water changed, and baked ) which takes ages in cooking and preperation and that its my bread sauce, recipe from my mother and reminds me of christmas growing up at home

dolphin city

Hide behind the post wrote: »

Bread Sauce.....
Glaze on the ham
Stuffing
Turkey Gravy....oh and Turkey
Actually im forgetting the roast potatoes
Christmas Pud!!!

This could go on....

what is the point of bread sauce? does everybody except myself love it - its just basically bread and butter soaked in milk.. or is it something different. I don't see the attraction.

bladespin

Ham and stuffing sandwiches, carb overload never tasted so good

elvis jones

dolphin city wrote: »

what is the point of bread sauce? does everybody except myself love it - its just basically bread and butter soaked in milk.. or is it something different. I don't see the attraction.

Mine is slightly different.

onion soaked in milk over night with a bay leaf. next morning heat the milk and cut up the onion and add to the milk. Then salt, pepper and a tiny bit of butter before adding the bread crumbs............simple but amazing:)

dolphin city

elvis, it sounds like goody with onions
I have to say i have never tasted it - so I don't know know what I am talking about but I just don't understand it really.

elvis jones

leaving the onion in the milk over night really helps give flavour. It tastes even better on the 26th, the bread does soak up pa lot of the milk but just add more with some salt and pepper and away you go.

old_aussie

Crashing out on the lounge after the feast

jassmine12

the number of dishes which my mother makes for me and i choose the best one amongst all to eat..

Joeyjoejoe43

Yep, has to be the stuffing, with gravy and loads of Turkey, yum yum yum

Posy

Roast potatoes, om nom nom.

Princess Peach

I make a killer panini Stephens day!

Cranberry sauce, turkey, ham, sausage stuffing and regular stuffing, top it off with the cheese of your choice and throw it in the George Forman. Then put a few crisps on the side for presentation. Try it!

My fave part of Christmas dinner is the 5 desserts I will eat. I like sweet things

Maddison

Sausage meat stuffing mmmmmmm. My sisters mum in law makes it, I tend to be picking at it while its still in the oven and hardly cooked:o

elvis jones

Pudding steamed yesterday............it now has a month to mature !!!

Its my 1st attempt so i'll buy an M&S as a back up in case its disgusting:D

Pivot Eoin

The rashers that are cooked on top of the turkey!

Jesus Wept

leahyl wrote: »

Oh my god my mums christmas dinner is UNREAL! I love all of it but i especially look forward to her cheesy garlic potatoes! Layers of potato, and grated cheese and then she pours cream and garlic salt all over it, tops it off with more cheese and into the oven - it comes out golden brown on the top and the cream has mixed in with the garlic salt and the cheese to make a gorgeous sauce.......oh dear god DIVINE!:D

ah jebus, i remember you posting about this upto a year ago.
:-/

want.

Pretty_Pistol

Crispy roast potatoes sliced open with butter melting in the middle covered in gravy and stuffing covered in gravy. :pac:

df1985

5 different types of spuds, nom nom nom, lathered with gravy.

(I dont eat vegetables)

cena

My mother cooks our cook a christmas dinner and he loves it

catlovesmike

My mums recipe home-made trifle for dessert, im an aussie so the likelihood of fresh prawns (my other fave) on the table this year is pretty slim!:)

carolinespring

When we all sit down and pull the first cracker and have the first sip of wine... bliss

vektarman

My mouth is watering reading this thread:)

Namlub

The simmering resentment.



And the potato stuffing!