Christmas Dinners

Paddy Samurai

Anyone having anything unusual.Someone told me polish people have Carp,for christmas dinner.

I will be having the normal Turkey/Ham and all the usual,sprouts,roast spuds,croquettes,stuffing and gravy.Lubricated by lots of wine,beer and a large brandy.Not sure about desert yet,as allthe family can't agree on this.Kids hate pudding and I hate Trifle,wife hates both.

One of the mates is having goose and roast beef for christmas dinner:eek:

Don't forget the crackers!.Its the way I tell em.

smash

I have a leg of Lamb, turkey and ham is boring!

stovelid

Spice burger and chips.

smash

stovelid wrote: »

Spice burger and chips.

Curry sauce?

stovelid

smash wrote: »

Curry sauce?

Swimming.

smash

stovelid wrote: »

Swimming.

Now I'm jealous!

aujopimur

Did anyone else read this as Polish people have Crap for Christmas dinner.
Should have gone to Specsavers

RobbieTheRobber

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Anyone having anything unusual.Someone told me polish people have Carp,for christmas dinner.

I will be having the normal Turkey/Ham and all the usual,sprouts,roast spuds,croquettes,stuffing and gravy.Lubricated by lots of wine,beer and a large brandy.Not sure about desert yet,as allthe family can't agree on this.Kids hate pudding and I hate Trifle,wife hates both.

One of the mates is having goose and roast beef for christmas dinner:eek:

Don't forget the crackers!.Its the way I tell em.

I think this is certain polish regions. My friend who is married to a polish girl told about his Christmas last year in poland when he to got to his inlaws house for xmas dinner he was brought upstairs to the bathroom where there was live carp swimming in the bathtub and it was his job to make them so alive anymore.

Im not sure if this is tradition or they just done it to have a laugh at him though.

I say make them not so alive because the way he told it he wasnt very successful at killing them by brute force.

AnonoBoy

Turkey and Cranberry Pot Noodle with a pack of Angel Delight for desert.

Stay classy AnonoBoy!

Is spiced beef unusual?

themadchef

Waiting on the M+S person to make it all sound sexy and nice because im fúcking sick to death of sprouts and turkey and ham and it's all they feckers want.

stoeger

aujopimur wrote: »

Did anyone else read this as Polish people have Crap for Christmas dinner.
Should have gone to Specsavers

Well crap is free so ya thay probably do

hoodwinked

are garlic sprouts unusual?

Paddy Samurai

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Angel Delight for desert.

Sounds good,used to have it as a kid.Wonder if its a good as I remember it.might give it a try.:D

smash

How good would this look on the table with apples in it's mouths
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/two-snouted-cyclops-pig-china_n_1146448.html

Teyla Emmagan

I hate Christmas dinner - worst meal of the year IMO. I hate turkey, sprouts, stuffing, ham. The only think I will enjoy are the potatoes and gravy.

Last year we had goose, which was fab, but it cost a fortune so are back to the horrible turkey.

At least it's only once a year.

Frynge

hoodwinked wrote: »

are garlic sprouts unusual?

not really but put little bits of smoked bacon in them as well, makes the world a better place

mconigol

Gonna buy me some reindeer this year.

Apanachi

I'll be having my first Christmas turkey dinner for the first time in years, I've had goose or duck for the last 11 years, so I'm really looking forward to finally have a bit of turkey and ham for Christmas.

ejmaztec

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Don't forget the crackers!

That's all we're having, Jacobs ones and a bit of stuffing.:(

fishy fishy

yes it is true, Polish people do have fish for dinner at Christmas, although I think this is eaten on Christmas Eve - the day of their celebration as far as I remember.

put chestnuts into the sprouts.

turkey and ham is traditional AS IS goose, spiced beef, - the spiced beef is usually served cold around Christmas also.

Oranage2

Bottle of whiskey, a Tesco frozen meal and the Die Hard boxset - God I love Christmas.

leahyl

Turkey rules! You must all be cooking it wrong! The flavour from the turkey juices is savage....mmmm gravy and moist turkey....

OldGoat

I like sprouts.*


*Quote may or may not have been stolen from Agent Smith in a fit of quote stealin'.

snowfinch

I love the whole Christmas day food - but nothing unusual, no. I love the classics!

BraziliaNZ

jesus i love sprouts. I've to cook this year as not going home, my brother is coming and some other orphans, I'll make some turkey i guess, I'm starving thinking about it.

padd b1975

I hate the phrase"and all the trimmings"!

MagicMarker

Pork steak, roast potatoes, a small bit of veg, some gravy and a crap load of yorkshire puds.

All washed down with a pint of milk.

Blazer

I'll be having Turkey+Ham , Cream potatoes and a few brussel sprouts.
Maybe followed by mint Viennetta.
Later that nice 2 x turkey wings (cold with salt) and a glass of ice cold milk...can't beat it
Really couldn't be arsed drinking xmas day as I normally call around to see my nephews and nieces..

seamus

Most people would probably consider mine unusual in that it will not contain turkey or ham. Or any meat for that matter. Everything else though - roasters, sprouts, mashers, carrots, peas, a lake of gravy and a mountain of onion stuffing.

Nyom.

jonnyfingers

Turdurken

Available in the frozen section of Lidl or Aldi I believe.

hdowney

every year so far we have had beef and yorkshires. this year however i thought i'd give turkey and ham a lash (we have NEVER been a fan, but methinks it was the way the mammy, and others cooked it - dry as buggery - so i plan on nice moist turkey).

so this year will be turkey, with pancetta, ham, stuffing, mash, roasties, haven't decided on the veg yet,gravy. but before that there will be a fancy crab claw salad. after the mains is home made pud, then mince pies. plenty of drink and anything else we can fit in

kfallon

Turkey & Ham for me with all the usual veg and a nice bit of gravy! Will be as full as a tinkers bra after it

padd b1975

seamus wrote: »

Most people would probably consider mine unusual in that it will not contain turkey or ham. Or any meat for that matter. Everything else though - roasters, sprouts, mashers, carrots, peas, a lake of gravy and a mountain of onion stuffing.

Nyom.

What will your gravy be made from?

sunflower27

Growing up in Sydney, as kids we had turkey - when it was 35 degrees outside!!! I suppose it was still considered tradition that had been passed down. In saying that, I think a lot of people tend to go for seafood at home now.

I am not sure what I will be having as my friend's sister is cooking Christmas dinner. I heard she is going all out and has got caviar. I've never tried it so will look foward to that. I'd say it will be traditional turkey and ham and lots and lots of veg.

You can't beat roasted veg and roast sweet potatoes are one of my favourite things in the world

Duggy747

A slice of cheese into between another 2 slices of cheese. Drank down with some fine stagnent road puddle water.



The family do offer me some of the turkey and spuds on the table but it's hard to shake off the dole lifestyle.

Pherekydes

Turkey, Ham and all the trimmings*. Sprouts are tossed in olive oil and honey and roasted. Even the kids love those. Carrots are honey glazed. Cauliflower is either with a white sauce or au gratin. I make the stuffing properly from scratch. And the gravy (from the turkey juices and not from something in a packet). I haven't tried making cranberry jus yet. I'll have to make do with Rachel Allen's stuff. Someone else does the spuds.

I'll usually make a trifle but no one else eats it.

Don't drink much on the day itself because I've usually some driving to do. Hold that till later...

*Just to annoy 1975 Paddy

seamus

padd b1975 wrote: »

What will your gravy be made from?

Veggie gravy made using the juice from the carrots and sprouts. Awesome.

Ilyana

Fillet steak

With dauphinoise potatoes and veg

Copious amounts of chocolate for dessert :P

Best meal of the year

hoorsmelt

Liver and onions in brown sauce, with flaming sherry as a drink and tinned fruit salad for desert.

padd b1975

Pherekydes wrote: »

Turkey, Ham and all the trimmings*. Sprouts are tossed in olive oil and honey and roasted. Even the kids love those. Carrots are honey glazed. Cauliflower is either with a white sauce or au gratin. I make the stuffing properly from scratch. And the gravy (from the turkey juices and not from something in a packet). I haven't tried making cranberry jus yet. I'll have to make do with Rachel Allen's stuff. Someone else does the spuds.

I'll usually make a trifle but no one else eats it.

Don't drink much on the day itself because I've usually some driving to do. Hold that till later...

*Just to annoy 1975 Paddy

Well are'nt you just full of christmas cheer?

padd b1975

seamus wrote: »

Veggie gravy made using the juice from the carrots and sprouts. Awesome.

Lol
I will never find out!

pcardin

aujopimur wrote: »

Did anyone else read this as Polish people have Crap for Christmas dinner.
Should have gone to Specsavers

OP will have crap for dinner and have a very serious problems with imagination and accpting/trying something new. :pac:

Teyla Emmagan

Some really disgusting food on this thread.

Immaculate Pasta

I'm from a vegetarian household and instead of turkey we've had vegetarian haggis for our Christmas dinner. It's very nice :cool:

smash

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

I'm from a vegetarian household and instead of turkey we've had vegetarian haggis for our Christmas dinner. It's very nice :cool:

That is fúcking disgusting!

fishy fishy

and don't forget, my lot go crazy for the cold turkey sandwiches about 8 p.m. with lots o mayonaisse, turkey, ham, stuffing and cranberry washed down with ice cold milk. Nearly better than the dinner.

fishy fishy

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

I'm from a vegetarian household and instead of turkey we've had vegetarian haggis for our Christmas dinner. It's very nice :cool:

so basically a box of dry weetabix then.

whitewave

we have duck now, way nicer than turkey. it's all about the ham though

had a slovakian christmas dinner once...bit odd, but tasty. one of the courses was some weird soup that you eat with chocolate bread. nom.

Darkginger

We're having roast Aldi goose (€19.99) with a red wine and date sauce (Gordon Ramsay recipe), potato stuffing, roast spuds, roast parsnips, sprouts, carrots and peas. It was a toss up between that and turkey madras, jewelled pilau rice, sprout bhaji, Bombay potatoes and home made naan. Saving the latter for New Year, I think. Might have Christmas spiced gulab jaman after the Christmas dinner, though. With kulfi

Paddy Samurai

whitewave wrote: »

one of the courses was some weird soup that you eat with chocolate bread. nom.

Sounds like Hansel and Gretel,what was the main course?.