Any Christmas food left?

DvB

Was just wondering if anyone had much in the way of Christmas food (treats etc.) left over?

We have a fair amount this year, from having a nose through the cupboards last night we appear to still have:

1 and a half marzipan stollens
6 x Cadbury selection boxes
1 x Galaxy selection box
1 x M&M selection box
1 tub quality street
1 tub heroes
1 box of cadburys eclairs (toffee's)

6 x large bags chilli heatwave doritos
2 x Dunnes spiracha chilli crisps
2 x Large bags Tortilla chips
1 x box of Tayto cheese & onion crisps
A Freezer full of party food (sausage rolls, goujons etc.)
(all these were in expectation of having family around NYE that we had to cancel)

Alcohol wise we have way too much too, again because of the NYE get together cancellation and with me off it for a few weeks that wont change anytime soon.

How are the rest of you in terms of christmas treats?

TRS30

Haven't done a full infantry however know we have 2 boxes of mince pies, a few tins of biscuits, couple of Christmas puds, few tubes of Pringles and large packs of crisps & nuts, few bottles of wine and a good few beers, on top of normal levels. Have checked the best before dates on any of the food and will try to make sure they are eaten or given away as hate throwing away food.

DvB

TRS30 wrote: »

Haven't done a full infantry however know we have 2 boxes of mince pies, a few tins of biscuits, couple of Christmas puds, few tubes of Pringles and large packs of crisps & nuts, few bottles of wine and a good few beers, on top of normal levels. Have checked the best before dates on any of the food and will try to make sure they are eaten or given away as hate throwing away food.

Forgot I have 18 mince pies in the freezer & half a box in the cupboard too :eek:

Aisling(",)

One box of celebrations and one Christmas cake left.
Hopefully there's nothing else tucked away.I need the tasty temptation gone!

Loughc

We have ALOT left, like ALOT! We also consumed ALOT! I completely over-bought in 2020, i got it just right in 2019, so I will need to pull back in 2021. I think the gloomy 2020 caused me to go all out each week when picking up bits. And we were gifted alot in 2020 too.

1 x tub of Quality Street
1 x Box of Tunnoks Teacakes
1 x Box of Snowballs
1 X large tOBLERONE
1 X Small Cadbury Selection Box
1 x Small Mars Selection Box
1 x Large Lily O'Brien Box of Sweets
1 x Packet of 6 Salted Caramel Galaxy Cake Bars
1 x Natural Confectionery bag of Jellies
1 X lARGE Sharing bag of Chocolate M&M's
1 x Tesco Sour Cream & onion Coated Peanuts
1 x Ben & Jerry's Minter Wonderland Tub
2 x Pringles
2 x large bags chilli heatwave doritos
2 x Terry's Chocolate Orange

We can chip away at them as the Saturday cheat day treats over the next few months haha

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

We have ALOT left, like ALOT! We also consumed ALOT! I completely over-bought in 2020, i got it just right in 2019, so I will need to pull back in 2021. I think the gloomy 2020 caused me to go all out each week when picking up bits. And we were gifted alot in 2020 too.

Could have written that myself. We definitely threw in some extra bits to lighten the mood.

Though our situation wasn't helped by the pace of the restrictions increasing as we bought loads for NYE.

tscul32

Loads left here too. 4 tuba of chocs, a few pringles and several sharing bags of crisps. Loads of Terry's choc orange products (OH went a bit overboard on these), boxes of matchmakers, box of chocs, 2 selection boxes, an awful lot of cadbury fingers, etc ...

We've put up anything dated in the second half of the year. The rest we're still tucking into.

It's the littlest's birthday tomorrow and he has requested a choc biscuit cake so that will take care of a lot of the chocolate bars and biscuits. And we'll open one of tubs tomorrow too.

Definitely won't be stuck for movie night treats for a long time.

Edited to add - tons of alcohol too. We'd usually have a few get togethers with friends and family.

Autosport

I’m afraid to even look but I definitely over bought this year. I didn’t even open the personalised tin of Quality street :eek:

Posy

Autosport wrote: »

I didn’t even open the personalised tin of Quality street :eek:

I don't even know who you are anymore.

odyssey06

1 box of mince pies.
1 whiskey porter cake.
1 box ferrero rocher limited edition.

Not sure if it counts as purchased half price after christmas - Supervalu cheeseboard.

Autosport

Posy wrote: »

I don't even know who you are anymore.

Will it make you feel better if I tell you I’m wearing a Christmas jumper




I think I’ll have to check and see what’s left

Montage of Feck

The mold on the ham is a bit gross to look at but still tastes alright with plenty of mayo.

Montage of Feck

Montage of Feck wrote: »

The mold on the ham is a bit gross to look at but still tastes alright with plenty of mayo.

Ah now

completedit

Nope. All gone. Didn't have much to begin with.

Loughc

completedit wrote: »

Nope. All gone. Didn't have much to begin with.

I guess you could say you completed it.

Posy

Heroditas

One tin (note, tin not tub) of Quality Street
One tin of Afternoon Tea
One tin of Fox's biscuits
One whiskey cake
One pudding
Assorted packets of other biscuits
2 boxes of Ferrero Rocher
3 other small boxes of Butler's chocolates
2 large bags of peanuts
1 box of Super Valu mince pies
Also several blocks of quince

All unopened!

dubstepper

6 bottles of wine
1 tray of heino
3 bottles of whiskey

2 packets of crisps
also some goose fat I forgot to use on the roasties

Happy Jan to one and all!

Hellokitty1212

I’m eating a chocolate Santy as we speak!!!

Heroditas

Also enough booze to float the Titanic but that's medicinal at this stage

tscul32

Just finished the candy canes that were hiding on the tree.

dubstepper

dubstepper wrote: »

6 bottles of wine
1 tray of heino
3 bottles of whiskey

2 packets of crisps
also some goose fat I forgot to use on the roasties

Happy Jan to one and all!

Can I call over? I have a kilo of homemade shortcrust and a jar and half of mincemeat I can bring.

Car99

Nothing left , even the whiskey got drank this year. Just did purchase another xmas box of cheese and onion taytos today because I could.

Day Lewin

Did all right - drank last of the wine tonight:
Still got a large Tupperware of home-made biscuits - all the neighbours have been given their boxes - I don't know what to do with these.
A bit of chocolate left but not too much - let the austerity commence!

tscul32

We've decided that next year we're not buying any tubs but will order a tin of toffee fingers, assuming post Brexit it's still feasible. We always end up being given several tubs and end up with loads of them. And quality street are the family favourites, toffee fingers especially.
Boxes of king/tayto will be the only crisps, maybe a tub or two of pringles.

Although we say that every year....

Autosport

I went and had a look and here’s what’s left

1 box of Foxes biscuits
1 tin of Afternoon Tea
3 Cadbury’s selection boxes
2 Galaxy selection boxes
1 tin of Quality street (personalised)
1 multi pack of Tayto cheese and onion (16)
2 boxes of After Eights
2 Bags of Percy pigs jellies
3 tubes of Smarties
1 packet of M&S Orange/chocolate mallows
1 M&S mint chocolate collection

A lot of these have next years best before date so will keep them for next year but certainly bought way too much,

Alun

Nothing at all really, apart from lots of cheese and crackers. Oh yes, and some rather iffy looking parsnips that might turn into soup if I can be bothered.

cee_jay

We don't have much left, apart from some wensleydale, and crackers. And lots of gin. Lots and lots of gin. Some beer too I think.
The last of the mince pies were had last night, there was some spiced beef leftovers still in tupperware lurking at the back of the fridge, but that was dumped a couple of days ago.

tickingclock

All in my belly unfortunately way too much in my belly. Finished eaten it during the week. In this house we've no will power at all. I couldn't slowly chip away at it once a week

nextgengamer

Just had the last mince pie and half what's left of a plum pudding..with a cup of tea

sporina

nada left now.. really missing mince pies.. we sampled quiet a few over the space of a month or so.. a mix of supermarket/homemade.. that was fun.. we bought some more after xmas (just cos they wer sale price {of course}).. but all gone now.. sniff sniff.. warmed with some custard the wer the perfect comfort food at night.. the cold weather isn't helping..

DvB

Have 18 mince pies in the freezer and a box with 2 in it in the kitchen press. So I'll be grand for a bit on that score.

sporina

DvB wrote: »

Have 18 mince pies in the freezer and a box with 2 in it in the kitchen press. So I'll be grand for a bit on that score.

oh enjoy - what brand was your fav this year? we had a mix - worst was SV own brand (standard range) - best was between SV baked-in-store Grange, Cork and those we bought in The Opera House Cafe, Cork - don't rem the name of the co. that made them.. DS standard own brand wer v good too - better than M&S standard brand

CharlieHaghy

I have a turkey leg in the slow cooker in brine.

tscul32

CharlieHaghy wrote: »

I have a turkey leg in the slow cooker in brine.

I can smell that from here...yum

DvB

sporina wrote: »

oh enjoy - what brand was your fav this year? we had a mix - worst was SV own brand (standard range) - best was between SV baked-in-store Grange, Cork and those we bought in The Opera House Cafe, Cork - don't rem the name of the co. that made them.. DS standard own brand wer v good too - better than M&S standard brand

For me the best are the Avoca ones.

mirrorwall14

Very little remaining here. Last few bits finished this week. I’m suffering withdrawal symptoms! Theres remnants of several tubs of quality street and roses that aren’t our households favourites tucked in one box. Nothing else except booze but we’d keep a running cabinet anyways and it’s nothing that wouldn’t get drunk over the next few months anyways

sporina

oh just found a slab of O'Conaill's milk choc.. twas part of a hamper.. will defo tuck into that tonight

its really just the mince pies I miss.. got sprouts in Tesco yesterday - yipee.. (v sad times when that's a highlight - but I love them)

Graces7

NB I was not expecting that huge hamper or any of the wondrous gifts so not all me.... in fact only the Celebrations and one Christmas pudding

6 mince pies

2 Christmas puddings.

One 800 gm tin of Heroes.

Large box Milk Tray

Box of Celebrations

Cheese crackers. ( cheese all gone)

Various biscuits.

2 boxes of easy peelers.

Various bits lurking.

Oh a large chunk of raw turkey and a turkey dinner in the freezer.


I only ever eat 3 chocolates at one time ie once a day so these will last a while...

Jude13

From memory:
I bag of chocolate coins
1/2 tin of Hero's
1/2 box of Cadbury eclairs
850 gram of Dairy milk [1.87lbs for the yanks ]
3 selection boxes
3 x large Bourneville bars
2 homemade pudding which I made with my own fair hands but keep forgetting to steam for another two hours prior to any guest arriving.
Case of beer and cider

meeeeh

Alcohol. We have stock of that through the year anyway, we usually restock around Christmas.

I don't buy Celebrations, Roses or similar because we usually get them anyway (and they are disgusting imo). Other stuff is bought as needed so not much is left on 3rd of January.

Smell the glove

Still have loads of chocolate left. We didn't buy it, it was all bought for us by people over Christmas. Happens every year, we actually have to sort it all out by the best before date and work out way through it. I think it was july or August before we got through it last year.

Currently finishing the last of the Lindt and I have a ham defrosting. Think that’s it then.

Loughc

Smell the glove wrote: »

Still have loads of chocolate left. We didn't buy it, it was all bought for us by people over Christmas. Happens every year, we actually have to sort it all out by the best before date and work out way through it. I think it was july or August before we got through it last year.

Keep an eye on the best before date a lot of the Christmas chocolates are made so far in advance they tend to have an expiry date of Feb/March 2021.

Smell the glove

Loughc wrote: »

Keep an eye on the best before date a lot of the Christmas chocolates are made so far in advance they tend to have an expiry date of Feb/March 2021.

Yep we always organise it it to eat or way through the stuff which will go off first. Tunnocks Tea Cakes always do be gone off come February so are always the first to be eaten.

DvB

Just finished my last stollen. Be October (I think) before It'll be back in Lidl again

Though given the damage it does to my waistline that probably not a bad thing

We finished off a box of biscuits today, with 2 more boxes left, and a small box of chocolates.

sporina

i'm noticing that the current restrictions are encouraging us to continue with some of the xmas indulgence...

like, today we had a healthy - ish "fry" for brunch.... (this is what we had over Xmas and NY

we only ever do that for xmas, easter - and such occasions..

anyone else notice this? continuing xmas habits due to the current restrictions?

tasty out and lots of walking so don't feel too guilty lol

Loughc

sporina wrote: »

i'm noticing that the current restrictions are encouraging us to continue with some of the xmas indulgence...

like, today we had a healthy - ish "fry" for brunch.... (this is what we had over Xmas and NY

we only ever do that for xmas, easter - and such occasions..

anyone else notice this? continuing xmas habits due to the current restrictions?

tasty out and lots of walking so don't feel too guilty lol

100% the lockdown deffo encouraging a few extra treats.

Lovely weather lately for walking. So I’m with you have the treats get for your walks and enjoy it all

Do what you can to get through this lockdown in high spirits.

Posy

Think I have-

A tin of quality street, a tub of quality street, a box of celebrations, (nearly) a box of ferrero rocher, a box of Dairy Box, 2 mini puddings, and a bottle of Baileys.

I'll be cracking the Baileys open for Rudolph Day on the weekend of the 25th.

Posy

Loughc wrote: »

Keep an eye on the best before date a lot of the Christmas chocolates are made so far in advance they tend to have an expiry date of Feb/March 2021.

Pfffft, chocolate doesn't expire. :rolleyes: