Your Christmas Dinner?

Kermit.de.frog · 24-12-2021 11:18am #1

Turkey (maybe Goose, interchangable)

Some cranberry sauce

Ham (boiled in something really sugary like Coca Cola does the trick), glazed in honey for the oven

Stuffing

Mustard

Roast potatoes cooked in goose or some other fat

Gravy

Wine

Mushy peas for the weak ones

Christmas pudding and brandy cream for afters

Beer

🤗

What's on the menu this year in other boreds households? 🎄 Any suggestions?

24-12-2021 11:23am

tbh with how non-Christmassy it’s felt coming up to Christmas i nearly could throw a pizza in the oven..

all the same I’m starting prep today for turkey and ham with all the bits and pieces you’d expect.

cj maxx · 24-12-2021 11:25am

Probably roast beef or chicken, mash , roast potatoes , veg and gravy.

L1011 · 24-12-2021 11:30am

Had to commit to cooking almost at the last minute this year so may not get everything done; also only cooking for three this time - the stuff in [] is definite for if I'm feeding nine but might get skipped tomorrow.

Turkey, glazed ham, [stuffing], gravy, [mushroom sauce], roast potatoes, [mash], [croquettes], roast carrots, roast parsnips, roast red onions

Going to start on the ham when I get back from work and we'll see how time goes for everything else tomorrow.

Timberrrrrrrr · 24-12-2021 11:32am

Working Xmas day 06.00 till 2 pm, will head home and do my traditional Xmas day ham and cheese toasties and watch a movie 😁

Timberrrrrrrr · 24-12-2021 11:32am

retalivity · 24-12-2021 11:36am

Probably a curry, or maybe a pizza.

(On holidays in SE asia)

24-12-2021 11:44am

Soup

Seafood cocktail

Turkey, ham, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, mash potatoes, brussel sprouts, cauliflower cheese, mashed carrots and swede, roasted parsnips, gravy, cranberry sauce.

Trifle

Mad_maxx · 24-12-2021 11:54am

We don't like turkey so have a chicken

Chicken

Brussel sprouts ( love those little guys )

Roast potatoes

Roast carrots

Stuffing

Ham

Very simple , no cranberry sauce for me ,don't like it

24-12-2021 11:59am

Damn I forgot the Brussels!!!

Gregor Samsa · 24-12-2021 12:09pm

I cook Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, stuffing, gravy, sprouts (I don't eat them myself), honey glazed carrots, peas - and my personal pièce de résistance: cold Heinz baked beans straight from the tin. I think we're gonna need a bigger plate.

Not sure what I'll drink with it: Milk, coke or beer. Depends on how I feel on the day.

Ice cream, whipped cream, jelly and meringue for dessert. Christmas pudding and custard for those freaks who want it.

But my very favourite bit of Christmas food: At about 9 pm, sitting down watching a movie or whatever, relaxing; a slice of Christmas cake, 2 chocolate biscuits, a packet of cheese and onion crisps, and a hot cup of strong tea. Heaven.

Sgt Hartman · 24-12-2021 1:03pm

Just keeping it really easy this year because 2 years ago I tried to do waaay too much and ended up spending most of the day in the kitchen stressed out. I got cook in the bag turkey breast and ham from the local butchers. I'll make a mixed herb and onion mashed potato with roast potatoes and sauteed mixed veggies. I'll make a nice gravy from the turkey and ham juices. I just picked up a sherry trifle in Tesco yesterday for our dessert.

Splish Splash · 24-12-2021 1:25pm

Dinner: Turkey, Ham, potato stuffing, sausage stuffing, sage and onion stuffing, sprouts, carrot and parsnip mash, gravy, roasties, bread sauce, pigs in blankets, cranberry sauce.

Christmas pud, trifle and banoffee pie for dessert.

Starters or not depending on what time we have breakfast/brunch... and whether a Christmas swim goes ahead or not 🎄⛄️

24-12-2021 2:40pm

For the main Turkey, Ham, potatoes mash and roast, carrots, stuffing, gravy, I’ll suffer a few sprouts too.

Masala · 24-12-2021 3:11pm

anyone see a nice way of cooking and presenting Carrots & Parsnips.

Usually just peel , cut up and lob on a tray and drizzle oil on and put into oven. Looking to sexy-up the veg this year.

Other veg I have at my disposal this year is:

Aubergine
Mushrooms
Butternut Squash
Onions
Red Papers.

Open to ideas .....

Happy Xmas all.....

Archeron · 24-12-2021 3:25pm

Ham and Turkey, but as part of a Christmas day cold salad. Lots of types of tomatoes, onion, pickled onion, coleslaw, beetroot, cheeses, bell peppers and various branston pickle type things.

Then an Oxford lunch so dense that even light can't escape it.

Strumms · 24-12-2021 3:44pm

Turkey, ham, acres of delicious homemade stuffing, creamy mash, roast, sprouts, carrots and gravy flavored with juices of the meat…

yellow hen · 24-12-2021 5:00pm

Can anyone help ..... I bought chestnuts to make cheatnut and pancetta sprouts. Stupidly bought chestnuts in shell and I've no idea how to cook them?

24-12-2021 5:02pm

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..

Temptamperu · 24-12-2021 5:06pm

oooh cant wait.

MTU · 24-12-2021 5:09pm

Whatever just eat will have to offer.

24-12-2021 5:12pm

Just put the turkey in the microwave and pressed the button that looks like a turkey leg. 🍗👌🏻

24-12-2021 5:13pm

I'll eat whatever is put in front of me when I drag myself to my brothers house 😁

24-12-2021 5:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118370492#Comment_118370492

Is that you Gordon Ramsey?

Wishbone Ash · 24-12-2021 5:16pm

Beans on toast - I'll be at work and the canteen is closed.

Coopaloop · 24-12-2021 5:20pm

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Preheat oven to 180 (fan) place chestnuts flat side down, score the skin (its soft) with a knife, so theres a slit in the skin, roast in the oven slit side up for about 25-30 mins, the skin should be peeling back. Leave to cool in tray. Peel and enjoy, chop for recipie.

Kermit.de.frog · 24-12-2021 5:43pm

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Wouldn't it be safer to cook the Turkey in an oven? I'm not dissing the turkey leg magic button just... erm food poisoning

Dr. Bre · 24-12-2021 5:44pm

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No Sprouts ?

24-12-2021 5:45pm

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Bonnet de douche. 👨‍🍳

Montage of Feck · 24-12-2021 5:47pm

Cranberry sauce is just so wrong and American. It's basically warm jam on meat, yuck.

yellow hen · 24-12-2021 5:49pm

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You're a star, thanks so much!

24-12-2021 6:01pm

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Sprouts are strange things but fried in garlic and bacon helps a little.

Coopaloop · 24-12-2021 6:07pm

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Splash a bit of balsamic vinegar in and it helps even more!

gazzer · 24-12-2021 6:15pm

Going to the folks for dinner so it will be chicken, ham, peas, cauliflower, sprouts, mash and roasties. No high falutin stuffing or sauces for us (well apart from YR brown sauce 😂)

halenajulie42 · 24-12-2021 6:19pm

recipe tips are great! Merry Christmas to all

24-12-2021 7:59pm

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Completely agree.

I've never, ever understood the value of cranberry sauce on meat.

A solid gravy beats it every time.

Gregor Samsa · 24-12-2021 8:58pm

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Wait till you hear where turkeys originally came from.

24-12-2021 9:06pm

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Turkey ain't that good either, let's be honest.

Most people overcook it, leaving it drier than the Gobi desert.

touts · 24-12-2021 9:09pm

Roast Turkey with sage and onion stuffing and cranberry sauce.

Clove studded horseshoe ham with honey mustard glaze.

Roast potatoes done in duck fat and a sprig of rosemary.

Marrowfat peas (not much to them really other than butter and seasoning).

Potato croquettes (even less to them as they are birds eye frozen version but some of the family love them)

Sprouts finished in a pan with butter and bacon lardons.

Gravy made from the bottom of the turkey tray.

Gregor Samsa · 24-12-2021 9:11pm

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Never really got that “turkey is dry” thing, tbh

Maybe I just cook it correctly.

Maybe because I drown it in gravy.

But probably because I’m too busy being a glutton to notice or care.

24-12-2021 9:17pm

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Take Maris Piper potatoes and blanch for 5-8 minutes (until exterior looks slightly fluffy), then roast each in a combination of butter, rosemary, salt, and pepper - for approx. 35-40 minutes at 200, and you'll never have a nicer roast potato.

Has to be Maris Piper, as that's what creates the best crunchy exterior and soft, fluffy interior - packed with flavour.

King Edward is a good alternative, too.

bassy · 24-12-2021 9:22pm

snackbox and can a coke.

phormium · 24-12-2021 9:24pm

Prawns/Salmon with pink sc for starters for most, cheese and bits for others and some pate for the non fish eaters.

The usual then, turkey/ham, bread sc (my personal favourite), stuffings (bread, sausage, potato), obligatory marrowfat peas here anyway, roasted carrots/parsnips, brussels gratin (if you have to do so much to those little balls to make them palatable it just proves they should never be eaten!), roast potatoes, garlic potatoes and mash plus tons of gravy. Yes to cranberry sauce too, love an old evening sandwich with turkey/cranberry sc and stuffing.

Dessert will be trifle as always, sherry one and a jelly one.