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After enjoying some apéritifs and light canapés, to start, we'll be having oak-smoked Scottish salmon, served with a home-made Dijon mustard and dill sauce [essentially Gravadlax], accompanied by a celeriac and carrot remoulade, and a fresh rocket salad, drizzled with infused chilli-oil.
That will be followed by free-range roast Gressingham goose, with all the trimmings, home-made sage, onion and cranberry stuffing, 'pigs in blankets', etc, and then a 'Winter Pudding Bombe', as shown here: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/winter-pudding-bombe/#
Wine will be 2005 Pouilly-Fuissé, for the salmon, and 2011 Gevrey-Chambertin, for the goose. Pudding wine will be Royal Tokaji 5 Puttonyos 2008/2009, possibly followed by some Grahams 1985 vintage port, Lanark Blue cheese and home-made oatcakes - if we have any room left! :cool:
What will you guys be having for your Crimbo scran? :)
Marco.
Fresh Turkey crown (after a slight debacle collecting it this morning - not by me I hasten to add!)
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/sprout_of_order_upminster_m_s_shoppers_tweet_compl aints_at_long_queues_1_4359416
Fresh Turkey crown (after a slight debacle collecting it this morning - not by me I hasten to add!)
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/sprout_of_order_upminster_m_s_shoppers_tweet_compl aints_at_long_queues_1_4359416
Nice one, Roy. What will you be drinking with it? :)
Marco.
Having full McCoy..including my famous oatmeal stuffing that i just remembered about..its on cooking...not xms without that and daughter would kill me. May be having ham too but dunno as i aint making it.. I just did 2 types of stuffing both my own recipe and have done black pud in blankets too this time... I will be raiding the cellar for wine too.
You can't beat a right good stuffing, eh baby? :eyebrows:
Apparently, the primo variety make your eyes water....
Marco.
The Black Adder
24-12-2015, 15:01
To start some fresh smoked salmon with caviar on Blinis. A fresh Turkey crown from our butchers 3 doors down (plus all the trimmings) and some Eggnog cream with spiced pecan raisin dunkers for desert - everything homemade... all washed down with some very nice organic wine, and a little Champagne.
Yum! :)
What will you be drinking with it? :)
Nothing but the finest sparkling water, have some driving to do this year :doh:
Btw, folks, just a small recommendation for a rather agreeable cocktail. It's called an Aperol Spritzer...
You will need:
1 x CHILLED bottle of Prosecco or other sparkling white wine, such as Cava. If you really want to be indulgent, use Champagne.
1 x bottle of Aperol, see here: http://www.aperol.com/int/en/aperol-world/product/product
1 x orange.
Some white sugar.
Ice cubes.
Method:
Take one medium-sized wine glass per person, lightly wet the rim and dip it in sugar, ensuring that the sugar sticks to the rim and coats it evenly all the way round.
Take a small vodka 'shot' glass, fill fully with Aperol, and pour into each wine glass. Repeat once more, so that 2 x shot-glass measures have been used per glass.
Cut up some slices of fresh oranges, half them, and pop one half into each wine glass, then add desired amount of ice.
Fill up each wine glass (and contents above) with Prosecco, or equivalent. Stir thoroughly and enjoy. It's gorgeous! :cheers:
Marco.
walpurgis
24-12-2015, 15:14
A cheese sarnie most likely.
I'll have a late Chistmas dinner with the family once they come back from visiting relatives for the next few days. No doubt I'll be cooking it.
Nothing but the finest sparkling water, have some driving to do this year :doh:
Ah, I feel your pain, bruv....
Marco.
To start some fresh smoked salmon with caviar on Blinis. A fresh Turkey crown from our butchers 3 doors down (plus all the trimmings) and some Eggnog cream with spiced pecan raisin dunkers for desert - everything homemade... all washed down with some very nice organic wine, and a little Champagne.
Yum! :)
Sounds very nice, dude! However, what is with all you guys who don't like bones? At least, I'm presuming that's why you're having turkey crowns, instead of a whole fresh bird. Turkey breast/crown is the driest part of the meat. The tastiest and most succulent bits is all the stuff on the bone, such as legs and thighs...
And if you don't like meat on the bone, you don't know what you're missing! :ner:
Oh, and how are you doing your gravy (as you need bones and proper stock to make good gravy) - I presume it's not sponsored by Bisto!! Horrid brown-coloured drain fluid, that stuff is... :spew:
Marco.
A cheese sarnie most likely.
I'll have a late Chistmas dinner with the family once they come back from visiting relatives for the next few days. No doubt I'll be cooking it.
Why not go out somewhere tomorrow and treat yourself, Geoff? Let someone else do the cooking, until you do it later for the family :)
Marco.
As long as i get stuffin I dont care:D
The Black Adder
24-12-2015, 15:26
we normally have a goose or a turkey, just something different. It's been dressed and finished by the butcher and it looks fookin' FAB. :)
We have some fresh stock in the freezer from earlier this year. Fook Bisto - Gravy made by I.C.I. - yuk.
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Arkless Electronics
24-12-2015, 15:27
Humbugs :D
Fairy muff, Jo - bet it will be nice. It's just in my experience, folk who eat crowns tend not to like meat on the bone. Obviously, that's not the case with you. Enjoy! :cool:
What veg ya havin' with it? :)
Marco.
Humbugs :D
Sponsored by 'Bah & Co'? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Arkless Electronics
24-12-2015, 15:32
Sponsored by 'Bah & Co'? :eyebrows:
Marco.
:ner:
The Black Adder
24-12-2015, 15:33
Fairy muff, Jo - bet it will be nice. It's just in my experience, folk who eat crowns tend not to like meat on the bone. Obviously, that's not the case with you. Enjoy! :cool:
What veg ya havin' with it? :)
Marco.
Gawd no... it's just a change :) We have a fresh freerange chicken from the butchers every week anyway.
Parsnips, roasties, roast carrots and Shallots, Sprouts and roast chestnuts.
However, what is with all you guys who don't like bones? At least, I'm presuming that's why you're having turkey crowns, instead of a whole fresh bird. Turkey breast/crown is the driest part of the meat. The tastiest and most succulent bits is all the stuff on the bone, such as legs and thighs...
Not my choice as I'm not doing the cooking this year (for a change). If left to me I'd have a Duck or a nice leg of Lamb.
Sounds great, we're having those and a few more (although, the sprouts will be served 'Jewelled', with Dolcelatte cheese and pomegranate seeds), as Del is veggie, so she likes lots of choice of veg! :)
Along with her home-made nut roast, there will also be braised red cabbage (in redcurrant jelly), and roasted Clementine root vegetables (beetroot, parsnips and carrots, roasted with Clementine oranges). Also, squash and kale Gratin, with some home-made bread sauce, and cranberry sauce on the side, to accompany her nut roast.
Marco.
Not my choice as I'm not doing the cooking this year (for a change). If left to me I'd have a Duck or a nice leg of Lamb.
Ah, I see... Quite right! Have you tried goose? If you like duck, it's similar only MUCH tastier! :)
walpurgis
24-12-2015, 16:11
Why not go out somewhere tomorrow and treat yourself, Geoff? Let someone else do the cooking, until you do it later for the family :)
Marco.
Not much in the way of decent eateries around here Marco. Unless of course you like curry or kebab. I doubt I'd bother anyway. :)
walpurgis
24-12-2015, 16:12
Humbugs :D
Yeah. Humbugs to you too mate! ;)
Fairy muff, Jo - bet it will be nice. It's just in my experience, folk who eat crowns tend not to like meat on the bone. Obviously, that's not the case with you. Enjoy! :cool:
What veg ya havin' with it? :)
Marco.
Like a leg myself chicken wise but turkey legs are difficult to cook well when attached to the bird. Best removing the 4 of them and cooking separate lol
Like a leg myself chicken wise but turkey legs are difficult to cook well when attached to the bird. Best removing the 4 of them and cooking separate lol
Turkeys have 4 legs??? Must be a West Lothian thing!
Like a leg myself chicken wise but turkey legs are difficult to cook well when attached to the bird. Best removing the 4 of them and cooking separate lol
Ah the famous Sellafield Turkey!
Not much in the way of decent eateries around here Marco. Unless of course you like curry or kebab. I doubt I'd bother anyway...
No worries... This place looks half-decent: http://www.foodandfuel.co.uk/our-pubs/the-duke-richmond/ Dunno how near it is to you, though. Or here: http://www.metropolitanpubcompany.com/our-pubs/the-grove-ealing/ Are either of them reachable, say by taxi? :)
Marco.
No worries... This place looks half-decent: http://www.foodandfuel.co.uk/our-pubs/the-duke-richmond/ Dunno how near it is to you, though. Or here: http://www.metropolitanpubcompany.com/our-pubs/the-grove-ealing/ Are either of them reachable, say by taxi? :)
Marco.
I've eaten at the Grove in Ealing (my wife works near there) the food is OK and they have decent beer.
Cool. How far from Southall to Ealing, then? :)
Marco.
Turkeys have 4 legs??? Must be a West Lothian thing!
Take some catching:D
Turkeys have 4 legs??? Must be a West Lothian thing!
:lolsign:
They do after half a dozen malts. After a full bottle, they even fly!! :lol:
Marco.
Like a leg myself chicken wise but turkey legs are difficult to cook well when attached to the bird.
You just need to ensure that the bird is properly trussed! ;)
Marco.
walpurgis
24-12-2015, 16:34
You just need to ensure that the bird is properly trussed! ;)
Marco.
Ah. Bondage eh? :D
Aye, a good tying up/spanking fair stimulates yer appetite... Keeps her mits off of the TV remote control, too! :eyebrows:
So what about those pubs, then? That's where I'd be parking my arse, anyway, mate - and enjoying a few nice draught ales along with my roast dinner, with no washing up to do afterwards either! :cool:
Marco.
walpurgis
24-12-2015, 16:37
I've eaten at the Grove in Ealing (my wife works near there) the food is OK and they have decent beer.
Yes. I've eaten there myself. It's about five miles from Southall. Prefer the Greek place on Haven Green though.
Would that not be better then, than sitting in with a cheese sarnie? ;)
Marco.
walpurgis
24-12-2015, 16:47
Would that not be better then, than sitting in with a cheese sarnie? ;)
Marco.
Nope. I'll stick with the sarnie and enjoy the quiet (and a couple of beers) for a few days until my mob come back from their Xmas jaunt. :)
Fair dos - I guess we're all different! :)
Marco.
Aperitif of home made charcuterie with a Caol Ila single malt or Ricard.
Champagne to follow.
Starting with a fish starter of some sort, with a suitable white wine to wash it down.
Moving onto a 2nd starter frogs legs, again with a suitable wine.
Then a small salad with a home made terrine of foie gras and home produced jam on de pays. Again, more wine.
Main course is home reared Guinea Fowl, roast potatoes and other Seasonal veg from the garden. With more wine.
Cheese will be up next, with a varied selection of English and French cheeses. Washed down with a bit of wine.
On to deserts - two different Yule logs, home made. A rice pudding (but not a milky thing like you get from a can) and a Pavlova, served with red fruit and a suitable coulis. Washed down with a desert wine.
After that, a much deserved sleep, but only after a nice 'hand shandy'.
Audio Advent
24-12-2015, 21:10
Aperitif of home made charcuterie with a Caol Ila single malt or Ricard.
Champagne to follow.
Starting with a fish starter of some sort, with a suitable white wine to wash it down.
Moving onto a 2nd starter frogs legs, again with a suitable wine.
Then a small salad with a home made terrine of fois gras and home produced jam on de pays. Again, more wine.
Main course is home reared Guinea Fowl, roast potatoes and other Seasonal veg from the garden. With more wine.
Cheese will be up next, with a varied selection of English and French cheeses. Washed down with a bit of wine.
On to deserts - two different Yule logs, home made. A rice pudding (but not a milky thing like you get from a can) and a Pavlova, served with red fruit and a suitable coulis. Washed down with a desert wine.
After that, a much deserved sleep.
So what's the lives-to-be-ended count for that transient bit of personal pleasure? Fois gras too ... oh dear . Sorry, I guess it's no more than most actually but at least bigger animals go further. But fois gras... booo!
Audio Advent
24-12-2015, 21:16
I'm hoping for my mother's superb chestnut and mushroom pie, might be a nut roast being served but it would be a bought one which often isn't so good as home made.. As the only vegetarian in my family I should really be more organised and make it myself! Next year...
Plenty of wine and then onto port I'm sure...
Lots of veg gonna die anyways.
So what's the lives-to-be-ended count for that transient bit of personal pleasure? Fois gras too ... oh dear . Sorry, I guess it's no more than most actually but at least bigger animals go further. But fois gras... booo!
It's a cultural thing here in France. I don't actually like it that much, but the mother in law who is a retired chef likes doing something special once a year. If you want to eat, you have to kill something at some point, be it animal or vegetable.
And the Guinea fowl is perfectly OK, even though we will probably eat a whole one each?
southall-1998
24-12-2015, 21:42
Donkey bottom and chips for me tomorrow :)
S.
Audio Advent
24-12-2015, 21:49
It's a cultural thing here in France. I don't actually like it that much, but the mother in law who is a retired chef likes doing something special once a year. If you want to eat, you have to kill something at some point, be it animal or vegetable.
And the Guinea fowl is perfectly OK, even though we will probably eat a whole one each?
Not sure about the equating plant life death to animal death morally (else why should humans even care about the lives of other humans, or their loved ones) but of course the hand-reared Guinea fowl will have had probably one of the best short lives in the alive-to-be-killed scheme of things.
You're strong, you can stand up for what you believe if you really don't like it. "Act as you'd like the world to act" etc
Audio Advent
24-12-2015, 21:50
Donkey bottom and chips for me tomorrow :)
S.
I'd like to see that served up... two round cheeks with chips down the middle.
Not sure about the equating plant life death to animal death morally (else why should humans even care about the lives of other humans, or their loved ones) but of course the hand-reared Guinea fowl will have had probably one of the best short lives in the alive-to-be-killed scheme of things.
You're strong, you can stand up for what you believe if you really don't like it. "Act as you'd like the world to act" etc
I don't eat humans.
The animals are reared for eating, they are not pets.
The difference is that they get a better life before we eat them compared to other animals in the mass produced market.
I assume you only eat free range eggs etc?
We are not going down the path of the morality of eating animals here. If you wish to, then open a separate thread please.
A big bowl of home made steaming chilli that I made this afternoon. I've had decades of the standard Xmas fare that it doesn't hit the spot any more, so me & the other half decided on something else this year.
Breakfast will still be a full English, mind you.
Having full McCoy..including my famous oatmeal stuffing that i just remembered about..its on cooking...not xms without that and daughter would kill me.
I'm very interested in that. Would you care to publish your recipe or if not, PM it to me please?
Lol, Dont really have a recipe Greg; I just make it if you know what I mean...its touchy feely and you usually have to have a few disasters before you get it right. Then you can make it in your sleep:)
If you want I will try and work something out but wont be weights n measures
A big bowl of home made steaming chilli that I made this afternoon. I've had decades of the standard Xmas fare that it doesn't hit the spot any more, so me & the other half decided on something else this year.
Breakfast will still be a full English, mind you.
Sounds good, Jon, although don't think I could handle a cooked breakfast, and then Christmas lunch - unless the breakfast was at 7am, and lunch, say, 3pm! ;)
I also get the idea that some folk don't like a traditional Christmas lunch/dinner, and seek something different. However, for me, I only have roast goose once a year, and so look forward to it. I can get a curry or a Chinese any day of the week.
Whatever you're into, I guess! :cool:
Marco.
Going to my sister's place so will be whatever she serves us and gratefully received. She's a decent cook so it will decent.
She's cooking for 12 of us tomorrow. Brave lass. I'll dae dishes. Nee bother.
Sounds good, Rich. Nice big family gatherings at this time of year are great, so enjoy - and make sure you take your 'marigolds' with you! :cool: :D
Marco.
Btw, it's nice to know that the management team at TAS allow these sorts of unfriendly gestures to exist at Christmas: www.theaudiostandard.net/thread/1856/people-live-cuckoo-land
The thread there of course is about having a dig at me. It's laughable really, but worth mentioning and putting into perspective. So, to Andre:
The reason why I'm having a "pompous arse menu" today is because I'm a 'foodie', and so enjoy eating nice things. For me, food isn't simply just sustenance. As an Italian, nice food is a huge part of our lives, and indeed that of any other person of mediterranean descent, so you'll find that many other Italians, French and Spanish, etc, as well as Brits, who are 'foodies', are having similar "pompous arse menus" today.
As the saying goes, we (as mediterraneans) LIVE TO EAT, not merely eat to live! ;)
I also enjoy fine wine, and not because it's "pompous", but because I'm a connoisseur and enthusiast, much in the same as I'm one of hi-fi and music, therefore I can appreciate the difference between a bog-standard bottle of red wine, bought from my local off-licence, and a bottle of Gevrey Chambertin, purchased from a specialist wine merchants in France, much the same as I can differentiate between the sound of a Matsui MP3 player and full McIntosh hi-fi system...
By the same token, I could say to you: why don't you just listen to music on a Tesco midi system or decorate your home with sale furniture from DFS, and be done with it, like 'normal people' do, instead of that "pompous arse" vintage hi-fi system you've got, or the 'pointless and pretentious' 60s/70s retro decor you like? It's all unnecessary and just "pompous arse", innit?
Do you see where I'm going with this...?
I included the 'details' in question, on my "pompous arse menu" for the benefit of any foodies or wine connoisseurs reading, who would've appreciated it. Just the same as others here wouldn't simply say 'Yes, I've got a hi-fi system', without outlining what it consists of, and going into detail a bit about the whole thing. The same type of stuff, as I've mentioned on this thread, is discussed regularly in the food and drink threads elsewhere on the forum, so is that 'wrong' or 'pompous arse', too?
If I can't appeal to the 'enthusiast' element in our membership, no matter if the topic of discussion is about food, drink, hi-fi or music, silk camisoles or whatever (:eyebrows:), without being slagged off for it, then it's a sad day, my friend... So please don't try and impose your standards or values, and what you consider as 'correct' or 'acceptable', on my lifestyle, and I won't do that to you. We all have our different passions.
Oh, and Martin T....
I've got no time for that level of food pomposity...
It's not what you choose to eat, Jules, it's the being pompous and pretentious about it!
Given how you go on about your car and hi-fi, you've got a bloody cheek calling anyone else pompous or pretentious!! Take a look in the mirror, sweetheart, would be my advice!
Anyway, it's nice to know that you're happy to make such unkind and disrespectful comments about others on your forum, and host a thread that, quite clearly, was set out to have a dig at the person who started this one, which not only makes a mockery of your 'no baggage from other forums' rule, but does nothing to maintain good relations between TAS and AoS.
Thanks for that, and a Merry Christmas to you. I think about you later when I'm tucking into my "pompous and pretentious" Christmas lunch! :christmas: :cheers:
Marco.
Until a name was mentioned, most contributors assumed this was about a general way of describing food and that was the way the discussion was running. And how it continued after the name was removed.
So now that you know who the thread was aimed at, and that it was intended as an insult against that person, you still allow it to stand, simply because it serves the axe that you have to grind? Excellent. No biased moderation or blatant flouting of rules there at all! :doh: :rolleyes:
Anyway, I've got better things to do today than bother with your nonsense and bendy 'no baggage rules', so if it makes you happy creating this bad blood between the forums, on today of all days, then carry on :wave:
Marco.
Throw, houses, stones and glass comes to mind although their a bit jumbled; well its early. Each to there own I suppose but the thread wasnt very "spirit of Christmas" was it!
To redress the mean-spirited comments, let me send best wishes to all, despite my loathing the whole Christmas schtick.
My wife (who likes Chirstmas) is away, so I have abolished Christmas chez Kember. No tree, no cards, no decoration - Oliver Cromwell would have been proud of me! And I'm not being fascist about it - my son has pleaded with me to me ignore it and, in any case, the lazy sod isn't even out of bed yet.
At some point, we will find a takeaway, even if donkey's arse and chips, and enjoy the rest of the day listening to music, talking etc. We have enough beer, crisps, fags to survive a short siege.
We are not scrooges though; we have promised to drive our elderly neighbour down to see her daughter so that they can have Christmas together. And we'll collect her tomorrow. Happy to facilitate someone else's pleasure.
So for those of you who do enjoy Christmas, have a good one. And those who don't, enjoy a day off!
Peter
Throw, houses, stones and glass comes to mind although their a bit jumbled; well its early. Each to there own I suppose but the thread wasnt very "spirit of Christmas" was it!
Indeed, but of course, TAS is a friendly forum, innit? Feel the love, folks (as long as, that is, you're not someone that they have a grudge against)! :grouphug: :kiss: :lol:
What these insular and narrow-minded ignoramuses fail to grasp is that the Italian food culture I've grown up with is rather different from that mostly recognised in Britain, where in general, food is simply seen as a form of sustenance. Italians, however, TALK about food and wine ALL time. It's an intrinsic part of our lives, and the most popular topic of conversation whenever we meet as a group of friends, or as a family. Essentially, we live and breathe GOOD food and wine!
In Italy, for example, it's not uncommon for MEN to swap pasta sauce recipes at a bus stop, or on a train, or indeed discuss which nearby secluded wood they obtain their treasured Porcini mushrooms from for their risottos! I'm sure that the French, Spanish, Greeks or even Germans could also relate to that mentality.
Talking about food (or wine) in some detail, and enthusing about it, and showing a true passion for it, is just something I'm used to, and for me is totally normal, but is almost completely alien to the British mindset. It's got feck all to do with 'showing off'. But of course, I should change my inbred culture, way of life, and values to appease the food snobbery hang-ups of the uninitiated? F*ck off! :D
As I've said many time before, envy or jealousy are amongst the most abhorrent of all human traits, as indeed is wanton ignorance and cowardly keyboard-warriorship. I shall now leave it there, and them to their collective (and somewhat pitiful) unfulfilled existences, and go and help Del prepare our "pompous arse" menu.
No doubt that sometime later I'll have to wash the stains of Gevrey Chambertin out from our finest linen serviettes.... HAHAHA, aye! ;)
Anyway, much later, people!!
Marco.
To redress the mean-spirited comments, let me send best wishes to all, despite my loathing the whole Christmas schtick.
My wife (who likes Chirstmas) is away, so I have abolished Christmas chez Kember. No tree, no cards, no decoration - Oliver Cromwell would have been proud of me! And I'm not being fascist about it - my son has pleaded with me to me ignore it and, in any case, the lazy sod isn't even out of bed yet.
At some point, we will find a takeaway, even if donkey's arse and chips, and enjoy the rest of the day listening to music, talking etc. We have enough beer, crisps, fags to survive a short siege.
We are not scrooges though; we have promised to drive our elderly neighbour down to see her daughter so that they can have Christmas together. And we'll collect her tomorrow. Happy to facilitate someone else's pleasure.
So for those of you who do enjoy Christmas, have a good one. And those who don't, enjoy a day off!
Peter
Nice one, Peter. That's the TRUE Christmas, and indeed Christian, spirit! :thumbsup:
Marco.
Just about to sit down to eat. Happy Christmas all!
Excellent. Have a nice one, Joe! :cool:
Marco.
Getting hungry and not even left yet! Dunno when food time is but im up for it:D. Enjoy you munchibles folks. Im taking a bottle of white argie chardony and a chianti
southall-1998
25-12-2015, 14:30
My our Xmas meal is almost ready! Looking very much forward to tasting that home made stuffing !!
S.
I',m past the point of caring what we're having as long as they hurry up with the bastard. I'm frigging starving...
southall-1998
25-12-2015, 15:41
BUUURRRRPP! I'm stuffed :)
S.
I won't need to eat again for a while....
I won't need to eat again for a while....
Me too.. Stupendous meal but way too much...i did clear my plate amazingly but couldnt face the trifle. Best tasing meal ive had i think.... Had chianti and lager,,,what a mix:D
Sums it up in our house:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-z5T8meC84
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Going out to milk the cows then back in for the full monty Turkey and all the trimmings and gallons of Kronenboug ,wine ,sherry etc :mental:
Enjoy Anto... Regards to the girls;)
pompous menu ,turkey or cheese sarnie.... it all ends up in the same place after 3 hrs so enjoy what ever your eating! :D
walpurgis
25-12-2015, 20:01
I guess that's Christmas dinner out of the way. I expect you'll all be booking your summer holidays online this evening and popping down to the shops tomorrow to get Easter eggs. Be quick though, otherwise the shops will be full of Christmas stuff again for next year. :eek:
Made a big mistake. Xmas coronation street is on and I have not drunk enough to find it bearable. If that is even possible.
walpurgis
25-12-2015, 20:10
Made a big mistake. Xmas coronation street is on and I have not drunk enough to find it bearable. If that is even possible.
No. It's not!
Advantage of not hosting xmas dinner is not having to wade through the exrtas for days....ive got a pizza on..it was a pepperoni but fortunately all or most of meat fell off into sink when unwrapping it so its now a pizza with sauce and cheese and a little veg with odd bits of meat... Much better for me.
Yeah, I hear ya, dude. The advantage also of there only being three of us here at Christmas (unless friends come round) is that a goose is just enough for Christmas day and Boxing day, so unlike with a much larger turkey, you're not eating it for weeks!
So today, we're having the leftovers from yesterday, which is enough to replicate the same meal again. After that, we've got some pheasant, a whole ham, some bacon ribs, a couple of racks of lamb and some beef Wellington, which should see us through the festive period (as friends will be visiting to help us eat it all - we enjoy entertaining), until Del returns to work on the 4th January.
In between that, we'll probably have the odd Chinese and curry, just to break up the traditional food thing, as well as go out to some nice country pubs around here, such as The Boat: http://www.boatondee.com/
Lovely place in the winter to sit beside a roaring log fire, with a pint of local ale, and tuck into a nice game pie. Then go for a walk around the grounds and surrounding countryside to work it off :cool:
Marco.
Believe it or not I dont eat much. So back to my 2 ready meals a day(just been to Tesco for shopping) well under 1000 cal for both.... Gotta leave room for bourbon:D
Enjoy your festive fare while you can as my digestion doesnt work so good these days. ..... Used to be a shreaded duck fan and its one of the things along with a good fry up I really miss.
Miss not having leftovers to pick at :( Gammon & chips it is then.
Believe it or not I dont eat much. So back to my 2 ready meals a day(just been to Tesco for shopping) well under 1000 cal for both.... Gotta leave room for bourbon:D
Yup, I know what you mean, but you'd eat more healthily and cheaply if you cooked your own fresh food, than bought all those ready meals. A nice pot of home-made soup or some spag bol doesn't cost the earth, and is far more nutritious than any supermarket ready meal (full of all sorts of shit)! ;)
Enjoy your festive fare while you can as my digestion doesnt work so good these days. .....
A nice brisk walk in the fresh air soon sorts that out... :) When you eat some nice food, you have to move a bit afterwards, too!
Marco.
Wakefield Turntables
26-12-2015, 15:46
Just read this thread. My only comment is that it's sad to see old friends and companions arguing.
Indeed, but the situation, I can assure you, is almost entirely of their own making. Hey ho, we move onwards and upwards! :)
Marco.
Yup, I know what you mean, but you'd eat more healthily and cheaper if you cooked your own fresh food, than bought those ready meals. A nice pot of home-made soup or some spag bol doesn't cost the earth, and is far more nutritious than any supermarket ready meal (full of all sorts of shit)! ;)
A nice brisk walk in the fresh air soon sorts that out... :) When you eat some nice food, you have to move a bit afterwards, too!
Marco.
Its difficult and not cheap to cook well for 1. You end up eating the same thing. And i cant just go for a brisk walk
It's the long-term effect of all the salt, sugar (and chemicals) intake, contained in supermarket ready meals. The 'reduced calorie' marketing trick hides a multitude of other sins, trust me! ;)
As for eating healthily (and cheaply) for one, you should speak to Snapper, who manages pretty well. Much of it is down to advance preparation, oh, and shopping at Lidl :)
Marco.
southall-1998
26-12-2015, 19:13
Chicken sandwiches tonight!. Useful if you have yesterdays left overs.
S.
Its difficult and not cheap to cook well for 1. You end up eating the same thing. And i cant just go for a brisk walk
im on my own too so its all to easy to order a takeaway 3 times a week. we need help!
walpurgis
26-12-2015, 19:34
im on my own too so its all to easy to order a takeaway 3 times a week. we need help!
Most of the time actually I wish I was on my own. Too much racket and clutter from other people here. :rolleyes:
Just had a round of cheese on toast with a round of scrambled egg on toast, all topped with baked beans. Tasty snack! :D
Chicken sandwiches tonight!. Useful if you have yesterdays left overs.
Try doing some Coronation Chicken sarnies - they're gorgeous!
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Marco.
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