What we having?

Sister in law (modest handful) and her fella split, in-laws in France, so it's just the five of us at home. If I'm honest, I can't really be arsed; it's an early Sunday dinner, and will have all the fannying around without the extra gifts and booze.

 

Anyway, kids want turkey. They didn't have mash last year, and tbf I didn't miss it; however they insist. The wife usually asks for gammon, and that's my usual contribution to a family meal. I'm looking forward to making gravy, semifredo etc in advance. Go forth good folk of WWays; inspire me with your festive fayre 

4 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

What we having?

Sister in law (modest handful) and her fella split, in-laws in France, so it's just the five of us at home. If I'm honest, I can't really be arsed; it's an early Sunday dinner, and will have all the fannying around without the extra gifts and booze.

 

Anyway, kids want turkey. They didn't have mash last year, and tbf I didn't miss it; however they insist. The wife usually asks for gammon, and that's my usual contribution to a family meal. I'm looking forward to making gravy, semifredo etc in advance. Go forth good folk of WWays; inspire me with your festive fayre 

Gammon for Xmas dinner? You having Mounts and Bolty round? 

Got

Mother 

and both Daughters 

both insist on Yorkys  with it 

i always enjoy makeing it 

3 meats, turkey ( breast roast roll) from Morrisons, not cheap but nice and no waist.

Pork, probably leg roast circa £8.

Gammon, probably from tesco, again £7-8.

Plenty left over for barms on boxing Day.

Stuffing recipe is one we saw on a tv cookery show about 15 years ago by a female chef, name i can't remember but i think its still on the bbc website.

Mushy peas made from them old fashioned soak overnight batchelers.

Carrots are a tom kerridge recipe.

Red cabbage, (frozen from lidl) if available.

Roasties, home made.

Sprouts, only me likes em.

Yorkshire's? NO WAY.

Little sausages with bacon, love them.

Gravy??? Maybe buy some.

Might do yorkies as a starter with a little beef and gravy. 

Gammon is ace for cold cuts to gorge on throughout the day

1 minute ago, Whitestar said:

3 meats, turkey ( breast roast roll) from Morrisons, not cheap but nice and no waist.

Pork, probably leg roast circa £8.

Gammon, probably from tesco, again £7-8.

Plenty left over for barms on boxing Day.

Stuffing recipe is one we saw on a tv cookery show about 15 years ago by a female chef, name i can't remember but i think its still on the bbc website.

Mushy peas made from them old fashioned soak overnight batchelers.

Carrots are a tom kerridge recipe.

Red cabbage, (frozen from lidl) if available.

Roasties, home made.

Sprouts, only me likes em.

Yorkshire's? NO WAY.

Little sausages with bacon, love them.

Gravy??? Maybe buy some.

Gravy is the king! Will make or break any meal. Normally 3 meats, but not for five

First time im doing it this year. Got bullied into it really. Can't wait 🙄

Thinking of having next door's cockerel... keeps waking me up

3 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Thinking of having next door's cockerel... keeps waking me up

You not like waking up to a cock? 

Did I hear right... Mushy peas on a Christmas dinner? 

I thought Yorkshires and mash were divisive enough 

Fuck me. 

Managed to avoid it most years.  Full English in the morning then the sister in laws later on in the day.

Mushy peas on a Xmas dinner?????

Mushy. Fucking. Peas.

What fresh circle of hell is this?

18 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

3 meats, turkey ( breast roast roll) from Morrisons, not cheap but nice and no waist.

Pork, probably leg roast circa £8.

Gammon, probably from tesco, again £7-8.

Plenty left over for barms on boxing Day.

Stuffing recipe is one we saw on a tv cookery show about 15 years ago by a female chef, name i can't remember but i think its still on the bbc website.

Mushy peas made from them old fashioned soak overnight batchelers.

Carrots are a tom kerridge recipe.

Red cabbage, (frozen from lidl) if available.

Roasties, home made.

Sprouts, only me likes em.

Yorkshire's? NO WAY.

Little sausages with bacon, love them.

Gravy??? Maybe buy some.

Mushy peas?

Me and the Mrs have a nice quiet one, no need to go crazy. All bought and done back in Sept. Mainly a posh roast with some cheese ordered in and some decent red wine.

Kids are round on boxing day and we'll have a buffet or a takeaway.

One day chill and then up north to the folks.

Happy days.

I've finally stopped the whole spending Xmas day at your ex wife's, its fucking odd, I don't like it and it stresses me out. The kids don't mind one bit.

Family get together, I just get pissed.

Mushy Peas.

Fucking nora

26 minutes ago, Spider said:

Mushy peas on a Xmas dinner?????

Mushy. Fucking. Peas.

What fresh circle of hell is this?

grim

I think we'll just do a big Turkey based lobby as usual, with a side of black peas

mushy fucking peas?

no mash either, it's a roast dinners ffs

turkey and 1 other meat

pigs in blankets

and the usual works

finished with cartmel sticky toffee pudding and custard

Mushy peas

Does anyone actually eat bread sauce? Rank

Rather have a Kebab than a slightly edited Sunday dinner. Might make my demands known this year.

Tbf I'm normally that pissed i'd eat lobby and it wouldn't register.

Mushy Peas 

you may as well have a GOBLIN 

there are 3 Meats in that Fuck Knows What 3

I make two types of stuffing, one normal with sausagemeat and one with plenty of onion with most of the chicken juices (non of us are a fan of turkey) to make a kind of stuffing sauce. Nannas old recipe. 

The kids insist on yorkshire puds too so I make my own and I try and swerve mash if I can.

Turkey and goose at the outlaws. Hoping covid surges and we get locked down 

36 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

 

I've finally stopped the whole spending Xmas day at your ex wife's, its fucking odd, 

Yeh. I stopped when we split up. You’re right, it is odd.

Christmas dinner is just like any other Sunday dinner but with Turkey. No need to stress out. It’s one of the easiest meals to make. If you’ve got guests, plenty of booze. If you cock it up, they won’t know. 🦃🍷🥃

Turkey.

Petits pois, and not mushy peas.

Pigs in blankets, maybe sausage meat, carrots/turnips/swede, cavolo nero, cabbage, sprouts, maybe yorkies (for the lad), roast potatoes (mirandas).

Maybe streaky for basting the bird.

Gravy, very much made with juices from it.