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 

1 minute ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Just dawned on me that he's making his own mushy peas.

Out of them things in a cardboard box my gran used to have.

Xmas dinner with homemade mushy peas.

Homemade.

He needs to get right with Jesus

 

I fucking love mushy peas. I really do. 

But Christmas Dinner. Or any roast dinner. 

No. 

Chippy or pies only. 

Ok, so you're all comedians.

Look, until you try the homemade delights of the soaked for 16 hours batchelers original (not quick soak) mushy peas on a Christmas dinner you are not qualified to diss this. Some of you think Yorkshire puddings go on ???? Yeah whatever.

And yes i was a bit put off of ever posting on yer self righteous propaganda soapbox.

Mushy 

Peas 

3 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

Ok, so you're all comedians.

Look, until you try the homemade delights of the soaked for 16 hours batchelers original (not quick soak) mushy peas on a Christmas dinner you are not qualified to diss this. Some of you think Yorkshire puddings go on ???? Yeah whatever.

And yes i was a bit put off of ever posting on yer self righteous propaganda soapbox.

Top one for the reply! 🤣 

I reckon deep down were all thinking of giving it a whirl. 

None of your quick soak nonsense either 

2 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

None of your quick soak nonsense either 

I'm a man of simple means can I not just open a can? 

 

5 minutes ago, stevieb said:

I'm a man of simple means can I not just open a can? 

It’s Xmas. Life’s little luxuries. Bit of effort required. 
 

And none of those cheap imitations either. 
 

batchelers. 
 

the pinnacle of homemade mushy pea making. 
 

god bless wanderers ways. The gift that keeps on giving. 

Yorkshire puds just go with roast dinners though surely? Any meat, not just beef and a pud works always.

Mushy fucking peas are not in any way comparable Jeff.

Turkey (from the farm behind my parents house), pigs in blankets (butchers), forcemeat stuffing (butchers), carrots, peas (garden, not mushy), sprouts (not for me 🤮), roast potatoes, mash and stuffing gravy (family recipe but basically gravy with paxo added) 

Given the choice I'd rather sit at home grazing on shite drinking red wine until I soil myself. Maybe next year

4 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Yorkshire puds just go with roast dinners though surely? Any meat, not just beef and a pud works always.

Mushy fucking peas are not in any way comparable Jeff.

Yep.

I like to think I’m a fairly accomplished home cook. Good Yorkshire puddings still to this day evade me for some Reason. They are my utter fucking nemesis. No matter what I do they always go fucking wrong. 
 

and I have them with every roast dinner. And sage and onion stuffing as well. 

20 minutes ago, stevieb said:

Top one for the reply! 🤣 

I reckon deep down were all thinking of giving it a whirl. 

I don't reckon we are.

I might have Smash with mine this year, just as a nod to whitestar.

Hang on, someone is having mushy peas on their Christmas Dinner?

Fucking hell. 

2 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

I like to think I’m a fairly accomplished home cook. Good Yorkshire puddings still to this day evade me for some Reason. They are my utter fucking nemesis. No matter what I do they always go fucking wrong. 
 

and I have them with every roast dinner. And sage and onion stuffing as well. 

Did a giant one for all three of us last night. Sausages with onion gravy in.

Tremendous, and a top quality pudding too.

23 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

Ok, so you're all comedians.

Look, until you try the homemade delights of the soaked for 16 hours batchelers original (not quick soak) mushy peas on a Christmas dinner you are not qualified to diss this. Some of you think Yorkshire puddings go on ???? Yeah whatever.

And yes i was a bit put off of ever posting on yer self righteous propaganda soapbox.

We all may owe you an apology.

I went to the trouble of getting my bible off the shelf. And lo and behold, if I didn’t find this in the Book of Isaiah:

“Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Mushy Peas.”

Google it lads, it’s there. 

Baby Jesus himself. Prince of Peas.

1 minute ago, Not in Crawley said:

Hang on, someone is having mushy peas on their Christmas Dinner?

Fucking hell. 

It’s overtaken cheesegate H. We have some strange folk amongst us 

1 minute ago, Winchester White said:

Yorkshire puds just go with roast dinners though surely? Any meat, not just beef and a pud works always.

Mushy fucking peas are not in any way comparable Jeff.

See your wrong there, eg; i was once in a morrisons cafe sat near an old couple around dinner time.

They must have both ordered a roast dinner, both meals come and this starts the caffuffle. She has a Yorkshire pudding on hers and he doesn't.

A visit to the girl on the till is required as he obviously is displeased by his lack of Yorkshire pudding.

Girl on till checks their receipt and points out that wifey has the beef and he has the chicken, he doesn't understand this and sticking to her guns she takes him over to the picture of said meals at the order point.

Now I'm not sure what was said but I'm guessing it was something like " have a good f***in look at that picture of the chicken dinner mate, if you can point to the Yorkshire pudding I'll go and make it for you myself".

Shrugging his shoulders he sits back down and quietly eats his chicken dinner.

 

 

I did hear him mutter that it would have been nice with batchelers mushy peas on.

4 minutes ago, DazBob said:

I don't reckon we are.

I am. 

I reckon it could be a taste sensation on a poppadom with some red onion chutney. 

Do you reckon you leave a few al dente as an extra chef style touch?

1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

It’s overtaken cheesegate H. We have some strange folk amongst us 

We'll be grating Mexicana over mushy peas before you know it.

Why the hell do you soak mushy peas? Not of this tinned nonsense....

Sorry, I'm gone. However bad my divorce was, I never went to the lows.of mushy peas on Christmas day.

Christ.

Wait a minute

My bible has a smudge on that page in Isaiah.

It’s Prince of Peace, not Peas.

Sorry @Whitestar, it looks like baby Jesus thinks you ought to be cast into the pit with the sodomites for your gastronomic heresy.

Mushy Peas though.