The Christmas Thread

[bolty58]

3 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Aldi’s are the best imo

Am I the only one who makes a vat of them by soaking overnight in bicarb etc? Even better after they have been frozen.

Not with Christmas dinner though. Five veg with the ubiquitous brussel sprouts included. Mushy peas go with fish and chips, various pies and lobbys. That's it.

Now then, stuffing. I have never understood the dry version. Ours has to be wet and gravy like flooded over everything (for me). The dry stuff is like haggis. 'Stuffing balls'? What as - weapons?

[green genie]

3 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Yup, always have a tin in the cupboard in case we get fish and chips and end up with a shit southern chippy that doesn't do them (most do mind)

Although I do have them with my Carrs pasties which I get delivered a couple of times a year.

The inter web has made it to Cornwall for pasty deliveries now , Philps of Hayle or Barnecutts are your friends.

Remember first time taken to Carr’s for a whist pie. Pissed myself for days when label said no more than 20% meat

[Spider]

I’ve ordered a coffee delivery from Harrods today.

Top that, peasants.

[Traf]

Fuck Christmas.

[royal white]

Been to see my mate on the market today for a few bits. 17lb turkey 7lb Turkey butterfly, 3 sirloin steaks and 24 eggs. 55 GBP. 

[Not in Crawley]

9 hours ago, green genie said:

The inter web has made it to Cornwall for pasty deliveries now , Philps of Hayle or Barnecutts are your friends.

Remember first time taken to Carr’s for a whist pie. Pissed myself for days when label said no more than 20% meat

Sorry, don't like cornish pasties. 

Whist pies though, heaven.

[Not in Crawley]

13 hours ago, MickyD said:

Though Peter Kay made enough money to buy his mum a bungalow on the strength of southern chippies ‘avin’ nowt moist.

I did always wonder that, in 20 years down south I've never been in a chippy that didn't do gravy or mushy peas or at least curry sauce.

[L/H White]

9 hours ago, Spider said:

I’ve ordered a coffee delivery from Harrods today.

Top that, peasants.

only been in once, came out with a £5 sausage roll

it's the trafford centre but on steroids

far to busy

[Spider]

5 minutes ago, L/H White said:

only been in once, came out with a £5 sausage roll

it's the trafford centre but on steroids

far to busy

If you order online, they deliver your food in an Aston Martin and the driver pipes you off to completion whilst his assistant puts your groceries away.

[Spider]

Sorry

I meant HER assistant.

Not his. Definitely not his.

[Sweep]

11 hours ago, stevieb said:

Horwich coop is a fucking joke for it. 

Half the staff dealing with deliveroo deliveries or John Lewis parcel pick ups rather than on the tills. 

 

Give over, nobody from Horwich has ever ordered anything from John Lewis

[Sweep]

9 hours ago, Spider said:

I’ve ordered a coffee delivery from Harrods today.

Top that, peasants.

I've got some makeup for Mrs Sweep arriving from Harrods today, hopefully. For what it's cost, I hope the cunts have gift wrapped it

[Sweep]

31 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

I did always wonder that, in 20 years down south I've never been in a chippy that didn't do gravy or mushy peas or at least curry sauce.

Indeed, I'm not sure I've ever encountered not being able to get some moistness on my chippy, in 28 years of living down here. One local Chippy even does Oxtail Soup, which some heathens like on their chips instead of gravy

[Zico]

11 hours ago, stevieb said:

Horwich coop is a fucking joke for it. 

Half the staff dealing with deliveroo deliveries or John Lewis parcel pick ups rather than on the tills. 

 

Does my head in, subway and Costa near us have the space and staff numbers to deal with in store customers 

You can end up standing there for ages whilst they work through the constant stream of online orders

[Not in Crawley]

1 minute ago, Sweep said:

Indeed, I'm not sure I've ever encountered not being able to get some moistness on my chippy, in 28 years of living down here. One local Chippy even does Oxtail Soup, which some heathens like on their chips instead of gravy

Actually I'm not hating the sound of that. Although they can stick their liquor that they put on pies up their behinds. Its like wallpaper paste.

The kids do like a savaloy, which I suppose is their southerness coming out.

[Nowack]

9 hours ago, Spider said:

I’ve ordered a coffee delivery from Harrods today.

Top that, peasants

I will be walking the Labrador then calling in at the independent coffee roaster who runs out of a barn in Weston. May even sport some red trousers. 

[Sweep]

9 minutes ago, Nowack said:

I will be walking the Labrador then calling in at the independent coffee roaster who runs out of a barn in Weston. May even sport some red trousers. 

Red trousers, especially corduroys, are a true sign of the posh/elite

[Traf]

14 hours ago, MickyD said:

Though Peter Kay made enough money to buy his mum a bungalow on the strength of southern chippies ‘avin’ nowt moist.

Steady on, you know it's not allowed to even slightly criticise Lord Peter of Daub Hill. 

[DazBob]

My ex used to manage a maintenance man at her place of work.  He had a mate, Jimmy The Pig, who had mates who worked everywhere.  It meant we got a Wii and a PS3 before anyone else in the country, both for around £40 each.  We also got an unspecified Xmas meat delivery once.  It turned up and even if we had one of those big fat bastard American fridge freezers it wouldn't have fit in.  I had to go out and buy and electric knife/chainsaw to hack it all up so I could fit a third of it into ours.  I then knocked on neighbours' doors up and down the road trying to palm off various cuts of meat.  "Hi, I'm Dazbob from no81.  Yes, nice to meet you too.  Would you like some bacon?"

 

Edit:  She eventually sacked said maintenance man and I was fuming.  Fuming!

Edited December 22, 2022 by DazBob

[ErnestTurnip]

"sucked" instead of "sacked" would have made that a potential 4 parter on Netflix.

[Not in Crawley]

And that's that - couple of calls in-between, few sales figs to do, but Christmas can now start....

With a trip to Aldi.

[stevieb]

4 hours ago, Sweep said:

Indeed, I'm not sure I've ever encountered not being able to get some moistness on my chippy, in 28 years of living down here. One local Chippy even does Oxtail Soup, which some heathens like on their chips instead of gravy

That's up there with mushy peas on Christmas Dinner. 

 

[ErnestTurnip]

Traditional tea up here was soup and chips, might be a bit before your time though and thinking about it maybe we were just povvy cunts?

[Sweep]

1 hour ago, stevieb said:

That's up there with mushy peas on Christmas Dinner. 

 

It's grim, but it's not that bad

[mickbrown]

6 hours ago, Sweep said:

Indeed, I'm not sure I've ever encountered not being able to get some moistness on my chippy, in 28 years of living down here. One local Chippy even does Oxtail Soup, which some heathens like on their chips instead of gravy

I remember when living in Yorkshire they looked at me like I was a lunatic when I asked them to put the gravy on my chips rather than in a little cup. I asked them did they think I was going to drink it?