Christmas Dinner - Page 3

cashman · 14-12-2006, 00:47

same as entwi, i like a goose at christmas.

shillelagh · 14-12-2006, 00:51

Naughty naughty Cashy

What does paris say - she normally gets a turkey though?

entwisi · 14-12-2006, 08:28

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Or carry on converting all my records and tapes to digital format (.wav) for storing on DVD’s after I have cleaned them up with Audio Cleaning Lab to get rid of most of the background noise and crackles etc. It takes time but time is plentiful for me.

You may want to have a look at other formats to wav, its very inefficient in terms of space, Flac is probably one of the best.

LancYorkYankee · 15-12-2006, 18:21

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We usually have a nice leg of Lamb with squash, potatoes, cranberries, and bisquits!

Brian

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Just notice some very nice person gave me Karma for having lamb on Christmas. First, thank you muchly. Second, we also have lamb on Easter so . . .

With this "temp." Accyweb, had no idea that I had a number of Karma comments. Kinda hard to tell. Heck I don't even know how much Karma I've got but will find it on my own. Just mostly wanted to say thanks anonymous one!

Brian

lindsay ormerod · 15-12-2006, 19:08

If this year is to follow the pattern my now 11 year old daughter will have to be woken at about 10;30.She likes a lie in and Christmas Day won't stop her! Once she is awake all hell breaks loose in a flurry of present opening;this will be cut short as her Dad comes to pick her up for his stint at about 11;30,the other pressies have to wait! I would usually do the cooking but we have been invited to my partner's mums this year;would imagine it's gonna be traditional fare.Will see my Mum on Christmas day at some point but it's getting increasingly difficult organising the timetable of flying visits! Spend Boxing day with my Dad ,Bro and Sis and respective partners up in the Valley,all good fun with daft games and quizzes + huge buffet! My Christmas doesn't start till I leave work on Christmas Eve,exhausted from Music Zone,off to the pub for a celebratory pint with my workmates and then home! Then it's Christmas,up to now it's just mayhem! I have only had one Christmas out of retail in the last 18 years;and I had to have a baby to get that!

slinky · 15-12-2006, 19:17

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THREAD INTERRUPTION!

Just notice some very nice person gave me Karma for having lamb on Christmas. First, thank you muchly. Second, we also have lamb on Easter so . . .

Brian

Snap Lyy we have Lamb and pork on Christmas day because i'm not keen on turkey!!!!

We make plenty of meats and have meat sandwiches later in the evening to munch on

aswell as the bacon and sausage wraps that are lovely cold.

xx-kezia-xx · 15-12-2006, 20:35

hiya me mum and bro go to asda and we get a basket each and split up and get what ever we want !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we have £20 budget !

SPUGGIE J · 15-12-2006, 20:41

I was thinking about a gammon roast but aint got a clue yet.

Running out of time. Just a thought but when does the sprouts war start in the supermarkets?

katex · 15-12-2006, 20:42

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hiya me mum and bro go to asda and we get a basket each and split up and get what ever we want !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we have £20 budget !

So kezia .. that is a lovely idea, would love to know what you buy.

West Ender · 15-12-2006, 20:53

Goose is the English traditional Christmas bird, turkey is a recent (in the last 100 years) innovation from America.

I haven't had goose since 1968 and it's a date I can't forget. I spent all afternoon cooking it and pouring the grease off (very greasy birds, geese) - my husband had to work that day and we were eating at 6 p.m. I wasn't feeling too well all day but I ate my Christmas dinner then my head started "spinning" and I rushed up to the bathroom to be sick. I started shivering, violently, and it was the start of gastric 'flu. I spent the next 5 days in bed, shivering and throwing up, and the doctor said he would have sent me into hospital but for the fact I was drinking at least 3 large bottles of Lucozade a day and it stopped me dehydrating. It took over a month before I began to feel well.

I haven't ever cooked a goose since then - I just can't face it.

steeljack · 15-12-2006, 21:59

word of advice ...........never ever buy a 'fresh' Christmas goose from a recent Cambodian immigrant, even if he is an employee who brings into work great chicken curries (that you later find out are made from the carcasses of his losing fighting cocks) , not unless you want the police knocking at the door asking about missing ornamental wildfowl from a city center park.
From now on if it aint frozen, vacuum wrapped and hasn't got a plastic pop-up thing I aint buying it

shillelagh · 15-12-2006, 22:11

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word of advice ...........never ever buy a 'fresh' Christmas goose from a recent Cambodian immigrant, even if he is an employee who brings into work great chicken curries (that you later find out are made from the carcasses of his losing fighting cocks) , not unless you want the police knocking at the door asking about missing ornamental wildfowl from a city center park.
From now on if it aint frozen, vacuum wrapped and hasn't got a plastic pop-up thing I aint buying it

jedimaster · 16-12-2006, 00:02

up untill approx 3 years ago i spent every christmas slaving away preparing high quality christmas dinners for all those dammned reataurant/hotel goers
(mainly over-paid nobs who couldn't be bothered to do it themselves)
now i'm not a chef any-more i take great pleasure in doing exactly the same thing for my family and friends although every now and again we visit the mother in law ( now i've taught her how to cook! lol)

Kisser · 17-12-2006, 14:33

I absolutely CANNOT wait until Christmas Day!!! Last year was the best Christmas ever so we're doing exactly the same, I'll wake up at my boyfriends and he'll bring me a coffee while I come round (I need a caffeine fix, Christmas day or not!), then we'll run downstairs and I'll open all the presents he's bought me (presents with a BIG CAPITAL 'S'!), and he'll open all the ones I've got him.

Then I'll go to my dads and open all the presents he's bought me, and vice versa

I'll take my dad round to my fella's and wait for his mum, dad and grandma to come round (more presents...!), then we'll all sit down and have a big traditional turkey dinner - as the table isn't big enough me an him sit on garden chairs and table...

We'll do some catching up and watch some tv, drink some gin&tonic, beer and red wine

Go for a walk and leave my dad and his grandma alone in the house (last year they both fell asleep!). His mum and dad will go home, drop my dad off on the way and then we went to the pub - of all places the Broadway Pub (classy!!!) and spend some nice time together.

Class.

Then of course Boxing Day is the footy - but thats another story.

Roll on Christmas Day!

katex · 17-12-2006, 19:07

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Originally Posted by jedimaster

up untill approx 3 years ago i spent every christmas slaving away preparing high quality christmas dinners for all those dammned reataurant/hotel goers
(mainly over-paid nobs who couldn't be bothered to do it themselves)

Oi you ! I 'aint an overpaid nob

After years of slaving over a hot stove all day, erecting forts, legos, etc., in the morning, not really enjoying Christmas dinner 'cause you are busy trying to look after the family, it has been a pleasure these last three years to go up the road to Balti Stan, just me, my bros and son. Daughter wont come, 'cause, even though they serve traditional, says she can't stand the smell of Indian.

I love it ... being waited on and time to relax and chat, and not dropping in to bed at night exhausted. So I thank you for serving us in the past jedimaster .. it's not easy when you are a lousy cook like me.