Any ideas for Christmas day starters?

[spruceylucy5]

I know this is boring , thats why I need inspiration

[OhLittleBitShyOfBethlehem]

we're doing melon and parma ham.... easy but yummy.

[bonchance]

Smoked Salmon and toast triangles with small green salad

[NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles]

Prawn cocktails
Salads
Melon
Mushrooms

[spruceylucy5]

Thanks my dad always does Prawn cocktail and it's so boring. [ungrateful daughter emotion]

[spruceylucy5]

Sorry new bethlehem x posts

[jamiesam]

You think prawn cocktail is boring - I still serve heinz tomato soup, as it's what my mum always used to serve (god knows why this was thought any sort of treat, I'm sure we weren't THAT poor)

[spruceylucy5]

[NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles]

Well that told me didn't it!

I only said that because it's what my MIL does every year!

[spruceylucy5]

[jamiesam]

Blame me for drawing attention to it.

At least prawn cocktail is more 60's/70's than my/mum's 1950's tomato soup.

[spruceylucy5]

i think i'll have tomato soup with prawns in

[NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles]

Don't blush Sprucey!

[hellsbellsdownunder]

Prawn cocktail is still my all time favourite starter - especially with avocado.

How about pate and toast?
Smoked salmon?
Mackerel and horseradish?
Melon and port?

[AChristmasCarolinamoon]

French onion soup a la delia. You make the soup itself the day before and just warm it up and add the giant croutons and gruyere on the day.

[Skrimble]

I have done the Pate with toast but always burn the toast now i get fancy crackers and stick on a blob of cranberry suace, lovely and quick. My 2nd fridge still stinks of the prawns my MIl had in it last year for boxing day starters , thank goodness its in the hut.

[ISawFrannyandZooeyKissingSanta]

And nibbles, while you're all feeling inspired? I am in charge of nibbles this year (I think that's all they could trust me to provide without including lentils or tofu).

[Auntybrandybutter]

we usually have soup, then pate then the main

[NotQuiteCockney]

Filo parcels, with cranberry and soft cheese inside?

Damn, I'm going to be doing Xmas next year I think, and am really dreading it. I'm going back to hiding from these threads.

[sobernoel]

My mum always served

Royal Game Soup
Prawn Cocktail
Steak in pastry with stilton sauce, plus asparagus and roast potatoes
Mince pies
Cheese & Biscuits

Dh is veggie and I'm not, so we're still trying to find what suits us, I do garlic mushrooms as a starter and then he has nut roast with traditional trimmings and I have steak. We are arguing at the moment about whether to eat at lunchtime or in the evening (I've always hated a big roast lunch in the middle of the day)

[spruceylucy5]

mmm, filo parcels sound lovely! Do you have a recipe?

[NotQuiteCockney]

Um, spruceylucy, I don't think I had a recipe. Just some brie, some dried cranberries ... oh, no, wait, I actually made cranberry sauce using dried cranberries, orange juice, and some other stuff, then mixed it with brie, then made parcels with filo.

Anyway, here is a recipe I found online.

[GingerBearingGifts]

carrot and parsnip soup

[Nightynight]

how do you make prawn cocktail anyway?

we were too poor to afford it in the 70s.

[Skrimble]

ISawFrannyandZooeyKissingSanta- have a look at the packs of party foods in Ieland 3 for a £5. Tesxco doing similar 2 for £5. Icelands have worked it so they all go in the same temp oven, ideal for Christamas eve nibbles.

Nighty night- I hate prawns but MIL gets a bag of the frozen ones, defrosts them, put shredded lettuce in individual glass dishes, mix prwans with a jar of seafood sauce and put on top of lettuce, top with a wedge of lemon.

[Nightynight]

thank you Skrimble - might try that on the children then!