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Show me your Christmas dinners!

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 13:04

I'll start. Sorry for sticking it here, posting for traffic.

Didn't fancy turkey this year so did a beef wellington, with mushroom duxelle & Parma ham inside.
Goose fat roasties with garlic salt and rosemary.
Cinnamon red cabbage
Pan fried sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta
Normal carrots as my 4 year old won't eat them any other way
Pigs in blankets
Homemade yorkies
Waitrose bought stuffing as I don't really like it that much.

Topped with an orange gravy with a red wine stock pot shoved in.

It was delish. Ate early-ish as I have to eat with medication. Thought I'd get in early and ask you all to share your lovely Christmas lunches!

Also highly recommend the meat from Waitrose butcher counter. It's lovely.

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JaceLancs · 27/12/2024 16:08

@Bbq1 as there are only 3 of us for lunch on Xmas day - it would be a very small piece of lamb and a tiny chicken to not have any leftovers
We all like nibbling on pigs in blankets and chicken stuffing sandwiches so do enough extra to last 2-3 days
I always make plenty of mash and other veg dishes that freeze well as saves me time another day

ButtercupLane · 27/12/2024 14:34

We had turkey and ham, stuffing, gravy, roasties, croquettes, cauliflower cheese and carrotts. There were also sprouts - but I declined them 🤣🌱

PoundlandColumbo · 27/12/2024 13:28

TheTecknician · 27/12/2024 11:24

It is impossible enjoy a parsnip. They are the Devil's dongles.

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You are parsnipping incorrectly then.

Minc · 27/12/2024 13:05

TheTecknician · 27/12/2024 11:24

It is impossible enjoy a parsnip. They are the Devil's dongles.

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She is a naughty kitten tbf.

TheTecknician · 27/12/2024 11:24

Minc · 26/12/2024 18:14

We didn’t take pics of our dinners but we enjoyed the usual combination of carbs, sugar, salt, veg, meat/meat alt, and alcohol.
cat supervised everything all day and enjoyed a parsnip.

It is impossible enjoy a parsnip. They are the Devil's dongles.

tiger2691 · 27/12/2024 09:53

I made a Tunis cake without the Icing and marzipan fruit, enough calories already. 400 grams of chocolate on the thing ( plus 100ml double cream & some butter), 2kg total weight.

fanaticalfairy · 27/12/2024 08:57

PickAChew · 26/12/2024 23:19

Like I said, I use groundnut oil which doesn't give a particularly dark roast, even with parsnips. If it does become dark, it's usually dried out.

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Why use that oil if it doesn't do the job properly?

Natsku · 27/12/2024 07:57

Hideousidea · 26/12/2024 23:24

Ooh! Where do you get the gluten free bread from?! Sounds amazing!

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Just from the supermarket, I'm in Finland so gluten free breads aplenty. This particular one was made with buckwheat and teff flour, very dark but still soft.

Ski4130 · 27/12/2024 03:00

NZ Xmas dinner here - roasted kumara, potatoe salad, crayfish, feta salad, beetroot salad and cured salmon. The meat eaters had the same plus bbq roasted lamb and ham.

Sd352 · 27/12/2024 02:26

Bit unconventional as it was just the two of us but husband had bacon wrapped chicken + sausages and I had a mushroom and stilton filo pastry (vegetarian), each with zaatar and chili roasties, spicy honey roasted carrots, peas in butter, sprouts pan fried in butter and macaroni cheese.

butterflysandrobins · 27/12/2024 00:55

I could eat that again 😋

Hideousidea · 26/12/2024 23:24

Natsku · 25/12/2024 14:26

This was eaten yesterday, as that's our Christmas. Traditional Finnish Christmas dinner - ham, potato casserole, swede casserole, blazed salmon, cognac salted salmon, pickled herrings, beetroot salad and just out of shot were the breads - a pale Christmas bread (sweetish bread, made with buttermilk) and some dark gluten free archipelago bread (dark and malty and lovely with pickled herring)

Ooh! Where do you get the gluten free bread from?! Sounds amazing!

PickAChew · 26/12/2024 23:19

fanaticalfairy · 26/12/2024 22:10

I'm surprised at the anemic looking roast potatoes and parsnips in this thread! Do you not like properly roasted veg?

Like I said, I use groundnut oil which doesn't give a particularly dark roast, even with parsnips. If it does become dark, it's usually dried out.

HereForTheAnimals · 26/12/2024 23:10

MferMonsterSearchingForRedemption · 26/12/2024 23:06

Some lovely looking roasts here!

I certainly noticed that most people do not have a plate swimming with gravy like I do 😀

Is this a north and south divide I wonder? Gravy in abundance is a must for me and I'm in the north. I'll even drink it if it is left.

MferMonsterSearchingForRedemption · 26/12/2024 23:06

Some lovely looking roasts here!

I certainly noticed that most people do not have a plate swimming with gravy like I do 😀

MorrisZapp · 26/12/2024 22:57

And pic!

HereForTheAnimals · 26/12/2024 22:56

fanaticalfairy · 26/12/2024 22:55

Properly roasted potatoes are important.

All these people suffering from a lack of decent roasties at Christmas... It's inhumane.

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Fair enough @fanaticalfairy you do have a point

MorrisZapp · 26/12/2024 22:56

Shout out to the Aberdonians, spot the skirlie ❤️ brined turkey leg meat too, a symphony of flavours.

fanaticalfairy · 26/12/2024 22:55

HereForTheAnimals · 26/12/2024 22:38

There are dead birds galore, a few slaughtered pigs, some lambs and cows, and this your take? Get a grip 🤣

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Properly roasted potatoes are important.

All these people suffering from a lack of decent roasties at Christmas... It's inhumane.

NotSayingImBatman · 26/12/2024 22:46

I’ve cooked every year for the past 10 years (DS2 is, coincidentally, 10). This year my mum offered to cook. Then she had a massive meltdown after peeling the veg, so DH and I ended up cooking the lunch in her kitchen.

HereForTheAnimals · 26/12/2024 22:46

PoundlandColumbo · 26/12/2024 22:42

Why come onto a thread about roast dinners if photos of meat are going to bother you? Get a grip.

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They don't bother me - I've participated in this thread without judgement. I just find it hilarious that someone has come on and spoken about the anaemic potatoes and parsnips, that people have taken the time to prepare and cook, and not commented on the billions of animals sacrificed for this festive period.

PoundlandColumbo · 26/12/2024 22:42

HereForTheAnimals · 26/12/2024 22:38

There are dead birds galore, a few slaughtered pigs, some lambs and cows, and this your take? Get a grip 🤣

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Why come onto a thread about roast dinners if photos of meat are going to bother you? Get a grip.

HereForTheAnimals · 26/12/2024 22:38

fanaticalfairy · 26/12/2024 22:10

I'm surprised at the anemic looking roast potatoes and parsnips in this thread! Do you not like properly roasted veg?

There are dead birds galore, a few slaughtered pigs, some lambs and cows, and this your take? Get a grip 🤣

fanaticalfairy · 26/12/2024 22:10

I'm surprised at the anemic looking roast potatoes and parsnips in this thread! Do you not like properly roasted veg?

Jenhen1982 · 26/12/2024 22:07

Here’s ours!!! Was yummy 🤤

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