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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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RunyoucleverDoctor · 25/12/2024 17:14

Nd house here. They pick what they want. It works for us!

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skippy67 · 25/12/2024 17:13

It was lovely!

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skippy67 · 25/12/2024 17:11

😋

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ohtowinthelottery · 25/12/2024 17:10

We had the most ginormous steaks with peppercorn sauce (only put a little on for the photo as didn't want it running off the plate!) with pigs in blankets, shredded sprouts with pancetta and chestnuts, carrots, parsnips and roast potatoes. Had to go for a walk before we could tackle pudding - which was home made tiramisu.

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Theimpossiblegirl · 25/12/2024 17:04

Just realised the red cabbage is still in the slow cooker 2 hours after the event. Again.

Christmas is the one time everyone requests what they want, hence the selection of beef, turkey and pork.

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BleachedJumper · 25/12/2024 17:03

Are you eating it out of the foil tray @macap?

macap · 25/12/2024 17:02

😋😋😋

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JaceLancs · 25/12/2024 17:01

No pictures but we had a starter of smoked salmon, prawns in sauce, large shell on prawns and a crab and salmon terrine with crackers and various breads
Then chicken and/or lamb, gravy and a red wine jus, mint or cranberry jelly, home made stuffing, pigs in blankets, mashed potatoes, carrot and swede mash, broccoli, sprouts and leeks in a cheese sauce
Enough leftovers for 2-3 days
We didn’t have a dessert as yet, but will be a choice of Waitrose red velvet dessert, panna cotta, Xmas pudding or cheese and biscuits

SparklyTurtle · 25/12/2024 17:01

fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:43

I mean I don't class today as a day for concentrating on the 5 a day.. but we did have sprouts, cabbage & carrots. 3 lots of veg. 4 if you count the spuds (joke)

It's not about watching the five a day, it's about a plate full of stodge not being very pleasant without some greenery to help it along, carrots, red cabbage and potatoes aren't greens! I've never seen a Christmas dinner without peas before!

Alarae · 25/12/2024 17:00

@fuckmemytoehurts it's just baked in a big tray! Same method for little yorkies but just a bigger pan to cook in and keeping an eye on the oven!

MiddleAgedButterfly · 25/12/2024 17:00

Vegan Christmas dinner ❤️🌱

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ShortyShorts · 25/12/2024 17:00

Cooked by DH. Somewhere underneath is a lot of ham!

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Dontfuckingsaycheese · 25/12/2024 16:58

First Christmas dinner I’ve ever on my knee on a tray! At home alone with ddog. All family been rather ill and I didn’t want to catch it! First Christmas Day I’ve ever had on my own. I did drop off meals on wheels to mum earlier and met pal for dog-walk. Also had online meet-up with son (abroad) Now lying on sofa underneath a blanket and ddog watching what I want to watch on my own TV.
Don’t like Christmas but had to have the food! I will be spending tomorrow with relatives playing games. I can do that bit but struggle with the other stuff.
Dinner was blood gorgeous - made it all yesterday so just a pop in microwave today 🙂

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Scirocco · 25/12/2024 16:57

PrincessPeache · 25/12/2024 14:47

ND household so that explains this…

Merry Christmas!

Fellow ND household here - love those plates! Where are they from, if you don't mind me asking?

Poetnojo · 25/12/2024 16:57

I had this handed to me by DH,

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shellyleppard · 25/12/2024 16:55

@fuckmemytoehurts thank you 🫂❄️💖🎄

fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:54

Alarae · 25/12/2024 16:50

First Christmas at home (have travelled to see family for the past 12 years!) so we pulled together:

Turkey, with pork and cranberry stuffing with bacon
Pigs and blankets
Stuffing balls
Roast potatoes and parsnips
Carrot and swede mash
Carrots, broccoli and peas

All in a big Yorkshire pudding! Photo is of DH's as I didn't have a whole one and it looked better in a whole one!

I'm amazed at that yorkie, omg!

How on earth did you get it that size? Or if bought, where from? The amount of sausages that could be stuffed in there 🤣

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Ihatelittlefriendsusan · 25/12/2024 16:53

This was ours at 2pm...dss has since been back for seconds. His dad (my ex) is asleep on the sofa. Dsd and dd are playing a game and dh is loading the dishwasher again....

I need a nap!

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Runingoncaffeine · 25/12/2024 16:53

fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:52

Besides the point but I love your kitchen, it's beautiful!

aww thank you - first Christmas in our new house 🥹🥰

fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:52

Runingoncaffeine · 25/12/2024 16:42

Just the two of us today - Turkey crown.
hosting for 6 tomorrow for our “2nd Christmas Day” aka Boxing Day!

Besides the point but I love your kitchen, it's beautiful!

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:51

youngerself · 25/12/2024 16:34

I'm thinking these are from southern England generally? Just a thought from the general paucity of gravy!

I'm from Surrey :)

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:51

Nanny31 · 25/12/2024 16:22

A cruelty free dinner yum!!!!

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Alarae · 25/12/2024 16:50

First Christmas at home (have travelled to see family for the past 12 years!) so we pulled together:

Turkey, with pork and cranberry stuffing with bacon
Pigs and blankets
Stuffing balls
Roast potatoes and parsnips
Carrot and swede mash
Carrots, broccoli and peas

All in a big Yorkshire pudding! Photo is of DH's as I didn't have a whole one and it looked better in a whole one!

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:48

IngenTing · 25/12/2024 15:51

Mixture of English, Norwegian and Swedish julebord.
We have
Roast beef
Roast potatoes
Reindeer julepølse
Prinskorv
Elg kjøttboller (moose meatballs)
Gravlaks
Sennap sild
Rødkål
Sprouts
Broccoli
Bearnaise sauce
Blueberries and red berries jelly that we picked ourselves
Sausages wrapped in bacon
Honey glazed ribs
Homemade stuffing with apricots and reindeer meat

I made profiteroles and bûche be noel for dessert.

And we have lots of snow!
God Jul from the Norwegian mountains.

Edited

I'm loving seeing these roasts from around the world. So interesting. Looks amazing, I'm especially intrigued about the goose meatballs. Happy Christmas!

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 16:47

shellyleppard · 25/12/2024 15:47

Christmas dinner at the hospital restaurant. Not bad for hospital grub!! Merry Christmas ⛄ 🎁

Sending love and well wishes ❤️

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