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What's in your ideal Christmas food shop? (Excluding the Main Meal)

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SecondUsername4me · 22/12/2023 22:47

We are luckily going to a family members on Christmas day so the main bulk of the days food is done, but we are off for the full 2 weeks, have a family gathering at ours one night and then we are planning on lots of "nibbles, treats and wine" nights with movies for the bulk of our time off.

Tell me- what would be your non negotiable or dream dishes, drinks, nibbles etc to stock up on to cover a good week or so of pure indulgence?

We will be doing dry & vegan & health focussed Jan, so I absoloutley plan on making the most of this week to just spoil us all.

I'm aiming to hit the 24hr supermarket at whatever time my eyes open in the morning, and I've saved for this week as if it was our annual family holiday, so guilt free spending.

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SecondUsername4me · 22/12/2023 22:50

Ps I am contributing some side dishes and booze for the hosts of our Christmas meal, just in case it seemed like I was somehow acting a bit spoiled.

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IWishThatICouldBeWorryFree · 22/12/2023 22:59

It’s not Christmas without Boursin on crackers for me. It’s the only time I ever eat it. No idea why, I could buy it every week, I just only eat it at Christmas for some reason. DH has pate and crackers, also only at Christmas.
It’s also the only time we buy salted peanuts. I eat raw nuts the rest of the year.
DH has to have twiglets at Christmas.
Apart from lots of chocolate, they are our only out of the ordinary nibbles.

seagull82 · 22/12/2023 23:00

I'm cooking a gammon on Christmas Eve along with beef dripping chips, cheese board and trifle.
Planning to use any leftover over gammon on Boxing Day to make a pie.. Gammon, Leeks and veg with a cheese sauce, shortcrust pastry and a filo top with lots of mash on the side. Also doing a panatonne bread and buttter pudding.

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PointeShoesandTutus · 22/12/2023 23:07

We're in a similar boat - at relatives for Christmas Day but about for the rest of the time.

My list included cheese, more cheese, nice crackers, part baked bread rolls, part baked croissants, oodles of nice butter, baking Camembert, smoked salmon, avocados, spinach, eggs, full fat Greek yoghurt, good granola, dark chocolate, a chocolate orange, a Toblerone, florentines, decent satsumas, raspberries, lots of coffee beans, wine, cremant, Baileys and good orange juice. Oh and more cheese.

SecondUsername4me · 22/12/2023 23:32

Honestly I'm so bloody excited to do the big festive shop tomorrow. We eat so boringly through the week as tbh after work and school runs and what not, I cba

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