What's your favourite seasonal treat?

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Inspired by a box of florentines I picked up in our newly opened Lidl last week.
They were in the Christmas aisle so I assume they're only available for this period.
Need to get another box or three...

Egg Nog latte from Starbucks
Stollen

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Am taste testing my way through these, and yes they have to be cold- overnight in the car is perfect!
Reading labels to avoid the greasiness of palm oil.
So far the 99p ones in The Range have been best. Usually buy and rebuy the Lidl’s ones but they’re £1.99 a bag now!

I love all the traditional Christmas sweet baked goods with dried fruit and nuts - mince pies, Christmas cake, stollen, panettone, panforte, Christmas pudding…
Our local bakery used to sell these wonderful cardamom knots, but I must have been the only one buying them, as they have stopped doing them 🥲. I’m now forced to bake my own, but they are not quite the same.

My first experience of Stollen was on a breakfast buffet in a small Berlin hotel many years ago between Christmas and New Year. It can never be beaten, it was exquisite. I can no longer tolerate dried fruit or gluten so I don’t have to worry about spoiling the memory.

Lobster. Last year tesco were doing mini lobsters for £9 and I get a Lobster claw cracker kit and enjoy pulling the buggers apart and getting every last bit of flesh out.
Only see em in the freezer aisle at Christmas

Rich, fruity, boozy Christmas pudding slathered in thick, double cream or finest vanilla custard. OMGGGGG.

Probably just as well its not around the rest of the year as too tempting 🤣

Oh my God! I am heading for Starbucks shortly!

I have been known to have this for breakfast over the Christmas period.

Cook the Brie and it’s allowed! You could cut open a baguette, place cutted up Brie on it and toast it to completely melt the Brie. Then smother it with cranberry sauce and eat it. As for the baileys,

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try this?

Wow thank you!

From the Internet:

Richard E. Grant has a well-known addiction to Christmas pudding, which he eats monthly and has stockpiled in large quantities, famously including 27 puddings in his pantry in January. He also enjoys it as a sandwich filling, often with cheese....

If its good enough for Richard E. Grant.... 😅

I thought I was bad when I pan fry leftover slices in a little salty butter.

@Tomatocutwithazigzagedge I am wondering how on earth you came across this fact?!
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I read it a few years ago online, and never forgot it. 😀

Such a likeable guy. And I love this peculiarity.

What do you eat your pan fried Christmas pudding with ?

Brie is fine if you cook it so go forth and have your brie and cranberry in toasties! Can't help you with the Baileys but maybe a festive hot chocolate instead?

Mince pies! I really don’t like Xmas but I bloody love mince pies!

Eggnog! And Yule log.

A big dollop of Gruyere cream.

Some people fry a slice with an English breakfast!

This thread is full of culinary delights 😋

haha! this is hilarious and frankly, I dont blame him one bit! although I am not quite sure it goes with cheese....mascarpone maybe - I bet it would be chefs kiss with mascarpone

Christmas cake is often served with cheese. Same with alpple pie. Might be regional!

we fry leftover Christmas pudding in butter or brandy butter and then serve it with all the hundreds of creams. And some custard.

at Christmas that is the time I go mad with cheese buying; cheddar, cranberry cheese, Caerphilly, spread cheese with pineapple, you name it I like it! added to a fruit cake or box of mixed crackers i like to have a nice feast on Christmas day evening

Try Fortnum and masons ones, you may never financially recover but holy SHIT they're good

I've discovered savoury pannatone whilst with a friend in Italy 2 years ago, it has become a tremendous problem!

The Co Op used to do gravy puffs at Christmas. Like cheese puffs only flavoured like the best kind of beef Monster Munch. We ate bagfuls and they were lovely.

They don't sell them any more. Bastards.