"Christmas" food

[FridgeJenga]

Alright, so who's started eating buying "Christmas" food already?

I'm on my second bag of Lebkuchen 😳

Ive found cheesy footballs today. 😀 they have not survived the day.

I inhaled a whole pack of M&S white chocolate gingerbread cookies last weekend. Wtf is in M&S cookies btw? They are like crack! I'm addicted!

My DDs had a Cadbury's Christmas pud tonight each. DD2 had a chocolate Santa the other week. She's 15 btw, not a toddler 😂.

I'm sure I've eaten something else but I can't remember. The Christmas aisle in Tesco is shouting my name every time I'm in there.

Oh, today I walked past a teenage boy carrying an empty advent calendar near Tesco. He'd obviously bought it and scoffed the lot. I wanted to high five him. I like his style.

I haven't bought any Christmas food yet, but I have bought nearly all the Christmas presents.

If IKEA had had gingerbread blocks when we went last week I would have bought some then, but I don't think they do that any more. I think we're not that bothered about the Christmas food yet because there is only DH and me. We will be joining my daughter's family at a communal lunch for Christine's families at the cathedral on Christmas Day, and I expect I will be asked to provide the coronation chicken they all like, but that's not very Christmassy. I probably won't buy much in the 'special' food line at all.

Mince pies - all the mince pies!! Best thing about late September is seeing the local Co-op start to stock their shortcrust ones.

Nearly bought a panettone yesterday in Tesco - until I saw the basic one was £11 😱. I used to be spoilt by an Italian deli who sold them, and pandoro, all year round including one with a champagne crème swirled through it which never lasted very long!

I'll take yours! 😄
I like the basic sultana with candied orange peel one. 😋

I’ve put off buying anything yet, but as soon as I see the stollen bites I’ll be done 🤣🤣 they are my favourite part of Christmas food.

Stollen. 🩷🩷🩷

The tubs of 'Christmas' chocolate have already made an appearance at work. I of course indulged!

Not yet, dh and I are a pair of 🐷🐷 when it comes to anything very moreish, especially mince pies, so I don’t even make any, let alone buy, until 1st December. But then I do it with a glass of mulled wine and carols playing. 🎄🙂

I was about to mention these and I saw someone already did! M+S do their own brand maltesers but larger balls and in four colours (dark, milk, white and blond chocolate). I don't know why it's in christmassy packaging, I'm going to want them all year round. We're on our third box

I'm being ruthless this year. I've bought the bird and some smoked salmon, both safely in the freezer. I refuse to buy anything sweet until December. Interesting to see how long I last 🙂

We eat panettone all through the year - we love them.

I salute your forward planning and resistance to temptation 😁

I've started "taste testing" a few things, but have so far walked (shakily) past the bags + tins of Cadbury's Roses chocs.

Tesco have a sweet looking own brand chocolate reindeer (a less heavy alternative to the Lindt version).

Choco Leibniz is available with mint flavour choc for Christmas.
Once they're opened, 4 days will be the max survival time for my pack 😉

I buy them at a reduced price after Christmas and turn them into bread and butter pudding 😁

I have bought stollen bites and a lindt bear

Wow

@DebbieSavage 😂😂💚

They're a spoof poster. This is their style throughout the site!

I bought 2 boxes of mince pies a fortnight ago (as I am overseas so bought them on a visit home). I haven’t opened them yet.

I plan to visit Lidl next week…the stollen should be out (and that WILL get opened).

Oh yes, there are delicious proper Italian ones where I am so I buy mini lemon and mini dried fruit and mini chocolate chips ones, to enjoy with tea….yum!

Ordered some bits to try from Ocado... m&s. stollen slices did not arrive, substituted with M&S iced xmas cake slices which were quite odd... more like a boozy xmas pud in texture dampsogginess with marzipan and icing. Not a favourite, but oddly moreish.

Mince pies in our house.

I used to think that then tried one and I liked it. I buy one every year now. I do seem to be the only one who eats it though, but I’m not complaining.

I must be the only person who dislikes Xmas food!!!

Meteorite87

I won’t lie, it’s been hard😉