Im still eating Christmas stollen

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Best before Feb 25

What do you say to that?

I’ve still got florentines cheese straws and two Easter eggs to eat !

Jealous

I would question whether it was dry? I eat my Christmas cake well into the next year and our Christmas puddings are always about two years out of date, maybe longer.

Stollen is a funny one, the cake bit isn’t really that moist is it?

how was it?

How do you have any left? If I have some in the house it gets eaten

We have just demolished our Panettone. It was lush. Also have an Easter egg left. All bought as post Christmas/Easter bargains.

They are Marks and Spencers stollen bites to be more accurate

Lovely and moist and very alcoholy now.

I wish Christmas stollen would last that long in this house 😂

About to have an 🍎. Got food envy 😫

I spotted some mince pies in a cupboard the other day.

Erm, well done.

At the weekend, I finished off a bottle of wine that I'd opened for Christmas dinner. I thought it would probably taste a bit funny after so long but it was really nice.

Dry stollen - or anything similar - can probably be sliced and toasted under the grill. Then liberally buttered and served with a cheese of your choice.

Ate balsamic glaze with a BBE date of Feb 2025 today. I'd already put it on my salad when I saw it and there's no way I was chucking it out. So far I'm alive. Hopefully we'll be ok 🤣

OP you’ve outdone the fabled Mumsnet chicken, I really did not expect to read this in June.
How big was this Stollen, back in December?

Send me some please! I LOVE the stuff

I’m jealous. I love the stuff and wish it was for sale all year round like Hot Cross buns!

How much did you buy?! Ours lasted until the end of January which I was impressed with.

Stollen matures much like Christmas cake and ideally should be at least a few weeks old when you eat it. I've never had a vintage one but it wouldn't surprise me if it was still fine after a year.

Game changer 😮
This sounds amazing!

Only small squares, they are stollen bites.

Im half way through this packet (had another square today) and then I'll be on to another packet which I have squirreled away in the cupboard.

OH wont eat anything past the use by/BBE date so Im eating it all myself

I noticed they were reduced in Marks near the BBE date. I dont take any notice of that so I was elbows out, pushing past the crowds and throwing tons of it in the basket. No shame whatsoever.

This was back in Feb.

We ate most of it and then the other day I noticed I still had some. Bonus!!!

I have only recently finished the Christmas panettone.

YABVVVU. Stollen is an abomination.

Well Ive still got mince pies,, pate, mince pie flavoured cream and xmas pudding to get through for the next 6 months before I start again

Any of those take your fancy?

Oh and stuffing, lots and lots of fancy stuffings. Yum.

I still have half a home made stollen (large one) in the fridge not to mention a lot of the biscuits I make. They all get better with age if they are kept in an air tight container. The stollen is kept in the fridge due to the homemade marzipan in the centre

Home made stollen?

Now you're talking, recipe please?