Christmas dinner

[McChristmasPants2012]

What are you having.

Mine is turkey, beef, pigs in blanket, stuffing, roast potatoes, roast parsnip, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, carrots, peas, cabbage and gravey. Followed by Christmas pudding and Brandy sauce.

A fag and half bottle of J.D.

Greek meze. No turkey.
beef stew, keftides, calamari, kleftiko, saganaki etc.

Brady that sounds lovely!

Oohh pudding is triple chock fudge cake, baklava. Dd is making mince pies and rocky road.

Why is that being unreasonable? Do you think you are eating too much?

YABU

Where is the AIBU?

Shepherds pie.

@ MrsKR - excellent answer!

Turkey, beef, lamb, sausage, pigs in blanket, sausage balls, stuffing, carrots, honey roasted carrots, port braised red cabbage, green cabbage, green beans, brocoli, cauliflower, cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, mash, roast parsnips, sprouts, butternut squash, gravy, mint sauce, bread sauce, cranberry sauce, pickled onions.

Then these little chocolate crackers from m&s, panna cotta, roulade and mince pies and tea/coffee.

Tea is left over meats and a pork, salad, voluvents, sausage rolls, a salmon, cocktail sausages, scotch eggs, pork pie, boiled potatoes, cold pasta, coleslaw, cheese, cottage cheese, mozzerella and usual stuff to go with salad.

Am I going over the top?

Bacon sarnies when the fam arrive.
Then turkey and all the trimmings for our evening meal.
Nibbles and booze throughout the day

IMO some of you Are BU, with the number of different things to eat I could manage about half a mouthful only of each item - and would then probably have some left over on the plate.

2-3 "main" meats, 2-3 types of potatoes, up to double figures of veg + assorted "accessories"? No wonder some women feel harried cooking Christmas dinner, there's more variety there than in a formal banquet! I used to feel like we were pushing the boat out having 3 veg + potatoes, and both stuffing and pigs in blankets as well as the turkey.

Totally agree with your Allergictoironing.

The amount of food is, TBH, disgusting.

We are having one meat, one veg, one potato. The only thing we are having 2 of is stuffing because I despise meat stuffing so I am making plain sage and onion as well as meat.

No wonder people feel too much pressure on Christmas Day. They are cooking the equivalent of a Manor House Feast, which was prepared by the staff for the family and dependants.

I enjoy cooking Christmas dinner, while DH deals with putting toys together and bugging him.

We were going for a curry....but now DH has come down with flu so as it is just five of us, possibly four if DH is bedridden....I'm doing a roast chicken and small Christmas ham at home after all.

We are big on trimmings, so are having roast potatoes, carrot & swede mash, maple roast parsnips, spiced red cabbage, piggies in blankets, sage & onion stuffing, chestnut stuffing, American cornbread stuffing, yorkshire puddings (not traditional, I know!), brussells, broccoli, carrots.

I am unashamedly doung a proper, old fashioned prawn cocktail for starters. Got a weeny little Xmas pud and some extra thick double cream for me for pudding (only one who will eat t), nice vanilla ice cream for fussy DH and ice cream and gazillions of sprinkles, wafers, sauces etc for kids.

We are having goose-turkey is for plebs with roast potatoes,mash potatoes,parsnips,carrots,peas,gravy and cranberry sauce. Pudding is guiness pud for dh and champagne trifle for the kids and I.

I disagree that it is 'disgustng'. Its gluttonous, yes, but its a winter festivl of warmth and light and food, isnt it? I've lost 20lbs this year and eat super-healthily the rest pf the yer, so frankly....fuck it! Cant wait!

And gluttony is disgusting.

Good for you for losing 20 lbs this year. How many will you have to lose again after eating all of that?

Whether or not it's 'disgusting' depends on how many people are eating and the quantities of each thing.

IMO some of you Are BU, with the number of different things to eat I could manage about half a mouthful only of each item

That's the point of the meze. Its like tapas. You have a small amount of different dishes. There wouldn't be a full portion of each per person.

But I don't really see why it bothers you what other people are doing.

What sort of ovens have you all got? Three roast meats? Where does it all cook and how does it keep warm?

Wow, the Grinch is alive and on MN!

What sort of ovens have you all got?

We have 4 ovens. The family are all coming to our restaurant. It is closed but we are using it as there will be 15 of us.

Can't wait.

Do you have granola bars instead of birthday cake, too, Grinch?