The big xmas food shop

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Ive managed to get a slot for late monday afternoon, ive ordered loads but im panicking that ive forgot stuff and im not going to realise until i go to get something out the fridge or cupboard! Ive got until sunday night to add items HELP!!

I've just bought already prepped honey glazed parsnips, brussel sprouts in butter with chopped bacon, roast potatoes covered in goose fat. (They also all come in disposable trays). All I need to do is shove them in the oven.

anna- but people do lots of things "just because it's christmas".
I don't know anyone with stilton going mouldy in the fridge- ours is always eaten.

You go ahead and enjoy your pate.

One of the things I like most about Christmas is that it's a break from how we do things normally in our family. We're all at home on holiday. We eat things we don't normally have because they're too expensive or too much trouble or too fattening for everyday consumption and that makes them special. If we ate like that all the time, Christmas wouldn't be special at all.

In times gone by, winter would have been a very hard time indeed for most people. They could have rationed out the food and eaten the same every day till spring but instead they punctuated the dark, cold winter months with special days when they did things a bit differently to raise the spirits. If this meant having even leaner times in between, at least you had the memory of the last feast and the expectation of the next one to keep you going.

That's how I like to think of Christmas, anyway. In January when I am trying to lose the pounds I know I am about to put on over Christmas, I won't regret the Christmas food, because I enjoy it.

well said allmimsy- spot on.

Here is my list, in all its glory....

1 12 British Pork Chipolatas essential Waitrose £1.40
1 Bare Necessities Organic Carrots £1.21
1 Brandy Cream with Remy Martin Waitrose £2.65
1 Brussels Sprouts essential Waitrose £1.00
1 Easy to Cook Gammon Joint with Maple Sauce Waitrose £3.32
1 Eggs Free Range British Blacktail Waitrose £2.05
1 Full Cream Milk 6 Pints essential Waitrose £1.48
1 Long Clawson Creamy Blue Stilton Waitrose £2.65
1 Mini Garlic Baguette essential Waitrose £0.65
1 Munch Bunch Double Up Fromage Frais Strawberry & Vanilla £1.25
1 Munch Bunch Jelly Delight Strawberry & Vanilla £1.25
1 Ocado Large Free Range Eggs £1.30
1 Ocado Parsnips £1.00
1 Oscar Mayer American Style Bacon £2.19
1 Prawn Cocktail Waitrose £2.50
1 Sage & Onion Stuffing Waitrose £2.29
1 Small Tender & Juicy Turkey Crown Serves 2-4 Waitrose £16.67
1 Soft Creamy Full Fat Soft Cheese essential Waitrose £1.13
1 The Pizza Co 7" Thin & Crispy Cheese & Tomato Pizza £0.99
1 Unsalted Dairy Butter essential Waitrose £1.10
1 Welsh Lamb Shoulder Rack with Garlic, Mint & Black Pepper Waitrose £9.91
1 Yeo Valley Organic Buttery & Spreadable £2.70
Freezer

1 Frozen Potato Croquettes Waitrose £2.49
1 Heston Ultimate Chocolate Bar Frozen £7.4