What Must you have on your food shopping list for christmas

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What food items do you have to have on your shopping list for christmas.
Mine has to include

Smoked salmon
roses chocolates
satsumas
shelled nuts
baked ham
pickles
christmas pudding
stuffing
sprouts
turkey

Brazil nuts (must be in the shell, I need a rate-limiting step).

WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY - I CAN'T FIND THEM IN THE SHOPS YET?

I'm pregnant so can eat them with impunity (they are so horribly fattning).

i must have tins of stewed steak.

for xmas stew

For Xmas Dinner

Goose
Roast Potatos
Roast Parsnips
Stuffing
Spouts
Pigs in Blankets
Brocoli
Carrotts
Gravy

Everything Else,

Baileys
Mince Pies
Squirty Cream
Boiled Ham
Loads of xmas chocs!

I always do a special cranberry/wine sauce and a sweet potato dish. Thankfully my mother does the rest!

CHOCOLATE

Nothing else matters!

Dophus, someone told me last year that Brazils in shells had been banned because the shells can be poisonous.

No no no

It can't be - I can't go on.

I think i will have to add to my list.

A GYm Membership

definitely cointreau cream and brandy cream for putting on the xmas pud and mince pies. The really thick stuff, all alcoholic-y. YUM, yum, yum...

Dophus, I bought some the other day for my mum, but can't remember where from, sorry. Possibly Woolies.

FSA report

found this.

Seems like old news - just increased controls. I couldn't find anything to say they had been banned.

Relieved to hear they can be found.

Bucks Fizz with bacon & avocado sarnies for breakfast
M&S turkey crown with chestnut stuffing
Sausages wrapped in bacon
More stuffing
Sprouts
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce
Christmas pudding
Mince pies
Alcohol

and...

Faggots, chipa and Vienetta for dsd who has gone off roasts this year!

Pickled walnuts, ginger wine and a big tin of Roses

Pickled red cabbage; those German ginger biscuits - Leberkuchen or something; port; chocolate brazils; Green and Blacks - any flavour!

Just made it 3 actually having a drinks party on saturday and visiting elderly rellie on weds so 3 separate lists of what we are going to have then break it down , then put it all together, then separate by shop eg; supermarket (nibbles, xmas pud, chocolate)
butchers; (turkey, sausages, bacon, chicken, ham -all pre-ordered)
greengrocers ;(parsnips,pots,carrots,apples,satsumas,nuts)
My mother is bringing the starter (fish ) and FIL doing cheese+ port
Wine is comming .....have i forgotten anything?

Chocolates
marzipan fruits
chocolate log
vanilal vodka
lots of wine
lots of beer
baileys
nice cheese
cheese melt crackers
pizza for the day afetr boxing day
xmas day meal normal stuff.

Sorry to hijack but Cremola, your pineapple juice for the ham thing sounds yummy - pls could you provide the recipe.

vodka and tonic, limes, chocolate, clotted cream to go in my home made mince pies, and all the basic stuff

My 2 year old wants sausages and rice for christmas sio I guess they will have to go to the top of my list!

Apart from the usual Turkey, etc etc. I always have

Selection of cheeses - especially stilton. DH and I are cheesoholics
Big tin of Quality Street.
Assortment of biscuits for cheese
Pretzels, which i love
Peanuts, crisps etc.
A box of Bendicks after dinner mints, which i try to hide
Chutneys to have with cold turkey

All the usual stuff... but instead of the normal christmas crackers with useless tat prizes we have got the Hotel Chocolat Crackers with the prize(!) of sumptuous chocolate!!

This year I want to getthose musical crackers - had great fun with them with my in-laws last year and I think even my side of the family will like them.

Goosefat for the taters