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Has anyone bought any Christmas food yet?

49 replies

boobooboggins · 04/12/2019 11:18

I have just got the chocolates /crisps/crackers/Christmas cake and a few frozen m&s party foods.
When do you normally do it?
I nearly bought a cheeseboard but thought I would wait till a week before.
What does everyone else have in ?

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livingthegoodlife · 04/12/2019 11:35

Just chocs, Christmas cake, tins of cheese balls/twiglets & m&s party food.

I have ordered a cheese board from The Cheese Shed which arrive a few days before Christmas.

I have a mega grocery shop arriving on 23rd.

I need to make more mince pies and ice the cake.

Lovemusic33 · 04/12/2019 11:36

I bought some orange mini dame bars from ikea 🤔

Other than that I do all the food shopping in one hit unless I see a real bargain.

UndertheCedartree · 04/12/2019 11:46

I went to Lidl yesterday and got some mince pies, stollen and some truffles. I tend to gradually buy the things that will keep over December. The fresh things I'll probably get on 22nd.

BiddyPop · 04/12/2019 12:19

I would wait for the cheeseboard - you want the cheese to be at the right point for eating. I'd be happy to get harder cheeses now, but not soft cheese (brie, camembert, etc) or blue cheese (stilton, Shropshire, cashel).

I already have 2 packets of nice crackers, but I want to get another (different) type yet.

The bag upstairs also has 2 packs of M&S cheese twists and a tree decoration filled with chocolate truffles. I have the Christmas Eve hot chocolate (we like the proper lump of good chocolate on a wooden spoon types - I get mine from a speciality chocolate maker in my home town when we visit in the autumn, and I also got plenty of good chocolate for baking and sweetmaking and dessert making when I was there last too).
The 2 bottles of very nice wine for the turkey dinner are also there, and I have a bottle of bubbles too. (I also have 3 bottles of more regular wine for entertaining/mulling, but need to get more yet).

I had 2 sharing packets of crisps, note the "had". So I need to replace those.

I DO have 2 jars of very nice sauce for chicken wings - from a supermarket I don't get to that often, and may end up using one this weekend, but should get there before Christmas again to restock for entertaining.

I haven't bought mince pies because I have a large jar of mince meat maturing in a cupboard, but I have a packet of pre-rolled pastry in the fridge in case I don't get to make my own. (And it will get used for sausage rolls using the sausage meat in the freezer and cooking apple in the fridge to grate into that, if I don't need it for mince pies).

I do want to get to a good off-licence which is not terribly far from home, about 25 minutes but right near the biggest shopping centre (Ireland's version of Westfield!) for seasonal craft beer for DH - so I want to try to do that in the next 10 days before the absolute mania but after the stocks have come in.

A lot of mine are relatively last minute - M&S (but we have a reasonable one near home and a large one near my office) for party food, hummus, nice crisps etc.

Leonidas for orangettes (we don't tend to get tubs of Roses or similar but a large bag of Belgian choc is good to have).

Good cheesemonger near my office (or there are 2 decent delis with good cheese selections near home if the cheesemonger is too nuts!) for cheese and cured meats.

And I have been working on the general "restocking the cupboards after the autumn emptying" over the course of a few weeks of online grocery shops, to avoid the actual supermarket in the mad weeks and give me a small bit of extra flexibility at home (and less trudging with the especially heavy bags).

(I've also put things in the freezer like some French beans from the summer harvest for Christmas dinner, breadcrumbs made from the ends of a few particularly nice artisan loaves for the stuffing, 2 packets of delicious garlic mussels from my hometown fishmonger for Christmas Eve buffet, some garlic bread baguettes, a few regular dinners like lasagna and curries for those mad nights in the few weeks around Christmas where we all need to be in 3 places at once and need easy prep dinners, and a bag of oven chips and some pizza slices so the teen can also manage when DH and I won't be at home with conflicting events - there are also a couple of packs of different stuffed tortellini and different sauces to go with them in the fridge for easy fast meals).

Pippapotomus · 05/12/2019 20:38

Nothing yet.

Anything really nice will not last until Christmas, most likely eaten before the weeks out. I'm not hosting for any day other that Christmas day, so don't need masses of stuff.

I have two deliveries booked, for the Saturday before and the 23rd. Everything will be bought in those drops.

Shitfuckoh · 05/12/2019 20:45

I have only junk food so far! Cheeselets/treeslets, pringles, chocolate oranges, after eights, roses/celebrations/quality street. I do have hot chocolate, marshmallows, the kids selection box & a lovely bottle of Hotel Chocolat liquor too.

I'm hosting a get together this weekend so all thoughts have gone in to that. Once that's out the way & I get my fridge / cupboards back I'll work on getting more things in for the festive period.

lifeisgoodagain · 05/12/2019 20:46

Just a vegan main, most is being collected on the 24th

mistydayswampwitch · 05/12/2019 20:47

I've got some salted caramel tortilla rolls from M&S! Except I've just opened the bag!

Autumnfresh · 05/12/2019 21:57

I’ve cranberry sauce, crackers and some cheese ( to replace what we ate last weekend) . Choc coins which I’ve given to DC already. We bought 6 mince pies which were eaten within 20 mins of buying so I’m not buying or baking anything until closer the date. I’ve lost a stone since September and I’m not putting it back on!

EskewedBeef · 05/12/2019 22:02

I've got one packet of chestnuts. I need to get my bloody finger out and make this thing happen.

OKBoom3r · 05/12/2019 23:06

Yes most of it tbh!

I've got an M & S order that I'll collect a few days beforehand which contains vegetarian alternative and beef plus all desserts and the veg and trimmings. I bought an organic chicken today (we don't like turkey) which I've put in the freezer. I've got ready made Yorkshire puddings in the freezer. I have a 2kg tin of quality street and mince pies.

Not too much left to pick up

NaomiFromMilkShake · 05/12/2019 23:22

I have bought a Serrano ham for DS (18) with a stand. it is one of the highlights of his Christmas,ham asharp knife we provide, they generally send a shite one, he just noms on it, until it is gone then we make soup iirc

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/12/2019 23:22

The goose is in the freezer, and I have made and frozen mince pies, macarons, stuffing, apple sauce, and stock for the gravy. I want to get the braised red cabbage made and frozen too, so I don’t have too much to do on Christmas Eve.

And there’s a big tin of Quality Street calling to me, from the side in the dining room - but I am strong. Well, strong-ish..... Oh, who am I kidding - hold me back, someone!

Titsywoo · 05/12/2019 23:24

I haven't seen much Xmas specific stuff in the supermarkets yet? I did buy the 2 metre long pig in blanket from Aldi today and put it in the freezer. Everything else will be bought around 21st I think.

MiniMum97 · 05/12/2019 23:32

I've got almost all my nibbles and alcohol. Will get cheese, pate, Yule log, ham, sausage roll ingredients, cream nearer the time and anything else that doesn't last long

Need to also get mince pies, custard and soft drinks.

I usually get Christmas meal stuff a few days to a day before but I am getting a "Cook" meal this year and so have already ordered.

Al feeling quite organised! :-)

SargeantAngua · 05/12/2019 23:35

We've bought, and eaten, 2 boxes of waitrose mince pie fudge. Not sure that counts though Grin

Fifthtimelucky · 06/12/2019 08:49

I've bought quite a bit:

  • a Christmas cake and pudding (from Cook, on 15% off day),
  • the ground almonds to make the marzipan for the cake,
  • various bits of stollen and Lebkuchen,
  • some nice shortbread,
  • some drinks that I don't normally buy but which I know are liked by friends who are coming for lunch a few days before (Big Tom and Appletise, both while on special offer),
  • a few bags of 'snow bites' because for some reason our local supermarket always sell out of them before December,
  • a few boxes of Bendicks mints and Lindor chocolates, again while on special offer.

I've also ordered my turkey and a gammon joint from the butcher.

I need to check how much brandy and icing sugar I have, and if I need some will buy those this week. Everything else I either already have in stock or will be done just before Christmas.

BiddyPop · 06/12/2019 09:06

The bacon pringles for DD arrived last night.

I8toys · 06/12/2019 09:53

Humungous bag of chocolate, shortbread, chocolate oranges, selection boxes, M&S Belgain biscuit tin.

Got Boursin cheese, baked cheeses, prawns in freezer, cheese twists from M&S, pringles.

Big shop coming 21st December.

We have an M&S food down the road so pop in and just get whatever I fancy at the time!

Lovemusic33 · 06/12/2019 10:08

Has anyone tried the stolen from Waitrose with the pistachio mazipan? (Secretly hoping someone has opened there’s before Christmas). I love pistachios and it sounds amazing, I think I will pop into Waitrose next week and get one.

I don’t buy a huge amount of food as I hate lots of food hanging around for weeks, I just try and buy food to last 3 days (Christmas Eve - Boxing Day) and then I’m back at the gym and back to work🤣

EL8888 · 06/12/2019 10:10

No. We are pigs and would start eating it!

Disfordarkchocolate · 06/12/2019 10:12

Soft drinks
After dinner mints
Chocolate
Cream with brandy (just for testing though).

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 06/12/2019 11:44

I've ordered one of the pistachio stollen, @LoveMusic33, but that order isn't being delivered until the Friday before Christmas, so my fingers are firmly crossed that they won't run out!

Fcukthisshit · 06/12/2019 16:09

I’ve bought some biscuits, crisps, a few freezer packs of party food to snack on, some chocs and a few bits (stuffing, cranberry sauce etc) for the actual Christmas dinner. Oh and I have fridge crammed with cheese. I love cheese. Can’t wait to start on that lot Grin. I’ve been buying stuff but by bit for a few weeks now. Helps to spread the cost for us/

AdalindMeisner · 06/12/2019 19:25

I've got the turkey (it's in the freezer), red cabbage (freezer) , pigs in blankets (freezer) roast potatoes (freezer) , Brussels (again freezer), two tubs of chocolates (had 4 but we ate them Xmas Blush), box of crackers (the food type). We are doing the majority of Christmas shopping next week. I am trying out freezer options and see how it works this year.

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