Countdown to Christmas 2020 (Thread 11): The One with the Three Freezers

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New thread again. Doesn't seem 5 minutes since the last one! 😂

santadude warty mutant parsnips!

Ooops, sorry, that should read:

Home-grown, organic warty mutant parsnips.

sorry. very sorry.

@pussycatinboots

Ooops, sorry, that should read:

Home-grown, organic warty mutant parsnips.

sorry. very sorry.

Well done. Learning. 😂

Every day is a skool day. 😉😎

Peels and slices, boils with carrots and mashes - but often forgets to mash, or to season, or boils them for 2 hours instead of 20 minutes..... (not envy). We've even had periods when just sliced and boiled and served unseasoned and watery blobs alongside heavily oversalted and slushy mashed potatoes (the very watery kind - not the nice buttery creamy kind), and a chicken breast grilled with no seasoning and made leathery by the slow speed of the grill.....

I only grew to love parsnips when I got my own kitchen. I did grow them a few years on the plot - warty organic mini-parsnips were the result, but quite tasty. (Whereas carrots were always attacked by carrot root fly so I could never get anything edible from those - at least small parsnips are edible!).

I'm looking out the window at sunshine and wondering if I should go out for milk, a school book and a walk before I get stuck in again, or be good and get my head down. I'm thinking my list of jobs is getting long so I really ought to tackle a few ….

Biddy My mum used to do the same with turnip instead of parnsip. Boiled to death for hours, then chopped into some sort of orange puree.
And the watery mash with no seasoning or butter.
And the Chicken you could use to replace the sole of your shoe.
Have you tried Chantenay Carrots, they're stumpy so will grow well in a pot and if they get big enough they're fab roasted.

Fluffy I used to buy veg from a farmers market and their parsnips were always misshapen but so so tasty. I'm assuming that's how yours are?
I love them roasted, especially if you add a little honey 😋
DH is talking about making some sort of parsnip soup next week (he's experimenting with flavours - I've just eaten a sweet potato and chilli soup for lunch which was delicious).

Biddy my dm likes her veg to be cooked to mush but she cooks hers in a saucepan separate to everyone else's so she's at least learnt how to do it in an acceptable way too

Course is done for the day. It was intense so I walked the dog in my lunch break and am now treating myself to a small bar of dark sea salt choc (from Aldi, they're lovely) and getting back into some work. Roll on 4:30

My dad boils broccoli for about twenty minutes 🤮 I don't like boiled anything apart from frozen peas!

My dps boil all beg for at least 2 hours. I'm not even joking

wreck DH likes his broccoli pulped overcooked like that. I only do it with a roast, so just smother it in gravy and hope for the best.

Grim, Neros. My parents boil everything for about 20 minutes. We use a steamer here.

Boots, I do my swede by boiling, with butter and salt in the pan, then adding pepper when I mash it. It's really lovely!

Crazy, yes, ugly but SO tasty! They'll taste even better when the frost has been. 😋

fluffy I always buy the wonky veg from morrisons. It's cheaper too.
I've tried freezing a bit of colley and broccoli from last weekend - I didn't bother par-boiling it and cooling then double freezing, so I'll let you know how bad it is (not holding out much hope, but it was that or the bin).

It'll go into soup, even if it's not ideal for eating with your dinner!

I got the medium fleece and it's going to be too big. Annoyingly you have to pay to return unless you return to store so not sure what I'll do yet.

Wreck I posted your parcel today

Thanks Woolly let me know what I owe you.

www.matalan.co.uk/product/detail/s2797176_c000/christmas-tree-charger-plate-33cm-x-33cm-white#&gid=null&pid=1

l want one!
Am just off to look for the bedding and cushion from M&S

Have you got anyone else you can gift the fleece to Wreck ?
Have just tasted the rhubarb & Custard pop from Aldi it's delicious
I love parsnips they are delicious roasted

No mrs I wouldn't spend that much on anyone else

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these are lovely

@WreckTangled

No mrs I wouldn't spend that much on anyone else

That is a bugger so annoying Wreck !

I have been down a Matalan rabbit hole, omg their Christmas stuf is just darling . I need to whittle my wares down
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I have so much in my basket l must thin it down !

Just got back from football it's so warm outside was boiling in my coat

DH likes roast parsnips but I find them a bit sweet (even just plain roasted )
Sometimes I par-boil then roll in breadcrumbs and vegetarian style hard cheese ( Parmesan stylee) then roast . A faff but delicious .

I love the Matalan "Winter Animal" plates and the Fir Tree kitchen towels (they'd go in the bathroom)

I had a look on the John Lewis Christmas site there are some very very odd decorations this year , no connection to Christmas whatsoever .

As it's Octov=ber 1st this Friday I can see some Christmas shopping on the horizon .....