What food did you buy this Christmas that you liked/disliked?

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Liked:
Morrisons turkey joint with stuffing - very nice and the right amount
Tesco veg - all fine

Disliked:
Tesco finest Belgian chocolate log - sweet and dry
Tesco finest small Christmas pudding - too many nuts
Tesco pate with apple chutney - nothing special
Tesco party food eg sausage rolls, spring rolls - very basic, wouldn’t buy again

Tesco mini kievs just didn’t like them hardly any filling in them compared to Bernard Mathew ones.

M&S Stuffed Vegan Turkey Joint was a big hit

Tesco Brussels Pate - absolutely tasteless

Walker shortbread selection - tastes fine but another disappointing example of shrinkage. What has happened to petticoat tails - they used to be substantial? The ones we bought were barely bigger that a Jaffa Cake (Weeps)

On the plus side, the big wins were:

Tunnock's snowballs - every bit as good as I remember as a child

Hotel chocolat - dessert selection chocs. Have abandoned Quality Street for good. Would rather have fewer, better quality chocs.

Old school King Edwards potatoes. After several years of disappointing pre-prepared spuds. Went old school. Par-boiled and bashed the buggery out of them. nabbed some rosemary from the garden - they were bloody lush!

Aunt Bessie's parsnips - terrible
M&S chocolate mini cupcake things - one bite and I binned the rest of my cupcake, tasted very unpleasant and the texture of the chocolate was gluey

Tesco bread sauce - absolutely tasteless and a horrible texture

M&S turkey crown, really tough and crazy expensive

Tesco Finest passionfruit mini roulade, they were a random substitute for something in my online shop but everyone loved them.

Morrisons mini mince pies, great pastry for a supermarket pie.

Loved asda gingerbread pudding with butterscotch sauce

M and s berry delice.... lovely. Exactly what I was after, light but creamy etc.

Audrey's chocolates often spoken of on here but years ago. I finally went for it.

Absolutely wonderful.

They will be my new yearly Xmas treat.

Sainsburys vegan sausage rolls - blergh to the max (I usually love them!!) They were gross this time around.

Schloer - White Grape and Apple: Tasteless :(

Sainsburys pigs in blankets were horrible, the sausage tasted like mush

Mini soufflés party food from Lidl, light and cheesy. A great hit with friends on Xmas Eve.

Loved Lidl Strong and Robust Smoked Salmon compared to Sainsbury's Oak Smoked.

M and S Brie, Caramelised Onion and Potato Pie was our main as we are vegetarian. I was so looking forward to it, but it was just ok. When I pay £8 for a pie I want a lot more flavour, I think it needed a stronger cheese to make it work.

M&S frozen red cabbage was fabulous.

Hits: As always loved M+S red cabbage
M+S vegan sides collection. Fussy veggie DD loved the cocktail sausages and Cauliflower bake
M+S red Berry Delice was a substitute but everyone loved it

Misses: M+S dauphinoise potatoes have changed recipe and not as good although more expensive
Tesco topside beef joint. A panic buy by DH and a reminder of why we don't usually buy supermarket meat

Sound delicious!

Hits - Costco turkey breast joint and gammon joint, both excellent. Lidl red cabbage was very nice, not vinegary at all.

Miss - Lidl Christmas pudding was a bit meh, but I didn’t get the deluxe one so maybe my own fault. Quality Street - far too many toffees, even more than usual!

@lmnabc really was! Lovely light sponge too, want another but it's now showing unavailable 😭

Waitrose porchetta was delicious.

Yeah, you have to buy good chipolatas and bacon and assemble them yourself, it’s not hard though.

Agreed. Even my dustbin of a toddler wouldn’t eat them.

@TheMildManneredMilitant

Small pig's or longer ones?

We had the longer one's and they're fine but I do prefer m and s posher gourmet one's to be honest...and stuffing parcels

Sainsburys cheddar cheese stars were a hit.