OK What are you having for a Starter on Christmas Day

[shoshaliteupthetree]

Thought i had everything organised and realised haven't sorted a starer, DH does all the cooking I do the ideas and buying, and have ran out of ideas.

my DD&DH like scampi (i think) but I'm having Garlic mushrooms.

rocket, pear, blue cheese of some sort, with balsamic dressing

A side of salmon dressed with asparagus. M and S!

I love everyone else's christmas, I always feel very common . We just have main n puddin (sorry, that should probably be "dessert" )

If you are having a huge roast dinner, do you need a starter??

Lol Flame, pudding is the 'right' word

I have no idea, I don't like fish or funny cheese, my lot love prawns but I can't stand them so we never have them.

I'll probably just do M&S too! My turkey always comes from there tbh.

We don't have starters on Christmas day either. We do scoff chocolate and nuts and crispy nibbles in the morning though.

We're having smoked salmon on watercress and sliced avocado with a squeeze of lemon juice on top.......delicious!!!! wink

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Brie coated in breadcrumbs and deep fried with garlic mayo - lush!

We set the table first thing in the morning, then have our starter for lunch at about 1.00.p.m Tidy up the table and then have Christmas dinner at about 5.00 p.m.

It is wrong to eat your Christmas dinner when it is still bright outside and come the revolution I will pass a law to that effect.

And in answer to your question, smoked salmon and brown bread.

oh and i mean the cheese, not our very own LGJ!

i'm not going to bother, though we will have pudding and dessert

so turkey, then pud, then quality time with chocs, nuts, fruit and cheese

hi shosha
we're having toasted french bread topped with red onion marmalade and crumbled blue cheese melted lightly under grill. easy peasy and yummy!

Exactly - starter just leaves less room for Quality Street

AHa BrieVin so do we - with champagne while we open tree prezzies, then a pause while the kids play with the new toys & we have a quick tidy up (I once threw a vital bit of toy out with all the paper & crap in a fit of festive drunkeness so now we get rid of rubbish asap to prevent disaster.!!)while we get the diner finished then eat when it's ready. Hate rushing it, we sometimes don't eat till 5pm if we have visitors or dramas.

I must admit that it is only last year that DH decided he wanted a starter. I prefer to go straight to the main lovely roast

Smoked salmon on home made brown bread with home made horseradish sauce.

Sorry I posted and then fell asleep on the sofa

We had deep fried brie with cranbeery sauce last year and Salmon the year before, cant have Prawns as DS cant have them.

None of us like pud, so we have started instead.

Starter? before the full works and christmas pud etc etc? A starter is not traditional.

A few nibbles (maybe smoked salmon or prawn based canapes) with champagne as an appetiser, while the last minute Dad's Army style panic occurs in the kitchen, possibly.

We have christmas dinner in the evening.

Most of our family like prawn cocktail (80's style!) or pate but those who don't have stuffed tomatoes.

No starter.
It's not tradtional and anyways I have a hard enough job fitting in the main course, pud, cheese, choc, mince pies and vast amounts of booze..

Yep, prawn cocktail in a wine glass with iceberg lettuce and pink sauce made of ketchup and mayo mixed together.

It's kitsch

No starter but a brunch of smoked salmon, brown bread and scrambled eggs and then the trad xmas dinner at about 3pm