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Don't like commercial mincemeat or Christmas pudding so I make them but don't eat much of them.

The bread sauce is the best bit for me, I love it! The cranberry sauce too and the stuffing.

OH marzipanned the cakes yesterday and will be icing them tomorrow for me to fiddle about with, sticking things on in a tasteful manner.

He is a chef and can do all the technical bits properly so he gets to do the marzipan and icing but, left to him, that is how they would stay. He is not imaginative so I usually make the stuff and he puts it together properly.

I love it all, and will even eat a few sprouts! But I'm with you, Gwen - bread sauce is banned! :-D :-D ;-) ;-)

We have lots of shell on prawns on Christmas Eve - eyes and all! - I'm ruthless ;-)

SPROUTS :-P

Now I have to eat a low carb diet they are too high in carb for me :-D

Prawn Cocktail is my favourite starter Florence.

But not the ones that stare at me.

:-)

Well peeps, have to say, i love it all! My fav is the xmas pudding with evapourated milk as i dont like cream. I have just made 36 mince pies...mmmm yummy. Going to make a Mrs Robbin's fruit cake tomorrow and then marzipan and ice it.

Its lighter than a traditional xmas cake and you can make it even the day before.

I like paxo sage and onion but i add some bread broken up, more herbs and spices and a little oatmeal. Mix all together and put into a rectangular dish..scrummy.

I always make smoked salmon and prawn cocktail for starters. Today, my grocer man bought me a sack of red roosters(56lbs) for £10.00 but 1kg of linguistines(large prawn tails) cost me £20.00. Since my oh gave up prawn fishing over 10 yrs ago, I forgot how exp they are. Use to have them free on tap!!

Even sprouts we have just 2 or 3 each and thats enough.

No, cant think of anything i truly dislike about xmas dinner.

Oh except the washing and clearing up afterwards....

Florence
in the hebrides :-D

Poor, poor Kay's OH. :-D

Your tree looks boodiful Foggy.

Now..........spread good cheer and tell us you are renewing.

Oh, go on..............purleese.

<3

Piggy :-D :-D :-D

I likes everything I does :-D

There are things that OH likes that I gaff at,such as mustard,red sauce,I cringe when I see the mustard come out and he washes his own plate..... :-D :-D :-D :-D.infact its been known that we havnt got any,,,,,,,,,then its found lurking at the back of the cupboard hidden behind something else as like most men,,,,,,,he dont look beyond the first row..... :-D :-D :-D.

And I thought I was fussy!

:-D

Stuffing.
I will eat it if it's on the plate, but I don't enjoy it :-0

Don't like the stuffing, except for one recipe an American/Italian friend gave me, not a single breadcrumb in it :-D

Don't like mince pies, but will have a tiny piece of pudding.

Neither of us like pickley things so no pickles at our house neither any Mayo.,sauces or gunge stuffs.

puds I dont eat at all.


oh does ,apple pies and stuff like that,,,,,,,but he dont like chocolate things.

we are hard to cater for,
and we dont eat christmas cake either,,,,,,,

Wot no cold meat and pickles??? :-0


I wont be coming to yours then..........unless of course you do a fab pud!

That might tempt me.

;-)

OH eats it,,,,,,,,, :-D :-D :-D :-D.and any he dont gets binned.

Neither of us like chicken either,

My fav is pork or lamb,,,,,,beef is ok as roast dinner but I dont like it cold,

I prefer chicken to turkey.............but hey, it's Christmas!

Sooo..........what do you do with leftover meat Kay?

Turkey and Turkey and cold meat,especially left over.yuk,

I am with you on that one Gwyn.

Bread sauce.

I'd eat it to be polite, but I don't see the point of it, when there are so many other more enjoyable things to accompany a roast meal.

Gwyn

My favourite stuffing is Paxo.

I prefer it not to be stuffed though.

Add ground black pepper, a knob of butter and dried English mustard.......made into stuffing balls, roasted and crispy does it for me.

I sprinkle sugar on the top of custard as that prevents it from forming a skin.

I like trifle.........but I would much prefer it without the soggy sponge bit.

:-D