So what am I going to have for Crimbo dinner?

Antique_Guitars

Gonna be on me tod so maybe Haggis, Chips  Yorkshire Puddings and Squid Rings?

PolarityMan

Haggis is awesome

Antique_Guitars

Oh I forgot the black pudding maybe some stuffing and gravy, yeah that sounds pretty good.

littlegreenman

I are will also be doing a solo Christmas, Black Pudding will definitely be on the menu methinks

Strat_a_tat_tat

Squid rings... fine.

Gravy... fine.

Squid rings AND gravy.... ewwwwwww.

guitarfishbay

We're having a no compromises Full English, all meat from the local butchers (good stuff), Stornoway Black Pudding, local free range eggs etc... Christmas dinner is too much faff - never have turkey any other day of the year so why bother?

UnclePsychosis

guitarfishbay said:

never have turkey any other day of the year so why bother?

You probably don't have Christmas presents any other day of the year either  

guitarfishbay

True - but I do eat every day!

mike_l

It'll be chicken and mash for me.

While everyone else has a massive plate full of turkey, roasties and veg.

 

Lucky me.

richardhomer

Pop round to @Hootsman's? He has baked beans....

mike_l

For my own safety I'm avoiding going round Hoot's place.

It's all the Buckie and deep fried mars bars.........

jd0272

No turkey. Slow cooked beef, pork, proper Cumberland esque sausages, and yip, black pudding. And veg, yorkies, stuffing and gravy etc.

Hungry now

Antique_Guitars

If I can get some I might wash it down with some hoegarden raspberry beer

chillidoggy

Sounds like you all love a bit of black pudding.

Anyway, I'm going to bone a turkey (yes, really), then make a mixture of pork sausage-meat, cranberries, chopped apples and nuts, stuff the bird, then tie it up and shove it in the oven.

ThePrettyDamned

I'm having an egg sandwich, a pot of fruit and a small fudge bar with a bottle of water.

I'm working.

Richardj

chillidoggy said:

Sounds like you all love a bit of black pudding.

Anyway, I'm going to bone a turkey (yes, really), then make a mixture of pork sausage-meat, cranberries, chopped apples and nuts, stuff the bird, then tie it up and shove it in the oven.

We do a very similar thing, take most of the bones out and make a stuffing of breadcrumbs, ginger, cranberries, pistachio nuts, chestnut,s herbs, butter etc. Stuff the bird and then stitch it up to look like a turkey again.  Cook it the day before and we can either re-heat bits of it or have it cold with the roast potatoes, bacon wrapped sausages, peas, carrots and sprouts.  Yum.

Phil_aka_Pip

My mum and I will have duck. My sister doesn't like duck so she will have a chicken breast wrapped in bacon. My mum has sussed out menus for the whole of the week, and I've agreed to help her do the cooking.

chillidoggy

If I have the time, then I find boning is quite therapeutic, and it does make for much easier carving. Like the sound of the stuffing mix, is that fresh ginger you're using, or the preserved stuff?

not_the_dj

Mrs NtDJ is planning Venison and Chestnut Casserole. Made the day before so just some mash to rustle up on Xmas day.

My parents and the in-laws are invited, so hopefully they'll do the washing up while I help my eldest lad build his Lego Fire Station.

FX_Munkee

We're at my brother in laws this year so I'm not doing the dinner.
I will be making my usual "Coca-Cola Ham*" and "pigs in blankets a la Munkee*" to help him out though.
*Gammon joint stewed in coke then covered in treacle, mustard, cloves and sugar and baked.
*good sausage meat mixed with chopped dried cranberries, fresh parsley and wrapped in good smoked streaky.

VimFuego

chillidoggy said:

If I have the time, then I find boning is quite therapeutic,

f'narr, f'narr etc.