Christmas foods
 

What do you love? What do you loathe?

Once again I am after a few opinions as I am part of a two hour radio show in Thursday morning and we'll be talking all things Christmas, specifically food. We'll also be doing a mince pie taste test, despite the fact I don't really like them! :p


So, I dislike mince pies, but love all the dried fruits and nuts. It isn't Christmas without a Terry's Chocolate Orange and lots of lovely turkey, stuffing and cranberry sandwiches for a few days after.

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I am food lover so the whole the culinary side is a big plus for me. This year will be trying to focus on moderation as having spent the last couple of months getting weight of and getting in shape I appreciate, as I get older, how easy it to put weight on and how bloody hard it is to get rid of it.

Having said that:

• Not a turkey fan so we also have roast beef as a part of Christmas dinner.
• I really enjoy the cold cuts, crusty bread and salads for the days that follow. Need various mustards, horseradish, chutneys etc as well
• Love nice cheeses with good bread or water biscuits
• Sweet tooth - home made marzipan fruits and mince pies

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Mince Pies are mega.
Christmas Dinner is hugely overrated (like all roasts) apart from Pigs in Blankets.
Christmas cake is crap.
My Granny's Christmas Kissing Trifle is the single greatest desert in human history.
Tezza Choccy orange - great shout.
Christmas cigar.

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What is Christmas Kissing Trifle? Details please!

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At a guess, regular triffle with a load of booze added (with optional MDMA)

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Close...it's just a normal trifle but it's the only one I've ever heard that makes a kissing noise when you dig the first load out. I absolutely love it.

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I actually like brussels sprouts. Don't like parsnips.

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I love everything if done properly. Hate mean mince pies, dry turkey, over cooked veg. Especially like turkey, stuffing, Christmas pud and cold curried turkey on Boxing Day.

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I am not a great lover of the mince pies either but the husband loves them and would eat them all year round. I have a fruit cake, I say fruit cake as it is not iced and marzipanned up, hate marzipan. I love all vegetables inc sprouts and parsnips. Last year we skipped the turkey and had a small BBQ just the three of us, was brill so doing it again this year. Having the full turkey thing for New Year instead though if I am totally honest I would prefer beef/pork as not a huge fan of turkey. If you could get huge chickens here like the ones in Asda I would have one of them :thumbsup:

I now have about 8 different jars of well preserved goodies so will be trying out all of them, however I am not going to be over indulgent it just isn't worth it in the long run.

Husband will knock up a nice big pork pie :)

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I love the leftovers. Means you barely have to cook much for days! Turkey curry, turkey supreme, bubble and squeak, turkey sandwiches (with added stuffing, roast potatoes and cranberry). :p


Sprouts are great. They just have to be cooked properly. If they're on the stove already you're doing it wrong! Steam them until barely cooked, then add to a pan with fried lardons, a know of butter and cooked chestnuts. Or finely shred and stir fry with garlic and sesame oil.

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That's way too much effort for sprouts. In fact, all veg needs to be cooked in the easiest way possible. Bar potatoes, they need care, attention and concentration.

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You are contradicting yourself there.

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Sprouts make me sick.

I love a big, fat, honey roast ham.

I eat so many scrummy foods at Christmas as most of the stuff cannot be found for love nor money in Italy.

I'll be having my first bacon sandwich on Friday morning :thumbsup:

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How?

All veg apart from spuds need to be cooked but with minimum effort.

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For me it has to be roast beef and roast pork with Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, stuffing, brussel sprouts and cauliflour cheese. Desert must be Christmas pud with brandy sauce - heaven :)

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You said "In fact, all veg needs to be cooked in the easiest way possible. .... they need care, attention and concentration"

Which is it?

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:rofl:

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You're laughing at 'cauliflour'? Didn't you notice the poster wants a 'desert' for pudding?

;)

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Ok, ok, should have used spell check! It is still early here in the UK. That's my excuse anyway! :o

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completely missed that one but I was on the phone at the time to a certain Toffee Princess :)

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Cauli cheese was a dinner i was given as punishment.

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ooh I love cauli cheese with a piece of steak :)

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Sorry it was Cauli + Broc cheese. I was about 11. My mates were having turkey dinosaurs, smiley faces and beans. I had that shit.

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Yeah, and look at the skinny wimp you've turned it to, eating all those veg...

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even better :)

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When she got with her chap, he was an ardent meat eater. I grew just over a foot (in height, smartarse) in 18 months.

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Delayed reaction :cool:

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You've got me there.

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So tomorrow, for the benefit of the people of Dubai, I shall force myself to eat a load of mince pies. The sacrifices I make for my fellow man... *martyr face*


I am just doing a bit of 'research' in Christmas foods around the world and there are some odd dishes out there. Liver Casserole and Prune Soup in Finland (not together), Tripe Soup in Mexico, boiled green bananas with chicken gizzards in Puerto Rico. The Pinoys have their usual weird dishes. :huh:

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If you want to include New Year dishes, then the Japanese have a special species of octopus, the head being about the size of a golf ball, the tentacles about 4cm long, boiled in broth, eaten whole. The inside of the head has the texture of compressed, firm roe. Utterly, utterly disgusting.

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:sick: Yuk! I'll try and mention that. An interesting counter-point to the pies!

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Sloe gin! the only gin I drink, Christmas morning about 9 am I pour 1 by 10 am I'm normally well oiled :thumbsup:

I am one of those people that love the run up to Christmas but despise Christmas day, alcohol gets me through it- love boxing day though, champagne is my choice of poison for that day.

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By the way - if anyone has one of those big round kettle-style barbecue jobbies (Weber make the best ones), they produce a superb turkey (rather than the traditional roast-in-the-oven method). Much quicker, and more evenly cooked throughout, and always moist. :thumbup:

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Just tuned into to listen to Meow and they are playing Slade :thumbup:

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'Merry Christmas Everybody'?? The line about your granny saying the old songs are the best is dedicated to Meow..........

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We tasted so many mince pies that I never want to see one again and I still feel a bit sick.

This snap from part way through, with several still to go.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2rz4cqp.jpg

The show will be repeated on Christmas Day if you missed me saying that most were horrible!

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I love all things Marks and Spencers at Christmas, it's fool proof - everything goes into the oven or microwave, no stress and tastes delicious.
Nibbles before meal - crusty rolls, milano salami, parma ham, roast tomatoes, crisps and olives.
To start - prawn cocktail and salmon terrine
Main Course - turkey crown, cauliflower cheese, roast and mashed potatoes and gravy

Dessert - Roulade or some form of chocolate cake

Best of all I still love getting a proper Christmas selection box and making myself sick throughout the day by working my way through it.

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You swine. We can't buy M&S fresh foods here.

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I know, when I arrived in Dubai three months ago I wept when I saw what constituted M and S food here - three frozen food cabinets and a few shelves :-(

I arrived in Glasgow last night and am not ashamed to say that I was one of the first customers into the shop this morning at 7.00 am.

My love affair with M and S has recommenced - bring it on!!!