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If you are having a Spanish Christmas dinner.....

Old Dec 20th 2011, 5:59 pm
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If you are having a Spanish Christmas dinner, why not get yourself down to Iceland and get a traditional Spanish Christmas pudding.

I have just seen on the Spanish news,that Christmas pudding is wrongly thought of as a typically English dish, when in fact it was invented by Baltazar Sanchez......

http://www.petitchef.es/index.php?ob...ata_id=1084365

So even the most die hard," I didnt come to Spain to eat Brit food" peeps, can indulge. You know it makes sense.
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Default Re: If you are having a Spanish Christmas dinner.....

Originally Posted by JLFS
If you are having a Spanish Christmas dinner, why not get yourself down to Iceland and get a traditional Spanish Christmas pudding.

I have just seen on the Spanish news,that Christmas pudding is wrongly thought of as a typically English dish, when in fact it was invented by Baltazar Sanchez......

http://www.petitchef.es/index.php?ob...ata_id=1084365

So even the most die hard," I didnt come to Spain to eat Brit food" peeps, can indulge. You know it makes sense.
I don't care who invented it, I still hate it. I'm having a chocolate fondant pudding with cream for my Christmas dinner instead. That's the first course sorted anyway, now, what to have for the main course and dessert?
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I don't like christmas pudding nor chocolate puddings, I think I may have home made spicy fruits on cinnamon biscuits topped with philly cheese mixed with a little honey then topped with slice of orange from my garden
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Originally Posted by The Capitans Wench
I don't like christmas pudding nor chocolate puddings, I think I may have home made spicy fruits on cinnamon biscuits topped with philly cheese mixed with a little honey then topped with slice of orange from my garden
Hate to think about the calories

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Hate to think about the calories

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Ayelsbury duck and roast beef from Tesco's for us via the car and cool box,followed by a Christmas pud from Harrods (not my local store but a gift) and Brandy sauce from the Kwick Save by Pedreguer. A very nice red wine from a local bodega in Oliva (that's the Spanish bit) and a glass or two of Famous Grouse, not forgetting the homemade mince pies of course.

Not even thinking about the calories !!
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Bah Humbug!
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Hate to think about the calories

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Well don't then
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Originally Posted by Biffta
Bah Humbug!
The OH was asking earlier if there is a Spanish equivalent of "Bah Humbug!" (it's his most-used expression around Christmas time). Can JLFS or Evamar help him out, or is being a miserable git purely a British thing?
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Originally Posted by Lynn R
The OH was asking earlier if there is a Spanish equivalent of "Bah Humbug!" (it's his most-used expression around Christmas time). Can JLFS or Evamar help him out, or is being a miserable git purely a British thing?
The one that I think sums up Bah humbug, is y un cuerno.......

It is not offensive, and it is used to "reject", or disagree, and sort of "up yours"



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Never thought about it before, these phrases don't translate well. I would say aguafiestas.
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Originally Posted by jackytoo
Never thought about it before, these phrases don't translate well. I would say aguafiestas.
Is "bah humbug" the person?

Or is it what is said?

I always thought that it was what was said, and it was a sort of "up yours"

But if it is the person, then aguafiestas would be fine.
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Yes I was thinking of the person, not keen on Xmas myself
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Default Re: If you are having a Spanish Christmas dinner.....

Originally Posted by jackytoo
Yes I was thinking of the person, not keen on Xmas myself
In that case celebrate the fact that the daylight hours are getting longer,(if those dastardly Spanish haven't robbed some of them again that is,), and have a mid-winter or solstice celebration as it used to be before that Jesus guy came along and stuck his finger in the spokes.
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