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07-12-2010, 12:21 PM   #1

Your Christmas menu


What are you all planning for your Christmas menu?

We're having -

Smoked salmon with mixed leaves salad (honey and mustard dressing)
Roast goose with a spicy apricot stuffing, roast potatoes, parsnips, braised red cabbage, sausages in bacon and brussel sprouts
Christmas pudding with brandy butter
Cheese and biscuits
Mince pies and coffee



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07-12-2010, 12:36 PM   #2

Re: Your Christmas menu


We've not decided but may possibly go for rib of beef. I hear there's a brussel sprouts shortage!



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07-12-2010, 01:06 PM   #3

Re: Your Christmas menu


I'm not cooking this Christmas as we are having Christmas dinner at our daughter's - no doubt I will be helping out though.

Your menu sounds lovely MrsH!



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07-12-2010, 02:51 PM   #4

Re: Your Christmas menu


That sounds yum

We go for a traditional appraoch (ie, simple )

Homemade (by me) vegetable soup for starters, served with a crusty roll.
Roast turkey (no stuffing, yuck!), with roast potatoes, carrots, peas, sweetcorn and brussel sprouts (frozen )
Strawberry trifle and cream to finish up, but tbh, we very rarely manage to eat that until later in the day 'cause the soup and main stuff us to the gunnels



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07-12-2010, 05:10 PM   #5

Re: Your Christmas menu


Simple here too:

Roast chicken with stuffing
Home made cranberry sauce
Roast potatoes
Brussels sprouts
Roll
Tea
Haven't decided on dessert, maybe a (bought) pumpkin pie



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07-12-2010, 06:09 PM   #6

Re: Your Christmas menu


We're going to my sisters so no cooking here either.

Probably Melon and prawns to start
Traditional Roast Turkey with all the usual
Pudding is usually Cranachan with extra raspberries.



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07-12-2010, 06:28 PM   #7

Re: Your Christmas menu


Oooh! Parents house here mostlikes...

Menu usually along the lines of...

Melon/Prawns

Turkey, Stuffing (cranberry or chestnut options), Potatoes - roast/mashed, and usually something like carrots/sprouts/Cauliflower cheese... or a selection of similar things! Often cocktail sausages with bacon turns up somewhere as well.

Pudding... Um, I forget, some kind of gatteau? TBH we often plan on having pudding, but it goes by teh wayside.

Anyway, have the meal at lunch, and the left overs tend to cover evening meal as well.



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07-12-2010, 06:55 PM   #8

Re: Your Christmas menu


One rather large bottle of rum



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07-12-2010, 08:00 PM   #9

Re: Your Christmas menu


We are very traditional here.

Prawn cocktail or smoked salmon to start, probably do both so there is a choice.
Roast turkey and all the trimmings. Veggie option
Christmas pud and Brandy sauce and/or cream



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07-12-2010, 09:10 PM   #10

Re: Your Christmas menu


Quote:
Originally Posted by Elaine
One rather large bottle of rum
That gets my vote so long as it's the dark rum .....



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