What are you having for your Xmas dinner?

[Marked Ox]

Following on from the Meh-ry Christmas thread, what meat, veg etc are you having with your Christmas meal? Or are you having a Veggie dinner?

As Chef, I've decided on the following

Main meal:
Shoulder of Lamb
Roast Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary (Bloody lovely).
Buttered Peas
Celery
Roasted Onions and Carrots
Roasted Parsnips
Stuffing Balls (Sausagemeat etc) wrapped in Bacon
Yorkshire Pudding
Mint Sauce

Pudding:
Homemade Dark Chocolate Fondant Tart with Cream and either Strawberries or Raspberries.

I find Turkey to be a dull meat so Lamb is the way to go. Brussels Sprouts can do one, nasty things. I like Christmas Pudding but it isn't the preferred choice.

So what are you having?

 

[SteMerritt]

Mint sauce on Yorkshires?? ?

 

[Marked Ox]

Mint sauce on Yorkshires?? ?

Mint Sauce goes wonderfully well with all of my menu.

Well apart from pudding.

 

[Yellowlab]

I’ll be cooking lamb too, a nice leg.

 

[Yellowlab]

BTW, a couple of hours ago I passed Scotch Corner on the A1. The fields were full of young lambs. Hope it’s not a harsh Winter as that’s very early!

 

[Ox4Eva]

Huge amounts of alcohol and nothing else!

 

[Deleted member 462]

Following on from the Meh-ry Christmas thread, what meat, veg etc are you having with your Christmas meal? Or are you having a Veggie dinner?

As Chef, I've decided on the following

Main meal:
Shoulder of Lamb
Roast Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary (Bloody lovely).
Buttered Peas
Celery
Roasted Onions and Carrots
Roasted Parsnips
Stuffing Balls (Sausagemeat etc) wrapped in Bacon
Yorkshire Pudding
Mint Sauce

Pudding:
Homemade Dark Chocolate Fondant Tart with Cream and either Strawberries or Raspberries.

I find Turkey to be a dull meat so Lamb is the way to go. Brussels Sprouts can do one, nasty things. I like Christmas Pudding but it isn't the preferred choice.

So what are you having?

Sounds good, what time u want us all ?

 

[Colin B]

Roast Tiger stuffed with quince.

 

[SteMerritt]

Roast Tiger stuffed with quince.

That sounds Grrrrrrrrrreat!!! ?

 

[Oldham]

Roast lamb also, roast potatoes, sprouts, honey glazed parsnips, cauliflower cheese, cabbage, carrots, stuffing, sausage and bacon thingys, Yorkshire puddings and cranberry jelly on the table with the salt pepper mustard etc

 

[Oldham]

All of the above subject to change if the mrs isn’t talking to me after the pre/post Wigan sesh ?

 

[Manorlounger]

Traditional roast turkey here. Home made chestnut and apple sage stuffing, sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta, maple syrup glazed parsnips, roasties, red cabbage cooked with port, orange and apple, gravy from the roasting tray juices and vegetable trivet, cranberry sauce, bread sauce and pigs in blankets. All washed down with a few bottles of superior claret and followed by Xmas pud for Mrs Lounger, sticky toffee for me with a light muscat and then stilton and more red. (If we are still awake) And, of course, 3pm The Queen.

 

[Paul Cannell]

South Midlands Hot Squid

 

[Manorlounger]

South Midlands Hot Squid

Always the trend setter.

 

[Berliner]

Lasagna...family tradition.

 

[Manorlounger]

Lasagna...family tradition.

I'm intrigued. Anything special about the lasagne and how did the tradition come about?

 

[Berliner]

I'm intrigued. Anything special about the lasagne and how did the tradition come about?

Not much of a story to it. Wife is Russian so no Christmas tradition, kids haven't really been indoctrinated about the Christmas Day dinner thing seeing as we live in Germany and everyone celebrates on the 24th here. So I asked them what they wanted on Christmas Day and they said lasagne. So there you go...

 

[m]

Ambrosia rice pudding, straight from the tin.

 

[Malc]

As Chef, I've decided on the following

Main meal:
Shoulder of Lamb
Roast Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary (Bloody lovely).
Buttered Peas
Celery
Roasted Onions and Carrots
Roasted Parsnips
Stuffing Balls (Sausagemeat etc) wrapped in Bacon
Yorkshire Pudding
Mint Sauce

Pudding:
Homemade Dark Chocolate Fondant Tart with Cream and either Strawberries or Raspberries.

Sounds great. Just one thing missing. Your address.

 

[Morris Oxford]

Mrs YR is an excellent cook, so I know it will be good. I will be in charge of drinks and the carving.

Sprouts however are a complete no no. Vile disgusting little green balls. The Devil’s grapes.

 

[Manorlounger]

Not much of a story to it. Wife is Russian so no Christmas tradition, kids haven't really been indoctrinated about the Christmas Day dinner thing seeing as we live in Germany and everyone celebrates on the 24th here. So I asked them what they wanted on Christmas Day and they said lasagne. So there you go...

I should have remembered the 24th thing, 8 years living in Germany and then Scandanavia for another 5 and it was always the 24th. Weird, used to have to work on the 25th! (DJ in clubs) Had a Norwegian Christmas a couple of times, one at home with a family - every course came with a schnaps, absolutely shitfaced by the end!

 

[eraser]

Like OUFC I shall be getting my fair share of Swedes, Love mashed swede with roasted vegetables..

 

[Gary Baldi]

Wine, pudding wine and a nip of sloe gin before settling down in front of the fire. Lunch is the usual Roast Turkey and trimmings. I'm more interested in the booze nowadays than the meal. In the evening, I have a lovely IPA or two identified and bottle of Sancerre to finish it off.

 

[Manorlounger]

I would not have guessed dj, if u gave me 50 guesses ? that’s amazing. Fancy taking over the mc from Rosie

Yup, 30 odd years in the business. Was at Scamps in the Westgate in the old days and then traveled all over Europe for another 15/16 odd years. Worked on radio in Denmark for a while too. Long time ago now.

 

[bicesterox]

Wife's a vegetarian
Youngest wants sausages
Eldest wants turkey
I'll cater for all of them.... whatever its gonna be better than my lowest time following a divorce when Christmas dinner was a pint and a pot noodle.....

 

[chuckbert]

Barbecued prawns with coriander and wasabi mayonnaise, maple syrup glazed ham, barbecued whole chicken, and of course sausages wrapped in bacon otherwise it wouldn't be christmas. Because I'm half German we do Christmas eve too: kassler baked in puff pastry with red cabbage, sauerkraut, spaetzle and semmelknoedel.

 

[Manorlounger]

Barbecued prawns with coriander and wasabi mayonnaise, maple syrup glazed ham, barbecued whole chicken, and of course sausages wrapped in bacon otherwise it wouldn't be christmas. Because I'm half German we do Christmas eve too: kassler baked in puff pastry with red cabbage, sauerkraut, spaetzle and semmelknoedel.

Aus Bayern?

 

[chuckbert]

Nein - meine Mutter stammt aus Celle, aber ich finde sueddeutsche speisen, Spaeztle usw lecker.

 

[eraser]

Nein - meine Mutter stammt aus Celle, aber ich finde sueddeutsche speisen, Spaeztle usw lecker.

I love noodles too but not for Xmas dinner surely?