My only 'full-on' Christmas Dinner catering is prepped/cooked/eaten - and, imnvho, jolly good it was too. Visitors seem happy, so that's all that matters really.
It was (not deliberately, it just turned out that way) pretty much 'Aldi on a plate'.
The turkey was one of their Bronze (free-range) jobs - as good as I've eaten for a while - moist, tender and full of flavour. The veg were from their standard range (49p a kilo for sprouts - what's not to like?) and the chestnut stuffing balls were excellent.
As usual I over catered madly - good job I love 'leftovers' - but there was one thing that there was not enough of - the crispy bacon from on top of the turkey breast. I put a whole pack of 'specially selected' streaky onto the bird - double layered in places - and it was the thing that everyone just wanted more, more, more of.
Now relaxing with a double espresso and a small glass of spiced rum - wake me up on Boxing day please :)
I am just pondering my strategy for everything I have to prepare tomorrow. Quite daunting. Why oh why do I do it ? But there again, once I get into the groove, I love it !
I shall do the dinner begrudgingly, such a waste of time for just one meal (& Asda delivered un-peeled sprouts!!). I'm looking forward to Boxing Day tea, my favourite of the year.
There was a moment when I had all four ovens, four gas rings and the microwave all going simultaneously - I felt like a juggler keeping all his balls in the air at once :)
We did ours on Sunday, it was delish.
OH gone away today until Sat. or Sun. so just me the dogs and scabby Tabby for the duration. Makes a change.
Ours was Waitrose and Tesco on a plate was excellent.
I collected my fresh turkey I ordered from butcher yesterday , brought it home and decided Christmas is only Thursday as days of the week go, rang local homeless shelter as my freezer is full of food I like, so they're collecting the turkey from me tomorrow (I cut the legs off and spread them out butterfly like off the bone and kept them in freezer-for a rainy day) so much talk of turkey I'm sick of it already