Christmas Lunch / Dinner

[mazie]

What are you all having? Do you have starters and Pudding?

[Bluestone]

Ahh, lovely ages :-)
I hope you have a lovely time. xx

[mazie]

Thank you and You too x Also Daughters Birthday Christmas Eve and mine on the 29th so a bit full on over the festive season

[Bluestone]

Oh wow! What a fun/busy time it is for you and your family! :))

[excelsior-1]

there will be a choice between my sisters' prawn cocktail and my pate for starters
main course will be turkey plus all the veg and extras
we shall choose from several gateaux for dessert (none of us like xmas pud)

[mazie]

It's busy for me mostly Bluestone :o( My Daughter is a single Mum so I have to make sure all the cards and presents are in place from the children

[mazie]

Sounds lovely excelsior, you have a good one x

[paddywak]

We go to my niece's, she's the only one with a big enough house as there will be about 30 including kids. The blokes go out of the way for a couple pints while the ladies do dinner (choice of starters, main meal and choice of sweets) and feed the kids and empty a few bottles of wine. After the meal the guys do all the clearing up that is we put everything in the dish washer then we all crash out for the evening.

[excelsior-1]

thank you maisie ... you too

[excelsior-1]

sorry ... MAZIE

[nannybooby]

Breakfast.bucks fizz with toast and dripping for me ,smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for OH
Lunch Turkey all the trimmings , pud is cheeses and celery.

Family over on boxing day but we all agreed steak,jacket and salad for lunch ,homemade triffle for pud.

OMG we sound like come die (dine) with me lol

[mazie]

paddywak that brings back memories from my Childhood...Our CHristmas back then was just like that. All the extended family and us kids and all the men went off to the Pub for a few pints. After lunch we all played cards for proper money, we thought we were really grown up :o)

[mazie]

Not a problem excelsior, I've been called worse :o)

[rowanwitch]

lobster bisque or barscht
gammon and chicken with as many veg as I can squeeze on the plate stuffing etc

christmas pud, possibly a bombe possibly trifle def custard and brandy sauce

cheese, biscuits, port, fruit

some andrews liver salts and gaviscon

[mazie]

sounds grand nanny. We have bucks fizz for breakfast on Christmas day..I like your Boxing day menu.

[mazie]

LOL rowan...You and Redman have a Brilliant Christmas xxx

[Baldric]

Same as nannyb up to lunch time, but my OH always buys a Christmas Pud which neither of us like, in case someone drops in I will probably bribe the paperboy to take it away in mid January ;o)

[nannybooby]

Baldric ....are you a dripping fan?

[mazie]

LOL Baldric I do that every year and no one eats it...so this year I have resisted the temptation of buying one....You watch, someone is going to ask for Christmas pudding this year !

[mazie]

I used to love my Nana's pork dripping when I was a kid. Haven't had any for years and years

[paddywak]

maizie, we usually manage to get an hour nap then the kids seem to get their second wind and all those daft games get dragged out for the evening.