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Christmas starters...
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I'm planning our christmas dinner, its the starter I'm not sure about.
I want something easy peasy, something quick, something I can perhaps do christmas eve & will be still fresh nx day. (for 10)
Not too stodgy something light. Am I asking for the impossible?
Jem.
I want something easy peasy, something quick, something I can perhaps do christmas eve & will be still fresh nx day. (for 10)
Not too stodgy something light. Am I asking for the impossible?
Jem.
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I gave up doing a proper sit down starters good few years ago...too much faffing, too much food, too many extra dishes to wash.
Instead, we have delia smiths tiny savoury scones (google exactly that) topped with a variety of things like prawns, cream cheese, caviar, olives, just butter, handed round on a Christmasy plate and with a christmasy napkin each,...
15:54 Mon 03rd Dec 2012
I got put off Haggis after finding a little bit of mid-blue sticking plaster in the portion I'd eaten.
I think we all know this colour is used on wounds in the catering industry so workers sticking plasters don't get mixed in with food - obviously had not worked in this case.....so no haggis starter for me thanks. I'll just have a small gin.
I think we all know this colour is used on wounds in the catering industry so workers sticking plasters don't get mixed in with food - obviously had not worked in this case.....so no haggis starter for me thanks. I'll just have a small gin.
I gave up doing a proper sit down starters good few years ago...too much faffing, too much food, too many extra dishes to wash.
Instead, we have delia smiths tiny savoury scones (google exactly that) topped with a variety of things like prawns, cream cheese, caviar, olives, just butter, handed round on a Christmasy plate and with a christmasy napkin each, and washed down with bucks fizz or just fizz, before we head into the dining room for the main event. They really get your taste buds tingling, much easier than a proper sit down starter.
Instead, we have delia smiths tiny savoury scones (google exactly that) topped with a variety of things like prawns, cream cheese, caviar, olives, just butter, handed round on a Christmasy plate and with a christmasy napkin each, and washed down with bucks fizz or just fizz, before we head into the dining room for the main event. They really get your taste buds tingling, much easier than a proper sit down starter.
I'm sure you won't be disappointed Jem :)
We use a shot glass as a cutter for the scones, and by the time they're cooked they're just over an inch in diameter. Ours are sitting in the freezer, made them a couple of weeks ago. I take them out, halve them and add the topping while they're still frozen, they don't crumble as much that way.
Enjoy!
We use a shot glass as a cutter for the scones, and by the time they're cooked they're just over an inch in diameter. Ours are sitting in the freezer, made them a couple of weeks ago. I take them out, halve them and add the topping while they're still frozen, they don't crumble as much that way.
Enjoy!