What Are You Having For Christmas Dinner ?

[LochNessMonster]

Turkey, Goose, Steak or something else and are you having spouts like me ?

Merry Christmas to you all folks.

Nessie LNM Inverness Scotland x

[venator]

We're having Christmas dinner today, as Mrs V is working the next 3 nights, waiting round the birthing pool for customers!

Starters - Forman's smoked salmon paupiettes stuffed with crab & lobster, or chicken and salmon steaks hot smoked at home over oak.

Followed by Hairy Bikers' spatchcocked duck, with serious trimmings. Booths have Goosnargh poultry this year - the best there is! Honey roast parsnips with parmesan, steamed veg and gravy (stock from a Goosnargh chicken) Roasties in the duck fat, tossing them in potato flour makes the crispiest ever.

We bought a tray of stuffing, as you can't really stuff a spsatchcocked bird - not sure if we'll get round to it.

We haven't tasted turkey for years, the result of dry overcooked birds from years ago.

Lovely daughter has made a cheesecake from an Eric Lanlard recipe, I think.

French cheeses from Booths again - I've never tried Comte, Raymond Blanc raves about it...

Champers with a drop of Montmorency cherry juice, Villa Maria white, Ardbeg for me.

Palmiers, pigs in blankets etc

[venator]

Forgot to mention Mrs V made a Rustie Lee Christmas cake last year for this Christmas! Also she makes rumtopfs - one traditional rum, one brandy, godd over ice cream or sorbet, iof anyone has room!

There's always tomorrow...

[daffy654]

Turkey crown, mashed and roast potatoes, lots of sprouts, other veg, pigs in blankets. My (Asperger's syndrome) son will be having spaghetti bolognese as he is the fussiest eater on the planet.

[wullybaxter]

going to my daughter's this year, and she's a bit of a traditionalist, soyou can wok it out from that

[adrianben]

Murghi rasedar from the Madhur Jaffrey cookbook.

[sherrardk]

The usual - turkey crown, sprouts (evil), broccoli, carrots, mashed potato, roast potatoes (done in goose fat), stuffing balls, pigs in blankets, Yorkshire puddings. Followed by trifle (strawberry or raspberry - shop bought). Party food for tea.

[marvillus]

Sliced Beef/butter basted turkey and sliced pork with stuffing in it.

[giveup]

Turkey,Gammon,pigs in blankets,sage,onion and pate stuffing,sprouts,swede,carrots,roast potatoes cauliflower and broccoli cheese,roast onions. Christmas pudding,trifle a bottle of bubbly and now a little snooze.Hope you are all as replete as we are.

[beckersjay]

Mr Bjay and I scoffed a wonderful seafood platter - lobster, crab and giant prawns with a salad and a lovely bottle of bubbly - delicious and no cooking - my idea of Christmas heaven!

[flump1]

Beef , tatties, sprouts, nips,carrots with wonderful gravy .Hope you have had a wonderful day LNM xx