Christmas eve meal

Christmas Eve: salad with fish (salmon, trout etc.) then panatonne for pud.

Christmas Day: turkey with all the trimmings, followed by Xmas pud.

Boxing Day: cold turkey, salad, pickles and bubble 'n' squeak - best meal of the year!

A very enjoyable interlude MissA thank you - nice chatting with you.
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Oh roll mop herring. Haven’t had one in years.

Love them!

Oh that reminds me of my Mum and Dad, they often used to have them on a Saturday evening. I grew to like them eventually (the herring I mean). Mum used to serve the roe as well, hard and soft, both delicious.

Well.
That was a blip!

Of yes, the chippy used to put aside their nicest stuff for us just in case we wanted it.
If we didnt, but it didnt sell, we still had it bought up a bit later.

Yes, they used to put extra nice bits away for us, so even if we'd had our own dinner, they would knock with lots of delicious extras.

If we could move onto Christmas morning we have game pie with whole cranberries on the top, with mustard and a small glass of red wine and maybe toast and marmalade and coffee. Couldn’t get game pie this year so it is a pork pie with cranberries. It’s a family tradition. Yum ?

Ooh nice! Bet you’d feel quite smug ‘’just popping in for my usual order thanks Fred”!
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I used to live a over a chip shop, once.
The kind of chippy that people travel to from miles away because of their chips.

It’s too easy really. We’ve been known to pop down in the lift for a bottle of wine and a box of cheese twists! Never any waste food here as we pretty much buy what we fancy as we need it.
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I would just love that.
In fact, I often find the food quality better at the little supermarkets.
I dislike shopping so it would be ideal.
No lugging bags home!

Nope. The 24 security office looks directly onto the square. All quiet and we feel safe considering it’s the town centre.

I'm really envious of your shopping arrangements.
Do you ever get any trouble around the shop?
It's a bit of a problem here.

I’ve just read all these and they sound delicious. I especially like the sound of GG13’s gammon cooked with cloves and bay leaves (heavenly smell I imagine). Maw your venison stew sounds divine and annsixty I love that you’ve adapted and enjoyed different meals, settings and family companions over the years. That was a sweet read.

Me?
Hmm being selfish I know but as I’ve got anosmia back again food is only fuel without taste. ?. Some protein of some sort probably . Himself is happy with whatever is put in front of him so I’ll decide tomorrow as we live in an apartment where Sainsbury’s is our ‘larder’ across the square.

Well, it's just OH and I, so we'll be having an antipasti platter along with a baking camembert and some lovely fresh crusty bread. Nice and simple and no effort involved.

Fish pie for lunch. Tea-time tea and cut Christmas cake. Anyone hungry later forages for themselves.

We always had fish on Friday when I was growing up. It’s not a hard and fast rule, but we tend to do the same. I think it had something to do with the church, abstaining from red meat being a form of fasting?

No it's not cheap now, but I assume it may have been years ago?
You know how simple little things get added to as the years go by.

I am not doing any cooking at all for the whole of Christmas and New Year- so I shall savour all that is given to me

Well it's certainly not cheaper than meat alternatives these days!

Yes, it just struck me that fish seems to be such a popular choice.
I should google but I'm too idle.

Like Good Friday is fish day, before the resurrection?

Perhaps it's traditionally a lighter meal, in order to stuff your face for the next few.
Famine/Before Jesus and Feast/After Jesus.

I've no idea.
Which says much for my R.E O'level.

Isn't it Roman Catholics who don't eat meat on the day before a feast day? In France for example they eat oysters on Christmas Eve, rarely ever meat.