The best,best food you had this Christmas

So far - we won’t be having dinner till later - it’ll be smoked salmon (with cream cheese and bagels) traditional in this house for breakfast at Christmas.

Very glad you enjoyed yours but sorry to say I’ve always found oysters - raw ones anyway - very overrated - I dare say I’m weird, but wasn’t surprised to learn that in Dickens’ time, they were considered poor people’s food!

DH has just done Christmas lunch for the two of us. Completely by himself, I’ve broken my right shoulder so am unable to help, revised to be glorious glazed ham with mash and the Xmas pickles so I can eat with a spoon. Best meal ever!

Dinner not until later but the pigs in blankets from our local butcher cooked in the air fryer for breakfast were fabulous

Devils on horseback-I made 24 but hid the last 4 to enjoy when everyone had gone.

Pigs in blankets were my favourite too so far. Came from a local farm shop.

Well so far ,since DD is poorly and we were going there, scrambled eggs on toast.

Having a please myself day so non traditional.

But the one traditional thing I did, were some crumbly crispy roast parsnips.

Grandmadinosaur I think pigs in blankets are nicer than the Turkey, and my freezer has some when my tummy has space.

I really enjoyed my Christmas breakfast croissant - a very rare treat indeed.

We went out for Christmas lunch. The delight was sticky toffee pudding instead of Christmas pudding.

Everything I’ve eaten - I wasn’t involved in the shopping for it, and my wonderful g’son has taken over the kitchen today. We’re not having a traditional meal, my daughter is working today, so timing would be awkward. It’s an ongoing buffet, he just keeps producing plates/bowls of different foods, some hot, some cold.
My contribution is tidying up, and the dishwasher. Nice easy, lazy Christmas 😁

Ooh, Mollygo, I was just thinking of making some for the 27th, when the hordes will be descending. I have streaky bacon but only a tin of prunes. Do you think they’d work if well drained? I’m def. not setting foot in a shop for several days!

Christmas dinner today cooked by my sister. Perfect.

Witzend

Ooh, Mollygo, I was just thinking of making some for the 27th, when the hordes will be descending. I have streaky bacon but only a tin of prunes. Do you think they’d work if well drained? I’m def. not setting foot in a shop for several days!

I don’t know, but probably, if they’re drained. My best success was putting them on tinfoil this year, instead of scrrraping them off the tin last year.
Let me know if it works.

I agree with you there Wyllow there’s a few cooked ones left to go on the turkey butties when we can manage to eat again 🤢
the remaining uncooked ones will be Boxing Day breakfast 😀

Just finished a lovely dinner of roast goose, ham, roast potatoes (done in goose fat) red cabbage +other veg. Shared with husband and 2 sons. Other ACs with own families. Relaxing to have adult Christmas

My roast potatoes. I used smaller spuds than usual and they were gorg. Mmm

Traditional Christmas meal made by my sons with every possible extra, most of the vegetables home grown by them; the roast potatoes were especially poetic.

My husband cooked this year, for the first time ever, as I’m non-weight bearing after ankle surgery. His roast potatoes were epic and much better than I’ve ever managed and I’m thought of as a cook! A lovely meal with our son. To be repeated on 04 Jan when my daughter gets home, so I’m told.

Eggs Benedict and buck’s fizz for breakfast.

It was the first Christmas meal I have cooked since DH died in 2020.
I was nervous especially as I have a new cooker, but it turned out really well.
The best thing was a vegan casserole of chestnuts, mushrooms and red wine .
It was all gobbled up.
I also cooked a chicken with all the trimmings for the carnivores.
SiL brought the pudding.

Cheese on toast!

All the family coming tomorrow for turkey etc

Grandmadinosaur

I agree with you there Wyllow there’s a few cooked ones left to go on the turkey butties when we can manage to eat again 🤢
the remaining uncooked ones will be Boxing Day breakfast 😀

I've 3 left for a butty.....

I love pigs in blankets but DH bought chipolatas to have with the turkey crown from Lidl, along with the bacon with which I had covered it. DIY pigs!! The turkey was perfect - so moist! I had squeezed lemon juice liberally over it before cooking.

I had such a great crop of raspberries this year...lots of jam, and the last of the harvest I made into a raspberry balsamic vinegar sauce to go with ice cream. It was simply heavenly. The DGC adore berries of all kinds, so they were back for seconds, even little Will, who had spent most of Christmas Day in A&E with a broken arm...