My Gran's Christmas Cupboard

I have tried to buy in advance, to put away but one year months after Christmas I found 2 tins of sweets I had hidden from the kids and forgot all about them.

IamMaz

I loved Batgers Chinese Figs! In an octagonal red and black box.
Sadly I don’t think you can get them any more…

No you can't, unfortunately. They were discontinued in 2000.

I am loving this thread!
Thank you all for your memories

One granny lived in Ireland and the other lived nearby but was not a very homely sort of person and we were never invited to her house at Christmas. She always managed to invite herself to someone else’s house so she was waited on.

My Mum and Dad never had much money but made it go a long way. Mum made her own wonderful xmas cakes, sausage rolls and mince pies and trifle. She was a great cook. Dad grew all the veg we ate so it was all as fresh as you can get …. Potatoes, carrots, leeks, cabbage, cauliflower, parsley for homemade stuffing etc.

I am racking my brains to think of treats Mum bought in but all I can remember is maybe a box of fruit jellies. My Dad used to buy some monkey nuts and usually made us some fudge or toffee. There just wasn’t any money left over for treats but we always had the best Christmas food because it was all homemade.

I’ve bought 5 various tins (plastic boxes really) of Roses, Heroes, celebrations and Quality street for each of my children’s families and for the lovely staff at my mum’s residential home. I had to ask my husband to put them in the loft otherwise I’d be too tempted.

Freya and IamMaz - were they actually figs or were they persimmon?

I've started filling a box with a tub of Roses, Christmas biscuits, newberry fruits some chocolates and savoury cheese snacks.
I use to love the ham in a tin with all the jelly but it's to salty now for me. Drink I've got so many bottles in the cupboard I'm going to have to regift them lol.

I didn’t have grandparents, but when I had young children and money was tight I would start making mince pies, sausage rolls, a chocolate log, and a Christmas cake in the last month before Dec, 24th.
An extra treat went in the grocery shop each week from November, things like Shortbread shapes, lemon and orange jelly slices, hollow chocolate Father Christmases, hanging tree chocolates, sticky dates, Matchmakers (mint choc only then), chocolate coins in little nets, small bottle of rum for rum sauce on Christmas Day, table crackers, and Christmas paper napkins.

Our special treats are handmade chocolates from a chocolatier near us who supplies F&M and Harrods.

I love sticky sweet dates, nuts and and really good Cox apples. Plus of course a cheese board of favourite cheeses.

Oooh yes. Cheese!

Lovely memories! My Christmas cupboard (top shelf in wardrobe) is now most definitely going to include marzipan fruits and orange and lemon slices, possibly a box of chocolate liqueurs!

I bought my chocolate liquors the other day I love them only at Christmas though. It’s funny how these little treats just taste that extra special at Christmas.

I actually found some Newberry fruits when I was out shopping yesterday, I haven’t seen them for years, but I thought I’d add them to my stash.

We used to have Mathers black beer and lemonade it was called a Sheffield perhaps someone on here knows why .

I remember the smell of fruit bought for Christmas and stored under the stairs in the hall. Pretty much apples, oranges and tangerines, seems odd in these days of plenty!

Hiya fellow cupboarders, I now have a small stash of Xmas goodies thanks to this thread, tho DP and me stole a box of Sainsbury mince pies from it the other day to have a couple of them warmed (20 secs in the micro) with mid morning coffee.
2nets of walnuts, Choc biscuits, biscuits for cheese, mince pies,
Xmas pud, and some luxury fruit and nut nougat slices.

And Baileys, as it was sold at a good price.

This thread has reminded me that I have a mould to make sugar mice. I need to make some for the DGC.