Christmas Day dinner quandary question.

Thanks puzzler, that sounds delicious!

*Nanny27” Waitrose do small jars of “spiced quince and pear relish” £2.75. We love it and eat with cheeses. (not seen quince jelly sorry).

Sorry about that Nanny 27. I looked when placing my online order and it was there. Maybe only the large stores have it.

Thank you Avalon. I asked in our nearest Sainsbury's and the shop assistant looked at me blankly and said she'd never heard of it!

Sainsbury’s have Wilkins quince jelly. I made some myself earlier but overcooked it and it is a solidified sticky block in the jar!!

Does anyone know where I can buy quince jelly this year? I have scoured the local shops to no avail.

@onthenaughtystep1 ok, thanks for that advice! In that case we will avoid a buffet.

Our plans keep changing ! Now my husband says he does not want to have our meal on Christmas Eve! But as my parent has banned us from seeing my son at the same time as them, it seems like we will need to give my parent a time slot for lunch and then have them go home so we can see my son and not put the elderly parent at risk. I have offered to deliver elderly parent a dinner if they don't want to take the risk at all, but at the moment they are saying they do want to come. I feel like cancelling it and will definitely do so if EP gives me any more dramas!

Lavazza1st. The reason that hotels and restaurants are no longer serving meals buffet style is because of the extremely high risk of passing on the virus firstly with everyone breathing over all the food and with everyone handling the same serving implements then eating with unwashed hands.
The safest way to serve a meal is with one person who maintains meticulous hygiene plating up food for everyone else.

Our household only are having a roast goose meal on Christmas Eve.

We will plate up a meal for elderly parents who like to eat at lunchtime on the dot and at Christmas, so it can be warmed up.

We are having buffet on Christmas day to avoid close contact with any family members that might visit. We've decided not to pack everyone round the table this year but a buffet will allow relatives to space out and not have to sit at the table.

TwinLolly

Woodmouse49, I will send you the Babotie recipe in a private message.

Thank you.

Woodmouse49, I will send you the Babotie recipe in a private message.

We aren't that keen on turkey except for turkey sandwiches with pickled onions on Christmas night. We are having a nice joint of lamb this year. We rarely have lamb these days so it will be a nice treat.

Venison always makes a change .

When I had a full house I used to debone the turkey, the carcass was then roasted and stock made in the slow cooker. I marinated the turkey meat overnight turning from time to time, then on Christmas Eve I would make a pork and herb stuffing and reassemble the turkey using the stuffing. So the breast would be placed over a mound of stuffing then the thighs and drumsticks still connected by the skin would have a generous portion of stuffing replacing the bones. The plump legs would be placed either side of the crown so that it looked like a regular whole turkey then refrigerated overnight. On Christmas Day it was roasted slowly basting regularly.
The end result was completely bone free so could all be sliced easily. It was a huge favourite and I only had the veg to see to of Christmas Day.
This year there are just two of us so, having nobody to please but ourselves our main course will be king prawns, scallops bacon, black pudding and samphire with a spicy Thai mango salad on the side.

A haunch of venison, slow roasted in ale with juniper berries. Very rich, so not a huge portion and venison is very low in fat.

I’m planning chicken cooked in milk with lemon and bay. Just for a change.Then champagne jelly with clementine syllabub. Won’t require a starter after my selection box for breakfast Normally I cook turkey for 14 so I’m really quite excited to just cook for us two due to The Situation.

Nut roast.

Now why have I never thought of that!!

only me and hubby last year so we got a curry and froze it. We had it on christmas day. Wonderful!! and hardly any washing up. I'm doing the full works this year though.

Twinlolly
Can I have your bobotie recipe please?

Delicious sounding ideas from all of you!!! ?
Can I have the Bobotie recipe please? Thank you !

My Daughter who has ‘done’ a lavish Christmas lunch for the last few years, is going to order a Chinese takeaway for Christmas Day just for her immediate household, and I don’t blame her.

We're having lamb with saffron and pomegranate, at DH's request. An Asda recipe and very easy. The only good thing about not having Christmas with family is that there's no need to roast a damn turkey.

I handed my Christmas Lunch baton over to my oldest son, who is a great cook, ten years ago along with all my Christmas crockery. Bless him! the first year he did a giant turkey, rib of beef and salmon wellington! There were twelve of us at that time but even so it was food overkill. The timing was a bit of a nightmare but it was all perfect and the salmon was the most popular. My little grandsons had never had fish done like that before and wanted 'fish like Uncle JJs' for weeks after! They are nearly six feet now but they still have salmon for Christmas lunch. (Apparently it's the creamed mushrooms on top of the fish that makes the dish.) This year we're divided into groups of six but we'll still enjoy ourselves.

Probably Venison Steak for us. Lidl sell it, and it's not overly expensive. Roast Potatoes are my favourite thing! As mentioned by others earlier, pigs in blankets are eaten as "snack foods" together with sausage rolls and cold meats and salad for the following day.