So what for Christmas then

[DaveM]

So with Christmas Day just around the corner what do you all have planned for you Christmas day. For us it will be the traditional Christmas lunch and this should be the following

Roast Lamb
Gammon
Roast Chicken
Roast potatoes
Vegetables (not sure what ones yet)

Followed by
Baked chocolate cheesecake
Trifle
ice cream

We normally spend the day at home and have our lunch at about midday and then all go for a short snooze as all that eating can make you very tired

 

[Gromit]

Traditional Gammon, roast Cornish hen, veggies, roast tatties and a few other goodies. Some fresh prawns on the fire to start Steamed Christmas pudding, my special Pavlova and hopefully I can talk someone into baking a Zaher Torte - then we have left overs for the next week

 

[DaveM]

Traditional Gammon, roast Cornish hen, veggies, roast tatties and a few other goodies. Some fresh prawns on the fire to start Steamed Christmas pudding, my special Pavlova and hopefully I can talk someone into baking a Zaher Torte - then we have left overs for the next week

What one of these then

 

[Gromit]

That's the one - I don't have a sweet tooth at all but that is definitely my favourite of all cakes - must have fresh cream with it

 

[DaveM]

It is nice but after one slice I feel sick with all that cream and stuff. I am not a huge cake person at all.

 

[shanered6]

turkey , carrots, peas, pasnips, roast potato's , kilted sousages , then trifle , choc cake ....... whew !! im full just thinking about it , and then the best bit ....... a good single malt scotch

 

[DaveM]

I had to look up the kilted sausages but it turns out it looks like it is something we also have but on the side, I just cannot think what we call it now.

Edit.... Ah just remembered I am thinking of Chipolata

 

[Rocky]

Yum, yum, yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful looking food!!!!!!!!
Since my wife's health got worse 7-8 years ago we gave up on cooking Christmas dinners.
All the local hotels have a Christmas buffet dinner so we take in one of those.
It's $$$, but it's part of my Christmas gift to the ladies - walk in, be seated, eat, and leave. No muss, no fuss.

 

[DaveM]

Yeah the washing up after is no fun at all

 

[Rocky]

We've been doing this for years, but last year my son-in-law (who is a great cook) decided to cook Christmas dinner for the four of us.
It was a wonderful dinner, but it seemed that he was unfairly working in the kitchen most of Christmas day.
And then came all the washing up.......
The hotel buffet started to look better all the time for this year

 

[CarlS]

I haven't decided what I will do for Christmas this year or where I will go. I may go spend it with one of my kids. All I know is that I will not be here.

 

[gumpt1oo]

I had to look up the kilted sausages but it turns out it looks like it is something we also have but on the side, I just cannot think what we call it now.

Edit.... Ah just remembered I am thinking of Chipolata

Up here in Cumbria they are known as 'pigs in blankets!'

 

[devo]

my special Pavlova :

so.. what is your special pavlova ?
Liz makes an amazing rolled up pav which is bluddy yummy.

 

[CarlS]

That looks delicious!

 

[DaveM]

Well we all spend a great deal of time in the kitchen getting it all together and then the cleaning up after that but it's something we all do so it's together time as well and that is also cool

 

[hemibee]

For the past several years I've had an old American favorite for Christmas lunch, a round steak & cheese sandwich. That may not have been clear, round steak & cheese sandwiches are not Christmas favorites just popular American slang for a bologna & cheese sandwich. But this year will be different, I finally have a Christmas Day off.

We will probably start the day off with a sausage and egg casserole for breakfast. We usually have baby back ribs for lunch but I don't know if I've waited too long to place my order for the ones we like to have so I might have to fire up the smoker and do my own.

 

[DaveM]

It really must suck to have to work Christmas day

 

[hemibee]

Yeah it's a real pain, off this year but working next year. Back before I was promoted I had enough seniority in the union ranks I took most of the month of December off. Oh well, in eight more years I'll roll back up to the first vacation pick again and can get Christmas off again. That is if on the next schedule swap I don't get one of the two shifts that gets off for Christmas.

 

[DaveM]

We used to rotate who would be on standby on Christmas day and the few times I had the shift it sucked

 

[Ksquared]

What one of these then

Taken last Summer in the Hotel Sacher Dining Room - just before I ate it! YUM!!