The best,best food you had this Christmas

Very traditional English turkey roast here. TH did Jamie's bareback potatoes which were very nice. Xmas pud which has been maturing for two years was lovely.

You can’t beat British raspberries, they are gorgeous. So much more flavour than ours which ripen too quickly in our hot sun.
We went to the Lake District in 2019 and couldn’t stop eating them. We had some mangos , now they are something that are lovely here because they do like hot sun.

Free range chicken, stuffing, pigs in blankets, yorkshires, sprouts, roast potatoes and parsnips. Followed by homemade Sticky toffee pudding with vanilla custard. All cooked by DD and absolutely delicious 😋

The roast beef was to die for - daughter did it to perfection. And the broccoli cheese - yummy 😋

Had a chest infection and couldn’t face anything but this morning have had some tea and a shortbread biscuit and they tasted delicious!

I had no breakfast but a very early first course prawn cocktail very 70s and a Dry Martini.

Yorkshire born 'Guid Son' cooked a magnificent feast as usual
roast pork for him and me with veggie alternatives for DD and DGD. He persuaded//bullied me into making my famous vegetable broth, which I have not cooked since I have been living alone, as it really needs to be made in a large quantity for all the flavours to combine. Everyone, including me, enjoyed it and I was quite proud of myself.

DS cooked the Christmas dinner, and it was delicious! Lovely moist turkey, and really crispy roast potatoes. But I have to say that you would have to go a long way to beat my home made sausage rolls....

Our DD1 hosted this year and everything she made was just delicious.

I took the puddings. The littlest grandson, 2, announced to everyone that he didn’t like his cake (sticky toffee pudding), then loudly pointed out that the older grandsons didn’t like their trifle either. My bread sauce and cranberry sauce passed muster though.

Mollygo

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.

Drain the prunes and refrigerate over night spread on a plate, this will firm them up, if you have a jar of anchovies place 1 inside each prune, wrap with unsmoked streaky bacon and secure with a cocktail stick.
Place on a piece of grease proof/ baking paper and cook or use an air fryer if you have one.

Our lunch was pork pie and pickled onions with a stirrup cup of sloe gin, we did a lovely long hike and picnicked half way round.
Dinner was traditional turkey with just some of the trimmings.
The pudding and cheese board never saw the light of day.
It was a wonderful day, the first ever for just the two of us.
All the food was delicious.

All the food we ate was delicious too. The only 'traditional' bit was some sprouts.

Am not fussed about usual Christmas food BUT am a real pig with Waitrose Christmas pudding and cream.

I received some home made tablet from my Great Aunt. It was absolutely delicious. No idea how she does it.

I've tried over the years but I can't get it to taste like hers.

Maybe it's the Scottish air

A chocolate orange.

Did the cooking yesterday, so too busy to really relax and enjoy, but just had a brandy snap with baileys extra thick cream, which was very yummy

home made chocolate log made with cherry jam filling and bourneville chocolate ganache covering... very rich

This feels strange as I don't eat meat, but my favourite was the same as many of you; pigs in blankets! For us they were Richmond's meat free sausages wrapped in Richmond's meat free 'bacon'! Delish!!

I have just had smoked salmon, a boiled egg with mayo on top, bought coleslaw and warm potato salad made by DH. It was the nicest meal I have had for ages.

Just back from lunch with friends, we had samosas, two different curries, rice and dhal. Choc orange tart with ice cream for pudding. All delicious and a nice change from Christmas fare.

Granny23 can you post your recipe for vegetable broth please I make pans of soup every week it’s sounds a nice change.

We had a family from Hongkiong as unexpected guests, well I knew very late Thursday they were coming, and brought some home made Chinese dumplings. We had them as a starter and they were to die for. He is going to teach me how to make them in exchange for me teaching how to cook roast potatoes

Cold game pie with venison and pheasant: delicious!

Redhead56

Granny23 can you post your recipe for vegetable broth please I make pans of soup every week it’s sounds a nice change.

I'd love this recipe too please!

I never really relax and enjoy the Christmas roast that I cook after the busy time to get it on the plates. It was appreciated by others though. My favourite was a bacon, brie and cranberry sourdough baguette.