What do you eat on Christmas Eve?

Fish here, but then we always have fish on a Tuesday.

I used to do a sausage meat loaf, saving some sausage meat for the stuffing for tomorrow, but I don’t bother any more. DH always goes to stay with his daughter from Boxing Day onwards, and I visit my local family, so I just need a few leftover bits and bobs for me.
I had gammon when out for a meal yesterday.

We are having gammon sandwiches for lunch, very nice they are too and there is a beef in red wine casserole in the oven for later. We will have this with potatoes and a green veg.
DH has cooked four gammon and we delivered two of them this morning to his two daughters and will take one with us tomorrow to my eldest daughter.

Gammon, parsley sauce, new potatoes and peas. Mince pies and either brandy butter or cream.

Spag bol nice and easy and not pork or poultry.

Game casserole with mash and kale.

Christmas Eve is always about prepping food for tomorrow so I have always cooked sausages to eat today and enough to heat up tomorrow to have with the turkey. Also, preparing and peeling the fresh vegetables for tomorrow so cook a few today to eat with sausages.

a load of rubbish !!!today, went shopping very early this morning and trying a sample of the pate cheese nibbles etc,

Oh how lovely, what delicious food you are planning, I’ve settled on a bacon sandwich for lunch, omg never though I would turn into such a boring old f**t, must do better for dinner?

Tortiere-my hubby's family is from Maine and originally French Canadian. Their tradition. My mother used to make oyster stew. I hated it!

We ( Mr Soda) has cooked the gammon but we are out at a party tonight so may just sneak a small slice before we go. Trying to do as much prep as possible before guests arrive tomorrow.

I'll eat my usual varied vegetable medley at lunch time and eat just a couple of juicy pears for tea.
I'm not being particularly good though. I made a batch of biscuits yesterday, the first of which are a bit under-cooked but edible, the second lot are fine - they've been wrapped up ready to take to sister's tomorrow. The first less than perfect lot - I must confess that there aren't many left and they're not doing me much good are they? Back to sensible eating on Boxing Day.

Lamb tagine and cous cous and a nice bottle of wine.

Special fish pie and petits pois.
Popular with all, and even rather fussy little Gdcs will eat the mash and peas.

phoenix please may I have some of your gannon as I have never tried it

No idea, aga has been out of action, now turned back on, but will take hours to come up to temperature, so probably cheese, fruit and crackers, same as every day for the last week

I like that so many treat the Christmas Eve meal as a special occasion.
It seems like “us time” while Christmas Day is for children if there are any or the whole family and can be very stressful.

Boeuf en Croute, dauphinois potatoes and loads of veg.

The GC, 14 and 11, have come for lunch as Mum and Dad both at work. I’ve made a fish pie, plus a chocolate log and a lemon drizzle cake. The cakes really for tomorrow, but from past experience often no one very hungry by Christmas tea so they can start them today if they want.
Personally I don’t feel at all hungry, cooking seems to sap my appetite. We will be going round to elderly neighbours late afternoon, for mince pies, sausage rolls and wine, after the GC’s have gone home.

I'm cooking gammon and the rest of it will be served tomorrow with the turkey. I used to make a big curry Christmas Eve but that stopped when I had to work Christmas Eve. Now being retired I think it's too much work with all the other Christmas prep. This year I did the curry on Sunday.

Salad today as I have to 'make room' for tomorrow. I see that the local fish and chip shop is open, though - very tempting!

Smoked salmon, prawns, brown bread and butter. In honour of my mum, who thought it was the ultimate in luxury in her later years!

Main Christmas meal here and Son in Law is preparing Lobster, with king Prawns for DGS as he is not keen on Lobster.
He has just gone to collect the fresh Lobster DGS will come down here until they are cooked as he doesn't like the cooking process.
I m looking forward to a very nice dinner.

I’ll shove some skinny chips in the oven and have fish cake or egg with them. OH and I would always have steak and chips with peas on Christmas Eve sadly no more.

My H , now sadly not here this year, have always enjoyed a really nice meal on Christmas Eve, usually steak or duck breasts with a really good bottle of wine.
Tree lit up and warm comfortable house.
This year, first without him, my grownup GD and I are having rack of lamb, dauphinois potatoes, tender stem broccoli and mushrooms.
We will raise a glass to him and remember good times.
We always enjoyed this meal just as much, if not more , than Christmas dinner.

We are going for a drink in a nice bar about 3pm then home to eat chicken thighs (in the oven soon so they won’t be too cold), good quality thick ham on barms with pickles and coleslaw. Crisps optional. Oh, and a glass of malt whiskey.
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Merry Christmas all!