Goose booked

[OverWyreGrower]

My Christmas Dinner is living at the bottom of my garden with 7 other Christmas Dinners, and will be there until about a week and a half before Christmas....

[Hilary B]

We'll be in Spain too (I hope). I don't expect to have internet access....

[SueA]

As long as it's not poached egg & crumpets which I ended up with last year as O.H. was in bed with a nasty stomach bug I don't mind! We may have something like veg. or prawn curry or even 'Christmas' veg. etc. with quorn chicken for me & a turkey joint for O.H. or we might just go out for a long walk & take butties, depends on the weather & the mood.
Never been to Birmingham Christmas markets Piskie but the Manchester ones are great.

[CaroltheCarrot]

Honey glazed ham,a la Gordon

[piskieinboots]

....Never been to Birmingham Christmas markets Piskie but the Manchester ones are great.

oooh thanks Sue - cos MiL is in Cheshire, makes much more sense to take her there

See you at the Glühwein stall

[zazen999]

We'll be having pancakes, nachos and chili as usual. And we are currently deciding which pudding to make...last year I made Bakewell tart and Mr Z was chuffed to bits with it - so got to top it this year. The year before it was Treacle Tart.....so I'm guessing a tart of some description!

And the woodburner will be on the go - I'm just chopping and sawing all the logs this week in preparation as it happens.

[winstonwobble]

will be having a home reared turkey this year hope it tastes as good as it looks usually get the turkey from paynes which is quite close to me when i was there last year i happend to ask (as you do) if they sell chicks in the summer yes was the answer so i had to have a few this year first year of rearing them and have got to addmit they are really funny think chooks are time wasters then dont try turkeys!!

[janeyo]

We'll be having pancakes, nachos and chili as usual. And we are currently deciding which pudding to make...last year I made Bakewell tart and Mr Z was chuffed to bits with it - so got to top it this year. The year before it was Treacle Tart.....so I'm guessing a tart of some description!

My OH always asks for a tart on christmas day - sadly he is always disappointed

I have ordered a stuffed crown from our local butchers. This way nothing goes to waste.

[FionaH]

I may take my Lappy with me, so I can annoy you all by telling you the temperature every day!

And I may have to slap you very hard!

Turkey crown, got the out laws and my Dad again so has to be traditional. However eldest has offered to cook so thats cool
Bet I still have to do all the shopping though

[piskieinboots]

...Bet I still have to do all the shopping though

oh that's a given!

Snowdrop cooks for me every Friday evening and Sunday breakfast, but I have to ensure he has the stuff (it's that word again!)

[zazen999]

Bet I still have to do all the shopping though

I have a supermarket t'internet shopping basket open, and will be clicking 'go' as soon as Xmas eve delivery dates are available....I've taken advice from on here and am poised and ready!

No shopping for me!!!


Apart from the essentials that they can't find on the day of course....

[shirlthegirl43]

Probably turkey here. I adore roast turkey and always get fed up coz there's not enough cold meat left for butties

Mind you, since I think I am heading for Scotland next week (first time in 20 years) it could well be black pudding, white pudding and haggis

[Brengirl]

Wellll...just to excite your palate we will be having an unused frozen turkey from last year. Prepared with skill and served with any cheap veg I can lay my hands on. My tastebuds have been encouraged and tempted beyond endurance over the past decades. Less is more in my world.

[SueA]

oooh thanks Sue - cos MiL is in Cheshire, makes much more sense to take her there

See you at the Glühwein stall

The Manchester ones start next week Piskie 18th November, they're great, especially in the evenings & are spread over several of the squares & streets with a skating rink & pop-up bars too, some close around 7.30pm but the main one in Albert Square stays open until 9pm. Chester looks as though it may be interesting this year too, they have one of the 'big wheels' like the London Eye/Manchester Wheel in the car park outside the castle & some stalls, ice rink etc.

[Polly Fouracre]

Our Christmas lunch is called "Brother" unless someone wants him for breeding. He is an ordered and then unwanted Indian Game cockerel who follows me around the garden and feeds from my hand.
I keep in mind the fact that he has fed well on blackberries, strawberries and most of my grapes and has had the happiest of lives.
If anyone wants him he is free to a good home.