Christmas Dinner Quandry

[susieq100]

We have Christmas dinner twice - once on Christmas Day for my family and then again on Boxing Day for OH's family - I don't bother with 're-heating' the turkey - cook fresh sausages and bacon rolls, fresh veggies etc - with everything except the meat piping hot, including the plates ... it doesn't matter. It also makes the turkey much, much easier to carve. Gordon Ramsay reckons you should leave a turkey to rest for as long as you cook it! Eek ... we wouldn't eat until 8.00 in the evening, or I'd have to get up at 4.00 am to start it off.

[weekendwellies]

I usually cook the meat on christmas eve. Then I only need to spend a bit of time on the veggies and spuds, and pud, on the day, and can spend my time where I want to be, with my family.