So what'd ya have?
Roast Beef
Yorkshire Pudding
Roast Spuds
Real Gravy
Sprouts
Asparagus
Mushrooms
Christmas Pudding (flaming of course)
Brandy Butter
Brandy Sauce
(Cheesecake was also available for children and wimps)
So yummy ....and no getting up as unheard-of hours to stuff the turkey in the oven.
Very nice.
Had to rough it in a Sharis with a burger as everywhere was predictably closed - didn't mind though.
We had Christmas Dinner on Sunday, with the leftovers on Christmas Day.
Smoked Salmon with Avocado
Roast Turkey & Sausagemeat
Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts
Roast and Mashed Potatoes
Carrots
Green Beans with Bacon & Almonds
Stuffing with Cranberries
Walnut & Apricot Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce
Gravy
Mince pies
Chocolate Cake
Very very yummy!
Lets see now .
CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP
STANDING ROAST .
BAKED POTATOES
MASHED POTATOES .
BRUSSEL SPROUTS
ASPARAGAS
BUTTERED FRESH PEAS
HONEY CARROTS
MUSHROOMS
HOME MADE ROLLS
GRAVY .
SHERRY TRIFLE
CHAMPAGNE / WINE
IRISH CREAM
TEA/COFFEE
ENGLISH TOFFEE
As it was just me and the wife we went to Whole Paycheck (foods) and took half of their Deli home. For Christmas dinner I had an 18oz New York Strip and the wife had something to do with mushrooms and squash...yeuck!! She is a vegetarian obviously, no-one eats that crap by choice....
manchego cheese canapes with a black olive, anchovy and piquillo pepper salsa
paella valencia
finished off with..
(all organic) fresh fruit, farmers cheese drizzled with honey and sweet flatbreads...
..cava, ribera and chimay..
Andrew
Standing rib roast
Mashed tatas
garlic peas & mushrooms
Asparagus (not for me tho)
Yorkshire pud
Ahhhhh Bisto gracy
home made bread
White (known as 24 hour) salad
Red wine
home made fudge pie with whipped cream
cheesecake
Newcastle Brown Ale
For starters I had,
native hand-picked gargantuan mussels from a small unnamed atoll off the shoreline of Vanuatu
followed by a
warm mousseline of Sussex chicken stuffed with cave matured roquefort and fresh harvested walnuts with a sauce of sorrel hollandaise and julienne of russet apples
and for desert
a miniature gateau flavoured with liquorice from the Spanish Maine concealing a heart of liquid fire glazed with quince jelly and served on lapsang creme anglaise with baby pear finished with an arabesque of purest gold.
glazed Normandy brie with wild mulberries and Bath oliver biscuits
Icelandic coffee and homemade truffles
No, I really had sausages and chips. D
For starters I had,
native hand-picked gargantuan mussels from a small unnamed atoll off the shoreline of Vanuatu
followed by a
warm mousseline of Sussex chicken stuffed with cave matured roquefort and fresh harvested walnuts with a sauce of sorrel hollandaise and julienne of russet apples
and for desert
a miniature gateau flavoured with liquorice from the Spanish Maine concealing a heart of liquid fire glazed with quince jelly and served on lapsang creme anglaise with baby pear finished with an arabesque of purest gold.
glazed Normandy brie with wild mulberries and Bath oliver biscuits
Icelandic coffee and homemade truffles
Thats strange Moo, we had the same thing, although we could not find any Icelandic coffee this year ,but we did have a good slug of truffles in Apple cider. :mrgreen: