I had Christmas dinner at the in laws today. They don't do ham!! Just turkey! I was shocked
The differences between families and traditions even around food are fascinating. For them, it seems ham isn't the done thing in Bristol apparently.
I tasted chestnuts for the first time today too.
(18-12-2021, 11:01 PM)cee_jay Wrote: [ -> ]I had Christmas dinner at the in laws today. They don't do ham!! Just turkey! I was shocked
The differences between families and traditions even around food are fascinating. For them, it seems ham isn't the done thing in Bristol apparently.
I tasted chestnuts for the first time today too.
Wasn't E.N having Christmas dinner with the family today too? And isn't he from Bristol? Hmmmm...
Is @
E.N. from Bristol too? Interesting...
(18-12-2021, 02:17 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]What spices would be used in the beef?
I think salt pepper nutmeg and some others
It is big in Cork
(18-12-2021, 11:09 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ] (18-12-2021, 11:01 PM)cee_jay Wrote: [ -> ]I had Christmas dinner at the in laws today. They don't do ham!! Just turkey! I was shocked
The differences between families and traditions even around food are fascinating. For them, it seems ham isn't the done thing in Bristol apparently.
I tasted chestnuts for the first time today too.
Wasn't E.N having Christmas dinner with the family today too? And isn't he from Bristol? Hmmmm...
Thought he was from London/Peckham..bor a city/town beginning with E maybe.. Exeter? sure I remember that coming up before..
*sorry to ruin your joke
)
Aw damn I really thought he was from Bristol and I might have outed a secret couple!
(18-12-2021, 02:06 PM)Mam of 4 Wrote: [ -> ]I've never eaten spiced beef tbh .
The turkey and stuffing is my duty this year , sons mil is doing the ham , they're doing the roast and veg , two others doing desserts . .
Could be a very interesting Christmas dinner 
I'd be a nervous wreck having my Christmas dinner cooked by someone that I wasn't sure how they done things.
I remember having Sunday dinner with my neighbour and she mentioned having parsley mash. I was ok with that until it came as mash with DRIED parsley sprinkled in it.
Fekin awful stuff
(18-12-2021, 06:27 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]I love potato stuffing
Never heard of that @
jp liz v1. Sounds a bit odd.
Can't beat a good aul sage and onion stuffing
I mixed packet stuffing with sausage meat and chopped apple last year, it was delicious!
(19-12-2021, 12:53 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Aw damn I really thought he was from Bristol and I might have outed a secret couple!
I though so too... (The EN Bristol bit not cee_jay and EN are a secret couple
)
Ha ha, should I be scared of all the stalking?
You're all right! I'm from London but went to uni in Bristol and lived there for 17yrs then, before meeting my Dub wife, who I don't think is cee_jay
I'm not technically married so I think you are safe to say I'm not your wife. Just codenames partner
(19-12-2021, 01:16 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]Ha ha, should I be scared of all the stalking?
You're all right! I'm from London but went to uni in Bristol and lived there for 17yrs then, before meeting my Dub wife, who I don't think is cee_jay
So do you have ham with your Christmas dinner then???
@
E.N.@
cee_jay
Good cover up guys. You almost fooled me.
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(19-12-2021, 01:19 PM)cee_jay Wrote: [ -> ]So do you have ham with your Christmas dinner then???
Well... my mum's a veggie (I was until I was about 20) so no. But generally you're right, not a thing over there. Just turkey would be pretty standard
Has anyone here ever had bread sauce? And if so what was it like?
(19-12-2021, 07:28 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone here ever had bread sauce? And if so what was it like?
Have seen it but avoided it cos it looked gross
(19-12-2021, 07:28 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone here ever had bread sauce? And if so what was it like?
It's a staple in the OH's family for Christmas dinner where we eat.. I will not go near it, looks rotten, I was brought up on gravy and that's how it will stay!
I've just watched Elf and am now going to watch Scrooged.
I absolutely love Elf @
Leg End Reject
All my brother's are home for Christmas now.
(19-12-2021, 07:28 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone here ever had bread sauce? And if so what was it like?
Fill me in what is it as I never heard of it
I love Elf too
(19-12-2021, 09:20 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]I've never watched Elf
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Ah Nothing, you cotton headed ninny muggin! You're missing out. You have to watch it!!!
(19-12-2021, 09:30 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ] (19-12-2021, 09:20 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]I've never watched Elf
Ah Nothing, you cotton headed ninny muggin! You're missing out. You have to watch it!!!
I'll try to get to it this week
Hmmm it's not on any of my streaming apps
(19-12-2021, 09:55 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]Hmmm it's not on any of my streaming apps
That's definitely a sign that you're not to watch it
(19-12-2021, 10:15 PM)Mam of 4 Wrote: [ -> ] (19-12-2021, 09:55 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]Hmmm it's not on any of my streaming apps
That's definitely a sign that you're not to watch it
Looks like Sky have the airing rights this year, and amazon prime, neither of which I have
(19-12-2021, 10:30 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ] (19-12-2021, 10:15 PM)Mam of 4 Wrote: [ -> ]That's definitely a sign that you're not to watch it
Looks like Sky have the airing rights this year, and amazon prime, neither of which I have
Nah its not on Prime either, you have to rent or buy it from their service
(19-12-2021, 07:28 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone here ever had bread sauce? And if so what was it like?
Have never heard of it. My family's traditional Christmas Eve meal depends on a bread sauce of sorts though. You basically chop up half a loaf of gingerbread (we usually use ontbijtkoek, a Dutch breakfast loaf, because it's relatively easy to get), soak it in roughly a pint of "Schwarzbier" for an hour or more. At the same time, you boil up some diced carrots, parsnips (optional), celeriac and a chopped onion until they're almost tender. Then you add the gingerbread mixture, cook until everything is nice and thickened, then you throw in some frankfurters or smoked sausages, and serve the whole thing with boiled potatoes and sauerkraut.
Bit of a digression, but I hope you don't mind
As we may have snow here soon
(19-12-2021, 10:42 PM)thomil Wrote: [ -> ] (19-12-2021, 07:28 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone here ever had bread sauce? And if so what was it like?
Have never heard of it. My family's traditional Christmas Eve meal depends on a bread sauce of sorts though. You basically chop up half a loaf of gingerbread (we usually use ontbijtkoek, a Dutch breakfast loaf, because it's relatively easy to get), soak it in roughly a pint of "Schwarzbier" for an hour or more. At the same time, you boil up some diced carrots, parsnips (optional), celeriac and a chopped onion until they're almost tender. Then you add the gingerbread mixture, cook until everything is nice and thickened, then you throw in some frankfurters or smoked sausages, and serve the whole thing with boiled potatoes and sauerkraut.
Sorry @
thomil, but that wouldn't appeal to me at all.
I think I'd be sad after a meal like that
& frankfurters are the food of the devil!
(19-12-2021, 09:15 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ] (19-12-2021, 07:28 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone here ever had bread sauce? And if so what was it like?
Fill me in what is it as I never heard of it
I love Elf too
It is an alternative to gravy for Christmas dinner. I think it's been around for ages in Britain, I've only started to hear about it this last couple of years but I've never had it before.
(20-12-2021, 08:20 AM)Spears Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry @thomil, but that wouldn't appeal to me at all.
I think I'd be sad after a meal like that
I see where you're coming from, but it's been in the family since at least the early 1900s, has to be, since my family left Breslau (modern day Wroclaw) in the 1920s as a consequence of the Silesian uprisings. Besides, it's been the taste of Christmas for me for forty years, so I'll stick to that
(20-12-2021, 08:20 AM)Spears Wrote: [ -> ]& frankfurters are the food of the devil!
The the types of Frankfurters you can get here in Ireland certainly, they're the wurst
They're nothing like the good quality Frankfurters I can get back home or that I used to be able at M&S
In feel like the worst godmother. I just realized this evening that I haven't arranged a Christmas gift for my godson in Australia. The postal service there, even if I order from an Oz website at this stage, means it would never get to him on time
Could you transfer money and ask one of your godchild's parent to get something for you @
cee_jay?
It's hard to remember everything amidst all the doom and gloom.
Yeah I have texted my cousin, so just waiting for them to wake up now. Considering buying him vouchers for cinema or something... Things like that could be good (he is 15) ... Fingers crossed
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