A sheep, a werewolf and a walrus walk into a bar.

(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.

Bit of a digression, but I hope you don't mind

Could I just have the schwarzbier please?  Big fan of it, never enough available in this country.

Proper frankfurters are amazing

Christmas is so close now. 
Permission to have a freak out from the excitement?

Just made mince pies for the first time in 2 years (well almost)

Part 2 of our traditional annual double bill. Die Hard last night, Die Hard 2 tonight. Yippee-kay-aye!

(22-12-2021, 10:16 PM)Zaph Wrote: [ -> ]Part 2 of our traditional annual double bill.  Die Hard last night, Die Hard 2 tonight.  Yippee-kay-aye!

I did Die Hard last month as a warm up, I did Die Hard 2 two weeks ago, enjoy!

I've just put together a bike for a two and a half year old .
I need a coffee IV .

(22-12-2021, 08:33 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Christmas is so close now. 
Permission to have a freak out from the excitement?

My niece and nephew rang me this evening completely freaking out with the excitement of finishing school and 3 sleeps til Santa. It was very cute!

Die Hard is on ITV in 5 minutes

(22-12-2021, 10:28 PM)Mam of 4 Wrote: [ -> ]I've just put together a bike for a two and a half year old .
I need a coffee IV .

An Irish one for you @Mam of 4 

Aw thank you @"jp liz v1
Believe it or not , I've made many of them but never actually drank one .
Cheers ☺

Happy Christmas Eve Eve

Dunnes Stores open till 2am, Christmas shopping mayhem

Who puts their hands inside a turkey wearing those sleeves!? 

(23-12-2021, 04:18 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]

see your Fanny Craddock 'n raise you a Monica S. 






Was the  Secret ingredient Dettol ?

(23-12-2021, 04:01 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]Dunnes Stores open till 2am, Christmas shopping mayhem

That's madness, the poor staff. Who in their right minds would do a grocery shop at that hour????

Bread Sauce was very much 'a thing' for most of my life. iIRC starts off with an onion with cloves inserted in it. Said onion is then simmered in milk. Said milk ( now flavoured ) is added to breadcrumbs and simmered untill a bit glupy ( per individual preference ).
Your bread sauce is now ready. 
Its just another way of streching the nice stuff (turkey) with filling carbs.  ( Like dumplings, Yorkshire pudding, parsley sauce etc. is for other nice stuff)
Back when roast chicken was 'special' ( up to the end of the 60's 'n maybe later ) bread sauce was usually involved.


Sorry for typos posting with a yoke based on a rev 0.0 atom processor

Merry Christmas!!!!!

(23-12-2021, 04:37 PM)Barna77 Wrote: [ -> ]Who puts their hands inside a turkey wearing those sleeves!? 

I was thinking that too, why didn't she roll her sleeves up before she started?
Not to mention she should have put some of the thin honey in a seperate bowl first. The entire jar of honey has been poultrified

(23-12-2021, 04:56 PM)dawg Wrote: [ -> ]

(23-12-2021, 04:18 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]

see your Fanny Craddock 'n raise you a Monica S. 






Was the  Secret ingredient Dettol ?

I think she was at the secret ingredient beforehand to help with her nerves.

(23-12-2021, 05:15 PM)Leg End Reject Wrote: [ -> ]

(23-12-2021, 04:01 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]Dunnes Stores open till 2am, Christmas shopping mayhem

That's madness, the poor staff. Who in their right minds would do a grocery shop at that hour????

I worked in Superquinn on college, and they opened 24 hours one Christmas. I worked as it was worth a lot of money. The Superquinn was next to a university. We got more drunk students in trollies than people shopping. 
It was bedlam when I started the shift... I think around 8pm, but midnight the place was so quiet. Started picking up again from 6am.

I finally finished work just after 6pm today, and ordered an Indian as it was a tough week in work. I now have 2 loaves of Guinness brown bread in the oven, a glass of wine in hand, and about to start into the wrapping of the last presents.

Coffee and Ferrero Rocher's for breakfast.  

Because it's Christmas so why the hell not  

Spears, with these Ferrero Rocher you are really spoiling us.  

(24-12-2021, 10:27 AM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Spears, with these Ferrero Rocher you are really spoiling us.  

Sorry Butty but when it comes to Ferrero's, I inhale the box before there's any to pass round 

I made 3 trifles yesterday. The special one for my dad (have to liquidise all the fruit) hasn’t set so I’ll redo it again this morning adding less water to the jelly. Or, I’ll let the Jelly set for longer, I dunno yet. I also made the stuffing.

Christmas Eve food is always chicken in white wine sauce vol a vants.

Gotta clean the house when I get home this evening and need to sterilise the weighing scales to put the stuffed turkey on ?

(24-12-2021, 10:37 AM)Strawberry Milkshake Wrote: [ -> ]I made 3 trifles yesterday. The special one for my dad (have to liquidise all the fruit) hasn’t set so I’ll redo it again this morning adding less water to the jelly. Or, I’ll let the Jelly set for longer, I dunno yet. I also made the stuffing.

Christmas Eve food is always chicken in white wine sauce vol a vants.

Gotta clean the house when I get home this evening and need to sterilise the weighing scales to put the stuffed turkey on ?

I love trifle. Just the box version though, because I wouldn't be ar$ed making it from scratch. No one else likes it either so it's a whole trifle all for moi too 

Also, I gave myself food poisoning before from chicken and mushroom vol au vents, so my stomach curdles at the thoughts of them now  

I'm on dinner duty and as a family member is working all Christmas Day today is our Christmas Dinner Day!

Anyone else here a piccalilli lover? It’s not Christmas unless I have a jar for my turkey and ham salad.

Probably won't log on tomorrow, so Happy Christmas to everyone. I know it will be challenging for some, whether because of global or personal circumstances, but I hope everyone can make the best of it with family and friends

Have a great day tomorrow aaron!

Merry Christmas to all. Happy birthday Baby Jesus

Merry Christmas All

Merry Christmas, FoGgers, I hope you all have a good one!

Thinking of the recently bereaved and those who don't enjoy Christmas. Be kind to yourselves.

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(25-12-2021, 12:46 AM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]Merry Christmas to all. Happy birthday Baby Jesus

Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas all! Hope you all have the kind of day you want