Christmas Food Favourites

[Blownupdolly]

So come on peeps. What is your favourite food you eat at Christmas that you don't really have much of the rest of the year. The usual stuff like Turkey (which I hate), Christmas pudding (which I hate) and mince pies are the usual things, but do you have anything different? Or have a fabulous recipe for something you love?
Mine is quite simple really. I love MArks and Spencer's chocolate cherry liqueurs. They cost less than £3 and are available all year but I only have them at Christmas!

[Jen]

Celebrations, Snowball cocktails and satsumas

[Super-Shiny]

1st Cucumber spears
2nd Cucumber spears
3rd Cucumber spears

Oh and Baileys Irish cream with ice.

[enjay]

Best thing I ever had a xmas was when friends got their organically raised pigs slaughtered and gave me a big chunk of itchy or scratchy, roasted that and ate the lot. I was stuffed but very happy lol

[Karma]

Old fashioned Ginger Wine that can be bought at my small community pharmacy only in December you can also buy the concentrate from them and DIY!

[Raffles]

Dec 16, 2013 18:23:20 GMT enjay said:

Best thing I ever had a xmas was when friends got their organically raised pigs slaughtered and gave me a big chunk of itchy or scratchy, roasted that and ate the lot. I was stuffed but very happy lol

I bet you even knew the pig's name... you murderer!

[sammy13]

Dec 16, 2013 18:16:41 GMT Super-Shiny said:

1st Cucumber spears
2nd Cucumber spears
3rd Cucumber spears

Oh and Baileys Irish cream with ice.

Sod the food, all we need is baileys with ice.

[Roscopecotrain]

Has to be pigs in blankets. I could eat bowls and bowls of these and i would be happy if they were only thing for xmas dinner.

[Super-Shiny]

Dec 16, 2013 18:40:14 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Has to be pigs in blankets. I could bowls and bowls of these and i would be happy if they were only thing for xmas dinner.

Funny you should say that just this second that went through my mind, YOM YOM..........Oh and loads of cold stuffing, could eat that all day and Vol-au-vents

[sammy13]

Dec 16, 2013 18:42:40 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Dec 16, 2013 18:40:14 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Has to be pigs in blankets. I could bowls and bowls of these and i would be happy if they were only thing for xmas dinner.

Funny you should say that just this second that went through my mind, YOM YOM..........Oh and loads of cold stuffing, could eat that all day and Vol-au-vents

I eat anything, I'm not fussy, but really Rom - oops hold on Super-Shiny there we go ,  just have the baileys it really is the best way.

[Smokeybebe]

Massive vote for pigs in blankets here too, totally love them, xmas lunch isnt right without them, done nice and crispy is best

Baileys Irish cream, again xmas isnt xmas without lashings of this, love it!

Sprouts with chestnuts, I love sprouts anytime but with chestnuts at xmas they are yummy.

Fresh cream, mmmmmm. Clotted double or single, with everything.....on xmas pud, on trifle, on choc pud, on mince pies, and in coffee.

God I love xmas!!

[padiho]

Has to be roast potatoes cooked in Goose fat. I obviously have roast spuds during the year but never with goose fat...that's reserved for Xmas

[Super-Shiny]

My version to cook a good roast potato is:

Quality potatoes
Peel
Boil in salted water until done
Empty water but not the potatoes and cook for another 2-3mins to take all water out of the potatoes and give a decent bash too fluff them up
Put into a hot pan of lard
Cook until golden only turning once
Remove fat from pan but leave potatoes in there and sprinkle some sea salt on top of the potatoes
Cook until even more golden brown

Yom Yom

p.s Nigel Slaters recipe not mine

[Blownupdolly]

I like everything on the list so far apart from ginger beer and satsumas. I even like sprouts!

I watched an interesting doco last night about how supermarkets deal with supplying Christmas food, and they did a bit about sprouts. According to this scientist, the fact that some people hate sprouts and others like them is all down to our genes. Some people have a gene that makes the chemicals in sprouts taste bitter, but some of us don't have it. Yes, a completely useless piece of information but I found it interesting!!

[Smokeybebe]

We have the sprout gene then dolly