A stressful Christmas dinner ??

[mushroom 13,266]

Seafood starter. Half a suckling pig and a duck.... job done lol

[WILF 47,758]

1 minute ago, mushroom said:

Seafood starter. Half a suckling pig and a duck.... job done lol

You being in Spain just made me think of a nice paella, that would suit me down to the ground on Christmas Day 

[shaaark 10,920]

1 hour ago, jetro said:

Really, 

Iv cooked most if not all of my meals since my teens 

Atb j 

Same here

[jetro 5,349]

4 minutes ago, WILF said:

Yep, I do nearly all the cooking in my house.

One of my brothers is the same, my old man could cook too.

All the men in my family are decent cooks, it’s because we are greedy b*****ds ! Lol 

Every man should be able to fend for themselves in the kitchen 

Atb j 

[Accip74 7,112]

11 minutes ago, keepdiggin said:

What time does everyone have their dinner?

From 2pm onwards. Always start the day with a cooked breakfast, so never in any rush for the dinner 

[shaaark 10,920]

54 minutes ago, Balaur said:

For me it's got to be MEAT, pigs in blankets, sprouts , roast carrots/parsnips/spuds , gravy , peas/corn and stuffing. Not fussed on pudding kids probably want ice-cream, missus death by chocolate or something, got boxing day cold cuts and cheese and all that the day after boxing day this year, best meal of the year gorging on pickles butter ham etc, I enjoy cooking hams 

Same, never have desserts. Mrs does occasionally, but she has gestational diabetes with this baby due in april, so we have to carefully watch the carbs and sugars.

[Accip74 7,112]

10 minutes ago, WILF said:

Yep, I do nearly all the cooking in my house.

One of my brothers is the same, my old man could cook too.

All the men in my family are decent cooks, it’s because we are greedy b*****ds ! Lol 

Me & my brother got it from somewhere, my sister not so much

[jetro 5,349]

5 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Same, never have desserts. Mrs does occasionally, but she has gestational diabetes with this baby due in april, so we have to carefully watch the carbs and sugars.

My daughter's due to have a baby on the 27th of next month. 

Good luck to you and your missus with the on coming baby

Atb j 

[mushroom 13,266]

6 minutes ago, WILF said:

You being in Spain just made me think of a nice paella, that would suit me down to the ground on Christmas Day 

Make your own stock mate

If you're doing fish/seafood paella, make your stock with fish heads, crab legs etc, not that shop bought carry on. Sieve it and use that as the stock, add saffron and spices when you stick it over the rice (which you fried first in olive oil and butter) .... Fry your seafood (prawns cockles etc) and add them to the rice, about half way through it absorbing said stock.. Keep stirring it!

That's my mates grandma's recipie

[shaaark 10,920]

2 minutes ago, jetro said:

My daughter's due to have a baby on the 27th of next month. 

Good luck to you and your missus with the on coming baby

Atb j 

Same to you and yours mate

[jetro 5,349]

2 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Make your own stock mate

If you're doing fish/seafood paella, make your stock with fish heads, crab legs etc, not that shop bought carry on. Sieve it and use that as the stock, add saffron and spices when you stick it over the rice (which you fried first in olive oil and butter) .... Fry your seafood (prawns cockles etc) and add them to the rice, about half way through it absorbing said stock.. Keep stirring it!

That's my mates grandma's recipie

Sound good that 

Atb j 

[bird 9,984]

15 minutes ago, Accip74 said:

From 2pm onwards. Always start the day with a cooked breakfast, so never in any rush for the dinner 

same here, used be ma and my brothers go for xmas dinner pint at our local boozer , be back for 2pm, jut as my old mom was about to serve up dinner, feckin great it was , after you had couple pints  , i miss that now , think the pub closed that day, might be wrong , as i am on the hereford border , and they gone on to tier 1 , but   have couple cans  and glass of white wine . with me dinner.

[keepdiggin 9,561]

2 minutes ago, bird said:

same here, used be ma and my brothers go for xmas dinner pint at our local boozer , be back for 2pm, jut as my old mom was about to serve up dinner, feckin great it was , after you had couple pints  , i miss that now , think the pub closed that day, might be wrong , as i am on the hereford border , and they gone on to tier 1 , but   have couple cans  and glass of white wine . with me dinner.

A glass of white? And you think you know some one lol

 

Those days sound good mate alteast you have the memories

[king 11,984]

46 minutes ago, keepdiggin said:

What time does everyone have their dinner?

When it's ready..

[keepdiggin 9,561]

11 minutes ago, king said:

When it's ready..

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