What's your favourite part of Christmas Dinner...

[Ammi]

..as the Christmas threads have started etc..which bit of the Christmas meal do you like most..?...

[Denver]

Sprouts and Stuffing and PigsIn Blankets.

[Ammi]

Sprouts and Stuffing and PigsIn Blankets.

..haha, it's nice to hear someone revving up the sprouts, Adam..:laugh:..

[Novo]

Sprouts are great with a bit of pepper on them, it has got to be the Chicken Leg though sprinkled with some salt

[Cherie]

Sprouts and Stuffing and PigsIn Blankets.

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[Ashley.]

Turkey

[Babayaro.]

The trifle

[Jake.]

Crispy spuds

[Crimson Dynamo]

all of it, i love it all

[Josy]

Sprouts and pickled onions :love:

[Will.]

Mainly the dessert, I'm not keen on roast dinners tbh. I think my mum said we might not even have one this year as she finds it boring and too much!

[Drew.]

The whole thing

[Jack.]

Turkey,Roast potatoes and the pigs in blankets :love:

[Natalie.]

Turkey

[Ross.]

I can't choose I love it all

[Jamie89]

Love all of it, but if I had to pick one...........

http://www.buyfruit.com.au/images/P/Brussel_Sprouts__44396.jpg

Smothered in gravy ofc :love:

[Suze]

all of it, i love it all

Same here LT, although the Turkey gets swapped with a quorn roast, yummy :)

[smudgie]

Not really into big dinners nowadays, but the only thing different to any normal Sunday roast(apart from the choice of 3 meats)is the suet puddings so I will go for them, smothered in beef gravy of course.

[Cal.]

The mashhttp://i.imgur.com/dmpJDy4.png

[Daniel-X]

Sprouts and Pigs in blankets

[Kizzy]

The prawn cocktail :laugh: We love them but I only seem to make them at christmas

[T*]

That carrot swede mash thing
It's amazing

[joeysteele]

I love it all but the main thing for me is my Mum's rum sauce with the christmas pudding, I have never tasted anything as good as it and I am not keen on brandy sauce plus this recipe has gone on right from my Grandmother too.
I love the meal, with everyone gathered together for it though, that makes the meal and day really special for me.

[Niamh.]

tough choice, probably have to be the Turkey though

[mooo]

Duck fat roast potatoes ❤️

[Ashley.]

The mashhttp://i.imgur.com/dmpJDy4.png

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M LAUGHING SO MUCH omg

[Jessica.]

I love the sprouts and turkey.

In Portugal the have fish and cabbage and boiled pork at Christmas :omgno: This year's Christmas dinner will be a new experience.

[Jordan.]

The meat

[Shaun]

cranberry sauce.

[lostalex]

the stuffing. i don't know if brits have the stuffing with turkey the way americans do for thanksgiving but i've always loved the stuffing most. soooo yummy.

Also i wonder if brits ever get jealous of Americans, because we basically have 4 huge holidays in the time that you only have 2. We have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. you guys only have Christmas and New Years and those are only a week apart. And we have 2 major feasts. (thanksgiving and christmas), you guys don't really celebrate halloween as much as we do, and you have basically no holidays in November.

[Jordan.]

We don't. Plus we have bonfire night in November.

[Daniel.]

Turkey and bacon wraped in sausage slays

[Daniel.]

Us bothered about four holidays it means were humble to the core and appreciate the ones we have more x

[Jordan.]

Turkey and bacon wraped in sausage slays

Buy ha from iceland

[Denver]

the stuffing. i don't know if brits have the stuffing with turkey the way americans do for thanksgiving but i've always loved the stuffing most. soooo yummy.

Also i wonder if brits ever get jealous of Americans, because we basically have 4 huge holidays in the time that you only have 2. We have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. you guys only have Christmas and New Years and those are only a week apart. And we have 2 major feasts. (thanksgiving and christmas), you guys don't really celebrate halloween as much as we do, and you have basically no holidays in November.

Maybe why you all fat :hehe::joker:

[Marsh.]

the stuffing. i don't know if brits have the stuffing with turkey the way americans do for thanksgiving but i've always loved the stuffing most. soooo yummy.

Also i wonder if brits ever get jealous of Americans, because we basically have 4 huge holidays in the time that you only have 2. We have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. you guys only have Christmas and New Years and those are only a week apart. And we have 2 major feasts. (thanksgiving and christmas), you guys don't really celebrate halloween as much as we do, and you have basically no holidays in November.

Not really. We have bonfire night and Halloween is for kids.

[Ammi]

the stuffing. i don't know if brits have the stuffing with turkey the way americans do for thanksgiving but i've always loved the stuffing most. soooo yummy.

Also i wonder if brits ever get jealous of Americans, because we basically have 4 huge holidays in the time that you only have 2. We have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. you guys only have Christmas and New Years and those are only a week apart. And we have 2 major feasts. (thanksgiving and christmas), you guys don't really celebrate halloween as much as we do, and you have basically no holidays in November.

..yeah we do have stuffing, Alex..we have chestnut stuffing at Christmas with Turkey...I think Thanksgiving is a lovely one to have, it's something that we obviously don't have in the same way here...we do have Harvest and it is celebrated by some but not in the same way as Thanksgiving is for you though../more of a community thing in some areas, rather than a National thing....which one of those is your favourite celebration, Alex..?..

[jennyjuniper]

Chestnut stuffing, sprouts with caramelised onions and crisp roast potatoes. (UI'm making myself hungry thinking about it)

[jennyjuniper]

Not really. We have bonfire night and Halloween is for kids.

We also celebrate Easter. With loads of chocolate and simnel cake.
One thing I've never understood about the Americans is, if you have a turkey for thanksgiving, you must just about be finishing it off before Christmas comes round and you have to start all over again. Or do you have something different for Christmas?

[Cherie]

the stuffing. i don't know if brits have the stuffing with turkey the way americans do for thanksgiving but i've always loved the stuffing most. soooo yummy.

Also i wonder if brits ever get jealous of Americans, because we basically have 4 huge holidays in the time that you only have 2. We have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. you guys only have Christmas and New Years and those are only a week apart. And we have 2 major feasts. (thanksgiving and christmas), you guys don't really celebrate halloween as much as we do, and you have basically no holidays in November.

Nope no holidays between August and December unless you work in a school or go to school/college :smug: We have far too many bank holidays clustered around April/May, one of those bank holidays needs moving to end October

[Livia]

My favourite part of Christmas dinner is when everyone buggers off back to their own house (Mum and Dad) and I can lay around like a slug for the rest of the day and get some serious telly watching done.

[Marsh.]

My favourite part of Christmas dinner is when everyone buggers off back to their own house (Mum and Dad) and I can lay around like a slug for the rest of the day and get some serious telly watching done.

You just can't wait to watch the latest death on Eastenders can you? :smug:

[Livia]

You just can't wait to watch the latest death on Eastenders can you? :smug:

Oooo no... Doctor Who and Strictly. I can't handle the soaps the rest of the year I'm not watching them on Christmas Day!

[King Gizzard]

When it's over so I can have trifle

Christmas dinner is overrated

[Niamh.]

I love the sprouts and turkey.

In Portugal the have fish and cabbage and boiled pork at Christmas :omgno: This year's Christmas dinner will be a new experience.

That sounds quite nice actually

[Marsh.]

Trifle :yuk:

[Josy]

The mashhttp://i.imgur.com/dmpJDy4.png

:joker::joker:

[Josy]

the stuffing. i don't know if brits have the stuffing with turkey the way americans do for thanksgiving but i've always loved the stuffing most. soooo yummy.

Also i wonder if brits ever get jealous of Americans, because we basically have 4 huge holidays in the time that you only have 2. We have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. you guys only have Christmas and New Years and those are only a week apart. And we have 2 major feasts. (thanksgiving and christmas), you guys don't really celebrate halloween as much as we do, and you have basically no holidays in November.

We have Halloween, Guy Fawkes, Christmas and Newyear so shut up :fist:

[Niamh.]

We only have Christmas, New Year and Halloween, although Halloween is really only a kids thing for most people. Our Bonfire Night is in June

[Marsh.]

The Irish are a funny lot.

[Niamh.]

The Irish are a funny lot.

Guy Fawkes is an English thing :fist:

[Cherie]

We only have Christmas, New Year and Halloween, although Halloween is really only a kids thing for most people. Our Bonfire Night is in June

At least you get a bank holiday in October, I don't know why people refer to Halloween and Guy Fawkes as holidays as they are not, more celebrations without the day off.

[Glenn.]

I'm not fussed that much with Christmas Dinner because its just a roast with a few added extras. Its the bubble and squeak for Boxing Day that makes me moist.

[LukeB]

All of it but pigs in blankets

[kirklancaster]

I'm not fussed that much with Christmas Dinner because its just a roast with a few added extras. Its the bubble and squeak for Boxing Day that makes me moist.

Bubble and Squeak - mmmm. I love it with bacon and a liberal dollop of brown sauce, and bread and butter.

I thought there was only me who loved it.

[kirklancaster]

Chestnut stuffing, sprouts with caramelised onions and crisp roast potatoes. (UI'm making myself hungry thinking about it)

Do you coat/baste your roasters with goose fat Jenny - I do, and it makes them even more delicious.

[Ashley.]

Eating it

[Ammi]

Do you coat/baste your roasters with goose fat Jenny - I do, and it makes them even more delicious.

....Cooking Christmas Dinner with Kirk and Jenny thread..?...

[kirklancaster]

....Cooking Christmas Dinner with Kirk and Jenny thread..?...

:laugh: A great idea - I love Jenny.

[Kizzy]

Goose fat? :yuk:
Roasties have to be done around the meat. :hmph:

[Ammi]

:laugh: A great idea - I love Jenny.

...we'll look forward to the thread then, Kirk and both of your tips on the perfect Christmas Day lunch ..:laugh:...

[Niamh.]

I use goose fat, I find if I do the roast potatoes around the meat they're too moist and don't crisp up enough

[kirklancaster]

...we'll look forward to the thread then, Kirk and both of your tips on the perfect Christmas Day lunch ..:laugh:...

Do you think we should do it in a style similat to my garden makeover thread Ammi? You know with photos as the meal progresses. :laugh:

[kirklancaster]

I use goose fat, I find if I do the roast potatoes around the meat they're too moist and don't crisp up enough

Bravo. (I thought I was the only one :laugh:) It DOES actually make them crisper though. Kizzy should try it.

[Niamh.]

Bravo. (I thought I was the only one :laugh:) It DOES actually make them crisper though. Kizzy should try it.

Yeah, Goose fat and salt mmmm, I have to have crispy roast potatoes

[Cherie]

Goosefat and shaking the par boiled potatoes so they fluff up before covering in the hot fat, given the shops pile up on tins of goose fat during the Pre Christmas season I don't think it's a big secret and lots of people do it.

[Ammi]

Do you think we should do it in a style similat to my garden makeover thread Ammi? You know with photos as the meal progresses. :laugh:

...stop trying to get cheeky photos of young Jenny, Kirk../I know your game there...

[Kizzy]

I use goose fat, I find if I do the roast potatoes around the meat they're too moist and don't crisp up enough

Near the end (when the meat juices are clear) either take the meat out and drain the juice into a cup to separate the fat from the stock, then put the spuds in the meaty tray back in the oven, or put the meat back too if you like a nice crackle or you have a glaze to add. mmmmmm hungry!!!! :)

[kirklancaster]

Yeah, Goose fat and salt mmmm, I have to have crispy roast potatoes

Me too Niamh. When I have eaten at my relatives houses in the past and they did serve roasters done in the same pan as the joint, it was kinda 'hit and miss' whether the roasters were crispy or soft or part of each - a kind of 'lottery' - but goose fat roasters always come out crispy.

[Cherie]

Near the end (when the meat juices are clear) either take the meat out and drain the juice into a cup to separate the fat from the stock, then put the spuds in the meaty tray back in the oven, or put the meat back too if you like a nice crackle or you have a glaze to add. mmmmmm hungry!!!! :)


Yep that works as well, goosefat roasties have been pushed by the celeb chefs for years

[Niamh.]

Near the end (when the meat juices are clear) either take the meat out and drain the juice into a cup to separate the fat from the stock, then put the spuds in the meaty tray back in the oven, or put the meat back too if you like a nice crackle or you have a glaze to add. mmmmmm hungry!!!! :)

omg I have to stop reading this thread, I'm so hungry right now :laugh: I might try that with a few of them this year and see how they turn out