Christmas Preparations

I'm all loosey-goosey with my plans . I often start and finish early .

I do like a cooked breakfast christmas eve and Christmas day . As long as I get at least one of those , I'll be happy . Most years I pay more attention to the breakfast supplies than the main meals .

Not this year 😀 . It's the dinners I'm craving , especially the green veg .

Boozewize I've got whiskey and strong beer chaser . Totally not in the mood for drinking ...but a little buzz would be nice . Since the Covid most the traditional British flavours of Xmas just aren't appealing to me at the moment , so no sherry , port , mince pies , christmas pud, no cheeseboard . Just didn't buy them and have no regrets 🙂 .

Got a delivery slot for the 28th anyway , if I pine for anything I can get some then 😉.
 
Popping in to wish everyone a Merry Christmas ☺️
 
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Anyanka Bunny Slayer
Anyanka Bunny Slayer
Merry Christmas, cutie! 🎄
TriBel
TriBel
Merry (socially distanced) Xmas!
Nix
Nix
Merry Christmas hun, have a good one xxx
The Bronze
The Bronze
Merry Christmas. Come back in the new year!
Ethan Reigns
Ethan Reigns
Welcome back and Merry Christmas!
I've just collected some Christmas presents from my mother's - there's a very long box from my eldest. I suspect it's a soundbar. There's also a heavy Amazon box, which might be Absolute Sandman 6 "Overture". If they've managed to track down Funko John Deacon and Roger Taylor then my Xmas is complete and everything else is a bonus. 😄
 
ILLYRIAN
ILLYRIAN
If it is a soundbar I'd be interested to know how it works, I bought a Yamaha 5.1 surround sound system 8 or 9 nine years ago, its replacement time.
Christmas is well underway at Munga Manor 😛 .

Cracked open the whisky Tuesday night . Sliced the Christmas ham for breakfast this morning .

My Christmas lunch is in peril , friends have had some Covid drama so the whole lot might be off ..definitely much reduced in scope .

I am not too bothered . Got a full dinner here and always planned as if we would be in lockdown over christmas . 🙂
 
Christmas lunch is cancelled ! 😀 Poxy Corona ; it keeps you guessing . 🙄

So pulled some turkey out the freezer . Prepping the veg tonight . I'll be going for an early dinner 🙂
 
Hunga Munga said:
Prepping the veg tonight
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In my house that involves "cutting the corner off a plastic bag of frozen veg, tipping into appropriate cooking vessel and finding a peg to reseal the bag". I've just made tomato and garlic couscous with Mediterranean vegetables by "prepping the veg". 😄

Sorry about your Christmas dinner! If it helps you appreciate your solitary meal, I'll likely have company for mine but the chances of me throwing it at someone are pretty high at the moment. 😠
 
I'm totally cool about the meal . 🙂

The thing I've been on tenterhooks about is the little lockdown baby in our immediate circle . She's so lovely and the Covid experience has meant the whole group barely got to share in the pregnancy or her first months . I was really hoping she could have a normal first Xmas for the grandparents . Not looking likely now 🙄.
 
TriBel
TriBel
Aww...that's a shame. I know what a fuss grandparents made about my twins first Xmas
We decided not to spend Christmas with the whole family this year, which was disappointing since that's how we've always celebrated Christmas, but we're having our own fun! About to have our own La Vigilia- I'm not Italian but taking classes and hoping to study abroad soon, so it seemed fun to have a fish-oriented feast on Christmas Eve. My mom got the most delicious looking salmon at the fish monger today!
 
A Christmas wish for everyone, but especially @Anyanka Bunny Slayer:

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ILLYRIAN
ILLYRIAN
You forgot the Minions favourite, the cheddar BANANA!
Yeah my Christmas food was a resounding success . Managed to keep up the pace of proper meals until last night . Ham Sandwich for supper 😀

Back in the saddle today for proper cooking . Hoping to coax another couple of meals out of the ham 😀 .

Naturally I overbudgeted ...but it's a lockdown for 3-6 weeks , can't really have too much food in the cupboard .

Just trying to keep my food waste to a bare minimum now . So far half a bottle of lager , half a loaf of bread and a mouthful of veg on the compost .

Used most of the perishables , just got a bag of fresh veg to work through .
 
Friends of mine had to frisbee a whole camenbert into the woods on Christmas Day . Too smelly to even go on the compost 😀

I ducked the whole cheeseboard/pate/cold cuts this year , not feeling the loss either . On my own , a cheeseboard is just a dozen things going off at the same time 😀 .
 
Hunga Munga said:
Friends of mine had to frisbee a whole camenbert into the woods on Christmas Day . Too smelly to even go on the compost 😀
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Sigh...bloody kids bought their dad Timberland walking boots and clothes, and a cheese board* but put the cheese in my fridge and forgot it. They opened it Xmas night and found it was all French soft cheese. It was stinking the house out. I double wrapped it and sent it back with them - hidden in their clothes. Serves them right for being born. 😒

*And Karate Kid 1,2,& 3. I've no idea why. 🙄
 
Just analyzing the wreckage from my holiday prep . I might have even beaten our Christmas fanatic Nix because I'm already plotting next year.

My mission statement is 'all ham, all the time' 😀 . Just cook a ham early 23/24th , have a longlife cooked one in the fridge for the backend of the holiday . Back it up with some liver , good sausage and some sort of vegeburger . All min cook easy stuff.

Then I can concentrate on the things I actually cared about this year , the mountains of quality vegetables 😛 .

This Christmas has reminded me that I haven't been spending enough money on my food . I eat well enough but I need to make sure I buy more fresh produce .
 
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Maybe , but I personally feel the difference in things like potatoes and cabbage, cauliflower, a few others . I had some tinned baby carrots this year that were sublime , I would never put that much effort into a bag of tiny fresh carrots .

I also tried these frozen mushrooms this year that were pretty damn good . Mushrooms don't keep for me and they're a pain to prep.

It's more a broad failing though . I stop eating eggs but buy a quiche every week instead . I think 'bunker lockdown' when I shop and end up with jars , pouches , tins and frozen coming out of my bottom ...but not a single piece of fruit 😛
 
@Hunga Munga I'm fairly sure cooked carrots of any description are poisonous...I won't be persuaded otherwise...I hate them...though I'll make an exception for soup.😄 I don't care much for tinned veg - except sweetcorn. Frozen veg I like and I freely admit to having eaten almost nothing* but stir-fries (noodles/Quorn/and about 5 frozen veg) plus frozen berries since lock-down started. It's partly because I'm lazy and partly because I waste a lot of fresh food (which probably boils down to 100% laziness).

You prep mushrooms? I eat them raw on the way home from the supermarket! 😄 I'm seriously useless with food.

*I'm conveniently omitting crisps and red liquorice.
 
I'm not really a carrot fan either , but when I don't roast a bunch of veg I need a bit of colour on the plate 😀 . Ended up as being quite sweet and tasty ...for a carrot 🙂 .

There's a tin spinach I use quite a lot . Everything about fresh spinach is a pain in the arse , growing it , harvesting it , washing it ...and fresh shop bought is no prize either . In general I love all the green stuff but don't put the work in enough .

Big fan of processed peas too 😀 but haven't indulged in those for a long time .

My lockdown groove has been basmati rice pouches and 5 minute cous cous . Gone off the wheat based stuff for some reason and potatoes aren't a regular staple at Munga manor .
 
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