Festive Food!

JoOfVengerberg
JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
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Hey everyone, I am going to be a nosy goose and pose the question: what are you planning to eat/make/snaffle all of at someone else's house for the festive season? :smiley:
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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,836 Championing
    Turkey we only have it at xmas
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Mince pies, I love them 😍 
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    @leeCal I have been eating so many mince pies! The co-op luxury ones are buttery and delicious! @Sandy_123 do you have a secret to preventing turkey becoming dry? Every time I've had it that's happened to me :joy:
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,836 Championing
    edited December 2022
    Yes I don't cook it lol. Morrosons mince pies are the best, not a fan of kiplins
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    @Sandy_123 I've never had the Kipling ones, not sure I've had Morrisons either but I've been eating them since September haha
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,836 Championing
    Yes same here I have too, all this talk is making want to go warm a couple up
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Unfortunately I’m on a strict diet still so I can’t eat my favourite Christmas foods yet. I like stollen as well.
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    @leeCal oh no! Sorry to hear that :disappointed:
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    @JoOfVengerberg, it’s okay, it’s a self imposed diet, it’s just a case of when I pick my time to break it. Perhaps Christmas Eve, as long as the floodgates don’t open and I start eating everything I can get my hands on 🤣
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    That's fair. I may have to bow out of this one. I find diet talk incredibly triggering (ex ED) sorry!
  • Steve_in_The_City
    Steve_in_The_City Scope Member Posts: 750 Trailblazing
    edited December 2022
    @JoOfVengerberg The secret of a juicy turkey is not to overcook it! They really don't take too long to cook, and if you brine it first (a very simple procedure) it will be extra juicy and delicious. You can get full instructions in Nigella's Christmas Cookery book. https://www.nigella.com/recipes/spiced-and-superjuicy-roast-turkey

    Brining does make a difference.

    The taste/smell that most reminds me of Xmas is cinnamon, but I have forgotten why!

  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    Thanks @Steve_in_The_City ! I absolutely love Nigella and I really should build up my collection. The only festive book I've got is Nigel Slater's The Christmas Chronicles. I was thinking about dry brining duck for this go around. I have an entire jar of marmalade I need to use up and it seems logical to make a sauce to go with duck, though a couple years ago I roasted a chicken with lemons and that made the best gravy I've ever had. Still undecided but I need to get something soon so it's not sold out.
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    Also, cinnamon is my favourite spice. I absolutely love it.
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 12,960 Championing
    Pigs in blankets 
  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,256 Championing
    JoOfVengerberg said:
    @Sandy_123 I've never had the Kipling ones, not sure I've had Morrisons either but I've been eating them since September haha

    I find Morrisons mince pies a little too spicy and underfilled - I prefer Lidl's offering
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    Teddybear12 said:
    Roasted brussels sprouts with bacon. 

    Classic combo! I love adding chestnuts too!!
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    Wibbles said:
    JoOfVengerberg said:
    @Sandy_123 I've never had the Kipling ones, not sure I've had Morrisons either but I've been eating them since September haha

    I find Morrisons mince pies a little too spicy and underfilled - I prefer Lidl's offering

    I don't have a Lidl close to me sadly, Aldi's the closest. I love their food.
  • Steve_in_The_City
    Steve_in_The_City Scope Member Posts: 750 Trailblazing
    Waitrose do a lovely cinnamon bun. I don't want to be a complete Xmas spoil sport, but I am not keen on Xmas pud or Xmas cake! I eat these buns year round 'cos a bun, like a dog, is just not for Xmas! I go the whole hog, split them in half, butter them in a way that my doctor would not approve of, and then I don't have to wish it was Xmas everyday, because it truly is.  
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    Steve_in_The_City said:
    Waitrose do a lovely cinnamon bun. I don't want to be a complete Xmas spoil sport, but I am not keen on Xmas pud or Xmas cake! I eat these buns year round 'cos a bun, like a dog, is just not for Xmas! I go the whole hog, split them in half, butter them in a way that my doctor would not approve of, and then I don't have to wish it was Xmas everyday, because it truly is.  

    I'm not really keen on xmas pudding or cake either, mostly because so many of them have alcohol and I don't like the taste (and the cake is like a brick...) I should get back into baking really, though I'm not particularly good at it. Much more of a 'chuck things in a pot and see what happens' person than a precise baking person.
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    Yule log for me! Because I am also not keen on Christmas pudding or cake @JoOfVengerberg.

    Having said that, I have also seen some free-from-white chocolate and gingerbread pies advertised. I want to try and locate some if I can!  B)

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