CHRISTMAS FAYRE

There's an easy answer from me, as I like to make my traditional Christmas dinner if turkey, bread sauce, mash, peas, and stuffing.  I find I'm too old now to enjoy Christmas pudding with white sauce right after dinner, so I think I will just start a new tradition of having it on Boxing Day.

My husbands family have homemade ravioli as there traditional Christmas fayre, so they save some for him. 

hi sue think i will come over,only two of us this year for dinner so it will be a nice lump of pork,roasters,most veg then the usual pudding then it is slacken your belt time.

the next day we face it all again but this time its turkey,but the meal i look forward to most of all ater is a nice plate of chips and a couple of eggs.         dont forget 7 weeks tonight is  new years eve   lol.

As Christmas occurs during our hottest season we have now reverted to cold buffet food.  There will be turkey, glazed ham & all sorts of salads, trifle, milk tart & possibly chocolate mousse.  We still have mince pies and Christmas Cake. I'll probably cook the meat during the evening or over night and believe it or not I've still got last year's Christmas Pudding because it was just too hot to steam it!!! lol

Like you James I really enjoy bacon & egg or egg & chips when the left-overs from Christmas are all gone!

Turkey on Christmas Day, Ham on  Boxing Day.

Now there's a question what is Boxing Day all about? A new thread maybe?

Poor Paul!

My husband has worked the last eight Christmas Days, but this year he has it off. We just celebrate Christmas as a family on whatever day around Christmas he has off. I don't get caught up with calendar dates.  

Hi Ron,

Well Boxing day is actually my birthday so it's pretty special to me..

Debbie.

Hi James,

 Well me for me it will have to be Turkey,covered in half a ton of streaky bacon,those little sausages wrapped in bacon,crispy roast potatoes and all the memorable things like...........Brussels!!!  

Desert has to be christmas pud,but served around 6pm,by that stage hopefully dinner has managed to go down..

I think i actually enjoy the evening much better..I have always christmas night laid out some plates of turkey,gherkins,salad,crackers etc.....Has to be done !!..Especially while watching some 'christmas blockbuster' that everyone has seen at least 24 times!!..ha ha ha ha

Boxing day is actually my birthday,so 'try' not to do any cooking then!

I'm full just thinking about it!!!!!

Main course undecided as yet--possibly a big standing rib roast. My Ma will undoubtedly make her wonderful corn pudding and a sweet potato casserole along with a "peacheesy" pie (a baked filling of peaches, cream cheese and sour cream).

I'm hoping that my daughter-in-law will be making Venezuelan arepas (corncakes) and her Tres Leches cake, which is unimaginably delicious! I'm also hoping that my sister-in-law will be making her Czech koláče (kolachi), a dense, rich pastry filled with apricot, lemon, raspberry or poppyseed. Geez, now my stomach is growling!