It's Christmas Dinner, so....

Should the spuds be roasted, mashed or boiled?

Further, should we really put coinage in the Christmas Pudding?

I don't think there's a right or wrong way to cook spuds for Christmas (or anytime). I mash mine, as I'm useless at roasting, though I do like them steamed too.

Ah, steamed and topped with butter, salt and pepper. Maybe I'll do them like that this year. 

My mum always put coins in the Christmas pudding. We knew they were there, and looked for them, so there really was no chance of choking on them. She did wrap them in something, I can't remember what. 

We like roast as well as boiled spuds but steamed Sue. Is that the same as boiled?

As for the coins, how do you know that you are not setting somebody up with bacteria, apart from broken teeth?

I think the spuds should be roasted, with perhaps a few baby potatoes boiled (steamed pototoes are just that Ron - they are steamed in a steamer, lol!).

However, with our hot christmases we have potato salad instead.

I've always put coins in the christmas pud - after I have sterilized them in boiling water.  When eating the pud I make sure I check each bite before eating it so that the coins don't end up in my mouth.  And no one I know has ever busted a tooth on a coin.  But I suppose there is always a first time, lol.

When Anna is cooking a steamed pudding does she sit it in a thing that looks like a colander and put it on top of a saucepan of water?  That is steaming!  You can do vegetables the same way. 

There is also a commercially available electric steamer in which you can steam vegetables, chicken, fish, etc.