What's for dinner on Christmas Day?

[Sam Vimes]

I've come across Gin infused with Tetley Tea but never Coffee mixed with it. 😁

 

[GaryB]

Theakston’s Old Peculiar, Stoneburn Sauvignon Blanc, a bottle of Ardbeg malt and plenty of other available. Not all at the same time though….

Dinner will be goose cooked by my wife using various Indian spices from her cupboard-of-mystery.

 

[GUMPY]

I have a very nice ( I hope) bottle of Red Spätburgunder.*
Difficult to get over here but Step Son has just been on a work trip to Germany.

* Also known as Pinot Noir

 

[Buckman]

Glass of Port, Zero Guinness. tot of Baileys liquer and then home.

 

[Dustydog]

Glass of Port, Zero Guinness. tot of Baileys liquer and then home.

Dinner all cooked in the morning.
Midday 1 1/2 hrs Red Lion with close friends few ales then home for the main event

 

[otherclive]

Breakfast is an embellishment of the traditional Leicestershire Christmas breakfast, and lunch will be at a local rural Butcombe pub atop the stone mines where Bath’s stone came from and where Spitfires were built.

Why people in Leicestershire eat pork pies for breakfast

The unusual tradition is thought to have originated in the East Midlands

www.leicestermercury.co.uk

 

[Beachball]

My wife likes Melton pork pie a small one often for breakfast me I like my scrambled eggs on toast and coffee

 

[Mel]

Prosecco. Then Prosecco. Followed by Prosecco.
For Cocktails; Margarita, “Naughtiness” on the Beach; Baileys Alexander.
And Port.

That’s why I am never bothered if the Turkey is dry 😂
Mel

 

[Devonisheaven]

Walk the dog on Dartmoor, go for a pint in the village pub, get home and have perhaps roast beef or Lamb. No different to any Sunday really. Just don’t know what all the fuss is about tbh. 🤷

 

[Buckman]

Prosecco. Then Prosecco. Followed by Prosecco.
For Cocktails; Margarita, “Naughtiness” on the Beach; Baileys Alexander.
And Port.

That’s why I am never bothered if the Turkey is dry 😂
Mel

We have never tried Prosecco and not too sure what it tastes like.

 

[borderbilly]

We have never tried Prosecco and not too sure what it tastes like.

I heard when the Southerners drink it they raise their right pinky.

 

[Sam Vimes]

With our NZ connections we've taken a liking to wines from the Marlborough region. So we'll probably have a white wine from there. Something like Wairu Cove. Cheaper here than at the source.

Personally I prefer a red and usually go for a Barefoot Merlot from California.

Not too bothered about alcoholic beer but do like Bundaberg Ginger Beer.

 

[Devonisheaven]

I heard when the Southerners drink it they raise their right pinky.

As long as you don’t mix “Westcountryman” with Southerners………….Different breed all together.

How do I know?………They come here in herds during the summer months! 😂

 

[RogerL]

As long as you don’t mix “Westcountryman” with Southerners………….Different breed all together.

How do I know?………They come here in herds during the summer months! 😂

If only there was an agreed, definitive, boundary between West Country and Southern England !

 

[Hutch]

 

[Beachball]

With our NZ connections we've taken a liking to wines from the Marlborough region. So we'll probably have a white wine from there. Something like Wairu Cove. Cheaper here than at the source.

Personally I prefer a red and usually go for a Barefoot Merlot from California.

Not too bothered about alcoholic beer but do like Bundaberg Ginger Beer.

Never had Bundaberg ginger beer just put it on order with Tesco home delivery ,

 

[Sam Vimes]

Never had Bundaberg ginger beer just put it on order with Tesco home delivery ,

Hope you enjoy it. It's a little on the sweet side but still good in my opinion.

 

[Buckman]

Hope you enjoy it. It's a little on the sweet side but still good in my opinion.

Quite a few reviews refer to it being very sweet with not much ginger taste. Apparently brewed differently for British taste?

 

[Gafferbill]

If only there was an agreed, definitive, boundary between West Country and Southern England !

There is......

If you use the phrase "Where is he".....your a Southener.
If you say
"Where's he to"......your from the West Coutry.

 

[Sam Vimes]

If your from Aberdeen then its “Furry boot y’ frae?” Whereabouts you from?

 

[Mr Plodd]

I love Christmas pudding, but a few years ago Mrs Plodd made a traditional Figgy pudding, my God that was on a whole different level of lovliness, and much less of a "stick to your ribs" consistency.
These days we tend to have turkey if out at the various Christmas functions we attend, and have a rolled and stuffed leg of lamb on "the day" We also have a small gammon and a small turkey for cold cuts (and soup from the carcase of course) from boxing day. The excess from the lamb is frozen in gravy in dinner sized portions so we have easy roast dinners going forward.

 

[Hutch]

If your from Aberdeen then its “Furry boot y’ frae?” Whereabouts you from?

That's Doric, just Outside O Aberdeen

 

[Buckman]

I love Christmas pudding, but a few years ago Mrs Plodd made a traditional Figgy pudding, my God that was on a whole different level of lovliness, and much less of a "stick to your ribs" consistency.

In the early eighties my ex-wife's mother baked a Christmas cake. No idea what she put into it, but you could not cut it it was that hard. You had to sue a hammer to break chips off it. As far as I am aware she never baked another cake!

 

[RogerL]

That's Doric, just Outside O Aberdeen

Given that most of Buchan is within the Aberdeen work catchment area, it's fairly common in Aberdeen itself.

 

[Sam Vimes]

That's Doric, just Outside O Aberdeen

Alas poor Doric, I knew him well.

A small Hamlet somewhere in the area.
😁