Still finishing up Christmas food

[DickyC]

Just had porridge with double cream. We don't normally have cream but it seems a shame to waste it. Porridge with double cream is an event. Very rich. I went a bit cross-eyed.

[Soloman Dodd]

Porridge for Christmas...
Things must be grim.

[DickyC]

Gruel. We should all try it to connect with our roots.

I meant the double cream. A whole pot untouched at Christmas.

[boyse7en]

Porridge sounds pretty reasonable to me

I'm still at the pate and crackers for breakfast stage

[FiF]

Breakfast trifle. Now that's creamy.


Agree about cream in porridge though, also try adding it to overnight soaked muesli.

[Minsky]

We have more cheese than the local deli - haven’t even opened the Époisses de Bourgogne yet. Family gone home and wife is lacto intolerant. Doing the whole “get in shape” thing in Jan so have a couple of days on the cheese diet !

[blue_haddock]

We are down to the toffee pennies, strawberry and orange creams in the quality street........

[redrabbit29]

We bought way too much again - I actually feel a bit ashamed how much we have. Also I'm not very well so unlikely to eat it.

I'm going to get a lot of it together today and take to food bank

[hotchy]

I had turkey stuffing cranberry and cheese toasties yesterday. Turkey pizza tonight..

Turkeys finally nearly done.

Still 4 blocks of cheese to go. Don't forget the many chutneys, and 4 Christmas hot sauces I ordered. Mmm

[Sheets Tabuer]

Turkey porridge

[DickyC]

Oh, crikey, the cheese. I'd forgotten about the cheese.

Turkey soup yesterday, turkey curry today. Cheese tomorrow.

[HTP99]

Left over gammon, chicken and sausage, sage and onion stuffing was all portioned up last night for my work lunch salads and frozen, there is enough for 16 salads!!

Plenty of cheese and dessert left over though which we are ploughing through.

[Riley Blue]

Two Christmas puddings (one individual size, the other large enough for four), a pack of mince pies, half a pack of mini-stollen and a Christmas cake all remain to be started.

We have over-catered yet again.

(Must remember O/H is diabetic...)

[Whoozit]

The best use of leftover turkey so far this year was the juiciest pieces cut into bite sizes and fried in tempura batter, on Japanese curry sauce with coconut rice. Excellent, even for turkey haters such as me.

The ham has done us proud for Christmas Day + Boxing Day lunches and then a pea+ham risotti. Still got plenty left so tonight it'll be portioned and into the freezer.

[prand]

Turkey chilli for us tonight. Had prawns and smoked salmon for dinner last night. Kids had stir fried spouts and ham with re-roasted potatoes last night too, went down very well. Not much left now apart from some cheese and pate.

[DickyC]

Just found an unopened box of dates in the sideboard.

It wouldn't be Christmas without a few dates.

[Murph7355]

DickyC said:

Just found an unopened box of dates in the sideboard.

It wouldn't be Christmas without a few dates.

I'm not a big date fan...but in a sticky toffee pudding they're an essential, and wrapped in bacon are lovely.

[FiF]

Just to continue a theme, try chopped dates in porridge. My special version has dates, sultanas, raisins all cooked with the porridge. Little swirl of cream to serve.

[DickyC]

Working steadily on the crystallised ginger. Then it will be the glacé fruit.