Space Chick Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I've been thinking today. There are certain foods I only ever buy and eat at Christmas. I'm sure others must be the same and have special Christmas treats that you don't have the rest of the year. Let's all share Mine are: Bradan rost (a cooked smoked salmon fillet from Loch Fyne) Sherry Herring Rollmops (again from Loch Fyne) Cheese crispies (the thin little cheese biscuits from M&S) Twiglets Dry roasted peanuts So what are your Festive guilty pleasures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I'm not mad about sprouts, so I only eat them on Christmas Day but I wouldn't call them a guilty pleasure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 After Eights, Chocolate Orange and chocolate money (mince pies but surely that's true for all) Not eat, but drink - Crofts Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Turkey! Cooked pears Tutti Frutti Chipolata pudding Gugelhupf I absolutely love cooked pears and this years pears were perfect! Lovely soft and spiced. This makes just about our complete Christmas dinner, which is the same each year. we also had different types of potato (mashed, baked and grilled) sprouts and beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Gugelhupf what? I don't know what this is... but I think I might need it C'mon Cat tails, what is it Cathy X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Hahaha It's sounds way more interesting than it is! But according to wikipedia, that's what you call a "tulband" in English! It's just an ordinary cake with raisins, sultana's, cranberries and flakes of almonds around it. But for Christmas, you traditionally bake it in a high round tin with a hole in it. It has the overal shape of a Christmas pudding, but then with a hole in it... But far less complicated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Turkey ..... Not keen. I prefer goose for Christmas, and it is the traditional English Christmas bird. Turkey is a recent interloper. However, I am outvoted here, so bland and boring Turkey it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 My mum isn't keen on goose. Too much of a game taste. But we do like to cook a large bird, so turkey it is. We stuff ours with walnuts and chestnut puree. It's a very soft taste, but also very good. I forgot about the cranberry jam! Also great with turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Apart from the obvious mince pies, christmas pudding etc, the only things that immediately spring to mind are nut roast and ginger wine. I don't really know why I don't buy them any other time of year, but I don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Christmas cake is an obvious, but my favourite flavour of Christmas. Ready made sausage meat stuffings Chocolate, I really don't eat it for the rest of the year apart from a small egg at Easter. Sausage rolls, home made Smoked salmon My OH has cheese footballs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Chipolata pudding Gugelhupf you've explained the cake but what is chipolata pudding?? I have a lovely vision of chipolatas in a prawn ring style yum yum yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 It's a pudding made with whipped cream, milk, sugar, gelatine, vanilla pods, sugar and eggs, and filled with raisins, sultana's, Marasquin liquor and a type of biscuit which is a bit like a macaroon, combined with a Italian amaretto biscuits. It is a very chewy biscuit with a strong almond taste. The pudding is set in a ring shape tin. (same tin as the Gugelghupf by the way!) My mom makes it every year. Takes a lot of time, but is well worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Brandy butter Cranberry sauce Bread sauce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 The usual,turkey,gammon,stuffing.I really enjoy Christmas dinner and think I must do a turkey now and then.Before you know it it is Christmas again and we haven't had one since last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Chocolate Orange - Mum buys us all one every year Pringles The shop bought M&S type party food Pigs in blankets Devils on horseback - I do eat enough of these each year though to see me through the other 50 weeks I don't like Christmas cake, mince pies or Christmas pud but I do relent and have a bit of Christmas pud so I can have some brandy cream. I draw the line at devil poo though, aka sprouts. Baileys - only drink it at Christmas, just aswell as we've got through 3 litres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Devil poo??? I made myself some sprouts only last week! Hmmmm! I don't like the bitter taste of sprouts, but it's so easy to get rid of that bitterness. I half my sprouts (after cleaning them of their outer leaves) and boil them in water with some vegetable stock (about a tablet per 250 g of sprouts) for about 10 to 15 minutes. Depending on how soft you want them. I like mine to have a bit of a bite. Any leftovers can be made in a nice sprout mash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Now there are three words that should never be put together Sprouts = nice mash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 If you steam or boil sprouts until just tender they're sweet not bitter. I couldn't understand why OH thought they were bitter and disgusting until I tasted them as he'd had them growing up...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Lets hear it for sprouts I love them, esp with a drizzle of Marmite Seriously, a sprout and potato fry up (ie; bubble and squeak) is lovely! I forgot to add Port to my list....never have it at any other time of year but OH insists that he needs it for the cumberland sauce for the ham so we just have to buy a whole bottle!!!!!!! OH also makes Christmas pud ice cream which is amazing, esp with his home made meringues - which we only have around Christmas too!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Brandy snaps! forgot them, although didn't get any this year, feel I've missed out now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Gosh, I LOVE sprouts!! I'll eat them for as long as the allotment will supply them. Would be awful to only think I could have them once a year.... I've had them twice this week already Port - yes, forgot that, a nice at least 10 year aged tawny port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Brandy snaps are really easy to make and much nicer than shop ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyBean2605 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 DATES!!!!!! I love 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 sprouts Before Christmas 3 stalks for £1.50 we stocked up stored them in our summerhouse and had a two week sprout fest all five of us love sprouts. Sadly not a sprout stalk to be had now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Asda had sprout stalks yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
