Christmas dinner

[Shute]

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Polish Christmas dinner at work tomorrow, traditional meal of Carp, yes, that’s right Carp. I’m trying to keep a open mind, I’ll report back tomorrow.

Carpe Diem my friend.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Thanks

I hope so too.

4 months in hospital is enough now, but I have got COVID at the moment and it has put my discharge back by days

Really feel for you brother Elwood.

[the other bob wilson]

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Thanks

I hope so too.

4 months in hospital is enough now, but I have got COVID at the moment and it has put my discharge back by days

Hope you're home for Christmas Elwood

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Thanks

I hope so too.

4 months in hospital is enough now, but I have got COVID at the moment and it has put my discharge back by days

Bloody 'ell mate, that's a long time being hospitalised! Hope you can somehow make it out by Christmas.

[the other bob wilson]

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With all of the stories about shortages due to bird flu, I'm giving turkey a miss this year and am thinking of taking out a mortgage and getting a rack of beef. There are all sorts of foods I hated as a kid that I now eat without a second thought, but sprouts are very definitely not one of them, not a great fan of parsnip either, but I'll eat them whereas sprouts are a no, no. I'm not a great cook. but I do have a bit of a knack when it comes to making roast potatoes for some reason, so, this year, beef, Yorkshire pud, roasters, peas, carrots and swede with a few pigs in blankets will do me fine.

[uncle bob]

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Hope it's not hospital food and you can have your choice at home!

Which hospital you in mate?
I'm up the Heath still on my 16th day.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Polish Christmas dinner at work tomorrow, traditional meal of Carp, yes, that’s right Carp. I’m trying to keep a open mind, I’ll report back tomorrow.

Best not complain about it....

[uncle bob]

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Gotta start with these bad boys.

https://youtu.be/b1bXQlWLl7U

[splott parker]

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Chicken & lamb, not a lover of turkey, if it was so nice why only have it once a year
Load of roasties, sprouts etc. in fact, more or less, a traditional Sunday dinner. You can only eat so much.

[bobh]

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I'll be at my daughter's place, a recent "tradition", there'll be about 10 of us.
Turkey, beef, gammon, piggies, roast spuds and parsnips, various veg, inc sprouts.

The best way I've founf to cook sprouts (no stinking out the house!)~ -
par-boil them (cut any big 'uns in half), also roast a few chestnuts (day before)
Roughly chop some streaky smoked bacon and the chestnuts, also a few dried cranberries.
Stir-fry the bacon in just a splash of oil
Add the sprouts and other chopped stuff, ad a pinch of mixed herbs (opt)
You'll never shun sprouts again!

[the other bob wilson]

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Best not complain about it....

[uncle bob]

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Turkey and Beef if I am home. Definitely not lamb. May be gammon instead of the beef

Yorkshire pudding whatever meat as there has been for the last 40 years. Peas,carrots roasties and mash, there will be sprouts,but I won't have them or the cauliflower cheese

And pigs in blankets of course. Nothing wrong with them.

But I may still be in hospital, in which case I guess it will be either be Turkey or Beef

Are you up the Heath Elwood?
Do you need me to pick u anything up from the concourse?
I'm stuck up here myself if you need anything

[blue matt]

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good luck Bob and Elwood, hope you are out and at home soon

[MacAdder]

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good luck Bob and Elwood, hope you are out and at home soon

Seconded, to Bob and Elwood 🍻

[NYCBlue]

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We eat turkey here on Thanksgiving. As previously mentioned, the worst of all the meats. So at Christmas, we eat want we want. My sister-in-law is Italian-American. She usually makes pork chops with a "secret" family gravy. There's usually a pasta dish too. It's mostly about the snacks though.Various meats, (prosciutto -"proshute", capicola ham "gabagool" (it took me years to figure that one out) And cheeses, they literally call mozzarella "mootzadelle" and ricotta "rigote". It's like I'm living in the Sopranos. Then they all get pissed and someone cries. Good times. No one gets whacked though. So that's a plus. There are plenty of stories though.