It doesn’t have to be home cooked, although that is welcome also.
Do you order party food at Christmas?..
Tell us what you are having to snack on/ eat ,through the Xmas period?
Do you tend to eat more?
Pictures of what some members have cooked, would be nice to see.i know it can be a very busy time,…
The only thing we eat only at Christmas is mince pies. I wonder why they’re seasonal and not a year round food?
We always go for a selection of cheese truckles at Christmas, it’s traditional and they’re widely available in the shops 
They certainly are , I just LOVE different cheeses, do you have a favourite cheese? mine is most definitely Stilton…I’m forever making broccoli and Stilton soup.served with homemade cheese scones.
No idea Helen, I guess we can always make our own, throughout the year, I make homemade frangipane mince pies, .found a Nigella Lawson recipe online years ago, have always stuck to that recipe.
My wife cooks. Salmon, turkey, gammon, loads of vegetables, ice cream, Christmas pie etc. The gang arrives in droves.
I bet they do, “ yum yum”…
…I know your wife is a very good cook,
Just another Sunday roast in our house.
Cheddar is definitely my favourite especially when flavoured with herbs or spices. I really need to be a tad more adventurous when it comes to cheeseboard this Christmas.
[quote="Chilliboot, post:9, I really need to be a tad more adventurous when it comes to cheeseboard this Christmas.
Me too, cheese is darn expensive, oh well, it’s only once a year for me.
Exactly Pauline, I’m not going to go mad, quality over quantity 
I remember as a kid that we used to have bowls of nuts around the house, and the endless fun using a nutcracker to get into them.
My mother used to work for the (East German) Leipzig Fair Agency, and used to be given a stollen cake from the East German Embassy each year. Those were delicious.
And roast chestnuts! Wonderful cooked on a small shovel on an open fire. Not an option at the moment so they’ll have to go on a solid baking tray in a hot oven.
Never cooked those ourselves, but used to love getting a bag to scoff on while (window) shopping on Oxford Street. Happy days, eh?
Thank you kindly, P3!
I forgot Trarmasalata - it is a dip we have with our starter.
That has brought back memories, as well as the roasted chestnuts, that Chilli mentioned, …I loved cracking nuts as a teenager…
They are now on my shopping list, I love chestnuts.
Oh I need one of these this year…M&S always did a wonderful one, but since they have abandoned my high street, I’ll need to get one elsewhere. Amazing cake 
Oh yes, those free standing barrel like braziers.
You could smell the fuel as well as the chestnuts, I’m sure it was coal, red hot.
Happy memories indeed!
Don’t forget to cut a cross across each and every nut, otherwise they have a tendency to explode 
