Pretty similar here. Also smoked salmon and gammon. And some nice wine. And a bunch of family.
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Off out to a friend’s house, with her son and husband, and another lady from the coffee group.
Doing my own dinner tomorrow.
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Beef/gammon dinner for us.
Merry Christmas to all.
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Simple steak pie and mash for me. Having Christmas lunch tomorrow in pub with family.
Christmas dinner this evening around 6pm. Going to daughter & her partners house, partner cooks, we have beef, I bought it, lots of veg & Yorkshire pud. Daughter will be here any mo for lunch.
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lunch was smoke salmon sandwich followed by panettone and fruit.
roast lamb at about 6pm.
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My Christmas lunch today done myself.
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Looks great Susie
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Prawns, Huzarensalade (potato salad),Eton mess (with strawberries)
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It is Boxing Day now and we are off to my son’s later for lunch.
Yesterday we had pulled beef, ribs, chicken wings (all marinated and/or spiced in some way), potato bake, various salads followed by pavlova, Ice cream, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, yougurt, Christmas pudding, Christmas cake etc.
Before this was served there were prawns, cheese board, nibblies (nuts, cheese, cracker biscuits, cabanossi etc) lots of beer, prosesso wine and gin.
Later games of Exploding Kittens and Cluedo.
A lot of fun for all, even though Christmas Day was quite cool (23°) and thunderstorms drifted in on and off. God knows how big my daughters new patio is but it kept us dry outdoors all day
We had some small hail but nothing like the Central West
Doing my own meal. On the list, but not necessarily huge portions will be
Turkey slices, half a slice pork n apple stuffing
Stuffing, stuffing & sausagemeat, sausage
Roast…potato, sweet potato, parsnip
Peas, red cabbage, carrot
Yorkie pud
Gravy & cranberry sauce
Anything left over can be used for another meal tomorrow
That’s a lot of stuff Jazzi. Are you doing it from scratch, and is it just for you!?
We had roast duck for dinner, lovely flavoursome dark meat 
There’s still some left in the fridge and I strained off the excess fat which has now solidified and ready for making roast potatoes etc.
The carcass will be broken up and left on overnight in the slow cooker to make stock.
Okay, I cheated and used a couple of packets but I’m not beating myself up over it😉
Oh, had oven roasted carrots, parsnips and shallots to go with it 
Turkey, sage and onion stuffing that i make myself,pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots, peas, cabbage and sprouts with gravy.
Christmas pudding with whipped cream and cranberry relish that I both make myself.
The boys have a Christmas dinner also but not the pudding.
Forgot the red cabbage. It was in the micro, ready to be heated. I will need to freeze it all now.
My lot like their traditional Christmas dinner, same every year, but I don’t mind because I love watching them scoff it
I don’t do starter but I leave out some cheese cubes, pickles and crackers they can nibble while I cook
Then it’s:
Roast Turkey
Sage and onion stuffing
Cranberry sauce
Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Glazed carrots
Peas
Runner beans
Sprouts
Cauliflower cheese
Lots of gravy
Christmas pud
Cream
Custard
Brandy butter
Nothing exciting or different but they’d cry if I changed it!
For us its beef,gammon,roast potatoes,carrots,peas,broccoli,yorkie puds and onion.beef gravy.
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Yesterday’s duck carcass after twenty five minutes in a hot oven with some of the stock veg.
Next it’ll be destined for a large pan with 2 and 1/2 pints of water, some herbs, two cloves of garlic, a slit red chilli and peppercorns.
Gently simmer for about four or five hours, allow to cool, skim off the fat, strain through a fine sieve and finally into the fridge as stock
Actually a quick edit… about four pints of water to cover all the ingredients.
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Starter : pigs in blankets, salmon & cream pinwheels and pan fried garlic lemon scallops, reduced in white wine with sage and thyme, served on a bed of French leaf salad & wedge of lemon.
main course : roast turkey crown, roast potatoes (in duck fat baked with rosemary thyme & garlic), steamed brussels sprouts, honey glazed parsnip, carrots with garlic rosemary & thyme, sage, cranberry sauce & homemade gravy using the turkey juices.
Christmas pudding with brandy set alight & mini mince pies, served with Brandy cream
Cheeseboard - stilton, brie, goats cheese and gouda served with three types of grape
Washed down with Prosecco and white wine
There was also a pescatarian option where I separately pan fried trout and sauteed baby potatoes
This all went down really well. The feedback was “best Christmas dinner ever” which made it all worthwhile. Clean plates and unhappy dog as so little left over 