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What did you burn this christmas day!
As I sit here in a reflective mood on todays proceedings, I thought I would offer some degree of compasion to those of us of the male gender who have tried our best to get out of helping prepare next years family feast by making a complete dogs dinner (quite literally) of this luchtimes meal
Now that the rants of "your completely useless" "that's not enough peas" "you've burnt that" oh and of course my personal favourite, " I thought you went to catering college" (yes, but that was 30 years ago and I studied Alcoholic beverages and food service - I can do a mean dry martini or flambe your fishfingers) are now a distant memory, I would like to invite this evenings audience to openly share their disasters in the kitchen in order that we can collectively heal our wounds and muster up the courage to start it all over again tomorrow
For me, I can confess to the following:
Burnt the "bacon and sausages in blankets" or put another way, bacon wrapped around a sausage
Managed to leave a dark crusty finish to the sage and onion stuffing
and my " de la resistance" burnt my sons two barbeque pork chops (bloody fussy eater) to a point where even the dogs rejected them on the grounds of too high a carbon foot print, only to leave my 14 year old son to have to participate in more traditional food
Come now join with me and share your kitchen disasters with us all for a group hug from your fellow man
25th Dec 2008 11:18 pm
Hassle
Member Since: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Sleaford
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I did my first Christmas Lunch today and parents came to us
I did
Tiger Prawns and Oak Smoked Salmon Crostinis with rocket and cherry tomatoes
Lemon and Raspberry Sorbet
Roast Turkey & Roast Goose with Apricot Force Meat Stuffing, Pork and Cranberry Chipolatas wrapped in Bacon, Pork and Sage stuffing balls wrapped in Bacon & Yorkshire Pudding with Turkey Gravy, Cranberry & Bread Sauce.
Garlic and Rosemary Roast Potatoes, Carrots and Parsnips
Mash Potatoes, Mash Swede & Carrot, Green Beans, Brussels Sprouts and Chestnuts, Savoy Cabbage, Red Cabbage & Apple, Leeks, Cauliflower in Cheese Sauce and Broccoli
Christmas Pudding with Remy Martin Sauce or Vanilla Custard
Stilton, Cheddar & Brie with Biscuits and Grapes
Coffee and Mince Pies
All washed down with Champagne, White, Rose Wine and Port
Luckily Waitrose & Marks & Spencers did most of the prep and all I had to do was heat up bits and place other bits on plates according to pictures. So the meal was a complete success apart from we couldn't eat half the food, in fact I don't think I'll be able to eat ever again.
25th Dec 2008 11:30 pm
caverD3
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Undercooked the Turkey (a little pink in the middle) on the BBQ, after carving off the cooked bits it had to go bck in the oven. It was nice and moist though, right tequnique this year just not long enough.“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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25th Dec 2008 11:34 pm
character
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hardly a disaster, and what's more, leading up to a huge fall next christmas when the favour is returned by your parents.
ps, excuse me whilst I empty to contents of my box of cadburys roses across the computer keyboard hunting for the hazel nut wirl
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25th Dec 2008 11:34 pm
character
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caverD3 wrote:
Undercooked the Turkey (a little pink in the middle) on the BBQ, after carving off the cooked bits it had to go bck in the oven. It was nice and moist though, right tequnique this year just not long enough.
now that's more like it, your soul is cleansed my brother
25th Dec 2008 11:36 pm
character
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"I dont believe it!!" (in the style of victor meldrew), there's only ONE hazelnut wirl
25th Dec 2008 11:38 pm
caverD3
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Looking for this one? “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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25th Dec 2008 11:52 pm
character
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that and a hazelnut wirl
26th Dec 2008 12:02 am
caverD3
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Sorry I can't help with the Hazel nut whirl. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
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26th Dec 2008 12:15 am
Popelka
Member Since: 31 May 2008
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caverD3 wrote:
Sorry I can't help with the Hazel nut whirl.
there in here
just open and look
see found one
Experience is a difficult teacher, because she gives the test first and then the lesson afterwards!!!!
26th Dec 2008 4:53 am
BrumLee
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Location: West Midlands
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Ate one of these at 4am this morning
Plenty of hazelnuts and chocolate, but now I've got indigestion. I knew we forgot to get something this Christmas..................... Rennies
26th Dec 2008 9:43 am
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only got given a 454g box of roses, kids and swmbo over ruled me on getting a tin, they decided it should be cadburys heroes this year "coz it has the crunchie bar" sweet in it.
Little did they know that its been replaced due to the econimic slowdown
mind you, got the biggest toblerol fruit and nut you've seen in your life.... oh happy days!!
Happy to report that I didn't burn or ruin anything this year. Didn't receive any Roses etc but did get a 3' long packet of chocolate fingers As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
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26th Dec 2008 11:27 am
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hi
there's no answer to that AVE
merry christmas
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de la resistance" burnt my sons two barbeque pork chops (bloody fussy eater) to a point where even the dogs rejected them on the grounds of too high a carbon foot print, only to leave my 14 year old son to have to participate in more traditional food 
