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- May 5, 2008
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Surely that should taste of cheese ?
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Festive Food - Winners and Losers
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Surely that should taste of cheese ?
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Winner: My honey roast gammon. Always ready to hone and refine, boiled in cider this year after a tip. Superb.
Loser: Another one for forgetting bread sauce. Schoolboy.
Loser: Another one for forgetting bread sauce. Schoolboy.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Winners:- My home made brandy butter (made with plum slivovitz); white bread fried in turkey dripping.
SouthCoastOwl
New member
Winner - Sainsbury's turkey crown, first supermarket meat in recent times to actually taste of what it's supposed to!
Loser - The Pinot Grigio served in my local, had to drink 3 pints of Harveys to take away the taste of the sip I had from Mrs Owl's glass!
Loser - The Pinot Grigio served in my local, had to drink 3 pints of Harveys to take away the taste of the sip I had from Mrs Owl's glass!
maltaseagull
Well-known member
somerset
New member
Winner - Rick Stein Nutmeg and Cardamon chicken and stuffing recipe.
Loser - Lanson pink champagne won in a raffle......dire.
Loser - Lanson pink champagne won in a raffle......dire.
m20gull
Well-known member
Winners - a dead heat for the home-made gravy and bread sauce
Loser - Tesco mince pies, especially as I'm the only family member that will eat them.
Loser - Tesco mince pies, especially as I'm the only family member that will eat them.
Since1982
Well-known member
Loser, the gluten free sausages and turkey crown ordered from my local butcher. When I turned up on Christmas Eve to collect them it turned out he hadn't made the sausages and the turkey "crown" had been boned and rolled. Apparently I should have said if I wanted it "on the bone" - I suggested I would have asked if I wanted it boned and rolled.
Winner, last minute purchase of a free range Norfolk turkey from Waitrose which tasted lovely after some clever cooking by yours truly.
Winner, last minute purchase of a free range Norfolk turkey from Waitrose which tasted lovely after some clever cooking by yours truly.
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Just about to pour the Harrods brandy onto the pud to light it when there was a confession from a younger member of the family that we may want to check as there was a possibility it had been watered down........
Barham's tash
Well-known member
Winners:
Waitrose turkey crown and the excellent wrap in towels for an hour before serving method that kept it moist and tasty.
Bread sauce with everything.
Black bomber cheddar from the Snowdonia Cheese Company
Losers:
Waitrose Gammon with apricot glaze - dull, insipid and none of that home made clovey goodness.
Waitrose turkey crown and the excellent wrap in towels for an hour before serving method that kept it moist and tasty.
Bread sauce with everything.
Black bomber cheddar from the Snowdonia Cheese Company
Losers:
Waitrose Gammon with apricot glaze - dull, insipid and none of that home made clovey goodness.
Hillian1
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Winner: Butterfly Turkey Breast from Bookers (5kg of pure breast meat for £25), Gravy made from the juices, Sprouts.
Loser: Forgot the Bread Sauce.
Loser: Forgot the Bread Sauce.
topbanana36
Well-known member
Winner - Home made apple, rhubarb and blueberry wine and the bottle of jager which didn't last long.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
Well-known member
Loser- tesco chocolate coins. Really poor quality chocolate- binned them in disgust.
Since1982
Well-known member
That worked for me as well - although it ended up being two hours, still fantastic though.
robinsonsgrin
Well-known member
winners... for the first time in years.. everything that I had served up for Christmas dinner was really tasty.. well done mother! covered in bread sauce of course!
oh and my mates homemade pickled onions on boxing day.. mmmm
loser.... mothers homemade sausage rolls.. shame really as her pastry is superb, yet she chose to use shop bought puff crap! yuk..
oh and my mates homemade pickled onions on boxing day.. mmmm
loser.... mothers homemade sausage rolls.. shame really as her pastry is superb, yet she chose to use shop bought puff crap! yuk..
TheJasperCo
Well-known member
Winner: Dad's homemade Christmas cake; homemade stuffing; homemade mince pies.
Looosser: Homemade gravy - runny, watery and flavourless.
Looosser: Homemade gravy - runny, watery and flavourless.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
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- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,809
Winner - Huge Goose for Dinner (and with only 6 people, still some meat left !)
Loser - Langoustines, part of the starter. Bit like celery, use more calories getting to it than you do eating it.
Loser - Langoustines, part of the starter. Bit like celery, use more calories getting to it than you do eating it.
banjo
GOSBTS
Winners. Turkey from the butchers, and slow cooked gammon in coke then glazed with golden syrup.