Festive Food - Winners and Losers

Lush

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• Dec 30, 2013

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With the end of the festive food mountain looming, what were the winners and losers in your household?

Winners: Aldi Mince Pies - deep-filled, perfect pastry, slightly orange-y scent
Aldi Xmas Cake - deliciously moist, icing nice and stiff, good icing/cake ratio.

Losers: M&S Turkey - honestly tasted like flannel.
Thornton's Chocolates - ubiqitious, cheap, dull.

 

Titanic

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• Dec 30, 2013

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WINNER: Shredded sprouts - stir fried in a hot wok, with crispy bacon and soy sauce.

 

Titanic

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WINNER: Kedgeree for breakfast on Christmas morning!

 

Titanic

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LOSERS: any supermarket mince pies. Sweet short pastry and tasteless gloop inside... always a MASSIVE disappointment.

 

vegster

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Winner..... Morrisons Christmas pudding.....

 

Beach Hut

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Jul 5, 2003

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Winner - M & S Brussel Sprouts with chestnuts and bacon

 

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Winners my home made pickled onions with a hint (maybe a bit more than a hint) of chilli. Fan bloody tastic.

 

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Guerrero

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Jack Daniels Honey.
What a beverage!!!

 

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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Boring By Sea

• Dec 30, 2013

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Winner- M and S mini all butter pastry mince pies. Onto the last box tonight.

 

British Bulldog

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Winner - Morrisons signature mince pies, Very nice and filling.

Loser - Asda's Turkey gravy, Tasted a bit rank and spoiled a very good dinner.

 

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Gwylan

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Lush said:

With the end of the festive food mountain looming, what were the winners and losers in your household?

Winners: Aldi Mince Pies - deep-filled, perfect pastry, slightly orange-y scent
Aldi Xmas Cake - deliciously moist, icing nice and stiff, good icing/cake ratio.

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Absolutely. Some of the best shop mince pies I've had - still not a patch on home made ones though.
The Aldi Christmas cake isn't too bad but not in the same category as the pies.

Mrs Gwylan swears by the Aldi fruit-glazed ham - she says it was superb ... as a veggie, I can't comment on this.

The range of cheeses from La Cave a Fromage was superb - cheese heaven

No real losers - most of the stuff we had was home-made and the rest was from places we trust

 

Titanic

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Winner - Pineau des Charentes 'La Maison Tarin' with the Christmas pudding

 

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Winner. Harveys Christmas Ale.

Loser. Fosters Gold.

 

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Freddie Goodwin.

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Loser was the wife insisting we had loads of fruit because she wanted a 'good display'. Doesn't look so good now, rotting away.

 

Titanic

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Freddie Goodwin. said:

Loser was the wife insisting we had loads of fruit because she wanted a 'good display'. Doesn't look so good now, rotting away.

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any reason why you haven't eaten it?

 

Titanic

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Loser - forgetting to make the Bread Sauce to go with the turkey and gammon

 

Bry Nylon

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Titanic said:

WINNER: Kedgeree for breakfast on Christmas morning!

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Err, Santa appears to have left a glass of piss on your dining room table?

 

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Winner a bizarre two dozen squashed fig effort the size of a cricket ball wrapped in raffia £4.50 from Infinity foods. Remarkable
Loser a 'finest ' Sicilian mouse at Tesco's reduced from 90p to 11p with a day to go and tasted of burnt plastic

 

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Winner - Tesco mini mince pies

Loser - Sainsburys TTD all butter mince pies

 

vegster

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• Dec 30, 2013

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Must admit that this year I made Sloe Gin and Raspberry Gin.... both winners.