The CHRISTMAS Thread

[PPB]

Is that you Sue?

It's not, but I can see how you thought it was me

Like Langers, we are hosting this year, 9 of us. We had a trial run last weekend ( lamb though not turkey) and it went perfectly. I insist everyone wears a Christmas outfit this year, even me 88 year old mother who will be dressed as ' Number 1 Elf ' ( although when trying it on she did say ' well I look a right bloody Prat ')

Also like Langers I'm very much looking forward to this year's festivities

 

[PPB]

Just injected the Christmas cake again with brandy. The aromas from it are fantastic.

Tried the pickled onions and shallots yesterday,added a little sugar to the vinegar this year, lovely. Gala Pie and other stuff ordered from the butchers in Gornal.

Christmas crackers got and table wear, snowflakes this year.

I could go on.....and on....and on, but I will spare you

 

[Pablowolf]

I'm hoping for Xmas dinner on a tray in front of the telly this year, but it won't happen.

 

[Johnny75]

Get yourself in an old people's home, they should do that for you there

 

[machin05]

Started to put my beer lineup for Christmas Day together.

Bought a bottle of this Wicked Weed Genesis Blonde to go with the main course:

This beer starts life as a saison, and is then moved to wine barrels for aging. Papaya and guava are added and it is aged for six months. As is common with Wicked Weed beers there is a little funky farmyard on the nose, but lots of soft tropical notes too. Not dissimilar to a white wine, an oaked chardonnay perhaps. The tartness is not too heavy, and those lovely tropical notes really shine through.

https://www.beerhawk.co.uk/wicked-weed-genesis-blonde



However, I'm really tempted to search out a bottle of Burning Sky - This Land instead as it sounds absolutely perfect and I'm slightly concerned about the tropical fruit notes of the Wicked Weed not matching the food:

A mixed fermentation beer aged on 150 grams per litre of pressed grape skins in a steel tank and a mix of oak barrels. The result is a subtle and very refreshing nod to both the grape and the grain. This Land is our land and this land was made for you and me.

https://www.burningskybeer.com/beers/this-land/

 

[Pablowolf]

Get yourself in an old people's home, they should do that for you there

Washing and cooking done, assisted showers and rubber sheets...what's not to love?

 

[b3h]

https://youtu.be/T_aiaYkcSDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJc6-DgaQa0

 

[b3h]

Fightstar drummer in the Argos Xmas advert..... so random

 

[Deleted Cyber]

 

[machin05]

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/en...more_uk_5dc964f5e4b00927b236c679?guccounter=1

 

[Pablowolf]

Frankly I'm stunned that the Pret Christmas Dinner sandwich didn't win as it's a work of art. I had the Sainsbury's ham hock brioche dealy very recently and can confirm it's a winner.

 

[Tredman]

The Sainsbury’s does look very good.

 

[PPB]

Frankly I'm stunned that the Pret Christmas Dinner sandwich didn't win as it's a work of art. I had the Sainsbury's ham hock brioche dealy very recently and can confirm it's a winner.

The Costco one is a winner. It's cut into about 8 slices, on it is turkey, stuffing, lettuce, brie, bacon and cranberry sauce. I can confirm it's a winner.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Pewk!

 

[PPB]

Pewk!

Not half as pewky as what you served your wife up one morning.

 

[Pablowolf]

The Costco one is a winner. It's cut into about 8 slices, on it is turkey, stuffing, lettuce, brie, bacon and cranberry sauce. I can confirm it's a winner.

So happens I've got to go to Costco next week at some point and renew my membership / buy too much stuff I won't use.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Not half as pewky as what you served your wife up one morning.

Fnnr fnnr

 

[PPB]

Fnnr fnnr

:icon_lol:

 

[PPB]

Putting trees up with two 6 month old cats.....nightmare, little twats.

 

[Tredman]

Putting trees up with two 6 month old cats.....nightmare, little twats.

They’re just trying to tell you it’s not December yet