Another year and another plate of absolute ***** served up at the in-laws. Absolute *****!
How do you break it to the wife that you simply can't stomach it every year?
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Thread: Horrendous Christmas dinners
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25-12-2019 02:43 PM #1
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Horrendous Christmas dinners
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25-12-2019 02:56 PM #2
Haha, this should be on the bah humbug thread. How bad was it? I'm cooking for one so can only have one pi$$ed off person. What went wrong?
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25-12-2019 03:05 PM #3
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It was absolutely horrendous. Topped off with beef gravy. Each to their own but just use a poultry gravy with poultry.
They substituted chipolatas for bacon lardons. It's an absolute joke.
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25-12-2019 03:42 PM #4
I've taken over cooking duties in recent years. Guarantees I'm satisfied even if no one else is.
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25-12-2019 04:39 PM #5
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Beef gravy with turkey. Never heard of that before.
Sounds wrong.
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25-12-2019 05:05 PM #6
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After a well earned break the shout "who wants desert" reigned out.
I was particularly looking forward to it because they got in some lovely individual sticky toffee puddings that only needed warmed up before serving to allow the toffee sauce part to melt on top and into the sponge.
They decided to serve them as they were "to save heating them". Absolutely ***** again. It's actually *****.
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25-12-2019 05:10 PM #7
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No problems with Christmas dinner at mine. I love cooking it
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25-12-2019 05:19 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuotePM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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25-12-2019 05:54 PM #9
Couple of years back my mate drove from lincolshire to Kent to his mother in law's for xmas dinner. Wasn't looking forward to it.
On the journey down he said to his wife that he wasn't looking forward to seeing ******* burnt sausages on the plate as usual.
When the dinner arrived his 5 year old who'd been in the back of the car picked a sausage off his plate and said Dad,dad it's ******* burnt sausages again. There was only about a dozen folk at the table
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25-12-2019 07:48 PM #12
The dinner at the in laws was as usual pretty average.
The thing for me is working at a bank is the huge impact and pressure people are under to buy stuff they just can't afford. Maybe it should just be about having a meal and then everyone can be happy. The impact I have seen on the back of Xmas is huge and so many people suffer.
Think that is why it just annoys me when I just see people posting stupid piles of presents on social media.
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25-12-2019 07:56 PM #13
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25-12-2019 08:00 PM #14
Mercifully my mother in law is an excellent cook and has long since ceased with turkey in favour of a beef from a favourite butcher in Yorkshire.
This year we stayed here in Switzerland owing to imminent baby arrival. Did French onion soup then beef Wellington. The latter didn't *quite* end up as in the Gordon Ramsay recipe but the beef was spot on and generally delicious.
Now sat on the sofa watching Netflix with a bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Bliss.
Keep the tales of woe coming though
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26-12-2019 01:02 AM #15
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26-12-2019 03:25 AM #16
Well mine was a triumph - turkey for her indoors and veggie for me for the first time. The kitchen was like working in a blast furnace; I almost passed out, but it was worth the effort. I know it sounds so gallus, but it was the best Christmas dinner I've had. I'm very glad I was only cooking for two (plus the dug) - that was stressful enough.
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26-12-2019 07:46 AM #17
I cooked for eight, turkey and ham, roasties, parsnips, sprouts with bacon, carrots, pigs in blankets, stuffing, (a quiche request from the veggie)potato croquets, gravy.
Trifle, Christmas Pudding, Profiterolls.
All very well received and no complaints ( to my face at least 😁)
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26-12-2019 08:48 AM #18
My MIL is a superb cook and thankfully her daughter, my better half, follows that on. So much so that I'll happily agree to attend my in laws at any occasion rather than my parents as my own mum is an average cook. Whilst it's never terrible it's just alright and there's never enough.
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26-12-2019 11:30 AM #19
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Pink juices?? How are you today?
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26-12-2019 02:18 PM #20
We go away for xmas every year, nae crappy xmas lunches, nae family and nae kids, f,n fantastic, everyone should try it. Just back from staying a nightvat a spa, fantastic,
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26-12-2019 08:58 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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26-12-2019 09:32 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis is how it feels
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28-12-2019 10:39 AM #23
I do all the cooking in my household and get everything from M&S as the wife works there and we get 20% discount. Get the timings right and all cooked to perfection as per usual.
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28-12-2019 02:31 PM #24
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Tried making roast potatoes with duck fat rather than goose fat this year, highly recommended.
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29-12-2019 06:10 PM #25
My oven packed in this Christmas, whilst doing the turkey it wouldn't heat above 140c. Turned out the best turkey I've ever had, even if we didn't get to eat it until 23:30. Improvised by cooking the roasted spuds in shifts in the dry fryer, they too were excellent and I'll definitely do that again.
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01-01-2020 09:24 PM #26
We had a Bell's steak pie for new year. The cooking instructions said Remove All Packaging. After some debate, we stuck it in the oven without even its silver tray. Result - collapse of pie although it was perfectly edible.
Were we naive to take the instructions so literally?
Perhaps Mr Bell can explain because he'll be getting a letter from me. £7.50 it cost!
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01-01-2020 09:37 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Glad it didn’t spoil your dinner though.
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01-01-2020 09:53 PM #28This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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01-01-2020 10:01 PM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
All I'm saying is the instructions should have said "Remove all packaging but leave in silver tray". I'm secretly hoping Mr Bell will take pity and send us a voucher.
The pie was good - well filled with steak.
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01-01-2020 10:04 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Edit: See the OP has explained it perfectly 😁
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