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Here's Carol June xx

Excuse me Jules - when you say your husband 'bought a baby' and was feeding it up for Christmas - I hope you are refering to a baby turkey? :))) Lin

Hiya Carol, My lot hate turkey, so we have our own tradition, a mixture of South African with Portuguese. Shredded cabbage soup Baked creamed Cod Fish Roast Beef, Roast Pork, Roast Potatoes. 'Boere Beans' Sweet Carrots, Cauliflower au Gratin. Boiled Rice with lots of Gravy. Cheese Cake, Apple Pie, Milk Tart and Bread pudding. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Health and Happiness for the New Years. Regards to your Mother. Lindy :)

There's only me and my hubby. We always have a breakfast - Scrambles eggs and smoked salmon. Then we pop next door for a drink while dinner is cooking. In a bit of a pickle this year - we have been invited to friends early evening and they are laying on food, so what do I do for Christmas dinner that's light? I know that we could skip breakfast, but we need to have something to soak up the early Christmas beverage. Lin

The Christmas I split from first husband, my daughter and I had sausage egg and chips followed by a GIANT chocolate gateau - well thats what we fancied so thats what we had . Tasted fantastic lol

I have a huge whole leg of lamb from our local farm shop that i am very tempted to get out of the freezer!! Lamb is so expensive!!! The way things are going Lamb is gonna be a yearly treat!!! Eat whatever you want to and enjoy is what i say!! If you want beans on toast then have beans on toast!!!!! Karen

Always have goose but absolutely miffed this year as friend got one from Lidls for £10 (free range) and mine will cost around £30. Will be haunting Lidls next years from November on! Ann

Last year I was on my own so had Steak potato chips and garlic mushrooms MMMMMMM

my family dont like turkey so we always have my homemade steak pie. kate

hiya carol my friend, i dont know yet what we are haveing cos we are going to some friends(do you remember he once said to me , he would rather have an op without anasthetic, than listen to me all day lol),When i said we would go, i said dont go to much trouble for us, he said 'well bring your own then ' lol anyway we will have a good time , cos i feel it in my water x

Oh Carol. I didn' realise you would have to do it manually. Try copy & paste by following these instructions. Open Microsoft word or whatever programme you use to save it in. Left click & hold down on the text you wish to copy when it is all highlighted in blue right click and you get options press copy then go into microsoft word or wherever you are saviing it & right click the options come up again press paste. Hope this helps Carol as I don't like to think of you typing loads of stuff like that out for us. Good luck Pat x

Thank you all for your replies. To those requesting the Lasagna recipe, it will be in your in-box in the next day or so. I don,t know how to cut and paste so I have to type them all seperately. xx

Can't help replying to Pat about her comments on not eating of meats,Pat i'm afraid that fish and shellfish are also meat,and creatures still have to be killed to produce it,is it just that you like the taste of fish and not the other? I'm not trying to make waves ,just curious,i love fish too.Fred.PtfA&G&G&S.

My wife and her mother used tgo go for a picnic on 25th Dec. We continued after we were married. I can remember one year going to Yalding. Very pleasant. Wife and younger daughter are veggies. Eldest daur does not eat Turkey, lamb, pork or fish. Son in law and g/children mostly eat anything. g/Children have to eat what they are given David

Hi Carol, hope you don't think I am being presumptuous but I have sent you a PM for the recipe. Gloria

That sounds lovely Carol can I have the recipe too please :-) I'm having scallops yummy. I don't eat meat I eat fish and shell fish so would never be having Turkey or goose or anything like that. Pat x

it just has to be turkey for us,with gammon and beef cold in the evening. mind you by by the 23rd i'm sick of the sight of turkey !!!

You have what YOU want Carol,we are having the usual because the family expect me to cook it every year,but i would love to join you ,it sounds nice,and refreshing.Go it Girl.Fred.PtfA&G&G&S.

If I liked turkey I would pay it. We are having it for our old folks lunch tomorrow, so that will be enough for me. We are having BM precooked Turkey crown. We sliced it today and it was soggy and salty. Our Tesco usually sell fresh turkeys of cheap in the afternoon of the 24th, but I suppose you can't rely on it. Last year we got a bag of about 10kgs of sprouts for 10p and whole salmon for £1.50 a kilo. David

Hi Carol, Did you get some more snow? We will be having Turkey and Gammon but I think you should have what you enjoy. Mind when I had poached egg on top of mashed potato for Christmas lunch when I was in Austria, I wasn't very happy. June xx