stormymonday_2011 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I thought the whole point of Christmas was to eat food you would not touch any other time of the year, in a place you do not want to be and with people you spend the other 364 days of the calendar avoiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Figgy pudding Roast boar's head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Figgy pudding I find that people who want figgy pudding can be quite demanding in their approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monks Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I did not know that. Add Fruit Cocktail to the list. From a tin of course! Simpson Foods on the main Stretford Road. They also did fruit cocktails, currys, stewed beef... (in fact anything in a can) for their own brand, Tesco, M&S etc. Virtually all the same ingredients, canned and cooked on the same lines. Only difference was the inspectors from the higher class stores (M&S) seemed more thorough in checking cleanliness, processes, KPI's etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I find that people who want figgy pudding can be quite demanding in their approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Mince pies are the Devil's own creation. If they were so nice we'd eat them all year round. Full on Xmas roast with all the trimmings is the only Xmas related food that I actually enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Mince pies are the Devil's own creation. If they were so nice we'd eat them all year round. Full on Xmas roast with all the trimmings is the only Xmas related food that I actually enjoy. We don't eat them all year round because we would explode. They are beautiful things; my December count is up to four. Althouigh I did hear somebody the other day say that they were only up to two; but they were counting in boxes of six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEATH Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Prunes. Mulled wine. Terry's Chocolate Orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 We don't eat them all year round because we would explode. They are beautiful things; my December count is up to four. Althouigh I did hear somebody the other day say that they were only up to two; but they were counting in boxes of six. Christ, I'd hit 2 boxes before Thanksgiving. Must be up to 6 boxes by now. Usually the aldi specially selected variety, the normal co-op ones give me epic heart burn. Eccles cakes do the job all year round instead of mince pies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Mice Pies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Any fancy finger foods, usually in a box that require warming up in an oven.....anything cadbury....any frozen deserts in a box....mass market convenience avoided.....nothing from certain firms, they know who they are out of principle.... Home made mince pies and Christmas pud, nuts in shells, tangerines and anything authentic fine by me...including dates and figs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilf Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 A box of Turkish Delight. At last the Turkish Delight was all finished and Edmund was looking very hard at the empty box and wishing that she would ask him whether he would like some more. Probably the Queen knew quite well what he was thinking; for she knew, though Edmund did not, that this was enchanted Turkish Delight and that anyone who had once tasted it would want more and more of it, and would even, if they were allowed, go on eating it till they killed themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Quality street and roses used to be OK but have been bastardised over the years. Mince pies, I never understood. My Xmas delicacies are Turkey and stuffing sarnies, cold cuts, high class choccies and various liqueurs. Am fond of a well-laced figgy pudding, but not Xmas cake, though sometimes a yule log. Definitely trifle - more cream the better. But if I could have only one, it would be the Turkey and stuffing sarnies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Quality street and roses used to be OK but have been bastardised over the years. Mince pies, I never understood. My Xmas delicacies are Turkey and stuffing sarnies, cold cuts, high class choccies and various liqueurs. Am fond of a well-laced figgy pudding, but not Xmas cake, though sometimes a yule log. Definitely trifle - more cream the better. But if I could have only one, it would be the Turkey and stuffing sarnies Bird's Trifle (packet) is definitely one for this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Kourabiedes & Melomakarona again? Mmmm, deliciious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Used to crack the Xmas nuts with my teeth. Chipped a chunk off one molar on boxing day a couple of years ago so no longer buy them anymore. Haven't touched Almonds in their shell since I had an extremely bitter tasting one as a kid. Any Cadbury's selection (eg Roses/Quality Street) is usually vile but will still be eaten. Trifle - ugggh. Being veggie obviously do not touch the turkey. I once turned up with one for the missus, and being non-English she had no idea what to do with it and ran screaming from the room (allowances were made given she was ill at the time). I ended up having to prep and cook the bloody thing. Love Chesnuts - but only get the pre-peeled ones nowadays. Mince pies. Love 'em but cannot keep too many in the house. Iceland were giving free boxes to bonus card owners a few weeks ago. The entire box lasted about ten minutes in our house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Naff special cheeses, typically with fruit in. Bread sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Both quality street and roses have got worse. The chocolate has got darker and more sickly IMO. In the old days it was more milky. I prefer milka as a chocolate bar now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Naff special cheeses, typically with fruit in. Bread sauce. Even naffer, the 'cheeseboard' selections the supermarkets sell that are invariably 4 or 5 of the blandest, meekest, offensively inoffensive cheese offerings you will have the misfortune to try over the festive period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cavey Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Mulled wine that tastes like some sort of "woody glade" air freshener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 One things that annoys me about food at Christmas (well two): Sprouts on stalks Carrots with the tops left on Why? Why? Is it because it gives the impression that because it's Christmas we're going the extra mile and eating extra fresh veg? Maybe this could go I'm 'inconsequential things that annoy me intensely'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Christmas Crackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 A smug, snobby food thread on HPC OT???! Say it isn't so! I only eat locally sourced, free-range, organic food that asks me to eat it. Then I cry about it afterwards. Then w***k. Then have some vitamin D. Everything else I grow myself. Do you cook it in an oven that you forged from iron smelted in your own back garden ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 One things that annoys me about food at Christmas (well two): Sprouts on stalks Carrots with the tops left on Why? Why? Is it because it gives the impression that because it's Christmas we're going the extra mile and eating extra fresh veg? Maybe this could go I'm 'inconsequential things that annoy me intensely'. Triangle cut sandwiches. The ultimate con. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Actually got a bit of nostalgia for a bowl of nuts and a nut cracker...don't think people do that anymore do they? but in the 60s and early 70s no household was without them at Christmas. I've seen plenty of bags of nuts in shells in Asda. We always have some at Christmas. Mr B is very partial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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