kayoneuu1
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Dec 21, 2018 5:02:47 GMT
It’s the 21st of December
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kayoneuu1
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Interests: golf; grandkids; travel; food; sauvignon blanc; pinot gris ......
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Dec 21, 2018 5:15:29 GMT
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joono
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Post by joono on Dec 21, 2018 7:16:01 GMT
I love that song.
I am making the gravy tonight. I'm making Jamie Oliver's Christmas gravy but I'm leaving out the star anise because I reckon it makes it taste like a curry. It's almost like making a full on roast to make this gravy so I'm doing it now so I can freeze it until the day.
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Post by flashie on Dec 21, 2018 7:37:56 GMT
I haven't got time for that...................  ............ours will come out of a packet...............and 60-120 seconds in the microwave, |
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Post by prim on Dec 21, 2018 7:38:41 GMT
I made that gravy a few years ago when you gave me the recipe, star anise and all. I loved it but my family were not fans and I got a request to go back to my old gravy making please LOL.
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joono
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Post by joono on Dec 21, 2018 7:48:28 GMT
Haha that's my normal method Flashie but I've kind of made it my own little tradition. I'm not making much of the Christmas lunch so I'm just doing my traditional things.
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Post by flashie on Dec 21, 2018 7:51:53 GMT
When we are all together there are nearly 20 of us. This Christmas we have about 1/2 dozen extras. And I am cooking ALL of it. So I am cutting corners where I can. I'm crazy.............  |
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joono
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Post by joono on Dec 21, 2018 8:02:44 GMT
You are crazy! Mind you, I've done it myself more than a few times but usually with others contributing dishes. Sometimes it's easier to do it all yourself as long as you have the fridge space.
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Post by pennybanger on Dec 22, 2018 0:31:07 GMT
I remember those days, too Flashie. When I hosted the family Christmases I used to cook what we called our 'Christmas albatross' - a quail in a boned poussin in a boned chicken, in a boned duck in a boned turkey (the turkey had its wings and legs left intact.) I didn't assemble it myself of course, I bought it from Mondo's, Perth's best known specialist butchers. It fed 20 with leftovers.
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joono
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Post by joono on Dec 22, 2018 1:50:50 GMT
My brother-in-law (dearly departed) brought along the turducken one year. Like yours Penny, from a specialist butcher. It's always seemed kind of barbaric to me and I'm surprised they seem to be making a comeback.
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Post by pennybanger on Dec 22, 2018 2:12:43 GMT
They're really good for feeding a crowd though. Well, it sounds like our chauffeur has just pulled up outside, so I'm off to Busselton for festivities at DDs place. I'm not taking the lappy so I'll say  for now and catch up with you all tomorrow. |
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............ours will come out of a packet...............and 60-120 seconds in the microwave,
for now and catch up with you all tomorrow.