tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post4974955080887184032..comments2024-02-17T17:55:18.229+00:00Comments on Eternally 28: Parsnips and memories. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-18840054734443848242021-12-22T20:32:19.410+00:002021-12-22T20:32:19.410+00:00Our Christmas dinner as a child was similar to you...Our Christmas dinner as a child was similar to yours but without the pigs in blankets, no parsnips. I hated the sprouts. One year mum made bread sauce. It was awful, never had it again. We had ready salted crisps on our dinner, I've no idea why and cider shandy to drink.<br />Tea was turkey sandwiches and boxing day was an all day buffet similar to your high tea.<br />I do something similar but sometimes we have chicken.<br />I made my own cranberry sauce this year with orange, apple and a bit of sugar. <br /><br />Carolx<br />Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332392686031711784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-39349149397193625992021-12-22T17:24:19.952+00:002021-12-22T17:24:19.952+00:00I just cannot imagine it at all. Sue, I have never...I just cannot imagine it at all. Sue, I have never had or fancied bread and butter pudding either.Rachel Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875808936389030446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-77545103025322797242021-12-22T17:23:09.561+00:002021-12-22T17:23:09.561+00:00I have the Delia Christmas books so wonder how dif...I have the Delia Christmas books so wonder how different her recipe is to James Martin's.Rachel Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875808936389030446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-87511337223850983572021-12-22T17:22:01.643+00:002021-12-22T17:22:01.643+00:00 I love the fact we can now look back with our ros... I love the fact we can now look back with our rose tinted specs on!Rachel Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875808936389030446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-53809476379833806152021-12-22T17:19:43.252+00:002021-12-22T17:19:43.252+00:00I absolutely love the stuffing and extras too. I d...I absolutely love the stuffing and extras too. I do do sprouts with bacon and chestnuts - again it's probably these that I like more!Rachel Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875808936389030446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-16120927344936103882021-12-22T15:44:26.817+00:002021-12-22T15:44:26.817+00:00Your memory of making lemon chiffon pie reminds me...Your memory of making lemon chiffon pie reminds me of the sausage rolls I made in Domestic Science. By the time I got home I had a box full of flakes of pastry with small bits of sausage floating on the top. Not very appealing! But even less appealing was the weird concoction of fishfingers wrapped in processed cheese slices and streaky bacon then rolled in crushed ready-salted crisps. Goodness knows what the teacher was on when she came up with that combination!Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-38998176556323141732021-12-22T14:48:57.231+00:002021-12-22T14:48:57.231+00:00I really enjoyed this post. I love finding out abo...I really enjoyed this post. I love finding out about other people's holidays. Here in Ontario, we had turkey, mashed potatoes, two kinds of stuffing (but my mother called it dressing) - wet and dry, homemade applesauce (like you!), cabbage salad, carrots and dessert was usually pie(s). Well done taking bread out of your life. That must have been difficult, but if it's causing you problems, maybe it's a relief. Have a very merry Christmas. -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-17127742533040435422021-12-22T10:45:07.090+00:002021-12-22T10:45:07.090+00:00Everything was homemade, my mum loved cooking and ...Everything was homemade, my mum loved cooking and would slave away in the kitchen all week. We often had goose instead of turkey, and always had game as well, often pheasant which I loved. The icing on the cake was always rock hard, but as we were a huge family we always had a 2nd cake with fruit in top. Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-68948029632192255332021-12-22T10:27:55.361+00:002021-12-22T10:27:55.361+00:00funnily enoughwe were om about all the weird party...funnily enoughwe were om about all the weird party food items available now , still would prefer cheese and pineapple cubes and an egg sandwich and sausage rollkate steeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772776996207438308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-64752420719564319312021-12-22T09:27:03.955+00:002021-12-22T09:27:03.955+00:00Wot NO bread sauce!! The second best bit of Christ...Wot NO bread sauce!! The second best bit of Christmas dinner after the pigs in blankets!<br /><br />My mum would huff and puff at the weird things we did at Domestic Science (Which is what the cookery/sewing lessons were called in my day) too and we all had a basket covered with a tea towel too - but I thought you were far too young for that!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-83750143546607736182021-12-22T09:20:16.469+00:002021-12-22T09:20:16.469+00:00Your childhood Christmasses sound very similar to ...Your childhood Christmasses sound very similar to how mine were. Reading the above really brought back some lovely, nostalgic memories.<br /><br />I reckon the parsnips had a lucky escape! I hated cooked carrots as a child but I love them now. Odd!<br /><br />Bread sauce is lovely. I make it when I want a treat. We're having turkey on New Year's Eve this year and bread sauce is near the top of the menu list. So delicious. I make Delia's version.<br /><br />What a shame about the Salted Caramel Bailey's. Maybe there will some for New Year?<br /><br />xxJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-60839339153468607862021-12-22T08:14:05.041+00:002021-12-22T08:14:05.041+00:00Gosh, most of that I remember from my teenage year...Gosh, most of that I remember from my teenage years. Happy Days.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101883877426552626.post-62064304389972905652021-12-22T07:38:09.773+00:002021-12-22T07:38:09.773+00:00I might regret putting this out there, but I'm...I might regret putting this out there, but I'm not really a fan of Christmas Dinner. Still, every year I bow to tradition and 'get on with it'. The extras, such as apple sauce and stuffing, are my favourite parts. Last year, I threatened my lot with just a having Gregg's Festive Bake instead :) X<br /> Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837629817375132149noreply@blogger.com