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Posted by JudithB
Xmas Day Menu November 22, 2005 10:23PM |
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 03:16AM |
Well Judith, we are having our Christmas dinner on the Friday before Christmas day, as our daughter has to be shared around with her inlaws, and our son is some where in the middle of India!
we will be having the following.
roast Pork
apple sauce
assorted veg including new potatoes from the garden,(show off)
Followed by Plumb Pud, ( a very old recipe I have been making for at the very least 40 years, and young I aint!!!!!!!!!!
served with English custard, ( not for the faint hearted, or weight watchers)
Trifle, as it reminds me of a very dear friend who passed away 5 years ago, who used to land on my door step at the crack of dawn boxing day and demand trifle for breakfast.
and some sort of dessert made with fresh raspberries..
Some nice wine will be there as well, but that's the Darlings domain.
Then if we are able after a few hours, I have cake,
short bread and
the most yummy Belgium Bisciuts.
Coffee and a really nice Galway Pipe port.
Jeanne
we will be having the following.
roast Pork
apple sauce
assorted veg including new potatoes from the garden,(show off)
Followed by Plumb Pud, ( a very old recipe I have been making for at the very least 40 years, and young I aint!!!!!!!!!!
served with English custard, ( not for the faint hearted, or weight watchers)
Trifle, as it reminds me of a very dear friend who passed away 5 years ago, who used to land on my door step at the crack of dawn boxing day and demand trifle for breakfast.
and some sort of dessert made with fresh raspberries..
Some nice wine will be there as well, but that's the Darlings domain.
Then if we are able after a few hours, I have cake,
short bread and
the most yummy Belgium Bisciuts.
Coffee and a really nice Galway Pipe port.
Jeanne
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 03:51AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 3,170 |
Hayley
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 04:45AM |
We are having a huge antipasto platter followed by an adapted version of stuffed turkey breasts from Dish mag (stuffed with dried fruits soaked in brandy, wrapped in streaky bacon) - I'm going to have a think about doing them on the BBQ, and BBQ'd scallops and fish. Plenty of home made ciabatta and a huge green salad, and freshly dug spuds from the garden. I'm going to treat us to a really nice bottle of olive oil for the dressings and to dip the bread in and haven't really decided on dessert yet... but its going to involve berryfruit and cherries....just seeing as it is such a wicked fruit season in central Otago this year!
There will still be plenty of bowls of Roses chocolates and cherries and yummy nuts..... and plum pudding as I have just found my grandmothers recipe!
We normally have a very traditional Christmas dinner, but my mother says as long as there is turkey involved somewhere she'll be happy!
There will still be plenty of bowls of Roses chocolates and cherries and yummy nuts..... and plum pudding as I have just found my grandmothers recipe!
We normally have a very traditional Christmas dinner, but my mother says as long as there is turkey involved somewhere she'll be happy!
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 07:47AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 120 |
Hayley
Unless you have a young mother, I'm surprised she wants turkey. That's a very new tradition in Kiwiland, unknown when I was a kid. Now here I'm aging myself, because when I was a kid even chickens were hard to come by and I would think turkeys were unthinkable. You had to get just-killed chickens from poultry farms and pluck them yourself. Chickens were a rare treat when I was a .... gasp..... teenager! And no, I'm not yet in my dotage. It's just that NZ was very backward for far too many years. How I love the range of food we have now, but we should not be complacent. Many things foreigners take for granted are still hard to get.
Unless you have a young mother, I'm surprised she wants turkey. That's a very new tradition in Kiwiland, unknown when I was a kid. Now here I'm aging myself, because when I was a kid even chickens were hard to come by and I would think turkeys were unthinkable. You had to get just-killed chickens from poultry farms and pluck them yourself. Chickens were a rare treat when I was a .... gasp..... teenager! And no, I'm not yet in my dotage. It's just that NZ was very backward for far too many years. How I love the range of food we have now, but we should not be complacent. Many things foreigners take for granted are still hard to get.
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 09:14AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 309 |
This year we will put down our last big hangi - kids too scattered now, and it is a great way to feed a lot. There is a lot of prep. on the morning, vege and meat wise, but once down and tables set up, there isn't too much work. Usually do pork, chickens, and lamb. Veges usually kumera, pumpkin, potatoes, cabbage - sometimes sweetcorn. Also like a pot of fresh peas, too. And of course the steamed pudding! Daughters supply desserts, usually a trifle, a cheesecake, icecream and cream; they bring their own drinks and I do the crackers, etc. So with grandies, and partners, I think there will be about 20 or so. The beauty is that I can freeze left over meats and veges (apart from the potatoes which do not freeze well) and I have a few readymade meals for the holiday at the beach!!!
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 09:29AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 613 |
We've got 22 people coming to our place this year. Menu will be
ham
turkey
roasted vege salad
some other sort of nice salad
boiled new spuds
Xmas pud
Mince tarts
trifle
pavlova
fruit salad.
When I actually typed it out, it seems we have heaps more dessert than necessary, but hey its only Xmas once a year!!
Quite traditional, but I'm going with some salads as I won't have enough room in the oven for the ham, turkey and veges too.
Linda.
ham
turkey
roasted vege salad
some other sort of nice salad
boiled new spuds
Xmas pud
Mince tarts
trifle
pavlova
fruit salad.
When I actually typed it out, it seems we have heaps more dessert than necessary, but hey its only Xmas once a year!!
Quite traditional, but I'm going with some salads as I won't have enough room in the oven for the ham, turkey and veges too.
Linda.
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 09:03PM |
Admin Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 7,844 |
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Their oil is available from Milly's in Auckland, or you can email them for your nearest stockist: blumenfeld@xtra.co.nz
I am just finishing my second bottle of their 2003 vintage and it's heaven. I'll certainly be buying more, very soon.
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 10:49PM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 130 |
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 23, 2005 11:45PM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 130 |
Hi Khaki
I wonder how long turkey has been readily available on NZ for - I can remember having it for Christmas dinner since I was very, very young - I'm in my early 30's now. I guess it has become part of our family tradition, I even remember my grandparents cooking roast turkey as a treat in the middle of the year!
I wonder how long turkey has been readily available on NZ for - I can remember having it for Christmas dinner since I was very, very young - I'm in my early 30's now. I guess it has become part of our family tradition, I even remember my grandparents cooking roast turkey as a treat in the middle of the year!
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 24, 2005 03:30AM |
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 24, 2005 11:43AM |
Oooh Jenny B,
can I come to your place, I'll even peel the veges for you. I haven't had a hangi in a long long time and love them. My eldest son every year says he is going to do one but we live in hope that this year will be the year.
This year I will do the usual roast lamb and veges with plum pud for lunch and cold meats with salads for dinner and trifle. fortunately there will only be 4 of us this year 2 sons and their partners will be away and my daughters partner will be going to Wellington to see his mother, unfortunately Stacey can't go because her dailiysis treatment has just started and she doesn't feel that she could cope in a strange place.
Kay D
can I come to your place, I'll even peel the veges for you. I haven't had a hangi in a long long time and love them. My eldest son every year says he is going to do one but we live in hope that this year will be the year.
This year I will do the usual roast lamb and veges with plum pud for lunch and cold meats with salads for dinner and trifle. fortunately there will only be 4 of us this year 2 sons and their partners will be away and my daughters partner will be going to Wellington to see his mother, unfortunately Stacey can't go because her dailiysis treatment has just started and she doesn't feel that she could cope in a strange place.
Kay D
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 25, 2005 11:29PM |
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 26, 2005 10:58AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 76 |
We are heading over to my parents for Christmas Lunch where we are celebrating with around 30 family members.
We will be having a keg hangi as Queensland has strictly no lighting of any sort of fires due to Bushfires.
In the keg hangi we will be having
-Pork, Lamb, Pickled Pork and Chicken
-Potatoes, Pumpkin and Kumara
Also
-Stuffing (Nanas traditional fluffy stuffing!)
-Peas
-Glazed Leg of ham with the trimmings
-Potato Salad
-Coleslaw
-Mixed Green Salad
-Avocado and Mango Salad
-Mixed Petite rolls
For Desert we will be tucking into
-Steamed Pudding (Burnt Sugar one) with Custard and cream
-Tiramisiu
-Pavalova
-Baked cheesecake
-Fresh fruit salad
Yum its making me salivate as I type!
Merry Christmas all and have a great day!
RH
We will be having a keg hangi as Queensland has strictly no lighting of any sort of fires due to Bushfires.
In the keg hangi we will be having
-Pork, Lamb, Pickled Pork and Chicken
-Potatoes, Pumpkin and Kumara
Also
-Stuffing (Nanas traditional fluffy stuffing!)
-Peas
-Glazed Leg of ham with the trimmings
-Potato Salad
-Coleslaw
-Mixed Green Salad
-Avocado and Mango Salad
-Mixed Petite rolls
For Desert we will be tucking into
-Steamed Pudding (Burnt Sugar one) with Custard and cream
-Tiramisiu
-Pavalova
-Baked cheesecake
-Fresh fruit salad
Yum its making me salivate as I type!
Merry Christmas all and have a great day!
RH
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 27, 2005 11:44AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 275 |
Ham on the bone
Potato Salad
Walnut Bread
Seafood Cocktails
Pasta Salad
Selection Salad leaves
Grilled and marinated red peppers (yum)
Boneless Paprika Chicken
Cherries
Trifle
Pavlova
Blackforest Cheesecake
Fresh Fruit Salad
and a nice bottle of wine
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2005 05:01AM by Kathryn.
Potato Salad
Walnut Bread
Seafood Cocktails
Pasta Salad
Selection Salad leaves
Grilled and marinated red peppers (yum)
Boneless Paprika Chicken
Cherries
Trifle
Pavlova
Blackforest Cheesecake
Fresh Fruit Salad
and a nice bottle of wine
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2005 05:01AM by Kathryn.
Re: Xmas Day Menu November 29, 2005 07:38PM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 309 |
RH, very interested in the concept of your keg hangi! I have a nephew in Towoomba and I guess the restrictions apply there. It would be lovely to tell him how to do a keg hangi so they could experience it. He is Maori and is only now discovering his birth origins (and we've discovered a nephew we didn't know we had!!) If you like, email me direct - I really look forward to hearing from you.
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 02, 2005 09:35AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 120 |
I'm still refining my menu, started on another thread titled Christmas barabecue.
However, I've already bought the raw, frozen giant Thai tiger prawns so that will be a given. I am planning a long, slow luncheon with entrees aplenty and lighter on the mains, while desserts will be simpler than previous years.
My normal fare is:
roast turkey with the usual trimmings.
desserts: pavlova(s), steamed pudding, trifle, fresh fruit salad
This year I'm thinking of a barbecue with entrees aplenty: prawns, scallops, crayfish, mussels, Chinese mini spring rolls and wontons. Not settled on the mains yet but thinking of rack of lamb, chicken kebabs, salads. Desserts may be simpler than usual: trifle, berry fruits, chocolate cake, icecream.
I need to think about the lack of leftovers for tea and the next day. Should I cook some chickens, a small turkey in advance to have cold? Should I have a ham?
Christmas is on a Sunday. I'll have the Saturday off and be back at work on the Monday. I am expecting to cook for six on the day and for four for a day or so after that.
I'm still thinking, still experimenting ......
However, I've already bought the raw, frozen giant Thai tiger prawns so that will be a given. I am planning a long, slow luncheon with entrees aplenty and lighter on the mains, while desserts will be simpler than previous years.
My normal fare is:
roast turkey with the usual trimmings.
desserts: pavlova(s), steamed pudding, trifle, fresh fruit salad
This year I'm thinking of a barbecue with entrees aplenty: prawns, scallops, crayfish, mussels, Chinese mini spring rolls and wontons. Not settled on the mains yet but thinking of rack of lamb, chicken kebabs, salads. Desserts may be simpler than usual: trifle, berry fruits, chocolate cake, icecream.
I need to think about the lack of leftovers for tea and the next day. Should I cook some chickens, a small turkey in advance to have cold? Should I have a ham?
Christmas is on a Sunday. I'll have the Saturday off and be back at work on the Monday. I am expecting to cook for six on the day and for four for a day or so after that.
I'm still thinking, still experimenting ......
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 06, 2005 04:54AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 2,630 |
To be honest I have no idea what is for xmas dinner as we are having a family affair but we are all spread out over the NI, so we were told last year what to bring, so as far as I know. All mum and I have to supply is ice-cream, Trifle,and Jelly. SO if anything fails we have that to eat-lol.
I will be making some truffles and suppling chips and nibbles for the tables.
Zeetra
I will be making some truffles and suppling chips and nibbles for the tables.
Zeetra
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 15, 2005 05:42AM |
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 15, 2005 11:26PM |
Admin Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 7,844 |
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 16, 2005 12:28AM |
As a child it was always Roast Chicken as that was special, usually too expensive to buy everyday like it is now. I cant ever remember Turkey being sold.
However times change and Chicken to me is just an everyday affair whereas Turkey is a oncer.
Hence in our house it is Roast Turkey, with minted new potatoes. Couscous and Roasted Vegetable Salad, Mixed Leaf Salad, and Corn and Avocado Salad.
Dessert is Individual Christmas Pud, Trifle (no jelly) just custard with berries thro it. Christmas Icecream, Strawberries, and Baylies Cheesecake.
Tea time we eat the scraps and bbq some meat.
However times change and Chicken to me is just an everyday affair whereas Turkey is a oncer.
Hence in our house it is Roast Turkey, with minted new potatoes. Couscous and Roasted Vegetable Salad, Mixed Leaf Salad, and Corn and Avocado Salad.
Dessert is Individual Christmas Pud, Trifle (no jelly) just custard with berries thro it. Christmas Icecream, Strawberries, and Baylies Cheesecake.
Tea time we eat the scraps and bbq some meat.
Livs
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 16, 2005 05:45AM |
Xmas this year is being spent with Fiancee's family and we are having a Hungi, prepared in the backyard of brother-in-laws house!! Should be great and different for me as I am used to the big Turkey/Ham silverware, crackers traditional christmas with my family. So am looking forward to relaxing and letting the guys do the hard/hot work....hehehe
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 21, 2005 08:46AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 2,411 |
I feel the pounds settling on my hips just reading what people will be having. Sounds like an awful lot of work to me. Well, I'll happily settle for some nice marinated salmon fillets baked in the oven, some pan roasted jersey benne potatoes, asparagus, an avocado/orange/red onion salad and a few glasses of bubbly to go with that. No dessert but later a few nice cheeses and crackers with more bubbly. Breakfast will be pancakes with strawberries and blue berries and maple syrup, strong coffee and a glass of bubbly. No lunch. It's just two of us and we are looking forward to relaxing. Might sound sad to some but it suits. Happy Christmas to everyone here. It has been a joy to observe/take part.
Cheers Chris
Cheers Chris
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 21, 2005 08:50AM |
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Re: Xmas Day Menu December 21, 2005 09:35AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 639 |
The only Christmas meal I'm cooking, I did on Monday night (: (My partners' brother and sister in law are going to see her family over Christmas, so I had them, along with my partners mother around before they left)
We started with (homemade)pickled red onions and (homemade)pickled mushrooms, something in the neighbourhood of (homemade)baba ganoush, (homemade)marinated olives with garlic, (as is)cherry tomatoes, (jarred)sweet peppers and (homemade)feta; along with a couple of bowls of (homemade)pita bread. *phew* [There's a certain sense of accomplishment that goes with homemaking all that stuff.. I'd hate you to think I just bought it all (; ]
For the main course, we had roasted zucchini and capsicum, cous cous, a moroccan style raw carrot salad and either chorizo, or salmon with a spice rub made from cinnamon, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and dried chilli (toasted and ground myself!)....along with the nibbles we started with.
Then we had lemon sorbet. "To clense the palate, daahling"
Then cheese course! de-facto-MIL bought along a farmhouse brie and a blue; and I had a wedge of gorgonzola picante, a camembert and a block of aged cheddar; which we had with all sorts of crackers and a handful of cherries.
And then they all surrendered when it came time for dessert! de-facto-MIL bought along strawberries, raspberries and cherries; along with plums in rosewater; and ice-cream....which I've been enjoying since (:
We started with (homemade)pickled red onions and (homemade)pickled mushrooms, something in the neighbourhood of (homemade)baba ganoush, (homemade)marinated olives with garlic, (as is)cherry tomatoes, (jarred)sweet peppers and (homemade)feta; along with a couple of bowls of (homemade)pita bread. *phew* [There's a certain sense of accomplishment that goes with homemaking all that stuff.. I'd hate you to think I just bought it all (; ]
For the main course, we had roasted zucchini and capsicum, cous cous, a moroccan style raw carrot salad and either chorizo, or salmon with a spice rub made from cinnamon, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and dried chilli (toasted and ground myself!)....along with the nibbles we started with.
Then we had lemon sorbet. "To clense the palate, daahling"
Then cheese course! de-facto-MIL bought along a farmhouse brie and a blue; and I had a wedge of gorgonzola picante, a camembert and a block of aged cheddar; which we had with all sorts of crackers and a handful of cherries.
And then they all surrendered when it came time for dessert! de-facto-MIL bought along strawberries, raspberries and cherries; along with plums in rosewater; and ice-cream....which I've been enjoying since (:
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 22, 2005 06:37AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 146 |
We have had a huge change of plans for Christmas this year due to a family situation. And its all good!! Being in the food biz I am totally fooded out about now so hubster and myself will be alone Xmas Day.
Fresh danish pastries, honeyed greek yogurt and berries, then roasted tomato, bacon, and corn fritters for brunch. Later, when peckish I will be having my favourite prawn salad ( !!!) and my man will no doubt want lamb on the BBQ with a couple of salads. Easy done. Also have a secret bottle of Bollinger I got for a good price at Woolies chilling ready for us to share. Nary a turkey in sight.
Boxing Day...family time. And they are cooking!
Chopsticks are the reason the Chinese did NOT invent custard.
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 22, 2005 06:41AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 146 |
We have had a huge change of plans for Christmas this year due to a family situation. And its all good!! Being in the food biz I am totally fooded out about now so hubster and myself will be alone Xmas Day.
Fresh danish pastries, honeyed greek yogurt and berries, then roasted tomato, bacon, and corn fritters for brunch. Later, when peckish I will be having my favourite prawn salad ( !!!) and my man will no doubt want lamb on the BBQ with a couple of salads. Easy done. Also have a secret bottle of Bollinger I got for a good price at Woolies chilling ready for us to share. Nary a turkey in sight.
Boxing Day...family time. And they are cooking!
Chopsticks are the reason the Chinese did NOT invent custard.
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 22, 2005 06:47AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 146 |
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 22, 2005 06:51AM |
Well thanks everyone for contributing to this thread...always interesting to know what other people are having.
With the big day almost here the only thing left to do is the last minute things like preparing the trifle, glazing the ham & setting the table...then to consume.
Still trying to buy chocolate cinnamon sticks...no luck anywhere including the specialty chocolate shops...nothing anywhere here in Wellington..........???
Wishing all other 'foodies' out in cyberspace a safe & happy Xmas!
JudithB
With the big day almost here the only thing left to do is the last minute things like preparing the trifle, glazing the ham & setting the table...then to consume.
Still trying to buy chocolate cinnamon sticks...no luck anywhere including the specialty chocolate shops...nothing anywhere here in Wellington..........???
Wishing all other 'foodies' out in cyberspace a safe & happy Xmas!
JudithB
Re: Xmas Day Menu December 22, 2005 07:14AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 146 |
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