Christmas Lunch

[Grunt]

We going up to the block and staying in a shed. No power so, lunch will be ham samos and dinner is a stir-fry.

Ms Grunt and I keep our rellies at least 3000ks away. Christmas is bliss.

[Auld Bassoon]

The cook is doing roast pork with roast veggies.
Hmmmm
And the tipple will be port, hic.

The best part, even today, is to just do what ever we want, no time limits, schedules.

Al

Snap mate - except that in my case, I'm the cook, eater and bottle washer.

May have a Red Gum sandwich in the morning first though

[Auld Bassoon]

Prawns

Eye fillets wrapped in proscuito and baked

Couple of different salads

Roasted potatoes

Strawberries soaked in cointreau and orange

Cheese and fruit

Probably crack a red and have a couple of Grolsch

G'day Craig,

I tried, for the first time, in the Western Cape of RSA some years ago, strawberries laced with Cointreau and freshly ground pepper; sounds odd, but lovely!

Give it a whizz!

Happy Christmas!

[Wongo]

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and two husbands,

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an ex-boyfriend (we're still good mates)

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a bloke we met somewhere

I am not so sure Midge!:eek:

Well, we’ll have lunch next door with the in-laws. A lot of western food but I will stick with the fried rice. OK I will have some pavlova which is the wife’s speciality.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

We going up to the block and staying in a shed. No power so, lunch will be ham samos and dinner is a stir-fry.

Ms Grunt and I keep our rellies at least 3000ks away. Christmas is bliss.

Mmmmm.... BLISS!

We planted an in-law the other week, an italian, so his side of the family laid on the biggest feast I've seen in years. We managed to avoid most of the arm-waving, teeth-gnashing and general wailing, moaning, shrieking and the rest... but we still got stuck with half the leftovers.

(BTW, I'm not saying I don't lament the loss of my bros-in-law... but I certainly do not miss his side of the fambly. )

The last few weeks have seen more than enough socialising [snort] and rich foods (and leftovers!) that a ham samo and a fortnight of solitary is really, really appealing... especially with the chrissy crowd practically waiting outside our door.

Got room for a lodger?

[Sturdee]

The menu for today is as follows:

Breakfast - Croissants with coffee.

Lunch - Prawns as an entree, fillet mignon with baked potatoes and vegies for main followed with homemade icecream both chocolate chips and rum & raisons.

Afternoon tea - Birthday sponge cake and coffee.

Dinner - Deep fried mini Dutch croquetes served with various condiments, followed again with icecream.

Supper - nothing too full by that stage.

Maybe not traditional but yummy, yummy, yummy.


Peter.

[journeyman Mick]

My very large extended family takes the preparation and consumption of food pretty seriously. Well perhaps passionately is more accurate. At any rate that SBS program "The Food Lovers Guide to Australia" came and visited a while back and did a feature on one of our lunches. Woodborer visited for dinner when he was up this way and can probably attest to the quality (and sheer quantity) and range of the food. Suffice it to say that Christmas time rates pretty highly as an annual food event.

Sit down dinner for family and about 60 guests on Saturday night: extensive menu included 22 desserts . 2 complete seperate menus/serving areas, Indonesian and European.
Big family breakfast on Sunday morning with Danishes, home smoked meats, crusty rolls filled with beef ragout, pastries filled with prawn ragout, cheeses, home baked breads, bleuberry French toast, Bacon eggs and sausages and beans, pancakes, pikelets, sticky rice and a few more things I've no doubt forgotten.
Lunch was a laid back affair which included some left over home made gelati (only 8 varieties left ) smoked salmon, prawns, deep fried camembert (and some deep fried cam which partly emptied out during the frying and which we had to stuff with some smoked salmon ). And then Dinner on Sunday night included turkey, ham, all sorts of really rich salads ( those people who think of salads as simple and diet friendly would be horrified at some of the creations ) Finished off (of course) with an extensive range of desserts.


Buuuuuuurp!

Ate very little today I've got 364 days before we do it all again in which time I've got to lose the weight I just packed on. Of course those 364 days will be punctuated by all sorts of special occasionsthat need to be celebrated with food. And, when it really comes down to itfood itself is worth celebrating!

[RufflyRustic]

Wow Mick!!!!

Well, mine doesn't compare at all with yours, but we enjoyed our day

Prawns and Bugs, salads, good friends, no family in sight, whew! just good friends, good food and a pool!

cheers
RR

[Termite]

26 sat down for dinner at our place, ham, chicken, pork, and about 15 varieties of salad. Followed by trifle, pudding, cream, ice cream, custard peaches and 4 varieties of cheescake.
Betcha didn't think termites ate that kind of food.

[Auld Bassoon]

Now come on, admit it! There were some tasty pieces of blackwood or cedar in that gastronomic repertoire, n'est c'est pas?

[Termite]

Now come on, admit it! There were some tasty pieces of blackwood or cedar in that gastronomic repertoire, n'est c'est pas?

Well, now that you mention it..........

[Wood Borer]

Suffice it to say that Christmas time rates pretty highly as an annual food event.

I suggest that any meal up there is is a gourmet's delight.

If Christmas is when they put in the special effort ......... it is difficult to imagine how it could possibly be better.