Xmas Dinner ideas

**cyrille** · 08-12-2022, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

^ Do you think Dirk missed his vocation in life?

He seems to do OK for some offshore sweaty, if I'm honest.

**dirk diggler** · 08-12-2022, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

^ Do you think Dirk missed his vocation in life?

Cyrille decided to take his Grammar Nazi dig at Topper back and change his post.

But just for the record, Dirk has managed to reside in Thailand longer than most.

**Topper** · 08-12-2022, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Dirk has managed to reside in Thailand longer than most.

Who's Dirk and why is managing to reside in Thailand ..... special?

**Joe 90** · 08-12-2022, 10:53 PM

Get yourself one of these Dill!

If the power cuts start you can always warm it up in your arse

£1.25 from Aldi, get onit.

**cyrille** · 08-12-2022, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Dirk has managed to reside in Thailand longer than most.

A modest man, with much to be modest about.

**dirk diggler** · 08-12-2022, 11:30 PM

I think the word I was looking for was sustain.

Anyway it was a swipe at Reg.

Originally Posted by cyrille

He seems to do OK for some offshore sweaty, if I'm honest.

Thanks Cyrille, was that a compliment?

Good for you.

**Reg Dingle** · 09-12-2022, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

I think the word I was looking for was sustain.

The word sustenance on here conjures up loads of memories of Lulu and Scottish dining establishments eerily enough

**Backspin** · 09-12-2022, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by BLD

Will this spark a Brussels sprout thread? Along the same lines as the baked bean thread? Och there just wee cabbages . Give them a chance

Brussel sprouts taste like an old pair of socks. Why are they so popular here ?

**DrWilly** · 09-12-2022, 02:32 AM

What a bunch of wowsers. Of course I’ll be having a Turkey and Ham with all the veggies. Always do!

**Loy Toy** · 09-12-2022, 02:43 AM

I cannot remember ever eating Turkey.

Is it better than roast chicken?

**DrWilly** · 09-12-2022, 03:03 AM

Yes. Of course. But it can also be worse if not cooked correctly.

**Joe 90** · 09-12-2022, 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I cannot remember ever eating Turkey.

Is it better than roast chicken?

Your not missing much.

Its the chickens poor relation.
Why the indoctrination of eating traditional Turkey at Xmas ??

I'm gonna have a brussel sprouts pizza for my xmas dinner!

**DrWilly** · 09-12-2022, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Your (sic) not missing much.

Its the chickens poor relation.

Except it’s more expensive, so it’s not a ‘poor relation’.

And, obviously your opinion on food and cooking is suspect.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I'm gonna have a brussel sprouts pizza for my xmas dinner!

**david44** · 09-12-2022, 03:49 AM

Starter

Amuse Bouche , joss, Prokofieff Right of Spring

Lays Crisps with Wasabi dip, twiglet earbuds if available

Pipe Smoked Salmon with lump fish Russian Eggs, stuffed olives, shaved Parmesan, garlic bread, pistachio crumb , prawn spring rolls yum cha served with single malt on the rocks.

Garden Tomato and avocado salad with vinegrette

Intermezzo
Palette rinsed via Lemon sorbet, finger bowls, breathar, gifts speeches, burp interval while part pissed chef tries to bring all hot elements over various steps furry animals, toys, battery hazards, stray plug leads, then (Luxury easy feckin' clean slippery tiles that replace perfectly grippyones) to the terrace.

Ride of the Valkyries full blast, Candles, Fireworks, Naked blindfolded seated in a seafood bouillon barrel. Temporary sentimentality, Buddhist Bonhomie/Christian spirit, truce to all family siblings for the duration of the special nosebag as the baby Jesus would. Mewling cats babes silenced/ penned. Smokers at garden end, awkward folks/ washer ups on bum numbing uncushioned teak stools

Main Course jerk marinated free range cruciform tikka goat stuffed with shitake, nuts, peppercorns and grain mustard, salt sauteed courgette, Dauphin potatoes , broccoli, carrot discs, roast onions, taro ,for the youngster posers rat fritters in oyster sauce disguised as goujons de farang, brandy butter sauce. Jacobs Creek or better if available locally.

Desert Minced elf pies, blueberry juice with lashings of cream.

Hup Seng and Walkers biscuits served with Danish and Wench cheeses and a treasured Marques de Requena Rioja reserva for sole cheese eating monkey me! Voila,

lashings of soft drinks, thai snacks for the washers up under 40s and surplus relatives/ gate crashers.

Chef to flop into comfy chair in study remains of plonk, fart at will.

**Buckaroo Banzai** · 09-12-2022, 05:40 AM

Here in the heart of Issan, surrounded by Thais , anything that does not contain stinky stuff is lost on them.
I Usually cook for myself, my wife always politely says that what I cook is good, but the truth is revealed in the fact that she does not eat very much of it.
So,, like Mendip a roasted large chicken , with some baked lemon potatoes . If I could find one, perhaps a spiral ham would be nice.
Any ideas where I can order one?

**sabang** · 09-12-2022, 05:43 AM

**Stumpy** · 09-12-2022, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

Any ideas where I can order one?

Apparently the British shop.

Virginia Ham Whole - 430 THB/kg (approx 2-3 kg) at BritiShop, Thailand

What made me laugh, a Virginia Ham in the UK. Is there a Virginia there?

**Happy As Larry** · 09-12-2022, 06:05 AM

As usual at Christmas I will cook for the extended family and perhaps the odd guest. Roast pork with good crackling and lots of veg - roast & mashed potatoes, carrots, cabbage, brussel sprouts, parsnips, if I can get them and peas.

**Switch** · 09-12-2022, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by hallelujah

So, the host is on port, his wife is on red wine...and you're on bread sauce?

Is that with or without a straw?

It's all for sharing.

**Switch** · 09-12-2022, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Apparently the British shop.

Virginia Ham Whole - 430 THB/kg (approx 2-3 kg) at BritiShop, Thailand

What made me laugh, a Virginia Ham in the UK. Is there a Virginia there?

Maybe Wilshire ham is too expensive? I also enjoyed an invite to Boxing Day cold cuts with massive dressed Salmon as the centerpiece. As is customary, invitees would bring along hams and other cooked meats, because the host was a Brit Innkeeper who would not expect any payment. (My contribution was a very large Aussie made Pork pie).

**Buckaroo Banzai** · 09-12-2022, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Apparently the British shop.

Virginia Ham Whole - 430 THB/kg (approx 2-3 kg) at BritiShop, Thailand

What made me laugh, a Virginia Ham in the UK. Is there a Virginia there?

Thank you for that link
Two Virginia hams and two orders of Irish sausage ordered.
can't wait.

Going through their website. I should had waited before placing my order, I think I will call them and add to it.

**malmomike77** · 09-12-2022, 08:38 AM

Probably a family BBQ, salads with home made dim sum.

**dirk diggler** · 09-12-2022, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I cannot remember ever eating Turkey.

Is it better than roast chicken?

Yes if you deep fry it.

**Loy Toy** · 09-12-2022, 12:17 PM

^ I have been warned Turkey is not as tasty as chicken and is usually tough unless it is cooked perfectly.

I hate everything about Christmas including Santa Claus and the commercial activities and it seems Turkey as well if it is as bad as what people say.

Give me some good ham, a well cooked chicken, some fresh seafood and a decent trifle and I'm set like a jelly.

**hallelujah** · 09-12-2022, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Except it’s more expensive, so it’s not a ‘poor relation’.

And, obviously your opinion on food and cooking is suspect.

Suspect?!??!?!?

That's a bit like saying Osama Bin Laden had "reservations" about the USA, isn't it?

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