Tips On How To Cook The Perfect Christmas Dinner Reviews

Well this year was a first for me in that the family came to MY house this year, although luckily not for dinner, rather to partake in refreshments afterward! With this in mind the preperations for Chrismas lunch started early! 30th November: Trip to Iceland, buy party food, frozen turkey, fizzy drinks, and a few cases of beer ready for the ...  Read the complete review

FROZEN TURKEY This should be put into your freezer as quickly as possible after purchase. It can be kept for up to six months after which time it will lose some of it's flavour and texture. Birds should not be cooked from frozen, it is imperative the bird is thoroughly defrosted before cooking. The turkey should be defrosted ...  Read the complete review

Seven tips on how to get the perfect Xmas dinner and Xmas day 1. Make sure you switch the gas on the oven on. Without the oven swicthed on it will be disaster 2. Prepare the vegetables and set the turkey in the oven plate. Ready for cooking. Morning will be to hectic 3. Make sure you are organised, write a list down of ...  Read the complete review

When making traditional gravy, remember to save all the meat juices and vegetable water. Traditionally, when mixing them together gravy is formed. Today there are many other gravy powders stocks and condensed cube on the market, so sometimes errors can occur. When preparing for a dinner party there is nothing more annoying when the gravy ...  Read the complete review

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A few years ago, I found myself "indisposed" over Christmas. To be more precise, confined to the sofa with one leg stuck in the air throughout the entire holiday period, leaving Mr nikkisly and my father jointly responsible for cooking the Christmas Dinner. Between them they did all the necessary shopping - separately. They each bought a ...  Read the complete review

Having been responsible for various forms of catering for over 20 years I know from experience that the best laid plans have a habit of going wrong. No matter how great a cook you are disasters can happen, (bet even Jamie and Delia have experienced this!). The disasters can seem even worse when you’ve got houseful of hungry guests ...  Read the complete review

For all those friends out there in these tragic times, particularly our friends in America, and mine cbpotts and gbopotts, I thought it might be fitting to remember past festive times, and future ones to come. This op may be a little off topic, but some people who were there may actually be able to fill in the further details in another op for ...  Read the complete review

Christmas dinner is perhaps one of the most important meals of the year. For most it is the one time all family members can sit down at the same time, if you have kids of the teenage variety you know what I mean! The family all sit down in eager anticipation & the cook sits down exhausted with the stress of it all! The secret is ...  Read the complete review

Christmas wouldn't be christmas without the traditional dinner, but if like me you want to be able to spend some time away from the kitchen on christmas day then you need to get organised the day before, here are my tips for an easier Christmas day dinner. Christmas Eve- 1.Prepare the vegetables- chop carrots and put into a pan of ...  Read the complete review

Every year I do the same.After the 5.30 Christmas eve mass we treat the kids (and us )to Kentucky fried chicken on the way home,so no cooking tea ....lovely !Then ,amid all the other little jobs of last minute wrapping ,opening this years bottle of Baileys e.t.c, I start to peel and prepare the vegetables,prepare the big bird for its overnight ...  Read the complete review

I still remember all the years my mother slaved in the kitchen preparing meals for lazy, unappreciative relatives. I'm American. so she used to do it on Thanksgiving as well. Then one year she had enough. All of us were hauled into the kitchen and given tasks to perform, and everyone she invited was instructed on what to bring. All of the ...  Read the complete review

1) Do the sprouts in the microwave: they will taste like an entirely different critter altogther, less a mushy ball of slime, more a crisp, sweet little vegetable. 2) Tradition is for people with no imagination - if the prospect of juggling all numerous so-called essential accompliments unnerves you, don't cook everything. 3) ...  Read the complete review

Hello Everyone!!!! I am about to divulge the secrets of the PERECT Christmas dinner....I will need to doo it in stages because of 'time elapses'.... First on the list is 'Chestnut Stuffing'.. You will need: (to serve 10)..dont forget, if there are only 2 eating, it can be refridgerated/frozen.... 3 loaves ...  Read the complete review

Most of you may already know how to do this.Every year this is how I cook both my ham or turkey, it just makes them so juicy and tender.Here's what everyone brags on at our Christmas dinner. Baked Ham 10 or more lbs of the finest ham 1 can coke 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1 tablespoon mustard powder 2 ...  Read the complete review

Be a loving and caring husband and take family out for Christmas day. There is no panic over how long turkey has to be and is it cooked ok. No bullets disguised as sprouts and wallpaper paste meant to be bread sauce.(my cooking I hasten to add) The gravy usually congeals to the pan and needs soaking for at least three months. By ...  Read the complete review

I can’t honestly say I’ve ever been a big fan of Christmas as I’m a philosophical sceptic (Almost an atheist), and would rather go on holiday to a warm diving resort and miss it (Bah, Humbug). I married someone who is opposite to me in every respect though, so this just isn’t an option anymore. As a result I've tried ...  Read the complete review

Okay, before I even start - don't read on if you fall into any of the following categories - 1. Person who can cook. 2. Person whom does not have children featuring anywhere in their 'Christmas dining' equation. 3. Person who would ever be heard using the phrase "if a job's worth doing it's ...  Read the complete review

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This is a tip that that my mum discovered just a couple of years ago. For those people who absolutely insist that the turkey has to be cooked on the day then read no further. Otherwise the tip for making the turkey taste exactly the same if not better in my opinion is to cook it the day before, then slice it up and put it in a dish with the jelly ...  Read the complete review