The Christmas Dinner Thread

benson

Duncan disorderly etc etc

Never been before. Main thing for me is switching off work and having beers with family.

Back to Xmas lunch: I’ll be proper fewnimg if they don’t do pigs In blankets

Along_the_Wire

vinnyt77 a vast gobbling bird sat atop their festive dining table.

Not particularly family friendly that

vinnyt77

Along_the_Wire You’d be surprised…

Along_the_Wire

Eating out this year, which means I can take laziness and heavy drinking to a new level on Christmas Day. Mint.

vinnyt77

Along_the_Wire Solid. Anywhere decent? Or just pub with turkey dinner that’ll be ‘good enough’ ?

Along_the_Wire

vinnyt77 Brouge - used to be The Old Goat - in the way to Twickenham from Teddington - decent pub food, especially roasts and have a couple of excellent bottles of wine

vinnyt77

Along_the_Wire Know it well! Or at least I did when it was the Old Goat…

Smallman1

Turkey and fine wine with a side order of top top bants.

Along_the_Wire

vinnyt77 It’s a Belgian place now - got loads of Belgian beers on the go. Great for Sunday afternoons

Smallman1

Twickers!

RichM

Ordered 2kg 45 Day Dry Aged Sirloin Joint to cook. Will do roast spuds & parsnips, cauliflower cheese, pigs in blankets, steamed carrots and broccoli. Plenty of homemade gravy, mustard. Cooking for 5 this year.

Shall be on the negronis then crack open my last bottle of Holden Manz Big G (leftover from my wedding there)

Need to buy shit tons of cheese and biscuits, then I’m ready. Hopefully someone else sorts out the rest.

vinnyt77

RichM Sounds mint that, Rich.

Smallman1

RichM Plenty of homemade gravy, mustard.

Mustard.

-si-

Mash potato
Roast potato
Chips
Potato Croquettes
Boiled Potato
Baked Potato

And whatever packet of sliced meat is in the fridge to throw on the plate.

Smallman1

-si- Mash potato
Roast potato
Chips
Potato Croquettes
Boiled Potato
Baked Potato

Lol!

LT42

Yeah, Rich. That sounds like a classic spread. No frills, solid delivery.

RichM

LT42 keep it simple, let the quality of the ingredients do the talking is the plan here. It’s the one time a year I spunk a ton on some beef. Just need to not fuck up the cooking times.

mono-stereo

LT42 Agreed, can’t go wrong with Beef imo. Best cut is Fore Rib imo

-si-

Where is our culinary king, he’s been waiting on this thread?

Millsy

-si- Sean will post soon, si.

mono-stereo

Medium fry-up

mono-stereo

RichM Get yourself a good meat probe mate, perfect every time.

vinnyt77

mono-stereo

This. Can’t overstate how helpful a meat probe is… I’ve used this one for the past few years, and is the best I’ve used.

https://buythermopro.com/product/thermopro-tp27-long-range-wireless-meat-smoker-thermometer/

Their stuff is available on Amazon in the UK.

One note - if you’re looking for a final internal temperature (say 55C for medium rare), remember to take the beef out when it hits 50-51C, as it’ll continue to cook while it rests. Oh yeah - and make sure you rest it for at least ½ hour for a 2kg piece of sirloin…