Thanks CG - I love entertaining and we don't have the time to do a lot of it so I really enjoy my Boxing Day buffet thing.
Sorry Peacock, I found goose was very fatty - maybe its the way I tried to cook it. In fact there isn't much in the animal protein line that I do really enjoy anymore. I'm slowly shifting our diet to being less meat based and I know it would be very easy for me to change to a vegetarian diet but not necessarily for the right reasons plus I would be imposing my views on DH.
I have nothing really worthy to add to this conversation, am only here to say that I made my avatar a jar of goose fat because the thought of it makes me want to gag (I was sure there was a spewing smilie but I can't find it so you'll just have to pretend it's there).
I know what you mean about goose being fatty - probably why my bruv likes it so much!
God knows why I am surfing recipes - I am due to various scans etc at 3 today and must drink water and there is confusion cos on the back of the form it said to fast before having the scans then the letter I got said only to drink loads of water. I rang for clarification but I am not sure the receptionist knows what she is talking about. Anyway I guess it won't hurt if I don't eat until afterwards (mind you I will be cranky until then and will want to eat the furniture!!).
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Reason: typos - loads of 'em
BBL - I also do a lot of non vegetarian food which I find a lot easier.
I've made an executive decision - now I'm going to make five hot casserole type dishes, instead of my normal two or three, I've decided to make them over the next couple of weeks and freeze them - just to make things a bit easier on Christmas Eve.
MIL, bless her, has offered to make the pastry stuff - a gigantic pie, a few quiches and a load of those yucky vol au vent things with cream cheese/cranberry mixture in (which all of DH's family love) - but I still get to make the sausage / cheese and onion rolls and mince pies.
From lots of previous experience.... if its a scan of your ovaries then you need to be empty but VERY full up with water. Whatever you do DO NOT tiddle beforehand otherwise you'll have to sit there, fill up again and wait for it to filter through to your bladder. Which, when you are waiting for it, seems to take forever.
Oooohhh - Wild Mushroom and Creamy Spinach Filo Tartlets look nice!
That fridge cake looks very easy - and very yummy. Okay - thats on the list as well. Now I need to find some sort of (easy) cake / dessert that hasn't got fruit or chocolate in it. Not necessarily vegan though.
I love cooking - I find it very relaxing. Our annual Boxing Day thing is normally lovely just so long as I've got everything well planned and under control. (And as long as we keep an eye on DH's brother with the booze.) It also means that we get invited out to dinner a lot during the rest of the year.
A few years back DH and I bought a chippy and I quickly found out that I do NOT like cooking for a living.
Sarah, my mouth is watering at your menu...it sounds fantastic..you'll have to tell your guests that you have some very jealous cyber friends who want to eat all the food. Maybe you could take pictures of the buffet set up, and I could sit here and lick the monitor?
From lots of previous experience.... if its a scan of your ovaries then you need to be empty but VERY full up with water. Whatever you do DO NOT tiddle beforehand otherwise you'll have to sit there, fill up again and wait for it to filter through to your bladder. Which, when you are waiting for it, seems to take forever.
Oooohhh - Wild Mushroom and Creamy Spinach Filo Tartlets look nice!
That fridge cake looks very easy - and very yummy. Okay - thats on the list as well. Now I need to find some sort of (easy) cake / dessert that hasn't got fruit or chocolate in it. Not necessarily vegan though.
What about pumpkin pie it's easy to make and can be made couple of days before.
Cor! I made the refridgerator cake that Peacock gave the link to (thanks Peacock ) Recipe here (at the bottom of that page). I subbed in some broken up brazil nuts and glace cherries and made it with some ancient cherry brandy I found at the back of the booze cupboard instead of soya milk (because this is just for DH) and he absolutely ADORED it! Best of all - its probably the simplest dessert I've ever made.
I love cooking - I find it very relaxing. Our annual Boxing Day thing is normally lovely just so long as I've got everything well planned and under control. (And as long as we keep an eye on DH's brother with the booze.) It also means that we get invited out to dinner a lot during the rest of the year. 
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