Which one Christmas food are you looking forward to? [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

KayleeUK

12-18-2006, 03:14 AM

PrincessTiff

12-18-2006, 03:44 AM

What are After Eights? :listen:

My favorite would have to be chocolate fudge.

Strommie

12-18-2006, 03:50 AM

Is there one thing you only have at Christmas that you love and look forward too???

I am so looking forward to After Eights :) We don't buy these year round so they seem a Christmas thing ;)

How about you??

We have got the After Eights out already :thumbsup2 I am looking forward to sausage with bacon wrapped round. Only seem to do this at Christmas :confused3 :teeth:

KayleeUK

12-18-2006, 03:50 AM

Here is a link Tiff

http://www.nestleeuropeanchocolate.com/aftereight/collection/about.asp

yum!!

KayleeUK

12-18-2006, 03:51 AM

We have got the After Eights out already :thumbsup2 I am looking forward to sausage with bacon wrapped round. Only seem to do this at Christmas :confused3 :teeth:

Kathryn DH likes those :)

PrincessTiff

12-18-2006, 03:53 AM

They sound delish! I checked and they don't have them anywhere near me though. :badpc:

natalielongstaff

12-18-2006, 04:04 AM

..mince pies :) i have only had one this year so far

Minniespal

12-18-2006, 04:07 AM

After Eights and those packs of party food you get. I particularly like M&S Thai Selection :teeth:

Strommie

12-18-2006, 04:21 AM

After Eights and those packs of party food you get. I particularly like M&S Thai Selection :teeth:

Our freezer is groaning with packs of party food :rotfl:

motheroftink

12-18-2006, 04:28 AM

I love the sausage and bacon rolls too, and also good old sage and onion stuffing. I don't like any other stuffing. I must admit I am quite looking forward to sprouts too!! :thumbsup2

carolfoy

12-18-2006, 04:35 AM

oooh! after eights - yummy, we're another lot who consider them xmas-only chocs. A bit like Terrys Chocolate oranges and matchmakers - they only seem to come out at xmas too!
For me though - my mums roast dinner! (I don't eat a roast at all the rest of the year so I look forward to my mums :thumbsup2 )

BRobson

12-18-2006, 07:51 AM

I do like an After Eight or 5 :rotfl2:

Have you tried the new milk chocolate ones.They are yummy too :thumbsup2

mandymouse

12-18-2006, 07:51 AM

I can't wait to eat some Turkey - I love it :thumbsup2

Cyrano

12-18-2006, 07:54 AM

Stilton and port :goodvibes In fact any strong cheese will get a good talking to over the festive season :thumbsup2

mumloveseeyore

12-18-2006, 08:10 AM

again we only seem to get after eights at christmas Yummy!! DD10 has also announced that she wants a terrys chocolate orange wrapped up with a bow on top for christmas. Gill

florida sun

12-18-2006, 08:16 AM

Terrys Chocolate Orange for me :thumbsup2

Joanne UK

12-18-2006, 08:29 AM

After Eights here too - and also Just Brazils.

ely3857

12-18-2006, 09:06 AM

Stuffing :thumbsup2

For some reason, I dont get this at any other time of the year :confused3

http://bestsmileys.com/christmas3/8.gif

Jodie

KayleeUK

12-18-2006, 10:53 AM

Milk Chocolate after eights maybe I will have to have a pack of them too :)

Minniespal

12-18-2006, 10:55 AM

Milk Chocolate after eights maybe I will have to have a pack of them too :)

Don't fancy those at all ~ In my mind milk chocolate and mint just don't go together :teeth:

pokemon_master

12-18-2006, 11:12 AM

Shortbread. I haven't had any since last january, and in fact Christmas time last year I got back into them! I loved and loved to eat them. But one day I got bored and haven't eaten one in a while. So looking forward to our relatives coming round so I can get some gingerbread, even if my cousins are annoying!! :lmao:

I like Christmas Dinner too although I am always stuck on the kiddie table with my cousin.. :rotfl2: Now that Christmas is around our house I am determined not to be stuck with him! Even if that means sticking with my Auntie which is more annoying then they are!! :rotfl2: But alas, it's christmas time. The one time of year you have to put up with them.. ;)

MrsJobba1

12-18-2006, 11:18 AM

I love roasting chestnuts and eating them while their warm

:love: mmmmmmmmmmm :love:

fizz13

12-18-2006, 11:40 AM

I love the Guerlain chocolate sea shells, and we only get a box at Xmas, they are a real treat for me :love:

wils

12-18-2006, 03:56 PM

I'm putting After Eights on the shopping list! I also love Turkey and stuffing and bread sauce - don't think my MIL usually does the bread sauce. That's it - I'm cooking chicken or turkey and the rest New Year's Day!

KayleeUK

12-18-2006, 04:03 PM

Don't fancy those at all ~ In my mind milk chocolate and mint just don't go together :teeth:

But it would be rude not to try them ;)

wideeyes

12-18-2006, 04:26 PM

not a food item however I am looking forward to a drink of baileys. We only have it at christmas.

Also like trying the different cheeses rather than the chedder we have all year round.

mandymouse

12-18-2006, 04:37 PM

not a food item however I am looking forward to a drink of baileys. We only have it at christmas.

Mmmm, me too. Have you tried the Bailey's chocolates ? They're lovely :thumbsup2

wideeyes

12-18-2006, 04:39 PM

Mmmm, me too. Have you tried the Bailey's chocolates ? They're lovely :thumbsup2

no, will have to get some of them. sound nice. :thumbsup2

UKDEB

12-18-2006, 05:06 PM

This thread's got me thinking - there are certain things which used to be for 'Christmas only' which we can get all year round these days. That's both good and bad. Dates spring to mind. My Gran always had a box of 'Eat Me' dates at Christmas. These days I get the gorgeous medjool dates, but they're not 'special' - I can have them any time. The same goes for shell-on nuts. Other reminders of Christmases past are Apricot and Cherry Brandy, Snowballs, New Berry Fruits, liquor chocolates, turkish delight, home-boiled ham, my Mum's mince pies and sausage rolls - making them was always a Christmas Eve tradition. Oh, and licking clean the Christmas cake bowl! :teeth:

The answer to the question, for me, has to be turkey. In this country turkeys are primarily bred for Christmas. Other than the foil tray breast roasts and Bernard Mathews reconstituted turkey burgers, we don't really have turkey in the UK other than at Christmas. I also love bread sauce and, because it would never occur to me to have it with anything other than turkey, it's a once-a-year treat.

florida sun

12-18-2006, 05:21 PM

Gosh Deb, that brought back a few memories for me as well then, my grandmother always had dates for Christmas, and My mum always bought a bag of mixed nuts with the shells on and a new nutcracker every year as my dad would always end up breaking it. Also another thing we used to have a lot of in our house was Snowballs, that advocaat yellow stuff. :goodvibes

Ware Bears

12-18-2006, 06:26 PM

Turkish Delight for me :goodvibes

Goofyish

12-19-2006, 04:19 AM

Cold turkey sandwiches :)

Booknut

12-19-2006, 04:52 AM

What are After Eights? :listen:

After Eights are God's gift to me :teeth: They are the most delicious dark chocolate mints in the world and are partly the reason that my behind is so huge!!!

I'm mostly looking forward to yummy brussel sprouts (which i'm cooking this year with grilled pancetta and shallots) and christmas pudding with custard. Those are probably the only two things I only eat around Christmas time!

I hope you all have a wonderful delicious Christmas meal!!! :yay:

Funniebunny

12-19-2006, 04:54 AM

I love After Eights, have you tried the new After Eight Bags?, and a huge tin of Quality Streets. It's not christmas without chocolate :rotfl:

Booknut

12-19-2006, 05:00 AM

Abso'bloomin'lutely!!!!

Those After Eights in the individual packets are just the naughtiest things, I love them! :cloud9:

carolfoy

12-19-2006, 05:13 AM

Booknut

12-19-2006, 05:18 AM

What does a snowball taste like?? I remember them from The Royle Family's Christmas specials, they seem to love drinking snowballs :teeth: Is it kind of like egg nog?

UKDEB

12-19-2006, 05:21 AM

I love After Eights, have you tried the new After Eight Bags?
I've looked at them, but what makes After Eights, IMHO, is that they're wafer thin (or 'waffer' as we like to say in our house :teeth: ). I will admit to quite liking the white chocolate ones and I have bought a box of the new milk chocolate ones this year, but not opened them yet.

UKDEB

12-19-2006, 05:25 AM

What does a snowball taste like?? I remember them from The Royle Family's Christmas specials, they seem to love drinking snowballs :teeth: Is it kind of like egg nog?
They're Advocaat (which is made with egg yolks) mixed with lemonade. I could probably force one down for nostalgia's sake. :teeth:

Booknut

12-19-2006, 05:32 AM

Is it something you only have at Christmas then? I might buy a small bottle of advocaat and try one this weekend!

carolfoy

12-19-2006, 05:43 AM

oooh, no, drink them all year round, I say, like I said I've only just rediscovered them but they're yummy! letx bring back the snowball, along with stuffed olives, vol au vents and cheese-and-pineapple on sticks

Yay! bring back the seventies

Minniespal

12-19-2006, 05:53 AM

Those After Eights in the individual packets are just the naughtiest things, I love them! :cloud9:

I've resisted these so far, might have to get a couple of bags when I'm out shopping on Thursday ;)

Strommie

12-19-2006, 05:54 AM

and cheese-and-pineapple on sticks

Yay! bring back the seventies

Make sure you stick them in an orange covered in foil :rotfl:

Minniespal

12-19-2006, 05:56 AM

Make sure you stick them in an orange covered in foil :rotfl:

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Ware Bears

12-19-2006, 06:22 AM

carolfoy

12-19-2006, 06:25 AM

oooh I'll have a babycham! :rotfl2:

Cochise

12-19-2006, 06:29 AM

Hmmm looking forward to the old pig in a blanket, we have them once a year but i eat enough to last me a year.

gilld

12-19-2006, 08:12 AM

I can't think of anything we have that isn't around all year. I buy a turkey every few weeks and I often make a few Christmas Puddings in the summer. This year we're having a Chocolate Christmas Pudding from Hotel du Chocolat, I have also bought an obscenely expensive box of quality chocolates from them, so maybe they will become the "Christmas only" things.

carolfoy

12-19-2006, 09:22 AM

ooh, Gill I love those big slabs Hotel de chocolat do, you know the ones with nuts and biscuit etc all rolled in them, in fact I don't think theres a product they do that I don't like!

Strommie

12-19-2006, 09:37 AM

ooh, Gill I love those big slabs Hotel de chocolat do, you know the ones with nuts and biscuit etc all rolled in them, in fact I don't think theres a product they do that I don't like!

There's a Hotel de Chocolat in Manchester and I can't walk past without going in 'just to look'......

carolfoy

12-19-2006, 09:55 AM

especially if they're out with samples eh? ;)

gilld

12-19-2006, 09:57 AM

Have you tried their chocolate Christmas pudding?

gilld

12-19-2006, 09:58 AM

I've also bought their chocolate crackers this year.

carolfoy

12-19-2006, 10:12 AM

Well, I'll be around about 3pm ok? ;) (oh, and can I have clotted cream on the pud too?)

gilld

12-19-2006, 10:20 AM

Well, I'll be around about 3pm ok? ;) (oh, and can I have clotted cream on the pud too?)
Sadly Carol, there are only 8 crackers in a box, and there are 8 of us for lunch........ or you'd have been welcome....though Cornwall to Wiltshire is along drive!

carolfoy

12-19-2006, 10:26 AM

..though Cornwall to Wiltshire is along drive!

but it doesn't count when there's chocolate at the end of it! :rotfl2:

gilld

12-19-2006, 10:35 AM

Hope you have a great time anyway....with LOTS of chocolate :thumbsup2

Susie

12-20-2006, 05:52 PM

Toblerone - I only ever seem to get it at Christmas. Looking forward to having it again.

MrsJobba1

12-20-2006, 06:15 PM

I had a snowball last night :thumbsup2 it was in a fit of abigails-party-style nostalgia! yum, I'd forgotton how nice they are.
I agree with the shell on nuts though, and dates were always xmas-only fodder. My dad used to crack the nuts using just his bare hands - It was his party trick :rotfl2:

Wow thats a film I've not seen in ages - Its so funny!

I agree, along with a snowball you have to make the cheese and pineapple hedgehog and serve a variety of vol-o-vants :rotfl:

Captain-Ste

12-20-2006, 06:49 PM

Can't wait for my Quorn roast!! :Pinkbounc

arieljasmine

12-21-2006, 08:47 AM

I am looking forward to having Vienetta ice cream at my mum and dad's. For some reason, I only ever have this when we go to my mum and dad's on Christmas day (every other year), and that always makes it extra special.

I will be turning down the sprouts though!

And Babycham, ooo, I could fancy one of those, it's years since I've had one.

ArielJasmine princess: