Christmas Dinner

The traditional (at least for us) Christmas Dinner finally came to the table just after 7.30 - roast turkey, gravy, two types of stuffing, cranberry sauce, roast potatoes and parsnips, steamed carrots, sprouts with lardons, sweet potato and swede mash, cauliflower with cheese sauce, bread sauce. Apart from the cranberry sauce, the rest were freshly prepared in our tiny galley - the main challenge is the oven which, as it is not a fan oven, has very different temperatures top and bottom. In addition, on days like this, it does not have enough space fro everything at once so the grill above doubles up as a warming space. We also, for some years now, have used turkey crowns and cooked them earlier in the day, cooled, then sliced before reheating at the last moment. This year we even pressed our multi fuel stove into action to keep a couple of dishes hot!

So, here is the finished product - food never looks  right in an 'ordinary' photo - most pictures in magazines use interesting techniques - sometimes with entirely different substances.

Our Christmas pudding came from one of our local bakeries at home - always well worth it - and accompanied by our own brandy sauce.

As you all know, even viewing suspect pictures is almost as much an offence as taking the photo in the  first place. So this is an important warning - only continue beyond this point of you are prepared for the consequences. . .












We all felt very sleepy - the television was hardly riveting. However, one of us managed to stay alert long enough to record some scandalous behaviour. The result is a challenge to any regulatory authority (and if the photo below is missing you will know that the censors have acted) In any case we have felt it appropriate to blur out the miscreants to reduce the chances of recognition but you are warned that any attempt to publish this image elsewhere will result in the strongest possible legal intervention - we consider that it potentially amounts to cruelty to defenceless adults. It has to be considered very fortunate that the photographer neglected to record sound as well.