bickster Posted December 21, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 21, 2023 4 hours ago, choffer said: Hipsters have probably moved on to Reindeer fat for this year. That is so 2017, it’s all about duck-billed platypus fat at the minute 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 Varying degrees of festive cheer on display there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Genie said: Only about an hour of working in 2023 for me, then 11 days off Good job some of us are grafting over Christmas... keep the economy ticking over. I know @Seat68 is always impressed with my Xmas work ethic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 4 hours ago, AVFCDAN said: Home alone with orchestra at NIA last night and just finished muppets Christmas carol with snacks, Christmas spirit well and truly engaged. I noticed that was on last night, when i was at the Malt House, more or less next door. A lot of people in there were going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Yep. Christ only knows how they got them to actually sit on his lap in the olden days. Speaking of which, what year did that become illegal or was it a gradual change? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 Do people in England still crack Christmas crackers and wear paper hats at Christmas "lunch?" Will you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said: Do people in England still crack Christmas crackers and wear paper hats at Christmas "lunch?" Will you? Maybe there’s regional variances but in this part of the country we pull Christmas crackers. Otherwise, yes and yes. The hat will likely be too small for my head. Or my head will be too big for the hat, depending on your view point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Maybe there’s regional variances but in this part of the country we pull Christmas crackers. Otherwise, yes and yes. The hat will likely be too small for my head. Or my head will be too big for the hat, depending on your view point. Oh, yes, sorry. Pull. This will inevitably sound patronising, but this just seems like the sweetest, cutest tradition. OMG, I love it. Can't believe it still happens. Hats. Coloured paper hats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 43 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said: Do people in England still crack Christmas crackers and wear paper hats at Christmas "lunch?" Will you? It is never called Christmas lunch. Christmas dinner is the term. Every other day for us normal people we would call the main meal Tea, but on Christmas day it's Christmas dinner. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 55 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said: Do people in England still crack Christmas crackers and wear paper hats at Christmas "lunch?" Will you? 100%, yes. And read out the bad jokes contained in the crackers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 2 hours ago, sidcow said: Yep. Christ only knows how they got them to actually sit on his lap in the olden days. Speaking of which, what year did that become illegal or was it a gradual change? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 21, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Marka Ragnos said: Do people in England still crack Christmas crackers and wear paper hats at Christmas "lunch?" Will you? Yes and yes. To not do so would be the definition of insanity. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheAuthority Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: This is super helpful -- thank you. I own a deep cast-iron skillet that should work perfectly for this, bigger than the one pictured. It's funny how there are certain things seen everywhere in Britain that aren't at all common here in usa. I don't see too many heavy roasting pans for sale, for example, nor do I know an easy way to get duck or goose fat except for cooking a duck. Cast iron skillets are old-school-revival commonplace, even kind of trendy among older hipsters. Thanks again! I do ours in a Le Creuset roasting pan. Also roughly chopped onion and smashed garlic bulbs dissolves into the duck fat and adds even more flavor to the taters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, rodders0223 said: First Christmas with the little one. It'll be magical they said. Whimsical they said. Well he's been ill for 4 days, vomit, cough, mucus, shit everywhere. He's got 3 days to get match fit or he's out the family. My 5 year old suddenly threw up everywhere last night. I have never seen so much fluid come out of such a small human. I actually started laughing it was unbelievable. Kept him home today and last day of school tomorrow for 2 weeks He's going even if he's got Ebola! Edited December 21, 2023 by TheAuthority 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Week off as of now for me. Xmas party tomorrow. One parcel to post tomorrow to the neice and nephews. Other than that just waiting for deliveries in the post. Off to the outlaws for Christmas day so no cooking for me except that I'll be doing a mustard glazed ham as ever for Xmas Eve when we also crack open our first still cider of this years batch. Ham and cider on Xmas eve has become my favourite bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted December 22, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2023 9 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Do people in England still crack Christmas crackers and wear paper hats at Christmas "lunch?" Will you? Shhh, keep the noise down, she's not bought any this year and if I get sent out on a mission to find crackers this late on I'm going to blame you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 21 minutes ago, bickster said: Shhh, keep the noise down, she's not bought any this year and if I get sent out on a mission to find crackers this late on I'm going to blame you The other way round here. My wife seems to have always been against them, possibly because of the bang scaring our dog. I will be buying some today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 22, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2023 24 minutes ago, Seat68 said: The other way round here. My wife seems to have always been against them, possibly because of the bang scaring our dog. I will be buying some today. Oh I’m not against them (even though they are massively overpriced tat) I’m just against me having to go out and source them and the inevitable text discussions from the shop about which ones to buy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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