The "What Are You Having For Chrismas Day Lunch?" Thread

[ameerat42]

Please only let us (or lettuce) know what you're having for XMAS LUNCH in this thread.

Please do not post Greetings here.
Use the OFFICIAL 2016 Christmas Wishes thread instead.

OK, so I'll start off:

Mains:
Roast Chicken (organic)
and for the "other meat dish"
Roast Pork with Crackling
(sort of Merry Crispness)

- served with a variety of Cooked Vegetables:
Braised Red Capsicums (roasted in skin, which is then peeled off)
and garnished olive olive oil and chilli and garlic

(Other vegetables TBA - at this stage)

Beverages available:
Light beer, red wine, Sambuca

Dessert:
Most likely ice cream and home-grown strawberries.

Ta, and Bon Appetit

[Mary Anne]

Well you did type Lunch. It only a sandwich and a piece of fruit..

The hot meal Dinner in the evening I have no idea though it will be nothing special Sunday is usually my day off cooking.
If I do cook it could be Roast Lamb or Pork and vegs baked on the lower wire shelf wrapped in foil hubby's spud goes in with the Meat.
Hubby likes Spaghetti on Sundays so he can cook Dinner, gets the precooked by me Sauce out of the freezer boils up the Pasta and that makes him Happy.
And he still won't let me do the dishes and that makes me Happy It could be Spaghetti then to keep both of us Happy.

We dont do Christmas Meals here, it's just another day, though somewhere there I will be eating Ice-cream

[ameerat42]

Of course, an oversight by me, M A. By all means people can describe their main Christmas meal.

--However, I would find Xmas Breakfast a hard one to swaller (GULP!)

Oh, and I forgot to add:
For our Xmas Lunch I am right now preparing a window-mounted air conditioner, as they say
that it is going to be hot

[Hawthy]

Cold ham, hot chicken and (hopefully cold) prawns plus some salads and roast spuds. A couple of mid-strength beers because I am driving. Hosted under my 89-year old Mum's Queenslander because I am one of eleven children and that means a roll-up of around 45-50 people when spouses and children are counted. We have hosted a few times and it is a fair exercise in logistics.

[I @ M]

A packet of 2 min noodles from Aldi will probably see me through, just the same as the last few years --------



Bah humbug to all this Christmas frivolity.

[Mark L]

Don't know, going to friends place so it will be what ever they serve up.
A crumpet is the go for Christmas brekkie though.

[ameerat42]

Crumpets and Bah Humbug! I didn't know there was such a big market for those! - Hmm

[Cage]

, but my little mate Roxi the Staffy is having a frozen lamb shank.

[ameerat42]

, but my little mate Roxi the Staffy is having a frozen lamb shank.

Remember when they were just for dogs?

Yeah, 10 lbs o' sna-ags, 'n a cupla sha-anks fer the dorg...

--Now we're paying good money for dog food

[aussirose]

Prawns crab lobster layered salad greek salad cherries mangos and strawberries in the bubbly

[Mark L]

^to late to get to Ann's place.

[ameerat42]

^^Sounds like she'll be having a Happy Perthday with that fare

[aussirose]

First Chrissy at my daughter's. I'll be making the salads along with the help of the bubbly. Chop.. sip... chop ...sip sip Of course you are all invited virtually. Lol.

[paulheath]

always cook my better half eggs benadict for brekkie, then will be 7hr slow cooked rib roast, leg of lamb, a cold ham ,duck fat roast potatoes, asparagus with soft boiled duck eggs and salad with quail eggs oh and lobster thermador......maybe a few prawns as we are in oz lol

[Glenda]

Definitely a cold lunch in the tropics. Ham, chicken, prawns, Moreton Bay bugs and various salads, followed by pav, cheesecake and fruit. Washed down with a variety of beer, wine and I'm sure some Bundy rum - my three sons are rum drinkers. We're having it at my son and daughter-in-laws this year and there will be 12 of us. I think Boxing Day should be a fast day

[ameerat42]

First Chrissy at my daughter's. I'll be making the salads along with the help of the bubbly. Chop.. sip... chop ...sip sip Of course you are all invited virtually. Lol.

I'll be in for the BYTE

[Ross the fiddler]

For lunch, probably bread & duck, under the table. The real duck with turkey hind quarter & pork will come later for dinner. Will likely have a chicken too.

[bricat]

We will have one of those turkey/duck/chicken thingys. Roast potatoes and pumpkin of course with carrots,peas and gravy. Did I mention roast pork. And ham on the bone. This is mine as the girls, 3 of them, will be having cocktails. No wonder I have put on a few pounds

[ameerat42]

...No wonder I have put on a few pounds

(But "fewer" in Kg)

[ricktas]

seafood feast on the bbq for me and family. Going to my mum's and having prawns, crayfish etc all bbq'd.