I’ll start. Just opened present from my sister. A box of fresh smoked fish from Cornwall - salmon, mackerel, mussels, trout. Looks great but it’s gone in the freezer because we’ve already planned meals for the next few days.
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I have resolved to do next to nothing for Xmas. Ably supported by currently being ill.
Will just put some money in a card for my grandson, like your nan used to do in the seventies.
The only one I know so far, as it arrived unboxed, is 3 bottles of Pinot Noir from my mum, its difficult to ensure they are not all consumed by Monday.
My present for the wife just arrived. Got her a new kettle
Well. You got her a new iron last year. She needs to learn to look after stuff. You're not made of money. I'm off down the pub, coming?
I could murder a pint.
Tbf, the kettle is a travel kettle seeing as I’ve paid for flights to NY and Orlando next year and she always moans she can’t get a good brew over there. I’m hoping the joke is well received. If not, I picked up 3 crates of lager today (no Madri) so I’ll be too well oiled to care…
Crates: 2 Budvar, 1 leffe blonde, 1 mixed belgian beers, 1 ipa.
There will be no guests this year.
I'm heading out as soon as I'm well enough for reinforcements.
Booze talk reminds me. A couple of years ago in Wetherspoons they had a cocktail that tasted like Christmas. I’ve had a Google and I need to pick up some Fireball, Disarrano, cranberry and apple juice. It really did taste like Christmas.
Take 4 slices of frozen turkey, 1 bottle of vodka, blend for 30 seconds and boom! Christmas breakfast!
Sorry, wrong thread.
A guy I worked with introduced me to Christmas guest beer. Buying something like Fosters or John Smiths to be given to visitors you are not too keen on when they pop around.
I don't mind Fosters. On my way.
I might get some Madri in case Guru nips round.
"Tastes like passion."
For such resilient souls I recommend deploying the green king ipa....genuinely nothing like an ipa, disgusting, in cans, and overall unbearable.
I had a crate to get rid of and had to mix it with a lively american ipa to get it down.
I have found that, since discovering the joys of IPAs over here, they are nothing like the IPAs of England. I very much prefer the American style, although I do also very much like English bitters as well.
Back from Tesco and had a slurp. It was as Christmassy tasting as a remembered.
This reminds me, one of my beer groups posted that Aldi have Budvar mini kegs in.
I don't have an Aldo near me to check though. But it was a very good deal.Made Japanese BBQ chicken on the griddle I received for Xmas. It was lovely. Breakfast tomorrow is very likely to be cooked on it.
