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Exactly. The aim is to be full on food sweats so you can relax and watch a crap film, until someone starts making supper and you all pile on again.

Continuous cheese throughout the afternoon mandatory, indeed it is the only time of year when Wensleydale with cranberries in becomes truly acceptable.

I've gone off the whole gorging myself thing tbh.

The amount of waste at this time of year must be incredible.

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:54 pm I've gone off the whole gorging myself thing tbh.

The amount of waste at this time of year must be incredible.

Waste? Noo, the turkey goes into boxing day buffet lunch, then soup. Veg and stuff is fried up for breakfast.. When my entire close family is in one place there's not much getting left over

Were out for dinner this year to the sister-in-laws. I think were having them across on boxing day however.

Considering doing some sort of steak rib roast.

DeskJockey wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:41 am No need for a starter, as the day is just one long meal with a steady stream of nibbles and drinks on offer.

This. Does one actually stop eating and drinking at any point? Our tradition is smoked salmon and champagne late morning, then just drinks and nibbles until the main event comes out. I am always so stuffed that anything else like a proper course or something would really be too much.

Currently looking at an all American Diner on Christmas Day this year. Normally no starter then the biggest plate of roast ever. Room for Xmas Pud but not cake. Chocs/crisps/peanut and booze are enough of a starter.

Yesterday’s starter was smoked salmon + poached smoked salmon + a cheese & dill crème freche with a couple of oatcakes & salad leaves.

It was really good.

But. My appetite was dented by the time we got to the main. I finished the dinner, but didn’t do seconds. On Christmas Day. Yeah - I know!

My mum managed half a slice of turkey, a roaster and a sprout - the rest went home with her for today.

The upside was - we had enough remaining for a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings today. And without a starter to blunt my cravings - I enjoyed Boxing Day scoffs even more.

So something to do with clouds n silver linings I expect.

Our starter was breakfast. Fried bread, bacon, sausage, Simon Howie black pudding, beans, some fried potato slices and scrambled egg.

It similarly caused me not to have seconds of lunch despite being a few hours beforehand. I also blame the Alan Partridge sized plates my wife got out for lunch

3 slices of toast about 9am, required to fit in with my medication routine.
About 11am I had 3 jaffa cakes.
About 12 a few cold sausage rolls.
About 1pm I sneak a few roast potatoes that are almost fully cooked.
About 1:30pm, a few handfuls of kettle chips and popcorn.
About 2pm have about 3 mini cream cheese and salmon things with bucks-fizz.
About 2:30pm start eating - full works Xmas dinner, including 24 (I counted them) brussle sprouts, spread over 2 plate fulls, careful not to have too much gravy. Whole bottle of Shloer to myself.
About 6pm after a nap, I start grazing on cheese and biscuits, fruit, ice cream, jelly, after eights and some more crisps. I skip the cake as I'm finally fully full.

We didn't do starters, and sure to other things happening ate late. Even then there was well over half the turkey left.

I held back from a large second serving and must admit that I'm feeling much better for it.

We then postponed the gammon by a day to have another go on the turkey and trimmings last night.

We had a bag of chocolate money mid morning, so I guess that was our starter.

We went for something light and had prawn cocktails. Lovely!!