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Breakfast is ready


Tea, coffee, juices


Cold cereals:-
Corn Flakes, Raisin & Almond Oatmeal Crisp, Rice Crispies, Multigrain Cheerios, Granola


Hot cereal:-
Porridge, Instant Hot Oatmeal with Cranberry & Ginger, Cream of Wheat,


In the warmer:-

double smoked Danish bacon, sausage patties, turkey sausages, potato pancakes, cheesy potato patties, home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon, smoked salmon omelette, mushroom and asparagus omelette, cheesy sausage and egg bake, eggs Benedict, boiled eggs, grilled tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, Maple baked beans, fried bread, black pudding, white pudding


Spinach quiche, bacon quiche tarts, cheese and onion tarts


Ulster Fry-up,
Tourtiere,
Vietnamese spring rolls (vegetarian) with sesame dip,
stirfry (chicken, beef, or vegetarian)

Maille Croque Monsieur (French ….. basically ham, cheese and tomato sandwich on toasted bread, with Maille Mustard),
Breakfast Quesidilla,
Breakfast Wrap (scrambled eggs, green pepper, tomatoes, green onions, mushrooms, hashbrowns, cheddar and salsa),
Veggie Wrap (Fresh Tomatoes, Basil, Roasted Peppers and Feta Cheese),
Calzone stuffed with scrambled egg and pork sausage),
cheese blintz with blueberry compote and turkey sausage,


Buttermilk Dollar Pancakes, Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, French (eggy) toast, Waffles, Maple syrup, Blueberry Fruit Syrup, Peach & Brandy Syrup


Peach Yoghurt, Lemon Yoghurt, Blueberry Yoghurt, Vanilla Bean Yoghurt,


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free), bagels, crumpets, barm cakes, hot cinnamon rolls,


Muffins -- cranberry & orange muffins, morning glory muffins, blueberry muffins, chocolate chip muffins, zucchini oatmeal muffins, gluten-free cranberry and orange muffins


Jams, jellies, Ginger marmalade, lemon marmalade, lime marmalade, marmite, peanut butter, vegemite



enjoy



s
xxx



:-) :-) :-)

I am going away on Thursday, until the following Tuesday (ie, after Christmas)


I will be unable to do any meals ...... not even Christmas Dinner :-(



Can you make some arrangements?


I'd hate Dea to starve :-)



sylvia

Bummer, just had a phone call ... my daughter sent me a text over 2 hours ago but I didn't hear it was upstairs vacuuming.

She has had another gall like attack pain and is back in hospital, was fine this am and then threw up her lunch. They have her on antibiotics and morphine. Could be an infection or maybe they missed a stone or two - she had twenty.. :-0..



:-( :-( :-(

I get back my Thursday night, Dea's Thurs brekkie... so shud be okay except Christmas morning... Dea will have to go to a cafe... ;-)

Persie

As I am away for Christmas, we're having an early Christmas dinner :-) :-) :-)

Lunch


Cocktails, Sherry

selection of hors d'ouevres
Wild Mushroom Pate
Blue Cheese Dip
Olive Tapenade
Crackers and toast tips


Soup
Butternut Squash and Roasted Garlic Soup with Caramelized Vidalia Onions (vegetarian)
Creamy Garbanzo Soup
Beef and Vegetable soup
Cream of Tomato Soup


Salad
Green salad
Ambrosia salad
Caribbean Cucumber salad


Main
Roast Turkey
Wild Mushroom Stuffing with Hazelnuts,
Sage and Herb Bread Stuffing,
Forced Meat Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce (whole berry)
Gravy

Baked Ham on the bone, studded with cloves
Raisin sauce

Wild Sockeye Salmon, poached in white wine and herbs


Roast potatoes, garlic mashed blue potatoes, boiled potatoes, Rosemary Creole Baked Sweet Potato

Glazed carrots, roast parsnips, carrots and parsnip mash, brussels sprouts, spinach stuffed mushrooms, peas, green beans, asparagus, Butternut Squash Gratin, Green Bean Casserole, sauteed peppers, cauliflower with cheese sauce, fiddleheads, Pumpkin Gnocchi with Sage and Hazelnuts, Ratatouille


Shepherdess Pie (vegan)


Butter Pan Buns, Sourdough Rolls, Corn Bread


Dessert
Christmas pudding, with brandy white sauce
Mince Pies
Dutch Apple Pie
Lemon sorbet
Blueberry Icecream
Coffee Liqueur Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Crème Brulee
Flan Mexicano
Sticky Toffee Pudding

Custard, whipped cream

Cheese and cracker plate

Selection of wines from British Columbia


Tea, Coffee, Juices





enjoy :-) :-) :-)




s
xxx
:-) :-) :-) :-)

oooo


Persie,


I'm sorry to hear that.


Do hope she will be OK.


I'll keep my fingers crossed.



s
xxx

Also

thanks for the feeding of the barbarian hordes :-D :-D :-D



s
xx

:-) :-) :-) :-)

enjoy your Christmas break...

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas; Sylvs
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


Thanks

Don't worry about me Sylvia - Persie won't let me starve! :-D

It's so lovely that you always think about me when you are going away - Most people arrange for someone to feed their dog or cat, or hamster while they are away but you always arrange for someone to feed 'me' !!!

Thank you............ <3 <3 <3

Persie - I hope all goes well with your daughter - SO awful for her! :-(

I'm just going to get some of that lovely breakfast now - see you all later.

Dea Xxx

P.S. - That Xmas lunch also looks delicious so I will have to save some room.

Dea Xxx

No sign of Gins yet this morning mind you I think that she mentioned that she had something to do today but I can't recall what she said it was.

Woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow, the first of the winter.

That's a point Jonesey. Gins DID say she was going somewhere today. Now, wherever was it ? :-S :-)



Wow Syls, you've really gone overboard today.....thank you very much - it will take ages to choose. Don't worry about Dea.....as the local saying round here goes "she could eat a scabby horse!" She won't starve - never fear. ;-)



Sounds as though the late choir practice worked well for your shopping trip! I hate taking things back. Enjoy your break.



Persie! Your poor daughter :-( That was a heck of a lot of stones to find though, they could have just missed the odd one. Do hope she recovers very soon.


Must ask you though.......was that 'rash top' you bought very spotty??? :-D



Must go.....'tis Sunday and some of us go places.....but I ain't wherever Gins is... :-D :-) :-D

Loved your blonde joke Cyns... have e-mailed it all over the place... my Church Steward cousin will love it... She likes it when I send ones she can take to church...

I have to admit Rash is a silly name for a water sports top,,, ;-)

Do they have shops in Sheffield by any chance?

Px

Im here...............and still coughing

Pers, hope your daughter starts to feel better soon, it could be an infection and if it is the drugs should kick in and she'll be feeling much better in a couple of days <3

I cant go shopping today until 10.30am as thats when the shops open.....looks like JB will be getting his IPad 2 as I cant think of anything else to get him and I thinks its daft buying a load of stuff that he doesnt want or need

We made a list last night and got as far as the names of people we are buying for!

Well it is good that you know their names Gins...
:-( :-(

What time do the shops shut?

The shops close between 4pm - 5pm depending what time they opened in the morning, hours are restricted for larger shops on Sundays, only allowed to open 6 hours

Must also buy some cards and post them!

Gosh you don't get long do you... we have malls open till midnight in some places...

Then they have the Boxing day sales afterwards when a lot of people do their actual Christmas shopping as loads are that much cheaper...

I am off to bed now... enjoy your day Gins...

Might go and do my water aerobics in the morning.

:-) :-)

Like a lot of males I used to do most of my Christmas present shopping on Christmas eve although I never actually resorted to having to buy last minute presents from a filling station. Bags of BBQ charcoal, half dead plants, £2.99 wooly hat and glove set, you know the kind of thing.

Nowadays probably because they don't trust me to make sensible or appropriate choices my nearest and dearest tend to tell me exactly what they want and I say OK, you sort it out and I'll give you the money. Much easier and far less stressful for me and whilst lacking in the sense of surprise for them, they get exactly what they want instead of a load of stuff they don't.

This year they are getting:

Mrs J: Heated buffet contraption (A sort of Bain Marie), purchased a fortnight ago.

Daughter: A new bed, purchased at the end of November.

No 2 Son: The latest xbox, bought online yesterday.

No 1 son: Nothing as I have not heard from him since Spring and I haven't a clue where he is now living.

And that's it. She who must be obeyed (Bless her) deals with all the other family members presents, food and social activities ect.

Christmas need not be a stressful time. :-)

I must admit I couldn't leave everything to the last minute. I like to get cards and presents sorted at least 10 days beforehand. Then, if I could skip straight to 6th January, I would be happy. :-D


Our fibre optic tree is still in its box leaning drunkenly against the dining room wall.........we have lost the picture hooks we use to hang the card thingies up and the nativity scene has yet to be unpacked. Maybe tomorrow................................... :-)


Very busy morning. Stood for hours because it was standing room only - cooked lunch and then carol service tonight................ :-S Making the most of this afternoon's sitdown :-D