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    #1862
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Hey all, not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere on the forum but Lidl have a load of Chtistmas stuff in, I got a whole loads of spices (stick cinnamon, cloves and star anise) for 99c per portion. Good for Christmas pressie making!


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    #1863
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Aaaaaand that's my Chutney done! \0/


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    #1864
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    baby and crumble wrote: »
    Hey all, not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere on the forum but Lidl have a load of Chtistmas stuff in, I got a whole loads of spices (stick cinnamon, cloves and star anise) for 99c per portion. Good for Christmas pressie making!

    Did you notice if they have Stollen in yet? It's probably too early.... :( but I have a serious yen for some toasted....


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    #1865
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,562 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    You should make some!

    I bet Fanny Cradock has a delicious recipe somewhere. :pac:


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    #1866
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,274 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    I've decided I'm going to make my first ever Christmas cake this year! I have loads of baking books at home but I think I'll do Mary Berrys recipe - she's normally pretty foolproof!


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    #1867
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Well I made the Omelette,....it's not the worst thing I've ever eaten.......


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    #1868
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Amazing. How is it not the worse thing you've ever eaten? Yours looks much better than Fanny's, but still! Fair play to you for giving it a go! :D

    I'm feeling very Christmassy today. I'm on the couch with a bar of chocolate (I very very rarely eat chocolate so it's definitely a Christmassy thing to me) watching Christmas cookery shows in my jammies.


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    #1869
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    It's like a strange kind of filled pancake, I used my own mincemeat from last year so I didn't get a mouthful of suet


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    #1870
    fussyonion
    Registered Users Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    It is very cold out right now..feels like Christmas!

    My Aunt was making ten Christmas puddings yesterday..her kitchen smelt divine and got me wondering if I should make a cake this year.
    I normally do, but the last two years I haven't as nobody was eating them.
    I like making them.


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    #1871
    SarahLil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    Bobblehead Panda wrote: »
    Amazing. How is it not the worse thing you've ever eaten? Yours looks much better than Fanny's, but still! Fair play to you for giving it a go! :D

    I'm feeling very Christmassy today. I'm on the couch with a bar of chocolate (I very very rarely eat chocolate so it's definitely a Christmassy thing to me) watching Christmas cookery shows in my jammies.

    I managed to catch some of the Christmas cookery this morning, it does feel quite festive out there today was in Lidl earlier seen chocolate Santa's, Christmas puddings and Cadbury selection boxes, picked up a new dinner service today can't wait to fill them with tasty Christmas treats:)


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    #1872
    SarahLil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    Fussyonion go ahead and make it, would work colleagues not appreciate some Christmas cake, surely someone popping by for a cuppa wouldn't say no


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    #1873
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    This just appeared on my fb!! http://yuleplay.com/playlist/?pid=405&pname=Old+Classic+Christmas+Songs


    I'm very excited!!!!


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    #1874
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,248 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Mayo Gurl wrote: »
    This just appeared on my fb!! http://yuleplay.com/playlist/?pid=405&pname=Old+Classic+Christmas+Songs


    I'm very excited!!!!

    I cant get 70s christmas hits to play on that that site, just goes back to first page?


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    #1875
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Fanny just shoved a couple of slices of raw gammon and a whole load of raw mushrooms under the skin of the turkey.


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    #1876
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Bobblehead Panda wrote: »
    Fanny just shoved a couple of slices of raw gammon and a whole load of raw mushrooms under the skin of the turkey.

    Oh dear God.....


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    #1877
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    washiskin wrote: »
    Did you notice if they have Stollen in yet? It's probably too early.... :( but I have a serious yen for some toasted....

    Not sure about stollen but thy had their gingerbread and all that out, so you might get lucky. This was the big one on Cork St. in Dublin.


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    #1878
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    baby and crumble wrote: »
    Not sure about stollen but thy had their gingerbread and all that out, so you might get lucky. This was the big one on Cork St. in Dublin.

    Success!!! I got some in Aldi yesterday!! :)

    I was in Norn Iron today...if people are having a grinning match over the teeny amount of Christmas stuff in the shops here ("too early" :O)....they'd be foaming at the mouth up there.....:D


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    #1879
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    Its finally October so I'm venturing back into this forum! Just need to get Halloween out of the way now, and then the fun really begins :) Felt really Christmassy tonight, the weather is shocking, we've the fire lighting and we're in our pjs since about 5pm. We've been watching movies all evening with copious amounts of wine and yummy food - I love cosy Sundays :)


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    #1880
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    WhiteRoses wrote: »
    Its finally October so I'm venturing back into this forum!

    We're here all year 'round, you know. :) You're welcome to mosey in anytime.....


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    #1881
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,274 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Feeling so Christmassy today - I'm in work but have yuleplay.com on low...White Christmas playing as I type this! :D


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    #1882
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    leahyl wrote: »
    Feeling so Christmassy today - I'm in work but have yuleplay.com on low...White Christmas playing as I type this! :D


    Thanks to the stormy weather last night and the trains not working I have to work from home today so I now have yuleplay playing slightly bit louder than I should ;)


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    #1883
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Loughc wrote: »
    Thanks to the stormy weather last night and the trains not working I have to work from home today so I now have yuleplay playing slightly bit louder than I should ;)

    g'waaaaan.....stick on a string of lights! :D


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    #1884
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    I just tried that Ben & Jerry's Minter Wonderland. So good.


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    #1885
    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    Good idea of decorating a white Christmas tree,a snowman :)

    diy-christmas-tree-snowman.jpg


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    #1886
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    That is genius! Great find!


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    #1887
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    delw wrote: »
    Good idea of decorating a white Christmas tree,a snowman :)

    diy-christmas-tree-snowman.jpg

    By any chance are you in an elf group on FB? 🎅


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    #1888
    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    Mayo Gurl wrote: »
    By any chance are you in an elf group on FB? 🎅
    Im actually not,a friend posted it on my time line & i said to myself "I have to find this on net for fellow boardies" :)


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    #1889
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I thought you might be one of my elf crazies. One lady in the group woke up last December and her elf had decorated the above tree like that as one of his antics. I'm going to get a white tree and steal that idea for our elves this year ��


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    #1890
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Not sure how many of you are on Twitter but if you are and are feeling nostalgic the lovely Helen Day aka @LBFlyawayhome will be taking an Advent Calendar approach to her daily Ladybird Book postings in the run up to Christmas :)

    She already does a "Today in History" via Ladybird daily post (& requests if you had a favourite) and for anyone who had these little gems it's a real treat. :)


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    #1891
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,274 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York on Film 4 now!!


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