Apologies, I know it's October but .....

RhubarbCrumble

..... for the first time, i seem to have been landed with cooking Christmas dinner this year. I managed to get away with it for a long time, but it appears the day has come :eek:

So, help is needed as regards what to get and where to get it. Not 100% sure yet how many people, but minimum three and absolute maximum six. Not too bothered about starters or desserts, will sort those out easily enough, but crown/ 5 bird roast/ham etc, and may be some pre prepped veg? Where's the best place to go for mains that more or less just need to be put in the oven and cooked.

Not bothered whether it's butchers/aldi/tesco etc. Happy with anywhere.

Have absolutely no notion of stuffing turkeys and removing giblets though!

keane2097

Not directly in answer to your question but may be of interest to people who are in the same boat, I noticed the LCFE are doing a Christmas cooking course next month:

http://www.lcfe.ie/part_time_courses/christmas-festive-cooking-hl008-4-weeks/

banie01

Iceland maybe for "prepped" mains, and Richardsons or Limerick Fruit and Veg for prepped veg

LimerickCity

Musgraves do a lot of this type of food especially for Christmas. Some catering companies buy directly from here. They do turkey/ham/stuffing portions on a foil tray which only need to go in the oven.
A few years ago we we're going to get a chef from a well known local restaurant to cater our Christmas dinner and when i found out that he was buying the pre prepared meat & veg from Musgraves i went and done it myself.
At the time you could purchase 8 portions of turkey/ham/stuffing per tray and to be totally honest with you it was really nice.
You could always check it out a few weeks in advance, try it for yourself and then decide if it is worth going that route.
It saves a lot of hassle on the day and you might even be able to pass it off as your own

black & white

Try Papaz on Denmark St, they do boned, rolled and stuffed turkeys every year as well as ham etc.