"Ophelia" > wrote
>> OK, sure, but let me ask you a question. A hypothetical situation,
>> this is: It's a major national holiday, one where the family gathers
>> together for a meal. You have six dinner guests besides your own
>> small family. What sort of a meal (how many dishes) might you
>> prepare?
>
> That would have to be Christmas. My children are very prescriptive on the
> dishes for Christmas lunch and I wouldn't disappoint them. They *must*
> have
> the food they think of as traditional (what they had as small children)
> So.
> Starter, prawn cocktail, main, turkey, cipolatas, stuffing, roast
> potatoes,
> brussels sprouts, peas, roasted onions and gravy. Christmas pudding with
> rum
> sauce and warm mince pies if anyone still has room I cook other things
> to
> eat over the Christmas period but we wouldn't have them for Christmas
> lunch.
>
> I dislike turkey and prawn cocktail, so I cook options ie, chicken or some
> special starter. I wouldnt do that with guests at table though.
>

It all sounds lovely to me!! What is in Christmas pudding?