Thanks, J. Sounds like quite an event at the Barter house. I love it! LOL Hence, the name . . . VOMITBUNNYvomitbunny wrote:Here in the south we have chitlins stuffed with souse. Some people use those little vienna sausages. You pronounce it like Vie-eenie. Rymes with beenie weenie. Then some stuffing made with cheetos. If you want a vegtable with that, you usually make macaroni and cheese. Usually served with our famouse egg nogg or boiled custard, made out of whiskey and ice. Some fancy types fix fried hot bologna and tater tots, but that's beyond the means of most of us. Thems for folks that live in double wides. Rumor has it thet they have twinkies for dessert too. But I wouldn't know. Gramma says them folks gonna burn in hell anyway, alla them worldly goods and stuff, sos I'll just do without no twinkies.
On new years, we have our own version of Hoppin John too. But Granny says Hoppin is too close to Dancin, an' God hates that. So we just eats pork rinds and beer nuts. In the John. Things just ain't been the same since Pappy lost his pro-stetic leg. We couldn't keep up the payments. Deer huntin season come, an' I needed a new scope.
Alas, see my posts on the diet thread.Flyingcursor wrote:The capacity for food and drink I've witnessed among the English is astounding. Yet they remain thin. What's the scoop?
Inside every thin Englishman (or woman) there's a fat American trying to get out.jbarter wrote:Alas, see my posts on the diet thread.Flyingcursor wrote:The capacity for food and drink I've witnessed among the English is astounding. Yet they remain thin. What's the scoop?
I can't believe it either. Of course that's pork pie and trifle with lashings of Baileys and cream in our house!jbarter wrote:I can't believe it! I forgot to mention the pork pie and the trifle.
TapewormFlyingcursor wrote:The capacity for food and drink I've witnessed among the English is astounding. Yet they remain thin. What's the scoop?
That sounds like a wonderful day, Jbarter! Got room for a guest?jbarter wrote:Will O'B wanted to know about the Christmas food over here so here's a normal/average Christmas day in the Barter household.
Wake up
Bacon butties (mushrooms and brahn sauce to taste)
Open prezzies
Commence eating any confectionary items received as prezzies
Open sherry and start drinking
Commence cooking dinner (veg prepared last night and turkey's been cooking low since coming in from midnight church service)
Relatives arrive
Open more sherry and get the beers out
Drink same while scoffing mince pies and shortbread
Start eating nuts and crisps (coz you fancy 'something savoury')
Open more sherry (beer by now in constant flow)
Join in Hokey Cokey happening round the piano in the music room
Open the red wine ready for dinner (it's gotta breath ya know)
Herd everyone towards the table
Pull crackers and don party hats contained therein
Dinner {Turkey, quorn roasty thing for Adam, roast spuds, boiled spuds, creamed spuds, brussels, peas, carrots, roast parsnips, stuffing (two sorts), cranberry stuff, bread sauce, gravy}
Stagger away from table and wait for dinner to subside enough to tackle the pudding (will ya have a whiskey while you're waiting?)
Stagger back for Christmas Pudding and either custard or brandy sauce depending on your inclination ("One of each please" in my case)
Coffee and mints
Sit and chat in the front of the house or go play music in the back (sherry, beer, and whiskey will be present at both locations)
Eat some fruit coz it's healthy and you're actually on a diet
Lay out the food for the buffet tea on the table {bread, crackers, cheeses, cold meats, pickles, cakes, nuts, crisps, dips}
Keep travelling backwards and forwards to table all evening until relatives go home and family fall asleep.
Eat Terry's Chocolate Orange
Wake Anthea and go to bed muttering "If it wasn't for the sake of the children we wouldn't bother really"
Wow, Redwolf, me too (veggie)!Redwolf wrote:When I was growing up, my family always had the turkey dinner for both meals (but ham on Easter). Now that I'm grown, and further, a vegetarian, we have different special-occasion meals for all three holidays: millet loaf with mashed potatoes, brown gravy and green beans almondine for Thanksgiving; Tempeh Chianti and rosemary roasted potatoes for Christmas; and pasta primavera for Easter.
Redwolf
Christmas dinner??? I say let's all celebrate the entire week of Christmas together!!! At JBarter's house. What do you all say? Are you in?jbarter wrote:I told Anthea to expect 2000+ extra C&Fers for Christmas dinner. Her reaction...? Hmmm.... better order more sherry.
