Christmas Eats - was Nosy Chistmas/Holidays Question?

[junediamanti]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, ~Ivy~ <desiivy at y...> wrote:
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> dudemom_2000 <dudemom_2000 at y...> wrote:
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> Sorry, I am going to have a dull Christmas too, but we are 
planning 
> a wonderful meal of Honey Glazed Rack of Lamb, Wilted Spinach and 
I 
> haven't decided what else yet..... What is everyone else eating 
for 
> Christmas/Holidays?

That sounds fantastic!  Is there a spare seat? <g>

We will be having a very large chicken (free range - taste the 
difference, and there aren't that many of us) because I find it very 
hard to source a turkey that is humanely reared and doesn't cost 
roughly the price of a three-bedroomed suburban house.

The trimmings will be traditional:

Chestnut stuffing
Chipolata sausages and bacon rolls
The usual vegetables and so on. 

No Christmas pudding because we don't like it, so I located a 
strawberry and champagne meringue roulade.  Nice.

This bird will hopefully produce about 4 meals - the standard on on 
the day and the day after, then an indian rice dish called a 
Biryani, then a very stick-to-the-ribs soup.  

For New Year's lunch, we will have ham cooked in - believe it, coca 
cola.  This is an american recipe and works beautifully (not diet 
coke though).  You also wind up with a fantastic stock for a black 
bean soup.

June