Christmas Goodies

[NoMercy]

Hi all.

Are there any particular goodies that you like to have in your cupboards during the festive period, that you wouldn't normally buy at any other time of the year?

I simply have to have a tub of M&S Roasted Jumbo Cashews, an epicurean collection of continental cheeses and pates and plenty of the old vino. Oh, and I am rather partial to dark chocolate marzipan bars at this time of year.....

[steg]

"festive period" i've now went off Christmas

[pericat]

cheeses and pates sound just about right - also dark chocolate covered brazil nuts and turkish delight (lokum) - and any nibbles from Marks

[funnygirl]

I have a big tin of Roses and I like to buy the nutsin shells that you can crack!

I love those marzipan bars too.

[Bbbananas]

Coconut Rafaello's... yum.

And sausagemeat in my stuffing.

[daffy654]

We always have an assortment of nuts and then spend hours cursing at them when we can't crack the shells.
We will be getting a few bottles of wine for guests, neither me or the oh drink wine,we get a crate or two of beer for the younger visitors (daughters and their bf's) and then of course there are the traditional mince pies,christmas cake and buffet foods.

[pericat]

Are rafaelos all coconut - have never had them ? and salla dont get me started on the stuffing !!

[mccfluff]

i have to have goodies all year round, sorry i can;t save myself for xmas that would be wrong

[Bbbananas]

no - they just have coconut on the outside with a wafer-like shell & lots of creamy squidgy stuff in the middle. They're made by the makers of Ferrero rocher - but with white chocolate & coconut.

As for the stuffing - normally it's the basic stuff, but just has to have a bit of sausagemeat in in at xmas. I buy real sausages rather than rounds of sausagemeat cos I get much pleasure out of squeezing the innards out of the skin... very therapeutic.

[Sqad]

Brandy Butter.....did I tell you what Mrs sqad would like to do with the Brandy Butter..........and I didn't object ;-)

[pericat]

dont like white chocolate only dark.
Salla - now I understand my mothers fixation with stuffing - you have solved a mystery from my youth - which still goes on today !

[funnygirl]

Did she smother you in it and then lick it all off or did she put it on her mince pies??? Lol.

[4getmenot]

orange and lemon slices. hahahahaha

[Bbbananas]

I do good back massages can_do. (You can do it too, with Kandoo...)

Sqad...mmm... brandy butter. Bring some next time kiddo will ya? ;-)

[NoMercy]

I love those coconut things too, Salla. Bought some for my nan last time I came back to England. Yummm....

[tamborine]

block of marzipan.....secreted away!

[Bbbananas]

peri - I've always had a strange relationship with sausagemeat. As a child I would sneak into the pantry, squeeze some of the meat out of a sausage and eat it raw. Sounds gross now, but I used to love it.

(Must have been why I was sooooooo skinny as a child - I must have had worms for 10+ years....)

[pericat]

Yep Sqad - I have heard its good for constipation !