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Christmas is almost here now, the decorations are up and we're still deciding what to do about the time in between Christmas and New year 
It all depends on the weather, if the snow holds off we may still get a few days away. We've done the majority of stuff for Christmas now, the cakes already iced as I'd already put enough booze in, just to make sure though I added cognac to the heated apricot jam that stuck the marzipan in place 
Also made some cupcakes as testers packed with bournville and finished with a Baileys frosting .... taste pretty good but may leave out the chunks of bournville next time from the chocolate sponge mix as they're a bit rich.
We do the fresh food shop as late as possible ..... we dread it every year as the stores are packed so try to go during the night when it's quieter but the downside is that the shelves aren't always stocked. May try the online route this year
Turkey's seem to have shot up in price from last Christmas, a crown is ridiculously expensive 
It all depends on the weather, if the snow holds off we may still get a few days away. We've done the majority of stuff for Christmas now, the cakes already iced as I'd already put enough booze in, just to make sure though I added cognac to the heated apricot jam that stuck the marzipan in place Also made some cupcakes as testers packed with bournville and finished with a Baileys frosting .... taste pretty good but may leave out the chunks of bournville next time from the chocolate sponge mix as they're a bit rich. We do the fresh food shop as late as possible ..... we dread it every year as the stores are packed so try to go during the night when it's quieter but the downside is that the shelves aren't always stocked. May try the online route this year
Turkey's seem to have shot up in price from last Christmas, a crown is ridiculously expensive 
). The great thing about them is that you end up with about £10 worth of goose fat to cook your potatoes in for the next few months 
I have nowhere to put them and I always forget someone who then gets offended, I'm sure some leave them until the last minute just to see if I forgot to send them one and leave no time for me to right the wrong 
I think people did notice but were too polite to mention missing roast potatoes 
I have'nt bought one at Christmas for years. Any good cookbook will tell you how, just use a cake tin rather than trying to hand raise it and it's easy 
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after the disaster last year my friend is cooking .. normally just my son,dogs and me but due to sad situation he's on his own and think my son is happy after last year needless to say trauma dog in the oven turkey in the washing up bowl ended up with spag bol 
and my extra special new potatoes turned into Maris Pipers on the way here, the cocktail prawns also grew into king prawns 