Christmas time makes me laugh. A shallow, false laugh that doesn't quite reach my eyes I might add. The time when you should have perfect homemade Christmas puddings, hand crafted gifts where you even make your own wrapping paper. Slaving over a hot stove for hours to achieve honeyed carrot perfection, a glossy gleaming picture perfect Turkey, which isn't still bleeding in the middle, sprouts that have a little crunch, but not teeth-breakingly so, nor soggy. FOR GOODNESS SAKE!! STOP!!! THINK!!! Next time you read an article about 'having a perfect Christmas' RUN! put it down and. don't give it the time of day to even read it. It will fry your mind.
Settle instead for a perfectly imperfect Christmas, where you have as much fun as possible, and do as little as possible in the kitchen. Roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings are both now of a suitable standard that with a little roughing up would pass for homemade. Same goes for gravy, carrots and other veg can be bought in pre-prepared, but avoid frozen sprouts, they tend to be flavourless and soggy, not matter what you do to them. So that leaves the turkey. Again shortcuts can be made, you don't have to buy a whole turkey, a turkey crown will do for most medium sized families. A turkey roast joint would be enough if there's just the two of you. Or if you really want the maximum time -saving - try a turkey dinner, if you eat it out of the tray there won't even be any washing up.
Merry Christmas everyone
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