Christmas meal on Christmas Day

[Sue]

Vaguely thinking about not cooking on Christmas Day this year.

Does anybody know which local restaurants/pubs do meals on Christmas Day?

I know the Clock House does, but their vegetarian option of risotto doesn't sound vastly appetising .....

[legalalien]

Tulse Hill Tavern

https://www.tulsehillhotel.com/sites/default/files/christmas-2021-tulse-hill-hotel.pdf

[Sue]

Thanks legalalien, I was hoping for somewhere a bit nearer as there won't be any public transport (I think).

[hellosailor]

Hi Sue,

You could always go for a local drink and take the effort out of cooking by ordering the veggie or vegan Christmas meal from Cook in West Dulwich. We did this one year (not the veggie option but same principle) and it was great!

https://www.cookfood.net/menu/christmas/vegetarian-dishes

[Froglander]

Aren?t Indian restaurants open?

[ken78]

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> Aren?t Indian restaurants open?

yes what a great idea turkey vindaloo, brussel bhaji, sage and onion naan, cauliflower and carrot rice, bombay roast potatos, ...........sign me up

[Sue]

hellosailor Wrote:

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> Hi Sue,

>

> You could always go for a local drink and take the

> effort out of cooking by ordering the veggie or

> vegan Christmas meal from Cook in West Dulwich. We

> did this one year (not the veggie option but same

> principle) and it was great!

>

> https://www.cookfood.net/menu/christmas/vegetarian

> -dishes

Thanks! I'll have a look!

[hellosailor]

If you do go for Cook then it?s always good to book your food as soon as possible as they get stupendously booked up weeks before Christmas! You can pick up from the west Dulwich shop or they deliver if it?s over ?30. Their puddings are really nice too!

[Froglander]

ken78 Wrote:

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> yes what a great idea turkey vindaloo, brussel

> bhaji, sage and onion naan, cauliflower and carrot

> rice, bombay roast potatos, ...........sign me up

She asked about a meal and then said she didn?t fancy risotto plus she?s vegetarian.

[Sue]

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> > yes what a great idea turkey vindaloo, brussel

> > bhaji, sage and onion naan, cauliflower and

> carrot

> > rice, bombay roast potatos, ...........sign me

> up

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> She asked about a meal and then said she didn?t

> fancy risotto plus she?s vegetarian.

Yes but I can have an Indian meal on any day of the year, I was specifically asking about Christmas.

Thanks for pointing it out though, maybe we will have a Madras in the evening!

[ken78]

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> > yes what a great idea turkey vindaloo, brussel

> > bhaji, sage and onion naan, cauliflower and

> carrot

> > rice, bombay roast potatos, ...........sign me

> up

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> She asked about a meal and then said she didn?t

> fancy risotto plus she?s vegetarian.

sorry veg vindaloo then ??? only askng

[ken78]

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> > She asked about a meal and then said she didn?t

> > fancy risotto plus she?s vegetarian.

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> Yes but I can have an Indian meal on any day of

> the year, I was specifically asking about

> Christmas.

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> Thanks for pointing it out though, maybe we will

> have a Madras in the evening!

well you can have turkey with all the Christmas trimmings all year round now .. so what is a Christmas dinner

[Sue]

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> well you can have turkey with all the Christmas

> trimmings all year round now .. so what is a

> Christmas dinner

It's traditional!

I'd suggest most people don't have Christmas dinner with a Christmas pud and brandy butter etc except around Christmas, even though they could if they wanted to!

Well, I certainly don't!

[ken78]

traditional?? can you remember pubs only opened till 2 o/c on Christmas day and you NEVER had restaurants open at all now THAT'S TRADITIONAL we all had to cook our own Christmas dinner looks like another tradition we have lost.shame

[Sue]

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> traditional?? can you remember pubs only opened

> till 2 o/c on Christmas day and you NEVER had

> restaurants open at all now THAT'S TRADITIONAL we

> all had to cook our own Christmas dinner looks

> like another tradition we have lost.shame

Eh? Many pubs still close early on Christmas Day, and there are very few restaurants open. Why should hospitality staff have to work on Christmas Day when hardly anybody else does?

Plus I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people still cook their own Christmas dinner, judging by the speed at which supermarket Christmas delivery slots fill up as soon as they are released, unless you have evidence to the contrary!

Blimey. I post a quite innocuous post and get attacked on all fronts!

If Christmas was really TRADITIONAL (why the caps?!), then we would all be celebrating the Winter Solstice and Yule. Or going back even further, we wouldn't be celebrating anything at all probably, because we'd be sitting in our caves trying to get a fire going with a few sticks.

Or going back even further .... well, you get the drift .....

But in any case, I was specifically talking about it being traditional to eat Christmas dinner round about Christmas Day, and not at other times of the year ......

[ken78]

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> > traditional?? can you remember pubs only opened

> > till 2 o/c on Christmas day and you NEVER had

> > restaurants open at all now THAT'S TRADITIONAL

> we

> > all had to cook our own Christmas dinner looks

> > like another tradition we have lost.shame

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> Eh? Many pubs still close early on Christmas Day,

> and there are very few restaurants open. Why

> should hospitality staff have to work on Christmas

> Day when hardly anybody else does?

>

> Plus I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people

> still cook their own Christmas dinner, judging by

> the speed at which supermarket Christmas delivery

> slots fill up as soon as they are released, unless

> you have evidence to the contrary!

>

> Blimey. I post a quite innocuous post and get

> attacked on all fronts!

>

> If Christmas was really TRADITIONAL (why the

> caps?!), then we would all be celebrating the

> Winter Solstice and Yule. Or going back even

> further, we wouldn't be celebrating anything at

> all probably, because we'd be sitting in our caves

> trying to get a fire going with a few sticks.

>

> Or going back even further .... well, you get the

> drift .....

>

> But in any case, I was specifically talking about

> it being traditional to eat Christmas dinner round

> about Christmas Day, and not at other times of the

> year ......

These celebrations commemorated Christ's birth and the name Christmas (Christ's Mass) is first recorded in England in 1038. Medieval celebrations also combined the servants-as-masters antics and gift-giving of Roman Saturnalia with customs left over from the pagan Saxon Midwinter feast of Yule. and whatever you eat on Christmas day it's Christmas dinner,as you say "winter solstice and yule is not christmas it's The Pagan celebration of Winter Solstice (also known as Yule) is one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world. Ancient people were hunters and spent most of their time outdoors. The seasons and weather played a very important part in their lives.

but sue i hope you get a nice meal in a nice pub p.s try the cherry tree

[Sue]

Thank you, ken 78,The Cherry Tree is a good idea, but I'm coming round to the idea of a drink at The Ivy House and then a meal at home :)

[Cora]

We?ve done cook for years?means we can take the day as it comes and when we feel like it pop it in the oven..obviously not the same as home cooking but we like the flexibility to go with the flow?last year we had covid?didn?t get round to eating it for a week or so after Christmas when some tastebuds came back!