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by **Kaz** » 08 Dec 2015, 15:17

Me too, but after the main I might not have room, a year of WW means my tum has shrunk a bit and I can't put it away like I used to :evil:

If they have a nice soft goats cheese I might manage a bit though!!

Have a lovely meal out tomorrow Di

LOL Ossie

by **Aggers** » 08 Dec 2015, 21:13

We are going out tomorrow for our annual Christmas Lunch with the other residents at our Lodge.

We have also booked a lunch at a local hotel on Christmas Eve to celebrate a special day. :Hi:

Our trouble when eating out is that the portion sizes are far bigger than what we are used to.
This makes it patently obvious (to us) why there is a general obesity problem. :lol:

by **jenniren** » 09 Dec 2015, 08:44

I'm going out for a Christmas lunch with 50 of the coffee ladies next Thursday, it should be great fun if a tad noisy :oops:

by **Kaz** » 09 Dec 2015, 09:02

Wow Jen, I can imagine! :oops:

by **Aggers** » 10 Dec 2015, 12:46

Our Christmas meal yesterday, at the local Holiday Inn, was alright, but the service was poor,
and we got tired of just sitting and waiting for so long between courses.

by **Workingman** » 10 Dec 2015, 13:57

Aggers wrote:Our Christmas meal yesterday, at the local Holiday Inn, was alright, but the service was poor,
and we got tired of just sitting and waiting for so long between courses.

That was another thing putting us off.

We were about twenty strong, with parents and children, and the time between the first and last plates of a course being delivered left a lot to be desired. You either had to get tucked in and have a hot meal, or be polite and eat something getting cold.

We are talking ten years or so ago, and even then the whole thing came to upwards of £600.

We now do a Christmas eve meal - Mo and Mary take it in turns to host us all. We are down to about ten of us now the children are grown and gone.

Whoever is hosting does the meats, usually beef, pork and turkey crown, and the rest of us bring in cooked vegetables and spuds ready to go in the oven or microwave for a quick re-heat and then into the heated hostess trolley to await serving.

It works for us even when the vegetable choices are, shall we say, "interesting"! Roasted baby turnips are not what I would call Christmas fayre, but one member of the family always turn up with some. "G'wan, you must try one, they are my favourites". :shock: