MERRY CHRISTMAS! MY BOYS ARE CELEBRATING!

[bk_forever]

Hello, and a very happy festive season to all my friends!

It's Christmas day in Britain, and after battling with my camera for ages, I finally managed to get it to work for long enough to take pictures of my boys enjoying their Christmas breakfast (pretzels) and a full turkey dinner. They're going to be stuffed!

This year there are twelve as a new Ianto has joined the gang. He came from Cardiff where he probably used to stand all alone on a shelf. He's happy now because he has Coat Jack! Needless to say, Coat Jack is also very happy.

Here they all are having breakfast. There were only a dozen pretzels so Nosy had some grapes.



New Ianto is the one in front of the snowman. He has a teddy bear.


Here's the scene from the other direction.




I served their dinner before letting them into the dining room. There's gravy and cranberry sauce on the tables, and plenty more turkey and vegetables on the side tables so they can help themselves. There's also Christmas Pudding and Mince Pies.





I hope they're all hungry!










Looks like they're all enjoying themselves! I hope you all are too!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, OR HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! *HUGS*

Comments

[bk_forever]

There's nothing wrong with being picky, everyone is to some degree. I used to be pickier than I am now. I can't stand fat on meat, or gristle *shudders* I won't eat olives or figs, I hate pork pie and custard tarts and hazlet (probably spelled wrong, it's a kind of processed meat over here), and tongue, and fish roe. I don't like mackerel either. Or roast potatoes, they're too greasy. But I like chips, lol!

I love mushrooms!

[neverminetohold.livejournal.com]

Me too! Now I eat at least asparagus, some types of cabbage, bacon, and more fruits/vegetables in general. When I was little, my mum was pretty much at her wit's end at how to get any vitamins into me XD

I don't like gristle, but I have nothing against fat on meat; I like gnawing on ribs ^.^" I don't like fish/sea food, ground pork, beef from the cow (except for in Hamburgers), cheese, and any kind of innards. - Mum loves blood tongue *shudders*

Mushrooms are great! Chinese Wood Ear Fungi is great *yum*

[bk_forever]

I like some kinds of fish, never been keen on roast beef but I like steak pie. I'll eat liver or kidney, but not any other innards, I adore cheese but can't have it because it gives me migraines. Mostly I eat fresh fruit, yogurt, a bi of fish and occasionally meat, and way too many biscuits. I also love nuts. I've never tried asparagus, I wouldn't know what to do with it!

[neverminetohold.livejournal.com]

Pity about the cheese, especially if you like it so! I only eat the one on pizza and a certain kind of cream cheese.

Hmmm! Asparagus is really yummy! I don't cook myself, only bake, but I could ask my mum for how to prepare it? I mean, I know that, when you buy it and will not use it on the same day, you need to put it into the fridge, wrapped in water soaked kitchen paper so that it won't dry out. Then, before cooking it, you need to peel it, best done with a peeler instead of a knife (so that the spear doesn't break. Also, you need to cut the end off, because it's usually dry and stringy.

The rest, I could ask mum about, as I said. It's really a great tasting vegetable, and pretty much a staple of Lower Saxony, with everyone eating it during the season, but the one imported from Peru (not Greece) is very tasty too :)

[bk_forever]

Asparagus is not really all that common in this country, I'm not sure I've ever even seen it for sale in the shops I use. Maybe once or twice... Maybe it doesn't grow well over here or something. It's only in the last few years that blueberries have been readily available, I sometimes think Britain is a bit backward when it comes to fruit and veg, lol!

I do miss cheese, and also bread which I've had to stop eating due to developing an intolerance for most cereals. Really annoying and sad. I occasionally have cheesecake, that only gives me a mild headache.

[neverminetohold.livejournal.com]

Out of season asparagus is not that common here either. I think most countries need to import it.

[bk_forever]

Asparagus will forever remain a mystery to me! LOL!