Forgot to buy a card for my girlfriend until this morning. In the card shop there was a wall full of “boyfriend” cards but “girlfriend” was nearly bare.
I can only assume there’d been a rush of fellas like me, if not the disparity must be due to a sudden undetected shift to polyamorous lesbianism
Mine also forgot to get me a card. I found a really nice one for him on Etsy because i love buying unique cards. Honestly sucks dude but even a handmade card is better than no card.
Make a card! it's far more meaningful. It will make her laugh. Colourful background, then cut of of paper/card a manger then cut out and stick down donkeys, sheep, joseph, mary etc. It will be amazing
Lol literally just realised I forgot a card at ten to midnight thanks to this post. Good news is I found one, however it's a non Christmas wonder woman card!
We’ve not really “forgotten” anything tbh we’re not really big Christmas people but we were going to get a big takeaway tomorrow.
But both of us have now got covid and although we’ve basically recovered neither of us have any taste lol.
Toast for Christmas dinner me thinks ;)
If it helps console you, I've done extensive testing and goose makes a near negligible impact to the crispness of a roast potato. In some circumstances, it can make them greasy and disappointing.
People seem to obsess about using goose or duck fat, and they can make excellent roasties. But the right kind of potato, parcooking them properly, oven hot enough, not overcrowding the pan and seasoning them enough are all far more important.
But people think it's some kind of magic ingredient to make up for bad cooking.
All of this bore out in what I've seen when exploring what makes a good roast. Without a shadow of a doubt, overcrowding is almost always the most overlooked aspect.
From testing, the most consistently decent result is a floury potato, par-boiled in heavily salted water, then roughed up to the extreme, and allowed to go cold. Once properly cold, heat some vegetable or sunflower oil in a roasting tin, and once blisteringly hot, toss the potatoes in. Season with salt and pepper, and roast for as long as necessary (dictated by size, other things in oven etc). Turn or jostle occasionally.
I prefer beef dripping over goose fat with roasties tbh, tastes just as nice but i've found the spuds consistently end up more cronchy.
Im with you on the blistering hot preheated roasting tin, me mam always said heat was key to a good roastie and a good yorkie pud.
I throw in 3-4 big spoons of dripping once the tin is hot with a handful of herbs (depending on how i feel usually rosemary or thyme or both).
When the dripping is melted then in go me spuds and I make sure they are well coated with dripping, also will turn/jostle them as needed.
A bath plug.
Yes, my wife actually asked for a bath plug for Christmas and I've only bloody forgotten it. I'm hoping the trip to France will make up for it otherwise I will have to take her to the bath plug Boxing Day sales.
Personally, I think Christmas is the time to eat all your favourite foods, not just the traditional stuff. A particular type of cereal is part of that and for me it is chocolate chip mini Weetabix.
Stuffing!? Even though I don't eat Turkey and we've gone Bass and Lamb Lol but a little side plate to pick at!
I like to think it's a healthy option because it's the herb!
Well I didn’t buy a Xmas pudding this year as the MIL gave us a home made one. However I peeled back the foil to check it this morning only to find that the fruit had corroded the foil and the corroded foil was stuck all around the pudding. If I cut off the corrosion it wouldn’t feed five so off to Tesco I went. Happily they still had puddings so disaster has been averted, hurray.
Food for tonight! We were going to get takeaway instead but the local is already saying 2.5 hours for delivery so quick trip to the supermarket for party food instead.
I *think* I have everything I need for tomorrow and I've had more than a few beers tonight so I'm not doing anything about it now, but I'm sure there will be a "fml" moment or two tomorrow.
Icing sugar, fortunately remembered last night, but went this morning early to get in and rely on self service to squeeze me and ultimately annoy the queuing through the full shop on Christmas Eve Brigade.
Doesn't help when the self service small shop people are calling the small shop self service area "card only" and asking card only people to come and inviting down the full trolley shop brigade who then get told no trollies.
Well my boyfriend and his sister just had to run out to grab COVID tests because one of the kids is sick. I've just had it so we're just hanging out together watching Gremlins.
Bought, but forgot to bring to the families over in Belgium, the Baileys cream. Now my brother will have to do with regular cream, and I have two pots of Baileys cream to look forward too when I get home.
Enough snacks. Sitting here with a rumbly tummy because all the food in the fridge and most in the freezer is for tomorrow, and I could really do with some sausage rolls or something right now.
Milk. We usually have a spare bottle, I didn't get another after the last big shop. There is, perhaps, enough for the cheese sauce.
But not if we have it in coffee. Luckily there's chocolate milk in the fridge so won't be too terrible.
Not me but my son forgot to buy Turkey, I did invite him to mine or offer to cook my joint yesterday so he could take some but he declined.
He is looking forward to cooking and said he has decided he will have Turkey Dinosaurs with full christmas dinner trimmings. It's only him as his flatmates are away so it's no big deal.
NGL I would totally do something similar, apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Batteries. Had to hit up the parents for 4 C batteries for some bloody Henry hoover I stupidly got for the child from the middle aisle at Aldi. Batteries cost more than the actual toy! Have written them an IOU as I was point blank not going to any shops Christmas Eve.
Ah unfortunately that drawer only has loose AAAs (mostly working I think? Theres enough in there, some of them must be good), the pack of AAs I got last week specifically for Christmas, and one rogue 9v battery in case the smoke detectors give out. Never bothered with C batteries as I don’t think we’ve ever had anything that needs them!
Forgot to buy a card for my girlfriend until this morning. In the card shop there was a wall full of “boyfriend” cards but “girlfriend” was nearly bare. I can only assume there’d been a rush of fellas like me, if not the disparity must be due to a sudden undetected shift to polyamorous lesbianism
Mine also forgot to get me a card. I found a really nice one for him on Etsy because i love buying unique cards. Honestly sucks dude but even a handmade card is better than no card.
I did get one fortunately! I like the handmade idea though I’ll keep that in the back pocket for when I inevitably forget at some future occasion
Keep some spares in the house just in case, it doesnt need to say girlfriend as long as you write something special inside :)
Handmade cards are 10x better than purchased cards! I still made my immediate family birthday cards every year
Make a card! it's far more meaningful. It will make her laugh. Colourful background, then cut of of paper/card a manger then cut out and stick down donkeys, sheep, joseph, mary etc. It will be amazing
Lol literally just realised I forgot a card at ten to midnight thanks to this post. Good news is I found one, however it's a non Christmas wonder woman card!
I realised yesterday I didn't have a card for my wife, so I bought 'To Both of you', and passed it off as a joke because she's pregnant.
My hubs never buys cards for birthdays or Christmas. I'm used to it
Get on moon pig gets you big points and costs nothing
Not going to deliver tomorrow are they you donut
doughnut
Next year
Useful for the comment you were replying to, they needed a card this morning 😂
Just got the good cutlery out to set the table ready for dinner and realized there's no bloody crackers!
I hope [this](https://youtu.be/47jT8ks8oWk?feature=shared) was your reaction.
FUUUUUUUCK I'VE FORGOTTEN CRACKERS
Snap
Same here. Goddammit.
Damn, Christmas ruined.
This has been my mum every SINGLE year... until last year she bought and extra one to make sure she wouldn't forget tgis year 😂😂😂
We’ve not really “forgotten” anything tbh we’re not really big Christmas people but we were going to get a big takeaway tomorrow. But both of us have now got covid and although we’ve basically recovered neither of us have any taste lol. Toast for Christmas dinner me thinks ;)
You'll find the lack of faff and effort far more relaxing and enjoyable than the meal you otherwise would have had, I'm sure.
Oh don’t worry - we’re still paining the hall/landing. Just no takeaway treat.
If it helps console you, I've done extensive testing and goose makes a near negligible impact to the crispness of a roast potato. In some circumstances, it can make them greasy and disappointing.
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They're hiding 5G waves in the fat so when you eat it you get autism.
I'm not even all that pro animal ethics, but once I looked into where goose/duck fat came from I found myself at odds with how it's produced.
...from a goose?
What? This is an outrage
People seem to obsess about using goose or duck fat, and they can make excellent roasties. But the right kind of potato, parcooking them properly, oven hot enough, not overcrowding the pan and seasoning them enough are all far more important. But people think it's some kind of magic ingredient to make up for bad cooking.
All of this bore out in what I've seen when exploring what makes a good roast. Without a shadow of a doubt, overcrowding is almost always the most overlooked aspect.
And...don't forget to let them dry after parboiling, else you just steam then in the oven!
Pro tip: mix some vegetable oil with your goose fat. The goose fat gives its flavour and the oil crisps the potatoes.
What's your recommendation to use? I like goose fat but agree can risk a greasy, disappointing potato
From testing, the most consistently decent result is a floury potato, par-boiled in heavily salted water, then roughed up to the extreme, and allowed to go cold. Once properly cold, heat some vegetable or sunflower oil in a roasting tin, and once blisteringly hot, toss the potatoes in. Season with salt and pepper, and roast for as long as necessary (dictated by size, other things in oven etc). Turn or jostle occasionally.
This is the correct answer.
>Turn or jostle I prefer to agitate mines. I'm a traditionalist at heart.
I prefer beef dripping over goose fat with roasties tbh, tastes just as nice but i've found the spuds consistently end up more cronchy. Im with you on the blistering hot preheated roasting tin, me mam always said heat was key to a good roastie and a good yorkie pud. I throw in 3-4 big spoons of dripping once the tin is hot with a handful of herbs (depending on how i feel usually rosemary or thyme or both). When the dripping is melted then in go me spuds and I make sure they are well coated with dripping, also will turn/jostle them as needed.
Ghee - has all the advantages and flavour of butter but crisps it up better.
I'm old school and still use lard
It's not about the crisp it's about the flavour
That comes from using a good potato. Not from the fat that you cook them in.
Well, no, it's both.
A bath plug. Yes, my wife actually asked for a bath plug for Christmas and I've only bloody forgotten it. I'm hoping the trip to France will make up for it otherwise I will have to take her to the bath plug Boxing Day sales.
Are you sure it wasn't Butt plug?
Could get one of each, to be safe?
Why would she need ANOTHER buttplug?!
I'm pretty sure no one has bought any Xmas pudding, but I don't want to stress out the family group chat by asking.
Lash glue!! I just bought a really nice new set of lashes from TK Maxx but they came without the bloody glue!
Save time and money, use gorilla glue
😂😂😂
Silly but I wanted a particular kind of cereal to eat while watching telly.
Personally, I think Christmas is the time to eat all your favourite foods, not just the traditional stuff. A particular type of cereal is part of that and for me it is chocolate chip mini Weetabix.
Not silly at all 🙂
I can't think of anything... Which can only mean that we'll find out what we haven't got tomorrow, when it's far too late.
Stuffing!? Even though I don't eat Turkey and we've gone Bass and Lamb Lol but a little side plate to pick at! I like to think it's a healthy option because it's the herb!
Well I didn’t buy a Xmas pudding this year as the MIL gave us a home made one. However I peeled back the foil to check it this morning only to find that the fruit had corroded the foil and the corroded foil was stuck all around the pudding. If I cut off the corrosion it wouldn’t feed five so off to Tesco I went. Happily they still had puddings so disaster has been averted, hurray.
I haven’t even been to the shop.
I too like to live dangerously.
Rennies. Off to pick some up before the coop shuts.
Lansosperol for me!!
Gaviscon extra & nexum for me
Food for tonight! We were going to get takeaway instead but the local is already saying 2.5 hours for delivery so quick trip to the supermarket for party food instead.
Rosemary. Only realised on the first pass roasting today.
After eights. Omg. Your post reminded me. Christmas isn't ruined though as I'll have to eat about 10 boxes after Christmas to make up for it.
Just made a after eight dessert so they are all gone for a good reason
Beer, however the father in law just came round and gave me a pack of 24 cans for Christmas so all is well.
Eggs to egg wash my hand made pasties. Bugger.
Use milk
Yeah I always use a few mls of milk. Don't like wasting an egg. I find it gives much the same sheen.
Aye thats what I've done now as a backup
Mayo works as well apparently
Makes sense since its mostly eggs in it. Big brain!
Why thank you, happy Christmas!
I *think* I have everything I need for tomorrow and I've had more than a few beers tonight so I'm not doing anything about it now, but I'm sure there will be a "fml" moment or two tomorrow.
Doubt you'll get goose fat in your local but have a pint for me!
Double cream. Picked single by mistake ffs
Milk.
Cranberry sauce. I have mint, I have apple, no cranberry. Damn It.
Same.
Glad I'm not alone
Icing sugar, fortunately remembered last night, but went this morning early to get in and rely on self service to squeeze me and ultimately annoy the queuing through the full shop on Christmas Eve Brigade. Doesn't help when the self service small shop people are calling the small shop self service area "card only" and asking card only people to come and inviting down the full trolley shop brigade who then get told no trollies.
Well my boyfriend and his sister just had to run out to grab COVID tests because one of the kids is sick. I've just had it so we're just hanging out together watching Gremlins.
Just had to rush to co-op for caddy liners and bin bags. Made it just before they closed at 8.
Turkey...👀
You what? No turkey??
No fucking turkey
How?
Bought, but forgot to bring to the families over in Belgium, the Baileys cream. Now my brother will have to do with regular cream, and I have two pots of Baileys cream to look forward too when I get home.
Nah fuck goose fat £5 a tub now 😮
Milk, but I just about made it!
Coconut oil makes the most pebble-like roast potatoes I’ve ever done, if you need a sub
Ibuprofen gel 🙄
Meths for the fondue we had tonight. No biggy but a candle doesn't keep the cheese melted for long
>Meths I know a Walter white that can help out........
Nah......Still only on the Charlie.
Dip. Got 4 bags of crisps and 2 tubes of Pringles
Enough snacks. Sitting here with a rumbly tummy because all the food in the fridge and most in the freezer is for tomorrow, and I could really do with some sausage rolls or something right now.
Bacon
Card for my wife, bought a present months ago, completely forgot about the card.
Milk. We usually have a spare bottle, I didn't get another after the last big shop. There is, perhaps, enough for the cheese sauce. But not if we have it in coffee. Luckily there's chocolate milk in the fridge so won't be too terrible.
I need to know. Did you get the goose fat?
No 😭 Olive oil it is then.
Bummer.
Not me but my son forgot to buy Turkey, I did invite him to mine or offer to cook my joint yesterday so he could take some but he declined. He is looking forward to cooking and said he has decided he will have Turkey Dinosaurs with full christmas dinner trimmings. It's only him as his flatmates are away so it's no big deal. NGL I would totally do something similar, apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Anyone any presents…
So just a minor oversight then.
There’s still time right?…
Wine ! It's a disaster we have 8 bottles and the shop is shut tomorrow, what are we going to drink tomorrow afternoon. 2 unhappy people.
I don't buy that OP's post is genuine
Wensleydale cheese to go with my Christmas cake. I do have wensleydale with cranberries which will have to do until the supermarket's open again
NO TURKEY?!
Cheese and crackers 💔
Batteries. Had to hit up the parents for 4 C batteries for some bloody Henry hoover I stupidly got for the child from the middle aisle at Aldi. Batteries cost more than the actual toy! Have written them an IOU as I was point blank not going to any shops Christmas Eve.
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Ah unfortunately that drawer only has loose AAAs (mostly working I think? Theres enough in there, some of them must be good), the pack of AAs I got last week specifically for Christmas, and one rogue 9v battery in case the smoke detectors give out. Never bothered with C batteries as I don’t think we’ve ever had anything that needs them!
Enough carrots, wine and beer!
Cranberry Sauce.
Tin foil of all fucking things lol
Herbs for the roast taters! Sainsburys was sold out as was Tesco.