Thanks all, but its not for me - I don't eat cake (for obvious reasons, either)!
Parents long dead, sister abroad and would rather be shot than force fed so many calories, no other real family and trying to remember what my mum did, Always made the pudding and cake herself and a gentle flame hovered over the pud.
But Guess is right, I am allergic to egg in particular (the white bit) and too much dairy produce. I save myself for a quality piece (or three or four) of Stilton - such a sacrifice!
Why is life so complicated?
Anyway, I looked, with Ooy, at all the options and it was as clear as mud to me? So following Dawns earlier reply (thanks) I went out and bought some extra gooey double cream from Jersey, minus alcohol as well as some smoked salmon, those funny sausages covered in bacon and god knows what else - and some nice wine - lots - oh, and port!
Can I just point out that I will be slaving over a hot oven for most of the day! The plan is something like this:
1. Get up - bubbly brekky, maybe some bacon?
2. Later - top and tail the turkey, more bubbly.
3. About 11.00, first beer, maybe some salmon canapes?
4. More beer, oh okay, open pressies and that sort of thing.
5. About 3-4pm, serious cooking, spuds are in, now all the extras to attend to.
6. Open Pinot Noir.
7. Eat, drink and be merry.
8. Sleep.
9. Repeat from step 3.
Its gonna be too cold to go out.
