How many veg?

I would lose the boiled spuds and add some leeks. Otherwise it sounds lovely.

Looks pretty normal.

More than enough. Why people do two kinds of potatoes I will never know ?

I suppose you could dispense with the parsnips if you want broccoli?

Stacks - i would ditch the parsnips aswell - especially if you have two types of potato

You can't ditch the parsnips !

Looks plenty to me, another one who doesn't understand the 2 potatoes thing but then we have Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes so I guess that's similar.

I'd ditch the boiled potatoes and have just roasts and parsnips. I'd also include leeks as an extra veg.

Nooooooooo you cant lose the parsnips.... they are the best. Lose the boiled potatoes if anything (although if the girls will be eating them I suspect you will want to keep as is).

Sounds good to me. I LOVE it when people do two kinds of potatoes, its not something we have ever done but I love spuds so am always happy.

Are you doing all the trimings too on top of that? If so, my word, dont worry about brocolli.

Nooooooooooooooooo. My mother only eats potatoes, parsnips and carrots, so I can't ditch the parsnips. Also, the kids only eat boiled potatoes, and WTP wants roasties. So I have to do both.

Cheers m'dears ?

More than enough, we're having similar i think (my mums cooking) however we'll probably have brocolli instead of boiled potatoes

Stick with what you have then - i wouldnt add anymore

<perplexed by the parsnip love>

I always have yorkshire puddings, no matter what meat I am having, and always have roast potatoes too... am I a pleb? ?

I love two types of potato. I'd have more if I could, it's mash and roast in our house on a usual roast dinner but think we'll be ditching it this year for Christmas.

We'll be having yorkshire puddings to. They go with every roast dinner.

I think we'll be having carrot & swede mash, cabbage, brussels, and was going to do cauli cheese but I'm liking the sound of leeks. ?

I always slice the leeks length ways then cut into 2" chunks. Zap in the microwave for a few mins until cooked. Bit of black pepper and then stir in a generous glug of cream. Mmmmm.

Turkey, stuffing, devils on horseback, yorkshires.

Might do some peas for the girls.

WTF are devils on horseback? ?

pigs in blankets?

Aaahh right. never heard that one.

anyway. what are you still doing on here. shouldnt you be putting the sprouts on? they'll never be done for christmas at this rate

my mum did because she couldn't fit enough roast potatoes in the oven for 12 at christmas

Aah right. never heard that one before.

anyway, what are you still doing on here. shouldnt you be putting the sprouts on? they'll never be done for christmas at this rate

Blimey! How do you fit everything on the plate?

We'll be having:

roast spuds

roast parsnips

carrots

peas

broccoli

turkey

bread sauce

2 x stuffings

chipolatas

cranberry sauce

and we struggle to fit it all on the plate.

I thought pigs in blankets and devils on horseback were two different things, don't devils on horseback have something to do with prunes? <shudder>

Devils on horsebacks are prune in bacon, surprisingly lovely.

Well all you potato lovers can come round ours as we have 3 types. Roast, mash and croquettes. I am totally mystified by the need for more than roasters. Totally. But captain christmas and his parents are scots/irish and have some in built need for much much potato action.

We're having:

Mixed roast veg (parsnip, carrot, turnip, garlic and red onion)

Peas

Leeks in cheese sauce

Brussel sprouts with pancetta and chesnuts

Roast potatoes

Boiled new potatoes

(We'll also be having turkey, chipolatas, bacon, skirlie (oatmeal stuffing), sausage stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy.)

We will only be having a little of each veg and although I only ever eat roast potatoes, the others like two so we'll have two! If you can't have two potatoes on Christmas Day, when can you? ?

...and I thought that prunes wrapped in bacon were as bad as it got, how wrong I was!