[Sloper]

1. mustard seeds to grind for fresh mustard,
2. fresh horseradish at this time of the year
3. sour cream (particularly see 2 above)
4. ready cooked chestnuts (vacuum packed)
5. salmon caviar, not really my bag but with chilled fizz 2 & 3 goes down well with visitors.
6. really good unsalted butter.
7. truffle oil
8. dripping
9. goose fat
10 cooking booze from white wine to brandy

[rich d]

 Ground almonds, jar of mincemeat.

[Will Hunt]

Sloper, do you use this website as a portfolio to show clients just how posh you really are?!
 

Mind you, goose fat's for life, not just got Christmas.

[Sloper]

Sloper, do you use this website as a portfolio to show clients just how posh you really are?!
 

Mind you, goose fat's for life, not just got Christmas.

none of the above in reality is remotely 'posh'.

[SA Chris]

Cheap Lager, and loads of it.

A few boxes of white plonk.

Pickled Onion Monster Munch.

Ritz crackers and Primula.

Loads of mates round to dispense of the above.

[peewee]

Twiglets? you never seem to seem them at any other time of year.

[Muesli]

Sloper


Re. items 2 and 3 on your list.


Do you make your own horseradish sauce from these,  if so can you divulge the recipe?

[tomtom]

Rizlas

[andy popp]

Gin. Next question?

[Sloper]

Sloper


Re. items 2 and 3 on your list.


Do you make your own horseradish sauce from these,  if so can you divulge the recipe?

Yes, finely grate 2/3 the horseradish and leave in milk for about 2-6 hors, depending on how green i.e. fresh the horseradish is, remove the horseraish and chill with a little lemon juice (to keep it white) and salt.

Add a finely chopped potato to the milk and cook until the potato has in effect disintegrated into a very loose mash (like thick wall paper paste), you may care to add a bay leaf, rosemary, some juniper, even a clove or two but I like the sauce to be 'clean'  and sharp and I find these flavours detract although with gravadlax I'd add the rosemary &juniper.

let this taste and season. Add a bit of the 'gloop' to the horesradish and then add the soaked horseradish and keep this in the fridge, when you're ready to make the fresh sauce use the gloop and add freshly grated horseradish and some sour cream / creme fraiche and on y va!

[tomtom]

Twiglets? you never seem to seem them at any other time of year.

And chocolate money... not that theres any need to have that in the kitchen.. glad to see its often in Euro's nowadays

[csurfleet]

A good bottle of single malt. Also works for New Year, your birthday and any day ending in A GLASS OF GODDAM WHISKY

[Muesli]

Ice cube bags, seem to get through much more ice during the festive season.