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I don't shop on Christmas Eve - I've seen it far too many times before.
And here Tesco is shut for 48 hours, but Asda is open Boxing day, for 6 hours.
But...I've seen what you mean.
People with two trolleys: one containing a turkey the size of the ISS (guaranteed not to defrost in time or fit in the oven), Potatoes by the megagram, enough sprouts to sink a battleship - and a second trolley just for bread. Why? I assume there is a traditional sexual practice involving bread and part-cooked fowl of which I am (thankfully) unaware...
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I try not to, had to pick up Turkey. Got Turkey early last year smelt funny Xmas morning so got chucked.  Got fresh one and card from Tesco  (?), the trolley for bread ? why??
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There are only the two of us, so I do a turkey breast rather than a whole bird - and it goes in the sous vide so I vacuum pack it and freeze it at the beginning of November. I'll take it (and the rest of the Christmas frozen food bag) out of the freezer in a couple of hours to defrost in the Cat Proof Defrost Cage - or "the microwave" as some call it.
http://blog.sousvidesupreme.com/2013/11/sous-vide-turkey-breast-with-cranberry-shallot-sauce/[^] - ignore the sauce, it's gawd-awful. The bird itself though is moist, tasty and worth while (unlike pretty much every other turkey I've forced down at Christmas! )
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Might have to look at Sous Vide seem interesting...
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It's quite expensive to get into - I think I spent around £300 or so on the oven (Sous Vide Supreme Demi) and vacuum packing kit (Food Saver V2860), plus I spend about £30 per year on vacuum sealing rolls.
But...it cooks cheap Beef joints beautifully! Chuck it (still frozen) in the oven when you go to bed on Saturday, turn it on and set it for 54.5C and forget it until 18:00 Sunday. Soft, tender, juicy.
Steaks are wonderful.
Burgers! Yes!
Chicken for chinese? Oh yes!
Leg of lamb? Blurghhhh....slimy, and like eating baby food. Very, very nasty. May experiment with lamb steaks but not with a whole / half leg again.
And having the vacuum sealer is excellent: because it excludes the air, the food lasts longer in the freezer (they say up to two years, rather than two months) and takes up less space. And you can use it to reseal packs - good for crisps, nuts, pasta and other dried foods.
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No, I have a single breast, not a crown. That is already over a kilo of meat, and since there are just the two of us and nobody wants to
A) Eat the damn legs anyway
B) Eat turkey until the end of January
A breast is the least I can get away with!
Even then, we'll be eating it for a couple of days in curries, pies, ...
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glennPattonPUB wrote: 48 hours
Note quite, in Aberdeen out of the big 4:
Tesco are shut for Christmas and Boxing Day.
Sainsbury's is open 9am on boxing day.
Asda is open 9am on boxing day.
Morrison's is open 10am on boxing day.
Won't matter a poop to me however, they can stay closed until the 31st for all I care! Bah, humbug!
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Well I suppose in your location, a quick trip to the shops is out unless you feel like swimming!, have a good one!!
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Nice Google result today (SFW)[^]
[Edit]
Attempt number 3 to paste a simple URL. Perhaps I'll have more luck if I have a sherry.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
modified 24-Dec-14 4:50am.
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I don't think your link has quite enough information in it.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Perhaps he didn't "put forth" enough effort in it.
Once again, sorry Mr. Keith P Barrow.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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I see what you did there
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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No., that's correct - I'm feeling particularly nihilistic.
Trying to fix but something is SNAFU'd
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Fixed.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Excellent little movie, and a well presented message.
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thanks! 
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Excellent video. If more people cared it would be a better place.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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I could do with them - except the last one...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Last Movie Quote Of The Day Of The Year
In just a few hours I'll be on holiday, which makes this the final MQOTD of this year.
Appropriate of my feelings today:
The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me - I can't cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing
Which movie...?
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Ace Ventura becomes thief.
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Now that's just dumber than dumb
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