Christmas Mishaps

[binley100]

Here's hoping that everybodies Christmas goes well with no mishaps ......I was just remembering the year I burnt the inside of my nose.... I was boiling up the turkey neck etc to make stock for my gravy , lifted the lid to give it a stir and a big waft of steam shot up my nose. Rudolph had nothing on me that year and OH had to do the rest of the cooking (under instruction) as I couldn't go anywhere near the cooker. So take care and have an accident free Christmas.......x

[di]

I'm dreading the accidents my friends might have with the fudge

[Two_Sheds]

My last (biggest) batch of fudge was ruined - it didn't really work in the pan so I scored & froze it anyway.
Just defrosted it today and it ran all over the worktop After trying in vain to scrape it up again I binned it

Luckily Mr TS's shirt is done (bar a pressing). I've just sewn the last button on His massive stollen is in the oven (cunningly hidden behind my nut roast). I don't think he suspects either gift ... and he hasn't found the huge stash of real ales in the garage either

[Jeanied]

I burned my hands with the flaming brandy on the pudding one year. Now I always carry the warmed brandy to the table before setting light to it. However this year we aren't having Xmas pud at all!!

[bubblewrap]

My last (biggest) batch of fudge was ruined - it didn't really work in the pan so I scored & froze it anyway.
Just defrosted it today and it ran all over the worktop After trying in vain to scrape it up again I binned it

Luckily Mr TS's shirt is done (bar a pressing). I've just sewn the last button on His massive stollen is in the oven (cunningly hidden behind my nut roast). I don't think he suspects either gift ... and he hasn't found the huge stash of real ales in the garage either

How did you manage to hide the beer ?......... I can smell it from 50 paces.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Years ago on boxing day, dad was carving some turkey for us to have cold with chips when he noticed the abscence of (a) a turkey leg and (b) the puppy.

Turkey leg was quickly found being very carefully held in the saucer-eyed puppy's mouth under the table - is it wrong of me to admit that as mum was busy in the kitchen, the leg was swiftly retrieved, and served up once the skin had been removed?

[janeyo]

Loving these!

I worked as a waitress for many years on xmas day - one year I TOLD chef the plates were too heavy (the men had a leg on their plate and I had a torn ligament in my wrist)... he took no notice, and told me to get on with it - and then I dropped the whole lot in a customer's lap! As I got to the table it sort of slid out of my hand and went whoosh!

Luckily as I cried my eyes out, mortified, customer forgave me and said it was the most exciting thing ever to happen on xmas day to him!

[CaroltheCarrot]

Not so much a mishap but still makes me smile.
Himself always takes the boys shopping on xmas eve and a few years ago they were looking for cosmetics.
The girl behind the counter asked what my complexion was and himself answered "very fair". Eldest was disgusted,and when asked why said "well are you no supposed to say she`s braw (pretty) you married her!"
Bless him, he thought "fair" meant I was "ok but nothing special" ( apt description actually)

Actually just thinking on it,perhaps they were getting the cosmetics to make me braw!!!!

[ginger ninger]

One year Jinny (the cat) decided he wanted to climb the Christmas tree ...needless to say several baubles didn't make it to the following year .

[Two_Sheds]

How did you manage to hide the beer ?......... I can smell it from 50 paces.

That's easy: hide it under the ironing board, or in the cleaning cupboard ... or in the garage under the decorating & DiY shelf

[Two_Sheds]

I worked as a waitress for many years on xmas day -

My aunt was head chef in a country hotel and one year she very generously gave all her staff the day off. And got me & her daughters to waitress while she cooked all the food for the hotel guests (loads of em)

We had absolutely no waitressing experience, with predictable results (cold food, wrong food) and my aunt managed to drop a roasting tin of hot fat all over her legs when she took it out of the oven

I can laugh about it now ...almost

[Rabidbun]

Nearly burned the bacon looking at this forum!

[Two_Sheds]

Mr TS had a Xmas mishap last year (some of you may recall): he went out for his work's Xmas lunch and didn't come home until 8am the next day.
He 'missed' the last train, then was unable to find a taxi in the whole of Norwich so bedded down in the Premier Inn.
I wouldn't have minded any of that, except at no point did he think to text me ... until 2.30am which made me so angry that I stayed awake all night, seething

[kirsty b]

I managed to knock the Christmas tree over this morning. One of OH's pressies had dropped down the back of table the tree is perched on and while trying to retrieve it the tree just came crashing down. (does not help that it is kinda front-heavy as in order to get it up I only folded out some of the branches so its in a shape that will fit in a corner)

Its back up now, but is a little on the wonky side

[coreopsis]

Ouch,kirsty,hope you're fine
I tried to make a poppy seed rolade without a mincer(poppy seeds must be soaked overnight and minced twice).Thought I could make it with a blender.I'm not going to retrieve the poppy seeds from behind of the washing machine
The rolade is fantastic!