How soon is too soon?

When should I start to cook the food for xmas...... according to the '1977 xmas cookbook' that I just borrowed off my mum I should have started to prepare in OCTOBER :w00t:

apparently my freezer should already be stocked with
- xmas puddings
- brandy butter
- mincemeat
- cranberry sause
- xmas cake
- turkey
- breadcrumbs
- smoked mackeral pate
- sliced oranges and melon
- pinapple shells
- red cabbage with apple
- chestnuts
- sweet & sour meatballs
- light fruity cake
- nutty bites
- candied cookies
- gingerbread cookies
- butter crisps
- chocolate cookies
- pineapple icecream
- duchesse potatoes

HOW BIG WERE FREEZERS IN THE 1970'S ??????????

microwave a curry :01:

theres a special xmas cake? I watched an ep of vicar of dibley or w/e it is and it was an xmas one... they all had some weird round brown cake after the meal... is that it? or do u just all have any type of cake after dinner?

Thats xmas pudding :01:

http://www.mbsc.co.uk/images/xmas_pud.gif

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Originally Posted by DanB

Thats xmas pudding :01:

http://www.mbsc.co.uk/images/xmas_pud.gif

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ah kk

whats in it?

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Originally Posted by Mathea

ah kk

whats in it?

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Stuff :unsure:

http://www.science.uva.nl/~mes/recip...s-pudding.html :shifty:

There's christmas cake too.

http://altura.speedera.net/ccimg.cat...ts/7602732.jpg

Preferably without the icing though.

It is a very rich fruit cake sometimes made as much as 10 months in advance!

i dunno what a sultana is so i would opt for golden raisins..... though i dont like em enough to put that many raisins in

damn

ive only seen one fruitcake ever... and no one would eat it