New Year Fireworks in Central London 2011
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London.gov.uk - New Year's Eve: "On the night
Fireworks, music and Big Ben’s ‘bongs’
The Mayor’s midnight fireworks display by the Thames attracts huge crowds - usually around 250,000 people. Viewing areas fill up around 2-3 hours in advance, so arrive early.
An exclusive live DJ set from Radio 1’s Nihal will keep the crowds entertained pre and post the pyrotechnics, starting at 10pm.
You’ll also get to hear the famous Big Ben ‘bongs’ just before we launch the UK’s biggest annual fireworks display from the London Eye, alongside a tailor-made soundtrack.
Remember tickets are not required to view the fireworks. If you are offered or sold a ticket, please advise a steward or a police officer."

Animated Card, White Christmas

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Merry Christmas! From the Team of All About London and the friends of the Regent Palace. 

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Christmas Offer from London ZOO 2 for 1 Tickets

	A Christmas offer from ZSL
If you're looking for something special to do with friends and family over Christmas, why not visit ZSL Whipsnade Zoo? Between Christmas and the New Year, we will be offering 2 for 1 entry to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. We have a host of daily activities running throughout December, including Christmas Crafts at the Elves’ Workshop and the dailyReindeer Rumble, to keep all the family entertained. Download the voucher here: 2 for 1 ticket voucher> Plan your visit to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo: Daily events>
The Zoological Society of London is incorporated by Royal Charter Registered Charity in England and Wales no. 208728. Principal Office England Company Number RC000749 - Registered address Regent's Park, London, England NW1 4RY

Christmas Past, Radio Times 1998

December solstice in 2011 on Thursday, 22

December solstice in 2011 on Thursday, 22:

St Paul's Christmas Services

Christmas Carol Service

23 December 2011

All welcome. You are encouraged to arrive early to this service as there is limited capacity. More »

Christmas Eve Carol Service

24 December 2011

All welcome. You are encouraged to arrive early to this service as there is limited capacity. More »

Sung Eucharist

25 December 2011

Popular carols with festive Christmas music sung by the Cathedral Choir make this a joyful celebration for Christmas morning. The Bishop of London will preside and preach.More »

Festal Evensong

25 December 2011

A traditional service of seasonal music and well-loved carols. Sung by the Cathedral Choir. All welcome. More »

Music and Readings for Christmas sung by the St Paul's Cathedral Consort (26 Dec)

26 December 2011

Carols and seasonal music. More »

St.Martin in the Fields - Home Christmas

St.Martin in the Fields - Home: "Worship at St Martin's for Advent and Christmas"

Animated Cards Happy Christmas!
Santa's Flight

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Captain Jack Sparrow comes aboard at Madame Tussauds London

Captain Jack Sparrow comes aboard at Madame Tussauds

London:

Madame Tussauds is celebrating an exciting new addition to its A-list line up as wax figures of Johnny Depp portrayed as Disney's “Pirates of the Caribbean's” Captain Jack Sparrow, arrive at nine of its attractions, including London.

Colin Firth arrives at Madame Tussauds London

Colin Firth arrives at Madame Tussauds London:

"Oscar winner, Colin Firth, was the latest celebrity to be revealed here at Madame Tussauds London. The new wax figure of The King’s Speech star was ‘unwrapped’ under twinkling lights and surrounded by festive Christmas trees within our A-List Party area.
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Whiteleys Santa's Grotto

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Santa's Grotto at Whiteleys

Santa Claus is coming to Whiteleys with a sack crammed full of books to support the National Literacy Trust’s Young Readers Programme this Christmas.

The grotto will be launched Thursday 17th November at 7.00pm as part of the Christmas tree lights switch-on evening and will remain open until 8.00pm.

Whiteleys Grotto will be open between 12.00pm – 2.30pm and 3.00pm – 6.30pm
1st – 24th December
The Christmas Tree and Grotto are located on the ground floor in the Central Atrium."

Cutty Sark Masts are raised

                     

A Christmas Carol Animated Classics

Logs to Burn in Winter Time -Poem

Logs to Burn Logs to burn, logs to burn, Logs to save the coal a turn Here's a word to make you wise, When you hear the woodman's cries. Never heed his usual tale, That he has good logs for sale, But read these lines and really learn, the proper kind of logs to burn. OAK logs will warm you well, If they're old and dry. LARCH logs of pine wood smell, But the sparks will fly. BEECH logs for Christmas time, YEW logs heat well. SCOTCH logs it is a crime, For anyone to sell. BIRCH logs will burn too fast, CHESTNUT scarce at all HAWTHORN logs are good to last, If you cut them in the fall HOLLY logs will burn like wax You should burn them green ELM logs like smouldering flax No flame to be seen PEAR logs and APPLE logs, they will scent your room. CHERRY logs across the dogs, Smell like flowers in bloom But ASH logs, all smooth and grey, burn them green or old; Buy up all that come your way, They're worth their weight in gold. ----------Another Variation---------------------

Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear If the logs are kept a year; Store your beech for Christmastide With new-cut holly laid beside; Chestnut's only good, they say, If for years 'tis stored away; Birch and fir-wood burn too fast Blaze too bright and do not last; Flames from larch will shoot up high, Dangerously the sparks will fly; But ash-wood green and ash-wood brown Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown. Oaken logs, if dry and old, Keep away the winter's cold; Poplar gives a bitter smoke, Fills your eyes and makes you choke; Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould, E'en the very flames are cold; Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread - So it is in Ireland said; Apple-wood will scent the room, Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom; But ash-wood wet and ash-wood dry A King may warm his slippers by.

Christmas Past, Christmas Comics

Christmas Past Mr Snow Mr Men. 
I hope this brings back some great memories!!

A Bit of Christmas Past, Radio Times 1979 Cover.

Mulled Wine Recipe! Yum Yum 

Mulled Wine Recipe

Ingredients

2 bottles of medium-bodied red wine
1 cup sugar and more to taste
6 cinnamon sticks
15 cloves
grated nutmeg
2 oranges

Push the cloves into the skin of the oranges, then cut the oranges in half. Pour the wine into a large stainless steel or enamel saucepan and warm over a medium heat. Add the sugar, spices and clove studded oranges. Keep an eye on the wine and turn the heat to very low as soon as it gets close to simmering. You don’t want it to boil or it will lose its alcohol content! Taste for sugar and add more until it tastes right for you. Keep it steaming over a low heat for an hour or so to allow the spices to infuse. Ladle it into glasses or mugs and breathe in the spicy aroma.

Other things you can add to mulled wine:

Star anise, bay leaves, mace, ginger, cardamom, lemon, lime, brandy.

Eat Well, Butchers we shop at Christmas. Moen and Sons Clapham Common 5 Star Recommendation.

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Our turkeys are a special slow growing traditional breed and are raised to full adult maturity (hence 5kg starting weight). Fully mature turkeys have the benefit of a deliciously dense meat, along with a natural fat layer under the skin which helps retain moisture whilst cooking – succulence without the need for basting! In December, turkeys are dry-plucked by hand & game-hung for at least two weeks in the centuries-old way. This enables the rich, traditional flavour to develop fully, ensuring the finest taste & texture for Christmas day.

Organic Free Range Bronze Turkeys and

  Free Range Bronze Turkeys By Appledore Turkeys in Ashford, Kent

Servings based on the use of the whole bird including wing and leg meat.

5 ~ 6 Kg  = 10 ~ 12 Servings

6 ~ 7 Kg  = 12 ~ 14 Servings

7 ~ 8 Kg  = 14 ~ 16 Servings

8 ~ 9 Kg  = 16 ~ 18 Servings

9 ~ 10Kg = 18 ~ 20 Servings

Larger turkeys & boneless joints are also available.

All the geese are hatched from April to July and are reared on an extensive free range system. The geese graze over large grass paddocks and are fed on all natural foods - grass, corn, straw and a specially prepared ration containing no additives or growth promoters.

Small       =  4 ~ 6 Servings

Medium =  5 ~ 7 Servings

Large       =  6 ~ 8 Servings

            CHICKENS & CAPONS:                Elmwood chickens                                            

Pick up a book by Gordon Ramsay or Heston Blumenthal, and you’re likely to find glowing references to Label Anglais. Many a famous restaurant including Michelin starred establishments frequently offer Label Anglais on their menus.

SPRINGFIELD FARM ORGANIC CHICKENS  

The Mee family have been producing these high quality birds at Springfield farm in Herefordshire for over three generations. Their hard work and dedication has earned them a reputation for well finished and tasty chickens that have an abundance of flavour

2 ~ 3 Kg  =  4 ~ 6 Servings

3 ~ 4 Kg  =  6 ~ 8 Servings

4 ~ 5 Kg  =  8 ~ 10 Servings

5 ~ 6 Kg  =  10~12 Servings

DUCKS:

Free Range Ducks.

French Mullard, and Barbary Ducks also available.

2 ~ 2.5 Kg  =  4 ~ 5 Servings

2.5 ~ 3 Kg  =  5 ~ 6 Servings

3+ Kg        =          6 Servings

GAME:

A wide range of game is available. Please ask in store for details and advice.

HOME-MADE STUFFINGS

Our special Christmas stuffings are all home-made in small batches to a precise recipe to ensure a consistent high quality: only the finest ingredients are used.

Varieties:      

   :-Traditional Sausage meat      A great base for your homemade stuffings

   :- Sage & Onion Classic stuffing recipe using organic Sage & Red Onions

                                              :- Cranberry & Orange                

                                             :- Chestnut Sultana & Brandy  

 GAMMON

Organic and Free Range Gammon

All Gammon is Dry-cured & available either Smoked or Un-smoked.

Gammon is the name given to Ham before it is cooked & should not be confused on ordering.

Boneless Joints:                     Bone-In Gammon

2 Kg=6 ~ 8 Servings                            6 Kg=12 ~ 16 Servings

3 Kg=8 ~ 12 Servings                          7 Kg=16 ~ 20 Servings   

4 Kg=2 ~ 16 Servings                          8Kg+=     20+ Servings

                                                5 Kg=16 ~ 20 Servings  

                                                6Kg+=     20+ Servings

               BEEF              

All our Beef is Grass-fed and Matured on the bone for 28 days.

Our Organic Beef comes from the Black Mountains in Wales.

Our Free-range Scottish Beef is specially selected from small farms using traditional rearing methods.

Fore Rib and Wing Rib: 

“Rib of beef” is usually sold by the bone and therefore varies in size.

 Please state how many servings you require when ordering.

Fillet:

This cut can either be ordered as steaks or as a piece.

170~250g needs to be allowed per serving.
A whole fillet will weigh up to 2 .5 Kg

Rolled Sirloin, Rib and Topside:

For these joints 250g needs to be allowed per serving.

Other Joints:

For advice on other joints please ask in store.

                                                PORK                                                  

Our Organic and Free-Range pork comes from outdoor pigs that are reared to strict welfare standards. They are fed a strict vegetable diet with no antibiotic growth promoters or other nasties.

Boneless joints:     Leg:  large lean joint ; Loin: most popular joint;

Shoulder: best crackling; Porketta: Loin seasoned to traditional Italian recipe

For these joints 350g per serving needs to be allowed.
Bone-In joints:  Leg, Loin, Shoulder, Belly,

For these joints 500g per serving needs to be allowed.

LAMB

  

Organic and Free Range Lamb.

Leg:  Whole or half to feed 3 ~ 7

Haunch:  Extra large leg to feed up to 10

Rack:  Eight bones to a rack for 2 good servings

Saddle:  Will serve 6 ~ 8; more servings if stuffed

Noisettes:   1 Noisette for 2 good servings

Shoulder:  Whole or half gives 2 ~ 5 servings

HAM

Our Organic and Free Range Hams are Dry Cured and Cooked on the Premises,

They come either on or off the bone and are available in a number of varieties.

Ham is the name for Gammon once it is cooked and should not be confused when ordering.

Varieties

Smoked; Honey Roast; Mustard Roast; Traditional Plain, Traditional Breaded.

Hams on the bone:

come either whole or half, they range in weight between  2.5 ~ 3Kg for small half ham to 9Kg for a large whole ham, this will give between 8 and 40 servings.

Hams off the bone:

are available cut to any size you require, but please bear in mind any joint less than 1. 5Kg will look more like a thick slice than a joint. 170g per serving should be allowed.

BACON

Free Range Dry cured bacon

All our bacon is packaged in approximately half Kg quantities; varieties as follows:

Smoked Back; Smoked Streaky; Green Back; Green Streaky

SAUSAGE

Our award winning sausages are hand made on the premises. They are made in small batches to a precise recipe to ensure a consistently high quality: only the finest ingredients are used, from using only choice cuts from the same Free-Range meats you can see on display to the freshest organic herbs.

Sausages will give approximately 6 per pack

Chipolatas will give approximately 12 per pack

Cocktails will give approximately 30 per pack

Varieties

TRADITIONAL 80% MEAT CONTENT

Traditional, Pork & Leek, Cumberland, Venison with Red Wine

Wild Boar & Apple, Traditional Cocktails, Traditional Chipolatas,

GLUTEN FREE 95% MEAT CONTENT

Toulouse Large, Spicy Italian , Merguez, Boerwors,

Lamb with Prunes, Ginger & Apricots, Chicken, Basil & Sun-dried Tomatoes , Chorizo.

MULTI BIRD ROASTS

5 Bird Roast :-  Goose + Turkey + Duck + Guinea fowl + Pheasant   Serves 12 – 16 £178.00

4 Bird Roast :- Turkey + Duck + Guinea fowl + Pheasant                   Serves 10 – 12 £ 98.00

3 Bird Roast :- Capon + Duck + Guinea fowl                                         Serves 6 – 8     £ 48.00

STUFFED TURKEY BREAST

Boneless free range bronze turkey breast stuffed with one of our home-made stuffings and wrapped in pancetta will be available for collection on the 24^th December.

STOCKS

For the perfect gravy or sauces, Fresh Home-made unseasoned Stocks are available in;

 Turkey, Chicken, Beef, Veal, & Lamb

DELICATESSEN

We have a very large range of Cheeses, Cooked meats, Pâtés, Continental Hams, Salamis, Olives & Antipasto. Please ask in store for advice when ordering.

 Christmas Cheese Boards

Classic Cheese Board - £3.95 per head, minimum 4 people Montgomery Cheddar - Mature cheddar from Somerset – a standard bearer of English farmhouse cheddars. Cropwell Bishop Stilton - An excellent prize-winning blue stilton with a firm, creamy paste and mature flavour. Brie de Meaux – Donge - A wonderful brie - Creamy, vegetabley, full flavoured. Subtly oozing texture. Classic Brie.

Posh George’s Special Selection - £5.95 per head, minimum 4 people Vacherin Mont D’Or - A unique cheese with an almost runny consistency and a rich, creamy flavour. Cropwell Bishop Stilton - An excellent prize-winning blue stilton with a firm, creamy paste and mature flavour. Godminster Organic Cheddar - In its distinctive purple wax, this Organic Cheddar is a powerful cheese with a real edge to it. Individual Goat’s Cheese - One of Moen’s delicious artisan goat’s cheeses.

Individual Festive Cheeses: Godminster Organic Cheddar Truckle 200g: Godminster Organic Cheddar Truckle 2kg: Cropwell Bishop Mini Stilton approx 2kg: Cropwell Bishop ½ Mini Stilton approx 1kg: Mini Stinking Bishop: - A sticky orange rind with a pungent and spirited aroma. The texture can vary from firm to soft and creamy. Whole Brie de Meaux – Donge Vacherin Mont D’Or – Approx 500g Other cheeses available on request.

 For information on any other product, please don’t hesitate to ask in store.

M. Moen & Sons  020 7622 1624

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