purplerabbits

What does one eat with cold meats in a buffet?

Baguettes?

Does anyone know what the Auld Hoose is doing on Xmas day? (Or Xmas Eve or Boxing day.)

Don't even know who/what it is, I'm afraid.

Do you like Stollen? Or some other kind of Xmas cake/pie/pudding?

I love Stollen, or indeed anything with marzipan. I like traditional fruit cakes if they have soft rather than hard icing, and mince pies in small quantities (preferably warmed, with cream), and traditional Xmas pudding. I used to make my own versions of most of these, but nowadays I usually buy them - the ready-made ones are much cheaper, and the quality is good enough that I don't think I can necessarily do better.

What about chestnuts?

Nice if someone else roasts them. When I tried, they came out too hard and dry, despite following the instructions to the letter.

Where in Edinburgh can I get cheap holly and mistletoe? (Please note that I am not prepared to climb over any fences)

*grin* Hope you find some.

What is everyone up to on Hogmanay?

I'll be sitting quietly and contentedly in front of the telly with a good supply of whisky, nibbles and fruit cake, I think.