Items acquired for the Christmas Food Stash Updated 12.11.2017 version 2

A further update on some of the bits I have managed to pull together in readiness for Christmas/New year.  Still some bits to get.


Items acquired so far for the Christmas food stash

(Updated12.11.2017)


Pantry Items


8 bags of sultanas

8 bags of raisins

8 bags of currants

6 pots of cherries

6 pots of mixed peel

2 jars redcurrant jelly (Waitrose own)

2 Jars cranberry jelly (Waitrose own)

2 jars mint jelly

Two bags of whole almonds (needed for Dundee Cake and Christmas cake)

Four bags of ground almonds (these I use a lot of so may add some more bags yet)



4 tins of Strawberries

6 tins of Pineapple rings




I should add that the majority of the above items should take me through to the New Year as the bulk of them are for baking and I do not bake fruit items every week.  I would rather make my own cakes than purchase them.


Drinks


1 bottle of Delaneys Irish cream liqueur

1 bottle of port special reserve

1 bottle of green ginger wine.

4 Bottles of Cherry Glogg from M & S (two bottles for £10 rather than £7.50 a bottle)

1 bottle Jamesons Whisky

1 Bottle of Jack Daniels

1 litre of Baileys

1 bottle of Dandelion and Burdock

1 bottle of Ginger beer

2 bottles of perry cider

2 bottles of Tribute

2 bottles Elderflower Presse






Freezer


Boughten items





2 tubs of Quality Street
1 Pack of Chocolate biscuits
2 packs of After Eight Mints
2 packs of Mint Matchsticks
4 nets of Christmas chocolate figures for the Christmas tree

2 different sorts of Christmas balls for the tree

1 pack of chocolate bells

2 pkts Hovis Digestive Biscuits

3 pkts Thorntons Chocolate Brazils (on offer at Waitrose £3 a box)

18pkts Chestnut Puree

2 bags Krisp rolls

1 box large Cars water biscuits

2 boxes Carrs cheese melts

2 pkts Sesame seed Grissini

2 Pkts Jacobs Cream crackers

2 smokey bacon pringles

2 Texas barbecue pringles

2 tubs honey roasted cashews

Creamed Horseradish

Gooseberry fruit cheese

Quince fruit cheese

Damson fruit chesse

Lime curd

Blackcurrant curd

Passionfruit curd

Poachers Pickle

Cheesemakers pickle

1 jar Opies cocktail cherries

Cranberry Port and Orange sauce

2 Pkts Orange and Lemon jelly slices

2 large packets of dates

1lb of Walnuts

1 net of Chestnuts





Items made so far for the Christmas food stash (in no particular order)


Seville Orange Marmalade

Strawberry Jam

Apricot jam

Pickled Onions

Piccallili

Apple Chutney

Apricot Chutney

Plum Chutney

Plum Jam

Plum and Apple Jam

Peach jam

Plum Jelly

Greengage jam

Greengage jelly

Flavoured vodkas: Lemoncello, Mixed fruit, Candy Cane, Peach, Strawberry, Rhubarb, Rhubarb and Strawberry. Spiced Vanilla vodka (for white chocolate cocktail); chilli vodka for home made Bloody Mary; 



Elderberry jelly

Bramble jelly

Rosehip Syrup

Dried Rosehips

Apple Sauce

Bottled Strawberries

Five Spice Peaches

Bottled Peaches

Bottled White Fruit Salad

Bottled Red Fruit Salad

Clementine and Passionfruit Jelly

Mulled Pears

Rumptopf

Cherry Brandy

Bottled Cherries

Mixed fruit - Jumbleberry jam

Nuts in Honey

Mixed Fruits in Honey

Herb Butters:

Tarragon vinegar

Raspberry vinegar

Apricot vinegar

Lemon thyme vinegar

Mixed herb vinegar

Passionfruit vinegar

Vin D’orange

Blushing Strawberry Wine

Peach Wine

Plum Wine

Orange Wine

Elderflower wine

Black Cherry Wine

Strawberry Wine

Geordie Newkie Brown

Spiced Oranges

Spiced Clementines

Vanilla Caster sugar

Vanilla Granulated sugar

Cinnamon Granulated sugar

Harissa

Pickled Jalapenos

Chilli jam

Dried Chillies

Dried Sage

Dried Thyme

Dried Lemon Thyme

Dried Rosemary

Home made Mincemeat

Sloe Gin

I make the different preserves by choice and they are allowed for in my budget through the year. They have to last a year in any event. When I make a load of preserves like the last couple of months I cut back on items on the general shop.   I tend to bulk buy meat and then freeze it myself in any event usually restock in the quieter months.  We don't eat masses of meat and that we do have is eked out where I can get at least two to three meals from it, but generally we eat relatively well in the greater scheme of things.  By saving here and there means I can squeeze in some extravagances. Hence me buying ingredients and then making stuff myself a lot of the time.  Nothing is wasted though.

Will be updated as soon as more is acquired/prepared.