Christmas in the Sogood household (what's yours like?)
It's Christmas morning, the children are up and it's only 6am, Mrs Sogood didn't get to bed until 1am - after eating Santa's mince pie and drinking his glass of sherry, not to mention (for a bit of speed food) eating Rudolph's carrot
She puts on the kettle and makes a cup of milky coffee and adds just one spoonful of sugar.
Presents opened in record time, she decides to have breakfast. Bran Flakes and 1 Ryvita is her first HEB of the day. She tips them into a bowl then remembers to check the weight. Yes, just as she thought, well over an ounce. She takes out the extra and puts them in her mouth. She sloshes on the milk and adds a spoonful of sugar to sweeten. As it's Christmas day she treats herself to a small glass of fresh orange juice. The children only want toast, so she butters 4 slices, cuts off the crusts and without thinking, eats them.
Mid morning while preparing the veg, she enjoys a glass or two of champagne......well, it is Christmas! For lunch, Mrs Sogood enjoys a starter of melon and prawns on a bed of lettuce, with a drizzle of sauce. For the main course, she has mashed potato made with a dash of cream, roast potato and parsnips cooked in the turkey fat, sprouts, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, turkey (113gms), pickled onions, a dollop of stuffing, home made gravy and 1 tablespoon of cranberry jelly. All this washed down with a toast of champagne and a bottle of white wine.
She serves the family with Christmas pudding and hot brandy sauce, testing the sauce to make sure it is piping hot. She feels very virtuous for resisting the pudding! As she clears up, she finishes 2 potatoes from the children's plates.
Mrs Sogood then prepares the cheese and crackers, just tasting crumbs from each of the 6 cheeses. She allows herself 5 crackers and puts what looks like an ounce of Camembert on her plate as her second HEA. This is enjoyed with a glass of port.
After lunch, the family sits to watch television for a couple of hours. Later, the children open the tin of Roses and give Mum 5 of her favourites (the purple one with the nut in the middle). It's ok she thinks as she didn't have any Christmas pudding so this is her reward.
At 7pm she makes turkey, stuffing and cranberry sandwiches. It's on brown bread, so she counts her second HEB of the day with one mince pie and a smallish slice of Christmas cake for afters. While enjoying the film, out comes the Baileys and after the joy of the day, she allows herself a good slug over ice.
A milky coffee with just 2 After Eight mints finishes off this 'not too bad' Food Optimising day.
Mrs Sogood thinks she may have over-done the syns a little, having maybe an extra 20 to 25 on top of the 15 she normally has..........
But here's the correct count:-
13 syns for the mince pie
3 syns for the 50mls sherry
2 syns for sugar in the coffee (not a level teaspoon)
HEB and 10 syns for Bran Flake
2 x HEA for milk in coffee and on cereal
4 syns for the dessertspoon of sugar on cereal (not level)
13 syns for 100mls fresh orange juice
6 syns for crusts off children's toast with butter on
11 syns for 2 glasses of champagne (142mls each)
2 syns for drizzle of sauce on prawns
4 syns for cream in mashed potato
18 syns for dollop of stuffing
5 syns for potatoes in oil
3 syns for parsnips in oil
HEB for 113gms turkey
6 syns for gravy
4 syns for cranberry sauce (not level tablespoon)
5½ syns for champagne
30 syns for bottle of white wine
3 syns for testing brandy sauce several times
4 syns for potatoes from children's plates
5 syns for testing cheeses
10 syns for crackers
6 syns for Camembert
4 syns for 50mls port
17½ syns for Roses chocs
7 syns for 2 slices brown bread
2 syns for cranberry jelly
4½ syns for 2oz turkey
6 syns for stuffing
13 syns for mince pie
15 syns for 2oz Christmas cake
16 syns for good slug of Baileys
3 syns for 2 After Eight mints
3 syns for extra milk
238½ syns
and that's just Christmas Day......what about Boxing Day and the New Year?
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