VLOGMAS 2023 MAKING FESTIVE FOOD. ITS DISGUSTING !

[@jeffgordon5663]

Your dad looks so much younger without the mustache. I barely recognized him.

[@carolinegee1865]

All looked so lovely. Love that everyone is together for Xmas just how it should be. I do like that your behind with the days as it makes Xmas last longer 😂

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Lol yes that's true. Vlogmas lasts a bit longer with us 😂💙🎄🎅

[@lesliereynolds4492]

I’m the one who always makes gravy. Stir a little cornstarch into 2 tablespoons of water, should be a little thin. Stir into stock. If it doesn’t thicken do again. Add garlic salt, bouillon cubes (2-3), 1/2 teaspoon worstershire sauce (not too much or it will just taste like worstershire sauce). A few sprinkles of black pepper. I always taste to see what it needs more of. Once I had to make gravy at my dad’s and had to wing it cuz he had almost nothing. It turned out great to my surprise. You can use flour to thicken but it takes longer. Always put thickener in a cup and when you add to stock make sure you are stirring to avoid lumps.

[@pablomufc8595]

Love all your vlogs but can’t beat the Christmas cooking at the lodge ones. ❤

[@CarlessSarah]

Felt for you grating that bread, thankfully we have a food processer for that. 😂

[@Ingrid-pg1gs]

Yes, that! I came to mention the same thing. Does the job in seconds.

[@nicolaward1034]

I always do a gammon/ham for Christmas 🎄 it’s a firm tradition in our house! I do buy a smoked joint as we ❤ the flavour. I then stick the cloves into the rind, smother it in honey 🍯 & then cook accordingly - delicious 😋 Great vlog ❤ xx

[@TheLodgeGuys]

We will do one every year now. We absolutely loved it 🐖

[@thelmabrindley2369]

OMG Leigh's reaction when he poured the sewerage into the gravy, absolutely hilarious. Shame it ended up down the drain. Glad that the second lot worked for you. The gammon looked amazing, although I am not a fan of cinnamon

[@kts64]

Stuffing, i use me late mother recipe sage & onion stuffing, cut & dice a onion, use the water from the boiled onion, to mix in sage & onion with the boiled diced onion, then add sausage meat, put in a greased tin cook in over 30 mins with tin foil then a extra 10 mins with foil taking off to brown off the top of stuffing mix 👌👌👌 delish 😘

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Sounds great!

[@tallactordude]

Gammon is clearly a British term, because in the US, I think we would just call that ham. 😂 i’m used to gravy being made from the remnants left from cooking a roast and not made on its own apart from the roast. Maybe that’s another American thing. Anyway, I’m glad the second attempt at the gravy was a success.

[@TheLodgeGuys]

💙😁

[@vickieshadrack1617]

Happy New year to you both....have Christmas blues so loving the fact we get to relive again it through you guys ❤❤ thank you ps that gammon looked amazing

[@TheLodgeGuys]

It was soo good. We will do one every year now 🐖

[@joanconnolly5299]

Nick I love your culinary skills Nice save on your curry. I'm a good cook but I'm afraid to use exciting flavours incase I make a mess of it. I'm a big fan of your fearlessness ❤❤

[@TheLodgeGuys]

what's the worst than can happen, it ends up tasting like crap :)

[@jacquelineallen9954]

Hi Guys great vlog as always. The gammon look fab it’s my favourite we do one for new year prefer it to turkey. Looks like you were all having a great time xx

[@julieabercrombie01]

Brill vlog as usual! Introduced my mum to you both tonight too, she love you both as much as we do although all the double dipping gave us the fear! 😜

[@TheLodgeGuys]

lol. germs build immunity, its good for your to double dip with family 😂🤔

[@steveb1086]

My wife commented alot on the double dipping of that spoon trying the gravy 😅 , and she shouts 'close the fridge door' lol I did comment on ur next vlog about the slow cooker (oops it was this one I meant to have )

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Nick always leaves the fridge door open ! 😐

[@stephmcghie8732]

The gammon looked so tasty 😋 always lovely to see you all together ❤️ x

[@tony5006]

We were in Tesco in Gainsborough on Christmas Eve. I t was rammed and in between the throng of shoppers there were management taking down Christmas trimmings !!!

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Lol. Getting ready for easter

[@alanedon7241]

My you have a big tool Nick ! lol Always great to see your vlogs, roll on 2024 with the home on wheels, surprised though....it doesn't have a wine fridge x

[@TheLodgeGuys]

The main fridge is big enough for a couple bottles 😂

[@sarahwhittle9931]

I Love Christmas 🐧 🎄 and I Love Green 💚 it's My Favourite Colour 💚 and I Love Penguins 🐧 🐧

[@eleanorwhite8548]

Great vlog guys! Love Nicks adventures in cooking,the gravy fiasco was real! Someone made a comment once on my gravy being lumpy,so from then on I have always served canned gravy,& everybody loves it!! Lol….🇨🇦

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Lol. Your poor lumpy gravy

[@mesouthseaand2404]

All those dirty spoons going back into the gravy....😂

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Just a bit of festive double dipping

[@Keenan-w5v]

Happy New Year! Thank you for all the wonderful 2023 vlogs!

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Happy new year!

[@dianeprice5798]

Hiya guys, lovely cooking and looks so good, I feel hungry every time I see Nick cook, hope you all had a lovely Christmas meal with your family 👍

[@warrenlinstrom5555]

Maple syrup for the gammon! The spice packets were are tad after their best before dates 😮

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Lol. Maple syrup sounds great

[@sarahhill1796]

Hi Nick & Leigh Another great vlog guys as always, Nick your gammon looked lush ❤ Leigh your dad looks so much younger without his moustache bless him xx

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Thanks so much! 😊 Glad you enjoyed it

[@clairehaigh4612]

I make Jamie Oliver’s gravy where you roast chicken wings then mush them up with gravy juices and sieve it. You get loads of little meaty bits and it’s so tasty!

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Bet that tastes great

[@mrsmifflin]

As tradition we make three homemade stuffings that get put in the turkey for cooking prior to Christmas day. Recipes passed down for 3 generations.

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Sounds great! Love stuffing

[@coughlin84a68]

Red wine not in fridge 😮 hope you had nice Christmas happy new year 🎊❤

[@LonnieJR26]

Leigh do you recommend your treadmill? What make/model is it and how much does it cost?

[@tuzanne]

I completely forgot to get a gammon joint this year. I always love it so very annoyed. I don’t think you can get it in America so was wondering if we should put one in the suitcase!!

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Oooh we loved the gammon this year. Was so good

[@stevenpluff6481]

That Christmas meal looked scrumptious. We had stuffed shrimp and crabcakes--very nontraditional

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Ooh they sound good for a change

[@GollyNTed]

Happy new year to you both. I love watching whatever you do. Makes me homesick but I still love watching.😎

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Happy new year!

[@sarahbottoms8845]

You need to try Jamie Oliver's "get ahead gravy" or chicken wing gravy as I call it! I swear by it every Christmas, and the family go crazy for it!

[@eldiarioofouradventures]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Happy holidays!

[@conixhollow]

A gammon is raw, when it's cooked its classed as a ham

[@lizsayer6905]

Nick you should try a dairy or lactose free diet, I bet it will help loads, the amount of lactose free things you can buy are amazing, I still bake and just use la tide free milk and margarine instead of butter

[@jodymcwilliam1734]

I boiled my gammon joint in mulled wine and cider it is always lovely x

[@sherryperez8228]

Your lodge always looks so cozy and welcoming.

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Thank you. We always try to go for the cosy feel especially in winter

[@SusanYeo-dr5sz]

The gammon looked tasty & the orange slices would have stayed on with toothpicks 😀

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Yes we should have thought of that. 👍

[@juliepeachey3965]

I've got to say the amount of double dipping that went on in this vlog was a bit disturbing 😂 Loved all the cooking though and the arrival of your family

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Lol. If you can't double dip gravy with family then something is wrong with the world 😂

[@stephmcghie8732]

Absolutely 😊​@@TheLodgeGuys

[@janetovens756]

You should make a rouxe melt butter add some flour then stock let it thicken add wine cook

[@TheLodgeGuys]

👌👍

[@Sue-tj9oy]

I miss Leigh’s dads moustache I thought it made him look distinguished and different, and why don’t other places do just roasties and gravy sounds like my idea of heaven 🤓

[@margaretalletson84]

Just wondering why you took off the pork skin,isn’t that the crackling part?

[@clairehaigh4612]

A gammon joint is a bit different. Because it’s been slowed cooked in liquid the skin goes like a jelly sponge and won’t turn into crackling so you just take it off and add a glaze to the fat underneath instead.

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Yes think as it was slow cooked it wasn't right for crackling

[@katestowe]

Is it a northern thing to put beef gravy on turkey?! 😂😂 absolutely baffled! 🤣

[@TheLodgeGuys]

beef has more flavour turkey/chicken gravy is bland and boring, all the pubs in Yorkshire do beef gravy with a Sunday roast chicken or beef

[@sarahwhittle9931]

Great Video The Lodge Guys

[@dianedavies6581]

Happy New Year here’s to 2024

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Same to you ❤️❤️

[@sarahhines5327]

Sausage meat is nice added to stuffing xx

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Yes 👌

[@stevenmilloy3933]

Treat yourselves to some new pans for 2024. Recommend Stellar.

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Yes we probably should. We have had ours for years now

[@JennyS54]

Omgg, I just love watching you all cook for Christmas, then the family all get involved to try the gravy masterpiece, if ya can’t double dip with your own blood, who can ya! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@JennyS54]

Oh, that ham looked amazingggggg, I bought a triple smoked ham this year, was to die for…❤❤

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Exactly. The amount of people who get upset with double dipping 😂😂

[@JennyS54]

@@TheLodgeGuys , I know, right!..

[@julieirvine8506]

Loved this ❤ can't wait for the Xmas eve one 😍

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Glad you enjoyed it 💖

[@normaduffus9755]

I think that you should just go next year to the cafe and buy a litre of their gravy!!!

[@TheLodgeGuys]

lol, would have been easier

[@janetali6102]

Roast potatoes and Oxtail soup ❤

[@sandygrozier]

does the curry mix say it went out of date in august lol

[@TheLodgeGuys]

That's only a few months ago 🤔🤣

[@sandygrozier]

Lol waste not want not

[@adamstobo632]

Just catching up! That gravy 🤢 You need to make a rui first when making a sauce and please don’t blend meat again 🤢🤢

[@von269]

Next time use tooth picks to hold the oranges on the ham

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Good call!

[@Diane-ft5zj]

Just wondering why you bought a gammon to cook, and not just buy a cooked ham then glaze it, it would save you time.

[@TheLodgeGuys]

We wanted to do it in the slow cooker, love the smell in the lodge when you have something in the slow cooker

[@susanhunt5944]

Are you putting a mirror in the van?

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Yes we will be. Not sure where yet

[@petehowlett5431]

❤

[@TheLodgeGuys]

💙

[@Wickedlaughter2222]

Just a word of advice, you should always use a new spoon/fork after tasting the food. you're putting your germs from the utensils you just had in your mouth back into the pot of food.🤢

[@TheLodgeGuys]

germs build immunity

[@stpetefl]

Looks yummy! 😁❤️

[@cherylhayes693]

Everyone commenting on ‘double dipping’ lol chill your beans ! Nobody was harmed in the making of this vlog lol. Another fab vlog ❤

[@stephmcghie8732]

Here...here 😊

[@AmyPavlot-k7l]

Get a whisk

[@TheLodgeGuys]

We got one the other day ❤️❤️

[@andrewwisker6918]

I had a different train types top trumps

[@littlemiss7982able]

Nick, where did you get your pj bottoms from? They are so cool 🫶🏻 x

[@TheLodgeGuys]

Primark ❤️

[@littlemiss7982able]

@@TheLodgeGuys thank you! I’m obsessed with the tree on the car or van or even a truck 😂 🫶🏻 Happy New Year to you both x