The perfect alternative Christmas Day

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Why not try something different at Christmas this year. Some unusual Christmas drinks, curry and mac and cheese and to finish why not have an almost fat-free Greek Christmas pudding. To end the special day you can play some retro board games.

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00:00 Why not try something different at Christmas this year?

00:02 Some unusual Christmas drinks, curry and mac and cheese,

00:06 to finish, why not have an almost fat-free

00:08 Greek Christmas pudding?

00:09 And to end the special day,

00:11 you can play some retro board games.

00:13 This is the guide to the perfect alternative Christmas day.

00:18 - Well, we are in Sao Oco,

00:27 it's a new concept being named in Blackpool.

00:29 What we bring in, the idea is bringing from,

00:32 obviously we're from Canary Island,

00:33 I'm from Tenerife, he's from Gran Canaria.

00:36 And the idea of all this is bringing a new concept,

00:40 fresh from our island.

00:42 Obviously we train in hospitality all these years

00:45 and we want to bring something new to Blackpool.

00:48 So for that, we just bring in these glasses

00:52 we have here and this is all homemade, one by one.

00:57 It took us three months to bring them here.

01:00 And they are special because we try to make an experience

01:04 for the people.

01:05 Macri's ice cream.

01:13 This is really nice for this season as well.

01:17 It's gonna be like a show factor

01:19 because it's with a bit of a smoke.

01:21 Let's start with it.

01:23 So we got Tia Maria to start.

01:26 It's coffee liqueur.

01:28 Really nice, really intense as well.

01:30 Let's, 50 of that.

01:33 We're gonna put, this is a rum for Zacapa,

01:39 Republican Dominican, 23 years olera, it's really nice.

01:43 Vanilla notes as well.

01:46 We're gonna put 30 of these.

01:47 We go for the Baileys as well.

01:53 So to give that thickness.

01:56 We're gonna put 50 of that.

01:58 And there we go, just shake.

02:24 And with this smoke we're gonna make,

02:27 we're gonna make-

02:27 - The same flavor that it got to the ice cream,

02:30 vanilla, we have it in smoke.

02:32 That's to give a little bit of extra taste.

02:35 And then we serve it to the customer.

02:48 And then just, we need to take the lid out

02:52 and slowly, until all the smoke is gone.

02:56 Slowly.

02:57 And it's ready to enjoy.

03:06 We can't guarantee the sound,

03:09 but we can guarantee the good vibe.

03:12 That's for sure.

03:13 - With Christmas Day looming,

03:17 preparations for Christmas dinner are being made.

03:20 With many already stocking up on food,

03:22 snacks and drinks for the big day.

03:25 Whether you intend to have traditional turkey

03:27 or an alternative meat-focused centerpiece

03:30 or vegetarian and vegan options,

03:32 it's likely most people will be making a roast dinner

03:35 as part of the celebrations.

03:37 People do often overindulge during the festive season,

03:42 but with the cost of living crisis

03:44 impacting many households this year,

03:46 some may be looking for innovative ways

03:48 to use leftover Christmas food.

03:51 Meat pies, bubble and squeak, curry and mac and cheese

03:54 are some of the ways festive food can be reused.

03:57 And of course, you can always reheat leftovers

03:59 and treat yourself to another dinner

04:01 in the days following Christmas.

04:03 We asked people in Manchester what they do

04:06 with their Christmas dinner leftovers.

04:09 - We make bubble and squeak.

04:11 I don't know if that's just a Yorkshire thing or...

04:14 - Everybody said that this morning.

04:17 - Wacky chawl in a frying pan.

04:19 - Turkey, leftover turkey.

04:21 You can make lovely pies.

04:23 - Yeah.

04:24 - Pies.

04:25 - Turkey and leek pies, yeah.

04:26 - Oh, gorgeous leftover,

04:28 'cause there's loads of turkey left.

04:29 - Yeah.

04:30 - Make a pie.

04:31 - Bubble and squeak.

04:33 - Bubble and squeak's your favorite.

04:34 - Definitely.

04:36 Loads of sprouts in it.

04:37 - Bubble and squeak.

04:41 Definitely bubble and squeak, yeah.

04:44 I try not to have too many leftovers,

04:46 but yeah, sort of try and...

04:48 Or like, you know, meat's kind of like

04:50 curry or pies or something like that,

04:52 but yeah, try and make the most of it, yeah.

04:54 - Usually vegetables get all mashed together

04:56 and then we make a,

04:58 what do you call it now, bubble and squeak.

05:01 And we do like cold cuts.

05:05 I'm not a big fan of turkey curry,

05:08 but it's mainly cold cuts and things like bubble and squeak,

05:12 things like that.

05:14 - Well, I'm the kind of person

05:15 who makes sure there aren't any.

05:16 Do you understand what I mean?

05:18 'Cause it's just me and my husband and my son.

05:20 And the days of massive dinners are done for me.

05:25 So I buy what I need

05:28 and I kind of make sure there are no leftovers.

05:32 Although there are times I do miss having a dog

05:34 because of course the dog was like the hoover.

05:37 But yeah, no, I don't really do leftovers.

05:41 I make sure I haven't got any.

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06:13 - Hi, I'm Christos from El Greco Restaurant.

06:16 - And I am, my name is Vangelis.

06:17 I'm the chef of El Greco.

06:19 - So today we try to explain

06:25 how we can make home

06:28 the Greek pudding.

06:32 The Greek Christmas pudding.

06:33 - Melomakarona has inside orange juice,

06:39 orange zest,

06:41 flour,

06:43 baking powder.

06:45 We put in the baking powder inside the orange juice.

06:49 For that reason it's more fluffy.

06:50 Honey, cinnamon, cloves,

06:54 and that's it.

06:57 We make something like a bread.

07:01 We're doing it small balls.

07:05 We cook in 180, 15 minutes.

07:09 And after we take them out,

07:11 we have ready one syrup, cold one

07:14 with honey, sugar, cinnamon,

07:19 and pieces of orange inside.

07:21 We baptize the hot red sweet.

07:27 That one is take all the flavor from the syrup.

07:30 Then in the end, we're sprinkling with walnuts.

07:33 Traditionally in Greece,

07:36 the mother of the house fixed this one

07:39 because it's put him all the love

07:44 for that reason, it's special.

07:47 And it's more nice.

07:51 Yeah, it's really bad that the video,

07:54 he don't take the smell of all that ingredient

07:58 because all my memories from young one,

08:01 it's the house, those days,

08:05 it smell cinnamon, orange,

08:08 smell, it's amazing.

08:11 Nice touch.

08:12 And for that reason, all those days

08:15 is full of love, it's full of happiness

08:19 and make the people laughing.

08:22 - So for today, we try to explain our Greek pudding

08:32 for Christmas.

08:34 And so we say to everybody, welcome to the El Greco.

08:37 They have the nice atmosphere,

08:39 the Greek hospitality,

08:44 the original Greek food

08:47 and the Greek Christmas menu also.

08:51 So we say to yamas everybody.

08:53 - Yamas.

08:54 - In Greece.

08:56 - We're waiting to come to our restaurant.

08:58 - So for some alternative entertainment

09:00 for Christmas evening,

09:01 we've got a group of people trying out

09:03 some retro board games,

09:05 which are fairly easy to find.

09:06 You can find them either in the loft

09:08 or probably on eBay.

09:09 Can't speak for how many parts may be missing.

09:11 Callum had perhaps started on the snowballs

09:13 when we asked him to introduce

09:14 the first game of the night.

09:16 - Connect four.

09:16 Sick.

09:21 - But our competitors were soon able

09:24 to recall the rules of the game, more or less.

09:27 - It's been a while since I've played it,

09:28 so it's kind of trying to think,

09:30 does it have to be diagonal or not?

09:31 Which is odd.

09:32 I don't know why I always thought

09:33 it had to be a diagonal one.

09:37 - No, I'm not doing that.

09:39 No, that's not fair.

09:40 Got it?

09:42 - I think I got it.

09:43 - Oh, you could have won there.

09:44 - That was me, I'd done it first.

09:45 (laughing)

09:46 - This is a bit of a dread.

09:47 - You got it?

09:48 - Yep.

09:49 - You could probably have a few games

09:51 and then go to something else

09:52 and then maybe come back to it.

09:54 - I think it's like less complicated

09:56 because it doesn't have the instructions.

09:57 It's very straight, a very straight forward one

09:59 to ease your mind a little bit.

10:01 - You know exactly how to do it once you've set it up.

10:04 - Little did our trio know

10:05 that the next game of the evening

10:07 was not one they're likely to be recalling fondly

10:09 in years to come.

10:10 - You have to build it first.

10:12 - Yeah.

10:13 It's somehow all on there,

10:14 if I was meant to be putting it,

10:15 but you can follow it.

10:16 (laughing)

10:19 - Oh my God.

10:20 - How are you supposed to do this?

10:21 - I've seen two different types of stairs.

10:25 - So I'm assuming that this must go in here somehow.

10:29 - It has to be said,

10:30 you could see the festive spirit starting to sap away.

10:33 We had asked our players

10:35 for their genuine reactions to these games

10:37 and their reaction to this one

10:39 was a very authentic to hell with it.

10:42 - Yeah, I'm gonna impress with this one.

10:43 - Yeah, no I'm not.

10:44 - Yeah, sure.

10:45 - It's like a family game on Christmas.

10:46 You don't want to have to.

10:47 - It's meant to be something simple.

10:48 - Next game we're gonna play is Downfall.

10:51 - Our players are on surer ground here.

10:53 Downfall feels very much like next level Connect Four.

10:56 - Oh! - Yes!

10:57 - Next game we're gonna play

10:58 is the family version of the arcade game.

11:01 - Pac-Man!

11:02 - Yeah, I definitely wouldn't have a little child play it.

11:04 - No. - Definitely not.

11:06 - It's a very safety conscious column.

11:07 - Yeah, definitely.

11:08 We have to be at ease, don't we?

11:09 - Yeah, especially away from babies

11:11 'cause babies eat anything.

11:12 - Oh yes.

11:13 - Oh God, have I done that right?

11:16 - Yeah. - I'm broke.

11:17 (laughing)

11:18 - 12, 14, 15.

11:19 - The yellow ones don't count, Colin.

11:22 - 18, 22, 20.

11:23 I took the two, I saw 20.

11:28 - You're the winner!

11:30 - Yay!

11:31 - I like the countdown in Connect Four.

11:33 They didn't take loads of building

11:36 and they weren't dead complicated.

11:38 You just kinda knew what you were doing.

11:39 - We asked our players what game

11:41 had not come out of the box full in the loft

11:43 that they wish had been there.

11:45 - Monopoly's quite a good one.

11:46 - Yeah. - Yeah.

11:47 - Do you think?

11:48 No? - Yeah.

11:50 Definitely is, but I think there's probably

11:52 more than one family Christmas maybe been ruined

11:54 by trying that. - Been ruined by, yeah.

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