Christmas food with Darina Allen

CHRISTMAS is coming, the geese are getting fat, please put a penny in the old man’s hat.

So goes the old nursery rhyme, so if we are lucky enough to be sitting down to a fine plump goose or turkey this Christmas, let’s give thanks to the Good Lord and Terra Madre and resolve to put our hands in our pockets for Simon or St Vincent de Paul.

It doesn’t necessarily have to be money — could be food or a few bottles of beer, wine, or lemonade to bring cheer during the festive season.