I paid £75 for whole Christmas dinner at Cheshire's 'poshest' farm shop loved by Molly-Mae... but was it worth it?
It's Cheshire oldest and "poshest" of farm shops - and The Hollies is always absolutely packed out with shoppers at this time of year. The shelves are positively heaving with Christmas goodies and it has an entire Christmas house dedicated to festive decorations on the sprawling site at Little Budworth in Cheshire.
I had to park in the overflow car park as all the main car park spaces were gone and I could see queues outside the newly-reopened cafe area. But I was not to be distracted by cake and coffee so instead headed towards the main entrance. "Hoping for the best" is not entirely the best financial idea in a farm shop it turns out as when I got to the till it turned out it was priced at £8.99. Gulp, I dread to think how much the large one cost.
However, as I was needing to feed three adults this week for my test Christmas dinner, I browsed the options that were available in the fridge. I wasn't sure quite how big to go, but ended up with a 2.44kg turkey breast which was my biggest investment on the shop, weighing in at £31.48. I also plump for Cheshire potatoes and pick up goose fat to roast them in, not that I've ever tried this method before. I'm rather shocked at the price for the goose fat but think I'd best give it a whirl to see if it really is worth it.
As a comparison, you can expect to pay around £20 - £30 for the cheapest supermarket full turkey dinners this year - and one supermarket, Heron, has even just announced it has created a £15 frozen Christmas dinner for 2022.Parsnips - £1.48Dine turkey gravy - £2.99Shropshire Sage & Onion stuffing - £2.25TOTAL: £75.78
Stuffing - seemed to be very dry when I mixed it all up and it didn't fare much better after the cooking. Tasted no better than my usual Paxo, so at twice the price I'll stick with my supermarket version.
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