I’ve been asked by a number of people to share some starter ideas for Christmas. For me, my family tradition holds here, and it has to be either Smoked Salmon or king prawns. As a child I usually had both, it was Christmas day after all. As far as I can remember they were always served with a spoonful of Marie Rose Sauce (5 parts salad cream to one part ketchup with a little dash of Worcestershire sauce – anyone who’s had it knows that it tastes better than it sounds!), a wedge of lemon and the obligatory lettuce leaf – usually iceberg.

Nowadays the Marie Rose sauce has been replaced with a modern dressing and the iceberg has been banished in favour of fresh herbs but, for me, the prawns and smoked salmon are here to stay.

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