that is the power of nigella lawson.because obviously it was a joke when she was microwave microwaves . was saying microwave microwaves. that's that's a joke . that's a joke. that's a joke. it's not meant be taken it's not meant to be taken seriously, says. that's seriously, she says. that's the way in family, way they say it in their family, but they will do so for whimsical purposes, right? of course. been taken. course. and but it's been taken. paul course. and but it's been taken. paul, andrew. paul, say something. andrew. i was good was actually making a good point. thought, yeah, i don't point. i thought, yeah, i don't think always think maybe you always say i'm not a good point. but not making a good point. but lewis, the skill of lewis, part of the skill of being host is that detect being a host is that you detect when there's actually a good point let it ride point going on. you let it ride and you in when it's i and then you come in when it's i didn't a good point, didn't hear a good point, and i think you're j

nigella lawson. merry christmas to you. and to you.lly what cooking is about. at christmastime, especially, ifind this kind of assemblyjob number — especially one that you can do in advance — a complete life—saver. now, i don't know that, you know, this is the best time to say to someone that you should be changing your menu for christmas day, but i have got some really gorgeous speculaas, which is a dutch gingerbread, which you can make and hang from the tree or — and this is what i would urge people towards — is that you don't need to ice them, you can just cut them out and you will find that they make the best cheese biscuit. and i think cheese has a hallowed place at christmas. just like christmas cake is wonderful with sharp cheese. what's christmas like for you this year? what are your plans? oh, the normal — eating, eating, eating. cooking, eating, or being cooked for? oh, no, no — cooking and eating. and what's on the menu? well, for christmas lunch itself, i'm very trad — i always stick to the same that i'm used to. that turke

um, right now i, i'm going for nigella lawson . going to go for nigella lawson. week and i've earlier in the week and i've done nigel many times and done nigel so many times and blue so there blue in the face. so there we 90, blue in the face. so there we go, nigella. who's your union? >> t baroness michelle >> jack carson baroness michelle eamonn. a dreadful eamonn. okay. what a dreadful explanation , given that she had explanation, given that she had to lie to the press. but that didn't matter because she told everybody else what she was. oh, now awful. now. awful. >> zero zero. so okay, it is probably worth noting for everybody. we ask our panel to pick their, uh, union jack carson greatest britons in the day. and actually , if we're day. and actually, if we're being honest, i think all of you really went for michelle mone. and we had mix it up a little and we had to mix it up a little bit. charlotte, you've you're not deviated have not deviated that much, have you. actually i came up you. no. well actually i came up with my own. with this all on my own. >> i

aldo nigella lawson says something about christmas cake that you took exception to. what was that?k it a little bit personal because i like tradition, my mother in law tradition, and my mother in law is english. i'm married to a british family. i've here british family. i've been here 45 think it's quite 45 years. and i think it's quite sad that we want to take away the tradition. you know, my children , every year, they look children, every year, they look forward to christmas and for the first time this year, i decided to make a christmas cake myself. >> the first time ever. yeah. so just be clear. what what nigella said was that in her family, she found there weren't many people who christmas so who like christmas cake. and so she back on she was falling back on chocolate because that was chocolate cake because that was going to popular in her going to be more popular in her family. and there does seem to be a decline of be a bit of a decline of christmas cake in favour of chocolate and panettone . chocolate cakes and panettone. >> the italian , >> the italian, the italian, yeah

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