LORRAINE CANDY: Even a hopeless cook can make a dream Christmas dinner

Lorraine sneaked off to the Good Housekeeping Institute cookery school There, she learned how to wrap her turkey crown in bacon before cooking Was also taught how to parboil spuds the night before and cover with foil And she made perfect sprouts by frying them with chestnuts and shallots Three hours later, Lorraine had made herself a beautiful Christmas meal

By Lorraine Candy for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:27 EST, 23 December 2014 | Updated: 02:16 EST, 24 December 2014

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Back to class: Lorraine Candy with her Good Housekeeping turkey

When I left home in Cornwall at 16 to come to work in London, I had scant culinary know-how because my mum didnt enjoy cooking. I dont blame her. I dont like it either its a bit of a bore, frankly.

Mum once threw Christmas lunch at the patio doors, she was so cross with the blackened offering. My dad, younger sister and I watched it all sadly slide down the glass, paper hats on heads, knives and forks in hands, knowing a corned-beef hash tin was about to be opened again.

Three decades later, although Ive never thrown a charred turkey at any patio doors in my house, Im afraid I am still not much better than her.

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