Christmas dinner/lunch

[mackem 27,506]

1 hour ago, Blackbriar said:

Going for the 3 bird roast for a change this year............or 4 bird.........or 5 bird, depending how the shoots go !

Yup,just the usual this year 

 

[The one 8,511]

Normally just a turkey crown so theres no so much waste and a five bird roast and it usually covers sandwiches on boxing day  

[ChrisJones 7,975]

Bison curry.

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

we have a turkey and 2 bone rib of beef

the usual trimmings and i make my own sausage,thyme,onion and chestnut stuffing.

this stuffing goes down really well on cold turkey,salad and stuffing butties later

it was a right royal pain having to roast and peel the chestnuts until i discovered bags of whole skinned chestnuts

[dytkos 17,819]

Were both working on or around Christmas so we'll pick a day when we're both off and we're having veal.

 

Cheers, D.

[Welsh_red 4,745]

We usually try and bag a invite to my parents for Christmas dinner . Few reasons for this , 1 it's always nice not to have a mountain of washing up to do ,2 it breaks up the day (all day in our house is a bit of a brain drain with the 2 kids) ,3 my kids and my dad adore eachother ,as soon as the burst through his door hese winding them up and playing with them (by 4pm he'll have one on each knee watching two ronies with him ) 4 the most important one is my dad's a great cook . Will be a meat of some sort with Sunday lunch extras . Last time we had pigs in blankets glazed in honey . 

[forest of dean redneck 11,722]

My missus likes the traditional turkey normally get a 11-13 kg bird from butcher personally sooner spend that money on a beef.

This year we been getting lot of meat from a butcher who delivers on a Thursday to our area so ordered a hamper off him and it's got large a large crown in.

im cooking dinner this year as she will be about 8 weeks post op . 

[Meece 1,958]

 

48 minutes ago, Welsh_red said:

we had pigs in blankets glazed in honey . 

Blimey !! How many gallons of honey does it take to glaze a pig ? How do you apply the honey?  Just pour it over the pig or brush it on with a yard broom.  That is mind blowing!  I can just imagine the scene. >>> "Back the pig up mother and hand me the yard broom". Pigs in blankets.

[South hams hunter 8,934]

Pigs in blanket are sausage with bacon 

[NEWKID 27,451]

Got 6 turkeys coming next week to finish fattening for Christmas, there's a bit of venison in the freezer so that's the meat sorted.... got 17 (including us) for Christmas Day, I'll cook and the mrs will clear the path of destruction behind me (I'm a have decent but very messy cook lol)... 

[Arry 22,477]

Well its Turkey this year off my mate who has a small holding he has them running around an orchard full of grass. I looked after his stock for a week back in the summer and said i'll sort you a chicken. Well he came round with a chicken all right it was 10lb he called it a Cornish Cobb but looking it up I think it was a Ross Cobb. Any way there is only me and the wife so cut the legs off and froze them they were 1lb 8oz each soaked the crown in brine for a hour bit of butter under the skin stuffed and roasted, I think this was the best tasting chicken i've had. Maybe worth trying to  source  one if your have chicken for Christmas.

Cheers Arry

[Rabid 1,936]

29 minutes ago, Arry said:

Well its Turkey this year off my mate who has a small holding he has them running around an orchard full of grass. I looked after his stock for a week back in the summer and said i'll sort you a chicken. Well he came round with a chicken all right it was 10lb he called it a Cornish Cobb but looking it up I think it was a Ross Cobb. Any way there is only me and the wife so cut the legs off and froze them they were 1lb 8oz each soaked the crown in brine for a hour bit of butter under the skin stuffed and roasted, I think this was the best tasting chicken i've had. Maybe worth trying to  source  one if your have chicken for Christmas.

Cheers Arry

That's the same birds I have by the sounds of it, also reared in an orchard full of grass, certainly gives them flavour.

[lurcherman 887 13,264]

Turkey chicken boiled ham sauasge meat ... boxing days the best anyway cold mmmm

[scothunter 12,609]

Well looks like turkey is still a contendor in the UK.

Might actually get a turkey crown. Just to keep up tradition. 

Always have pavlova for a sweet and a decent cheesecake. 

Cant abide xmas pudding and not overly keen on trifle 

 

[peterhunter86 8,627]

2 minutes ago, scothunter said:

Well looks like turkey is still a contendor in the UK.

Might actually get a turkey crown. Just to keep up tradition. 

Always have pavlova for a sweet and a decent cheesecake. 

Cant abide xmas pudding and not overly keen on trifle 

 

I make a trifle from scratch at Christmas wouldn't have anything else.