Christmas dinner

Theonegun

Does anyone else not care for it ??

mfceiling

Theonegun wrote: »

Does anyone else not care for it ??

No

The flying mouse

Kinda

Tauriel

Theonegun wrote: »

Does anyone else not care for it ??

I hate turkey and ham! So dry and bland.

Theonegun

The flying mouse wrote: »

Kinda

I get it every sunday but ya get starving faces saying cant wait for xmas dinner maybe they eat microwave chips on sundays so xmas dinner is a once of ,there like peasants god help them.

DavidLyons_

Turkey and ham are two very, very mediocre meats to choose for the biggest family get-together meal of the year. I'd replace those if the wife would let me.

NoFreeGaffs

mustang shelly wrote: »

I hate turkey and ham! So dry and bland.

Not with gravy they're not.

nice_guy80

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

Turkey and ham are two very, very mediocre meats to choose for the biggest family get-together meal of the year. I'd replace those if the wife would let me.

in olden times they were the few meats people would eat all winter
those people ate more geese or duck than turkey

Tom Mann Centuria

Sprouts make it that much better than normal Sunday dinner, I'd enjoy just eating a plateful of them.

Then the household gets to enjoy the results later on. Win win.

gramar

I fúcking love it. Best dinner of the year.

GingerLily

Nothing beats a good Christmas ham - yum!

I think it's more about the ambience then just the two meats that's on offer, everyone having a cheeky glass of wine, Christmas crackers, carols in the background, warm fire on too....... love it!

Temptamperu

Turkey is the worst meat there is, I like a nice bit of hang though.

gumbo1

Nope, couldn't be done with all the cooking an prep work for what? 30 mins eating then it's all over. We'll be having venison this year with a few roast spuds an some mixed veg and a very nice bottle of wine or 2!

Theonegun

Theonegun wrote: »

Does anyone else not care for it ??

mustang shelly wrote: »

I hate turkey and ham! So dry and bland.

I do not care for the Turkey dinner either. I find the meat dry and bland too. Someone else said "not with gravy" and sure, that helps. But I want a meat that is _complimented_ by the gravy. Not one where I am using the gravy to mask it's deficiencies. Gravy should accentuate the experience, not rescue it.

So I am a duck or goose man myself. I keep geese and have been giving it a nice happy well fed and well cared for life as we work towards his day of slaughter My 6 year old daughter has been looking after it a lot and has named him "Danny the Dinner".

So the roasties will be deep roasted in nice fresh goose fat this year, and the goose based gravy will be an addition to a wonderful meal, not a mask of it's horrors.

demanufactured

mustang shelly wrote: »

I hate turkey and ham! So dry and bland.

You're cooking them wrong.

gramar

Turkey cooked properly is very tasty and succulent. Pouring gravy on it is no different than people eating steak with pepper sauce. Why anyone would ruin a good steak with that muck is beyond me.

Johnny Macwilliams

Turkey is dung, sugar coat it all you want.

Rumpy Pumpy

mustang shelly wrote: »

I hate turkey and ham! So dry and bland.

If your ham is dry then you're doing it wrong. Roast ham on the bone is a fantastic meat.

jaykay74

Johnny Macwilliams wrote: »

Turkey is dung, sugar coat it all you want.

Well no wonder if you sugar coat it!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I'm having chocolate and wine for mine this year


I love being an adult

fizzypish

Ham on it own. Meh. Ham with colemans mustard, well now, that's another story.

osarusan

It's all about the brandy butter.

Love the Christmas dinner, in fact the dinner on Christmas Day will be about my 4th or 5th turkey and ham dinner this month. One of which will be a full on pretend Christmas Day dinner at the weekend with friends.

Wouldn't be Christmas day without a proper Christmas dinner.

jester77

I'm not in Ireland this year, so turkey is off the menu, woohooo
I'll be having venison with chocolate sauce

MeatTwoVeg

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

Turkey and ham are two very, very mediocre meats to choose for the biggest family get-together meal of the year. I'd replace those if the wife would let me.

You're either cooking them wrong, buying cheap cuts, or both.

Walter H Price

not the biggest fan of the traditional roast meat and veg its a bit dull tbh.

I love cooking and like to play around with the ingredients a bit , last year we had stuffing balls with garlic butter to start , a turkey mince and gammon lardons lasagna with Brussels sprout and smocked bacon gratin , chocolate brownies and homemade Christmas cookies with custard and cream for desert , was awesome.

Thinking of trying maybe an Idian or Chineese theme this year

Shenshen

I like it - I like any excuse for a big, slap-up meal. But then I've never had either turkey or ham on christmas, ever, and since turning vegetarian I love trying something new every year.

OldGoat

Since my mum passed a couple of years ago we are no longer obliged to do the traditional turkey & ham. This year we doing prime rib and a bearnaise sauce...and Yorkshires puddings! In your face bland turkey meat.

Planet X

Anyone for a bit a swan?

The flying mouse

Deleted User wrote: »

I do not care for the Turkey dinner either. I find the meat dry and bland too. Someone else said "not with gravy" and sure, that helps. But I want a meat that is _complimented_ by the gravy. Not one where I am using the gravy to mask it's deficiencies. Gravy should accentuate the experience, not rescue it.

So I am a duck or goose man myself. I keep geese and have been giving it a nice happy well fed and well cared for life as we work towards his day of slaughter My 6 year old daughter has been looking after it a lot and has named him "Danny the Dinner".

So the roasties will be deep roasted in nice fresh goose fat this year, and the goose based gravy will be an addition to a wonderful meal, not a mask of it's horrors.

Danny the dinner :D:D

The flying mouse

The flying mouse wrote: »

Danny the dinner :D:D

Yea she came up with that one herself. We wondered about naming the animals we were going to eat at all - in case of emotional attachment. So we were quite impressed that somehow internally she recognised this risk herself - and chose a name that on one hand named it - but on the other hand failed to remove the distinction that this is food.

Doting daddy of course and all parents have a tendency to over estimate their children - but I think she can be quite insightful sometimes for her age.

Glenster

Turkey is a dry meat. There a reason no-one eats it outside of Xmas.

I will fight anyone who has a pop at Ham though.

Glenster

Walter H Price wrote: »

not the biggest fan of the traditional roast meat and veg its a bit dull tbh.

I love cooking and like to play around with the ingredients a bit , last year we had stuffing balls with garlic butter to start , a turkey mince and gammon lardons lasagna with Brussels sprout and smocked bacon gratin , chocolate brownies and homemade Christmas cookies with custard and cream for desert , was awesome.

Thinking of trying maybe an Idian or Chineese theme this year

Jaysus, do you have a website I can donate to? I'm on the verge of tears over here.

Lasagna for Christmas Dinner?

Walter H Price

Glenster wrote: »

Jaysus, do you have a website I can donate to? I'm on the verge of tears over here.

Lasagna for Christmas Dinner?

the meat and veg thing is just so dull

Glenster

Walter H Price wrote: »

the meat and veg thing is just so dull

You've just mixed it up but instead of having a nice fancy ham and nice turkey, you're eating lardons and turkey mince.

A well cooked Christmas turkey is objectively nicer than turkey mince. Ditto Ham and lardons.

Walter H Price

Walter H Price wrote: »

the meat and veg thing is just so dull

How can food be "dull"? Christmas dinner is delicious and I get the impression some people are just trying to be different for the sake of it and its fairly sad.

GingerLily

Jayden Defeated Silhouette wrote: »

How can food be "dull"? Christmas dinner is delicious and I get the impression some people are just trying to be different for the sake of it and its fairly sad.

My mum never liked Turkey, so we'd have anothe bird (duck or goose usually) instead, as long as there's good stuffing and roast potatoes on the table I'm happy

Ah yes stuffing. One of my other obsessions after dips. I tend to make not one - but three - different types

midnight city

I'm really looking forward to my Christmas dinner.

GingerLily

GingerLily wrote: »

My mum never liked Turkey, so we'd have anothe bird (duck or goose usually) instead, as long as there's good stuffing and roast potatoes on the table I'm happy

That's different it's tradition in some families to have a different bird.

andekwarhola

Theonegun wrote: »

Does anyone else not care for it ??

I just eat it. I'm not looking to settle down with it.

OldGoat

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah yes stuffing. One of my other obsessions after dips. I tend to make not one - but three - different types

Would they be sausage meat, chestnut and sage&onion&breadcrumb by any chance?
I made all three once upon a christmas, and with the leftovers I made a roulade which I sliced and fried for breakfast the following morning.
Breakfast stuffing was more popular than the previous dinner stuffing.

andekwarhola

GingerLily wrote: »

My mum never liked Turkey, so we'd have anothe bird (duck or goose usually) instead, as long as there's good stuffing and roast potatoes on the table I'm happy

Same. Usually do Duck/Goose and Ham here. Turkey is hard-going sometimes.

riffmongous

I had a conversation with my mother about Christmas dinner recently, I was wondering when turkey became common in Ireland, anyone know? She said that as far back as she can remember in the 60s it was turkey. I'd have though it would have been duck or goose

HensVassal

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

Turkey and ham are two very, very mediocre meats to choose for the biggest family get-together meal of the year. I'd replace those if the wife would let me.

Why not replace the wife? :pac:

Shenshen

riffmongous wrote: »

I had a conversation with my mother about Christmas dinner recently, I was wondering when turkey became common in Ireland, anyone know? She said that as far back as she can remember in the 60s it was turkey. I'd have though it would have been duck or goose

I don't know about Ireland, but in the UK I think it changed back in Victorian times. It used to be goose, traditionally, but when turkeys started to become available people just went for the sheer size of them. They're easier to breed and you get a lot more kilos of meat for your money than you would with geese and ducks.
Not sure how accurate that is, but it sounded credible when I heard it.

evil_seed

Venison is where it's at :cool:

HensVassal

Deleted User wrote: »

I do not care for the Turkey dinner either. I find the meat dry and bland too. Someone else said "not with gravy" and sure, that helps. But I want a meat that is _complimented_ by the gravy. Not one where I am using the gravy to mask it's deficiencies. Gravy should accentuate the experience, not rescue it.

So I am a duck or goose man myself. I keep geese and have been giving it a nice happy well fed and well cared for life as we work towards his day of slaughter My 6 year old daughter has been looking after it a lot and has named him "Danny the Dinner".

So the roasties will be deep roasted in nice fresh goose fat this year, and the goose based gravy will be an addition to a wonderful meal, not a mask of it's horrors.

Never had goose. Tell me how it tastes

sbsquarepants

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

Turkey and ham are two very, very mediocre meats to choose for the biggest family get-together meal of the year. I'd replace those if the wife would let me.

Turkey is a bet meh after a slice or two, but it ain't Christmas without it. Ham however is out of this world delicious, as is anything you cook in the ham water, particularly chick peas. Om nom nom nom nom nom:D:D

Stuffing is always the tastiest part though.

HensVassal

Walter H Price wrote: »

not the biggest fan of the traditional roast meat and veg its a bit dull tbh.

I love cooking and like to play around with the ingredients a bit , last year we had stuffing balls with garlic butter to start , a turkey mince and gammon lardons lasagna with Brussels sprout and smocked bacon gratin , chocolate brownies and homemade Christmas cookies with custard and cream for desert , was awesome.

Thinking of trying maybe an Indian or Chineese theme this year

I usually have a turkey vindaloo on the 26th with the leftovers :pac:

sbsquarepants

HensVassal wrote: »

I usually have a turkey vindaloo on the 26th with the leftovers :pac:

Turkey sweet and sour for me, or sometimes szechuan - usually on the 27th