Turkey? Or not?

24-12-2015 07:35AM #1

...did the Christmas food shop yesterday in Aldi. Got to the turkey section, my wife and I were weighing up the pros and cons and as there are only 3 adults and a 1 year old sitting down decided to go with boned stuffed duck. It was just €13.

Anyway, it'll be our first Christmas without turkey. So was wondering, is it a must for people, an essential part of Christmas, or are many looking at alternatives?

Sunflower 27 · 24-12-2015 07:39AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

...did the Christmas food shop yesterday in Aldi. Got to the turkey section, my wife and I were weighing up the pros and cons and as there are only 3 adults and a 1 year old sitting down decided to go with boned stuffed duck. It was just €13.

Anyway, it'll be our first Christmas without turkey. So was wondering, is it a must for people, an essential part of Christmas, or are many looking at alternatives?

Not a fan of turkey so not having it this year. Leftover turkey doesn't taste good either to me so this year we have said no to turkey. And may this be the first of many Christmases to come!!

thee glitz · 24-12-2015 07:41AM

I like extra ham instead, but still need the stuffing.

Gremlinertia · 24-12-2015 07:41AM

On my own and working so a little bit of lamb, leftovers on a plate for work.. Baileys coffee is becoming a little tradition for me though..

Markcheese · 24-12-2015 07:48AM

I got a large piece of leg of pork for christmas -but my dad wants turkey so have one as well ... its more for the left over turkey than the bird on the day ..

24-12-2015 07:50AM

Markcheese wrote: »

I got a large piece of leg of pork for christmas -but my dad wants turkey so have one as well ... its more for the left over turkey than the bird on the day ..

That was one of the main pros...the traditional 2 or 3 days of turkey sandwiches, turkey curry etc.

Galwayguy35 · 24-12-2015 08:17AM

I like the brown meat on the turkey and stuffing, don't have a say on what the dinner will be as I go to the brothers place for christmas dinner but the boned and rolled turkey does be nice.

Although growing up we used to have a goose and IMO it was a lot nicer.

Lau2976 · 24-12-2015 08:29AM

Nope no turkey in my house. Everyone eats vegan so tofurkey for my sister or a nut roast. The rest of us don't like meat substitutes so we'll have lots of veg instead.

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-12-2015 08:33AM

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Diamond Doll · 24-12-2015 08:42AM

My mum usually does a turkey and two chickens and a ham! There are nine in the family, plus usually a few partners there on the day. I go for the chicken, I'm not a fan of turkey the rest of the year and Christmas is no different.

Shenshen · 24-12-2015 08:57AM

Nope, no turkey here. We're both of us vegetarian, so it's not an option.
Husband is a bit of a traditionalist, though, so it'll be a lentil and nut roast on the day, and stuffing balls with cheese and cranberries baked inside them on the side.

lertsnim · 24-12-2015 09:13AM

Beef for me. I never liked turkey.

24-12-2015 09:21AM

I usually have a nice steak

charlietheminxx · 24-12-2015 09:42AM

I can't wait for my turkey and stuffing tomorrow! Yum.

Whitewinged · 24-12-2015 09:50AM

We were going to go with beef this year. OH said he would go to the butchers and came back with a turkey crown, beef and ham intending to cook the lot on Christmas day even though the point of getting the beef was so that we didn't have too much meat left over??? Anyway we will just do the turkey and ham tomorrow and beef another day

24-12-2015 09:52AM

Going with a VERY slow roast pork this time ourselves.

Turtyturd · 24-12-2015 09:54AM

Will have turkey, more so out of tradition, as I could easily swap it with chicken. Much prefer the ham.

kylith · 24-12-2015 10:22AM

I'm not much of a fan of roast turkey. It's dry and pointless and I'm too low down the pecking order to get a leg. When I was in a position to have Christmas in my own house I'd get a 3 bird roast in Lidl; much tastier and no leftovers. These days I'm dragged to a family member's house so I have to put up with tradition or be branded a churl.

Who cares about tradition anyway? Why not have a beef Wellington, or a feed of tapas?

Lux23 · 24-12-2015 10:24AM

I love a bit of turkey and ham at Christmas, I normally have a couple of Christmas dinners leading up to the big day itself too.

Mena · 24-12-2015 10:25AM

Roast beef today, roast leg of lamb tomorrow. Had a turkey once for Christmas, never again.

24-12-2015 10:29AM

We have turkey in our house. My brother, Granny and Aunt eat it. My Mother and myself don't eat meat. I'll eat potatoes :pac:

etoughguy · 24-12-2015 10:30AM

It's turkey all the way
None of this fancy pants ducks, geese or peacocks for me

Oh and plenty of ham and spiced beef too (that's a cork thing ye langers)

24-12-2015 10:41AM

Turkey and ham for sure, wouldn't be Christmas without them. It's tradition but I also love turkey and ham, I'd have it in restaurants now and again throughout the year too and I regularly have turkey in sandwiches for lunch during the year.

Eugene Norman · 24-12-2015 10:46AM

Turkey doesn't have to be dry. It's much nicer than chicken when cooked correctly.

If you don't have turkey it's not Christmas, vegetarians excepted.

You might get away with a goose.. The rest of ye take a long hard look at yourselves.

Glenalla · 24-12-2015 10:47AM

Beef wellington for us this year mmmmmmmmmm!

stampydmonkey · 24-12-2015 10:49AM

Brothers doing beef wellington so no turkey this year. Hopefully it won't end up in the fire!

Gmol · 24-12-2015 10:54AM

Corned beef and ham since about 2010.

jaja321 · 24-12-2015 11:06AM

We will be having duck. We used to always have goose, which I love, but unfortunately not everyone in the family loves it, so duck it is.. which is still yummy.

24-12-2015 11:09AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Going with a VERY slow roast pork this time ourselves.

It has just now gone into the slow roast. It will be there for the next 30 hours - before I slap on a load of oil and take a blow torch to it to make crackling

Have I ever mentioned before on boards how much I like to cook?

LordSutch · 24-12-2015 11:11AM

You could have had a much more inclusive poll.

1/ We will be having turkey on Christmas day.
2/ We will you be having goose on Christmas day.
3/ We will be eating duck on Christmas day.
4/ Turkey is too dry, we'll be eating a big fat chicken.
5/ We will be eating pork this Christmas for a change.
6/ No birds please, we're vegetarian, Nutroast please.
7/ *Other . . . .

The Bishop Basher · 24-12-2015 11:17AM

None of us like Turkey so it's always a toss up between roast rib of beef or a leg of lamb.

Leg of lamb won out this year..

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