Not long now

[bobmac]

Well it's less than 3 weeks till the big day, the brussels are probably on allready but what do you have for the most important meal of the year?
We had Turkey for years until one year my dad asked if anyone actually liked turkey. We all thought it was ok but would prefer a change. Never had turkey since.
Are you a traditional turkey dinner house, goose, veggie, or something else?

 

[AuburnWarrior]

I like turkey but the Wife isn't a fan. "It's a very dry bird" is the response I normally get.

However, this year we've got my parents coming over for Chrimbo din-dins and we're having turkey!

I'm hoping we've purchased a particularly moist variant.....

 

[Region3]

We normally have a Capon, which is a Rooster that's been "Caponized".

 

[GB72]

Turkey for me but not that many off us so I buy a crown of the bone and rolled with sausage meat and stuffing in the middle. Almost impossible to make that dry

 

[stevie_r]

I like turkey but the Wife isn't a fan. "It's a very dry bird" is the response I normally get.

However, this year we've got my parents coming over for Chrimbo din-dins and we're having turkey!

I'm hoping we've purchased a particularly moist variant.....

Loads of butter between the skin and the meat works a treat for keeping it moist

 

[Basher]

By 'eck, we're a bit keener in Yorkshire!!!

The same question was asked well over a week ago!

For the record, I will be mainly eating turkey, roast and mashed taties, veggies, yorky pud, stuffing, cranberry and lots of thick gravy. Oooh, northern boys love gravy (to quote Soccer AM!)

 

[daymond]

"Fore" viz. Duck. Every year.

 

[CMAC]

bird....moist...too many jokes!

We tried the Roll of turkey one year and it was moist, gotta agree it can be quite dry but we like tradition.

So Bob what are you replacing the olf bird with (no jokes)

 

[USER1999]

Baked potato.

That's what we are having.

 

[Mr_T]

Turkey all the way, I would feel like there is a part of me missing if we weren't having turkey, favourite meal of the year, I never have dinner on christmas day though as I'm always still too stuffed from lunch!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Turkey at our place but as its just me and HID (just as we like it) we just get a turkey crown. Stays lovely and moist the way my wife does it (no good asking me I just turn up when its ready) and she does beautiful roast tatties in garlic, honey roasted parsnips, good old fashioned brussels that still have a crunch and wonderful stuffing that is crispy on the outside and moist and fluffy inside. She is an Xmas dinner angel

 

[G1BB0]

turkey, pigs in blankets, stuffing balls, chrimbo pud afterwards then a nice snooze while indiana jones/bond is on the tv

sorted

 

[AmandaJR]

Turkey and all the usual stuff with it - only roast dinner I have a year as not my usual cup of tea.

Very happy memories of my Dad cooking all morning and serving up in time for the Queen's Speech by which time he'd be a bottle of sherry down and slozzled

We're eating out this year with my brother, sister and nephew. Was hoping for nephews as Brandon is serving in Afghanistan and due home on the 20th for his r&r. The army have postponed his flight til the 26th though so we have another xmas day on the 27th.

 

[viscount17]

for a while it was just the two of us for xmas and we had planned to have lamb (why not - we like it) but we've now had several of her family inviting themselves over for xmas dinner and those that can't make that have announced that they will grace us with a visit a day or two later (keep telling her we should clear off for xmas and send them all cards saying 'what your present would have cost has enabled us to go somewhere hot'). they're all fussy eaters so it's now beef and a turkey crown, and even when you get turkey they won't eat the dark meat - must be mad, that's where the most flavour is.

oh and we shall also have a ham - but that we would have done anyway.

 

[connor]

worked last 2 xmas days in a row so had to have my xmas dinner heated up in the micro... so just looking forward to having it fresh this year

 

[rosecott]

Are you a traditional turkey dinner house, goose, veggie, or something else?

Sob story coming up.

My mate refuses to go to Liverpool with his wife to her relatives for Christmas. After several lunchtime jars in Albufeira we agreed that we would book a Christmas Day lunch (I live on my own and hadn't as yet had an invitation from either offspring).

To cut a long story short, no self-respecting restaurant would have us so it's going to be a pub crawl. If you see two elderly gentlemen wandering around Lower Mansfield Road in Nottingham on Christmas Day, toss them a drumstick.

 

[RichardC]

Not a fan of turkey, so the mother in law is making one of her fantastic steak and kidney puddings

 

[johnboywalton]

Must be TURKEY, stuffing, sausage meat, pigs in blankets, roasties, brussels, parsnips etc.etc.etc

Favourite dinner in the whole world ......although I can not stand Xmas pudd

 

[Aztecs27]

Turkey at 12 ad chicken at 4. Two lunches on Christmas Day is the only way to live.

 

[DaveM]

Funny how the meal time names change from North to South. Up here lunch is around 11pm in the morning dinner is 1pm, teatime around 5:30pm in the evening then supper before you go to bed. Down south they have lunch at dinner time and dinner at tea time. Could never get use to that when I lived for a bit down there.