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What meat will you be consuming this Yuletide season? Not cooking myself on the day but will pick up perhaps a tomahawk steak or something for Boxing Day.

Turkey has been abandoned this year, in favour of lamb....

Why?

Took a vote on it.
Turkey was regarded by most to be bland and cheap meat, so the decision was taken for a perceived upgrade.
As someone who only really eats meat on occasions such as this, I wasn't too bothered..

Turkey, gammon, beef and pigs in blankets. That way everybody can have something nice to disguise the f*cking turkey.

Capon this year. Haven't had turkey wurkey for donkeys years. It's rotten.

Whatever's served up to me , I'm a greedy b*stard .

there will be 10 for dinner at my daughters.
I supply the 25lb turkey from the farm opposite me
that have been reared on the farm cant fault it delicious.

Is there such a thing as bad Turkey? Or is it just bad cooking?

Yes. Turkey is bad by default. You have to go to great lengths to make it acceptable (i.e shoving butter up under the skin, wrapping it in streaky bacon, ramming other stuff in its cavities etc). And even then it has to be further hidden by cranberry sauce and gravy.

If turkey was in any way decent it would have overtaken chicken as the predominant poultry of choice.

Selection of home made tapas.
Also the evening will be Gavin and Stacey themed with omlettes.

Easy carve stuffed goose.

We enjoy turkey at Christmas. Easy to overcook/dry out, but provided the meat stays moist it’s great. Free range one from the butcher again this year. Plus a ham for the boxing day cold cuts.

slacker wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:28 pm We enjoy turkey at Christmas. Easy to overcook/dry out, but provided the meat stays moist it’s great. Free range one from the butcher again this year. Plus a ham for the boxing day cold cuts.

I agree free range is the way to go.
frozen or chilled from the sup market are not up to it.

Don’t do xmas dinner ever not part of my calendar

Ya dig

according to an article in today's paper
supermarket fresh turkeys are not as fresh as you are made to believe.
apparently they are spayed with carbon dioxide then deep chilled for
up to a month, then they are thawed out put on the cold shelf as fresh plus 72% more cost.

Going out for Christmas lunch, stuff cooking!

Adz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:31 am Going out for Christmas lunch, stuff cooking!

How the other half live, eh.

Roast beef. Me & my siblings used to stay with an uncle who used to pre-Christmas wring chickens necks ( turkey wasn't really available until 1960's. )
Put us off poultry.

If the missus has her way, it will be sour grapes again

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:58 pm Is there such a thing as bad Turkey? Or is it just bad cooking?

Agreed. Some people clearly don’t know what they are doing. Keep basting it and it will never be dry.

Turkey and Ham for us this year - always moist and juicy. Add in some pigs in blankets, yorkies, spuds, sprouts, carrots, baked suet, and good gravy it's gonna be a cracking Xmas lunch.

Yum

Turkey from a local farm in Hassocks. Birds are killed, plucked and dressed, then hung at zero degrees for at least two weeks. Really tender and full of flavour, unlike the frozen ones from the supermarket.

Mikero

Mikero wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:34 pm Turkey from a local farm in Hassocks. Birds are killed, plucked and dressed, then hung at zero degrees for at least two weeks. Really tender and full of flavour, unlike the frozen ones from the supermarket.

Mikero

My old Dad gets his Turkey from Bridgers Farm at Hurstpierpoint has done for years

Lucky7 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:43 pm

Mikero wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:34 pm Turkey from a local farm in Hassocks. Birds are killed, plucked and dressed, then hung at zero degrees for at least two weeks. Really tender and full of flavour, unlike the frozen ones from the supermarket.

Mikero

My old Dad gets his Turkey from Bridgers Farm at Hurstpierpoint has done for years

Cool story bro.