Christmas dinner

[jeepster]

Re: Christmas dinner

Full of flavour - so you'd need to like that flavour! Can be fatty, if not rendered.

Love to give a try but if a whole bird was bought the Mrs and kids did not like a big waste.

[NYCBlue]

Re: Christmas dinner

Turkey is fine but you've got to brine it first.

Get well soon Elwood & Bob.

Brining does very little.

[NYCBlue]

Re: Christmas dinner

Turkey, Beef, roasties, mash, honey glazed roasted parsnips, garden peas, sliced carrot, cauliflower cheese, Yorkshire pud, cranberry sauce, swimming in gravy, jobs a good en!

Keep your stuffing, pigs in blankets, and shove your sprouts!

I make stuffing balls with breadcrumbs, mushrooms, garlic, onion, celery, red wine and chicken livers. I cook them separately from the bird. They're delicious.

Sauteed sprouts with bacon, onions and balsamic vinegar are amazing.

[jon1959]

Re: Christmas dinner

Our now traditional pork pie with cherry tomatoes, and a flask of tea - on a 10 mile walk in north Derbyshire, hopefully with a frost and clear skies.

No crowds, no shit TV.

[Ninja]

Re: Christmas dinner

Brining does very little.

Agreed.

[the other bob wilson]

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I have never had goose,what is it like?

Tried it one year, it was very nice at dinner time, but there was a lot left and it was basically just a very fatty mess.

[jeepster]

Re: Christmas dinner

Tried it one year, it was very nice at dinner time, but there was a lot left and it was basically just a very fatty mess.

my family would not like that,i would give it a go.

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: Christmas dinner

Turkey, Beef, roasties, mash, honey glazed roasted parsnips, garden peas, sliced carrot, cauliflower cheese, Yorkshire pud, cranberry sauce, swimming in gravy, jobs a good en!

Keep your stuffing, pigs in blankets, and shove your sprouts!

thats about 7-8 hours of work

[Des Parrot]

Re: Christmas dinner

Polish Christmas dinner at work tomorrow, traditional meal of Carp, yes, that’s right Carp. I’m trying to keep a open mind, I’ll report back tomorrow.

12 courses, 12!!! None of which were meat. 3 fish courses. Lots of sweet desserts. 2 hours to eat and then we went back to work.

Anyway it was nice but not really my thing. Coming home on Friday, looking forward to a proper Christmas Dinner. Turkey & Gammon for us, two different stuffing & a mountain of veg. Hate sprouts. Sleep afterwards.

[The Bloop]

Re: Christmas dinner

Has anyone here been in Japan at Christmas and had a traditional Japanese Christmas dinner- a KFC?

[mrbluejay]

Re: Christmas dinner

Brining does very little.

Brine it for 48 hours transforms it mate, never dry always well flavoured.

[jeepster]

Re: Christmas dinner

What

[bobh]

Re: Christmas dinner

Looks like it'll be turkey in my house, which I'm disappointed with to be honest. I have half a leg of lamb stashed in the freezer for later in the week though.
You can't beat lamb, especially the juices for a homemade gravy.

Here's a tip for you though lads if you're having turkey...

Get a large chunk of butter in a cereal bowl, add to it the zest of a Clementine and a little of the juice. Finely chop a bunch of fresh sage and add that in along with a generous pinch of salt and a small pinch of black pepper.

Mix it all up, and stuff some of it under the skin on the turkey breasts. You'll have to work your fingers under the skin to get in there, but do that and squash some of the mix under there, flatten it all over both breasts.

Use the rest to cover the turkey, legs etc if you're not having a crown.
Also, cut a Clementine and a small onion in half, and shove it in the cavity with some fresh sage.

Trust me on this, I've been doing this for a good few years now, it adds a lovely flavour and helps keep the ugly bird moist

I've used a kitchen spoon to work a space between the skin and flesh.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Christmas dinner

So once a year you dimwits spend 6 or 7 hours preparing a meal that is scoffed in less than 45 minutes ?

Cobblers to that

If this is the tradition of Xmas I fail to see the point

Xmas lunch is tasty but all that messing about is insane

Phone one of those places that delivers or go to a pub or harvesters or whatever

Scoff the food

No stress

[NYCBlue]

Re: Christmas dinner

Brine it for 48 hours transforms it mate, never dry always well flavoured.

I've tried it. Pain in the arse and I said, does very little. Brining is a hoax.