It's dry and tasteless. Is it easier to rear than duck or goose?
2006-09-17 10:28:40 · 27 answers · asked by Simon K 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
If a turkey is cooked right it isn't dry, its actually very good, but alot of people do prime rib or ham!
2006-09-17 10:32:05 · answer #1 · answered by lvwire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you eat for Christmas depends on what part of the world you are in. You may be in a part of the world where turkey is common for the season. Where I am turkey is big enough for such a family celebration, and cheap enough not to break the budget. For Italians the traditional food is not turkey, neither for the Latinos, nor the Chinese.
Turkey is very good if it's done correctly,, basted and not overdone and roasted at the right oven temperature, and fresh. There are some brands that come with some liquid injected into it for moistness.
Hey, you don't really have to have turkey. You can eat whatever you want, remembering that the holiday is about Jesus' birthday celebration, and not about the turkey.
2006-09-17 17:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by mary_n_the_lamb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey at Christmas is mostly American. If you recall Tiny Tim and Scrooge, the traditional Christmas dinner was goose. It maybe because of advertising, the light meat, large drumsticks, or who knows. The American public just won't accept duck or goose. Turkeys are easier to pen raise then either ducks or geese.
2006-09-17 17:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by jack w 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the olden days it was a privilege to have turkey but now days its used by every one and they are grown in turkey factory's like a closed dark quiet shed that's large full of their own poo and they chop their beaks so they don't fight i feel strongly about Xmas and turkeys i personally think its cruel that they are farmed like this its because of the way they are farmed is why they taste dry and tasteless if you could ever find a wild one you could really tell the difference like they used to before the madness of factory's. try a different cooking method too itl change your thought on them always go for the free range produce its much better for you and the environment.
2006-09-17 17:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by Dee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trukey is not dry and tasteless unless the one you tasted wasnt cooked properly. it usually is moist, tender and juicy. I think turkey is used at xmas time because it is a tradition in America. But here in New Zealand, we eat a chicken, a big fat juicy chicken, with stuffing, deep fried potatoes, salad, kumara, and greens. It is summer time when NZ xmas comes along so people also have a BBQ, and eat outdoors at the beach, or just outside, in the hot weather.
2006-09-17 17:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by mariah k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Did you know?
It was the custom to eat goose at Christmas until Henry VIII decided to tuck into a turkey."
Aside from that, it was probably easier to cook a turkey and feed a large family and have leftovers for more meals later. Families were larger then.
2006-09-17 17:46:39 · answer #6 · answered by Nass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey isn't dry if you cook it properly. My family doesn't eat turkey for Christmas, it's either ham or prime rib. I love duck, it's just that I never considered having it for Christmas. But I think Americans should start eating geese. There's too many of them sh***ing up our lawns and sidewalks.
2006-09-17 21:14:28 · answer #7 · answered by unaforce65 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey is just a traditional dish for holidays. My family makes it for Thanksgiving, but does ham for Christmas. Actually ham is a small dish compared to the amount of pulled-pork BBQ that we make. It is the favorite dish amongst all of us, and since we aren't together very often, that is what Mom will make for everyone.
Just because turkey is considered traditional doesn't mean that you can't start your own tradition.
2006-09-17 17:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by Rose G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's my understanding that the dry and tasteless bird is supposed to be representational of the suffering of Christ as we celebrate his birth. Even though, by all counts his birth occurred sometime in March, it is important to note that he did suffer... although not by stuffing and bird... but by the hands of evildoers as they hung him on a cross.... at Easter... when we traditionally eat ham. The ham is representational of the pigs that they were in doing that to him... even though they didn't eat ham... because they were Jews too... okay... let's review:
Next Christmas, eat duck or goose.
Next question....?
2006-09-17 17:33:02 · answer #9 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother and his wife have lobster at Christmas time. Most people I know have a roast. Turkey is good if you make it right. Duck would be even better.
Turkey is traditional.
2006-09-17 17:36:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋