Anyone else rebelling against the utter boredom that is turkey, for a steaming slab of rare roast beef?
2007-12-20 20:23:39 · 25 answers · asked by Queen of the Jungle 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Great to see that we're not all 'tradition' sheep, and that we're all fellow carnivores, my favourite type of person.
Omaria, you sound like great craic altogether.
2007-12-20 20:31:43 · update #1
I'm well aware how to cook a turkey and I've nothing personal against the bird as such but don't ye turkey lovers find it bland? If you have to go down that route, how about chicken which is so much more flavoursome and juicy or a whole poussin each, which is something I do regularly for dinner guests and it's delicious.
2007-12-20 22:12:16 · update #2
It's Nollaig Shona Duit, Bingalee, but thanks for the felicitations. Nollaig Shona Duit freisin.
Nollaig Shona Dhiabh go Léir (Happy Christmas to ye all)
2007-12-21 01:28:35 · update #3
Doing beef me. My partner and his Mum don't like turkey and we had ham last year. It's my choice this year lol. Beef Wellington rules !
2007-12-20 20:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Isis 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends which part of the world you are... but this is a very english and american traditions! In France this is normal to eat Foie Gras Duck, good wines and some expensive meat (Beef steack, for example) or fish/shells (Coquille St-Jacques, lobster, oyster, shrimps, etc) and a nice desert: sorbet of Champagne, chocolate mousse, etc... In Switzerland, what is the common dish is a Chinese Fondue or Bourgignonne Fondue... both are made with meet, the first one is made like this: Bouillon with vegetable and mushroom in there, you boil your meat slices one after the other in the Bouillon and eat the meat with sauce (Cocktail, garkic, tartate, curry, etc) and some pommes frites, rice or salad.. the boourgignon the meat pices are thicker and instead of a bouillon you cook the meat in the oil. This is very popular here! It is as well nice as the person who cook don't have to be the entire night in the kitchen and you can prepate everything before and just make the bouillon hot at the last moment. But I understand that when you eat each year the same dish... this is boring.... and you start to hate it!
2007-12-20 20:37:26 · answer #2 · answered by Véronique K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I gave up cooking turkey years ago, it's too big and I can't stand waste or the endless turkey sandwiches for weeks after or the battle to find something interesting to do with the leftovers.
I usually cook something smaller like duck or guinea fowl plus gammon, and save the roast beef, with all the trimmings, and apple pie and custard for New Year's Day.
BTW I don't have Christmas pud either.
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2007-12-20 23:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This year it is ham. Seems to me that almost anything goes for Christmas dinner. Growing up we all met at my Grandmother's farm with each of the grown children bringing a part of the dinner. There was enough choices for everyone: Turkey, Ham, roast beef along with sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, oyster stew, scalloped potatoes and lots of vegetables and finally dessert. After the pie my Grandma would always ask "who's ready for a banana split or ice cream soda?" And you know, there were always a few who were ready for either.
2007-12-20 21:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by lady JG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You Irish pagan you! Turkey IS christmas, though I like all kinds of meat. Good craic is eating lots of turkey on christmas day.Felice navidad! I can't remember the Gaelic words for it, apart from the word nollaig, but you get my drift.
2007-12-20 22:27:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turkey is fab,I cook two because there is never enough left over for cold cuts and sandwiches from just the one bird(approx 22lb each) If you cook it properly turkey is not dry or boring,each Boxing day between 12 to 30 random family members can turn up at our house for turkey chilli, party fare and mad games.
2007-12-20 22:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by jumoon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
after years of fixing traditional turkey/ham dinner our family has opted to go picnic style. we live in a cold climate, and in the summer we BBQ a lot, then it gets cold and it goes by the wayside. so now I do potato salad, baked beans, cole slaw, grilled chicken breast, hamburgers with all the fixins', pasta salad, relish tray and a couple desserts. this year it is strawberry shortcake and chocolate cream pie. Thanksgiving is our turkey day meal. Merry Christmas all.
2007-12-20 23:22:47 · answer #7 · answered by tweezerette 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We never have turkey. We're having top-side of beef this year. Tesco are selling some topside joints that are really big this year but we can cut it in half and have 2 decent meals plus sandwiches out of it.
2007-12-20 22:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicken and gammon this year, had a piece of beef last year, might have goose next year. Definitely won't have turkey ... having said that I've already been to two lunches (work & family) and had turkey!
2007-12-20 21:16:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's only going to be my husband, little girl and myself here for Christmas dinner so I put the meal to a vote and big thick juicy T-Bone steaks won, so that's what we're having this year.
:-)
2007-12-20 22:04:09 · answer #10 · answered by Clare 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋