what meat is everyone having for xmas dinner??

impossible, Mmmm, reading what you wrote has given me a culinary erecto,

panda crown

I will have to ask my staff.

I'm going to my brothers, his wife is a very decent cook and I'm guessing it will be turkey and a joint of honey glazed ham.

pigeon

one day a year we have what is known as traditional  xmas dinner and impossible decides not to have it, don't get it why not have the above on any of the 364 days a year, , com

Not going to relatives this year. Also, turkey at x'mas is a traditional I do not adhere to religiously; duck is tastier, and a close relative of turkey, is it not? I'll still have the carrots, ice cream and Baileys. If McDonnald or Kfc was open I might indulge - they do lovely fillet-o-fish and succulent chicken respectively.

Finest Foie Gras followed by a 24 bird Roast.

Foie Gras, something from Mardi Gras? A 24 bird roast is an emu, is it not?

Pheasant breasts roasted underneath a brace of partridge topped with free-range pork chips from Ellises Farm on the Devon border. The pheasant breasts hot on Christmas Day, and a cold partridge torn apart by hand while watching the racing on the box on the 26th and the 27th.

what do atheists do on christmas day.?after all they do not celebrate Christmas and it must be very annoying with everyone running about giving gifts and drinking and going to parties and all that stuff.

travel to brighton and meet up with the vegan liberation army

Eating crisps all day getting bloated and indigestion, tending to allotment, walkies, housework, catching up on sleep, etc. Or trying to get a grip on 'Brexit'!

4 bird roast and trying sprouts in marmite from Iceland ( the shop not the country ... )

Smoked ham.

Vampire Squid......ummmmmm.....delicious !

I love squid. A quick dunk into hot boiling water or lightly fried then dip into a sauce (not creamy) eg chilli or light soy with spring onions and finely ground black pepper, yummy.

I'm not having any Xmas dinner. I live with my 88 yr old/young dad and he, just before Xmas,as he has done for the last 4 years, clears off to Manchester to see his 68 year old "lady friend' and he stays with her over Xmas, My father still has more  than enough lead in his pencil, to line a church roof. Which is quite apt because as a boy,he actually trained to be a priest at the up holland school. Anyways,I don't make a dinner for myself on Xmas day,I'll just grab anything I feel like eating, a pot noodle or whatever.I love eating meat but I've not eaten any for 2 years.

I am surprised no one said halal.

'Culvin', sorry to hear that. Hotels do x'mas dinner too, and not pricey either. Or get a prepared one from M&S or supermarket the day before and heat it up on x'mas day. Where are you?

capon

Culvin....you're not gambling all your money away so you can't afford meat are you ?

impossible,I'm in the picturesque village of Huyton, it's a gentle,kind and rather quiet little place, approx 7 miles from Liverpool

M&S Roast chicken dinner in a Yorkshire pudding. Add a few sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta,a few roast parsnips. Job done!

No I don't gamble,I never gamble, that's what I tell my family, anyway.

I stopped eating meat over 2 years ago because I used to visit the Acorn urban farm in Kirby and play with the pigs, I loved the pigs.I used to take them the apples that fell
from my garden tree
Anyway, I returned one day after taking some photos at the farm and as I was having my
ham sandwich, tomato, branston pickle, I thought about my little piggy friends
and decided there and then to stop eating meat, for a time anyway.That time has now turned into , 2 years.

Also, those very disturbing photos of pigs crammed into crates inside an abattoir that Kenny Mann posted here,also made a contribution

@Leopard

Turkey and beef... I don't think they're a great combination, but my other half suggested it. I'll stick to my once a year turkey treat.

I keep thinking about going veggie......eating meat increases your chances of cancer.....humans don't need to eat meat.....you feel a lot better when you stop I hear.

I know who is going to get some meat  after dinner

Dragon - "capon" - great choice!!

The barn will be Rib of Beef as usual, but we have 2 guests this year who do not eat beef so my butcher has sourced me a small(ish!!!) capon. It will be beautiful cold with bubble and squeak on Boxing Day, as will what remains of the beef. Merry Christmas.

Ewie ?

^ Moist

I stopped eating meat over 2 years ago because I used to visit the Acorn urban farm in Kirby and play with the pigs, I loved the pigs.I used to take them the apples that fell
from my garden tree
Anyway, I returned one day after taking some photos at the farm and as I was having my
ham sandwich, tomato, branston pickle, I thought about my little piggy friends
and decided there and then to stop eating meat, for a time anyway.That time has now turned into , 2 years.

Also, those very disturbing photos of pigs crammed into crates inside an abattoir that Kenny Mann posted here,also made a contribution


Culvin, I'm delighted that I had some part, however small in you stopping eating pigs, and meat in general. Pigs are such delightful, curious animals that the picture of them in crates, which i still have, was absolutely sickening.

I've posted it a few times, most ignore it without comment, but a few including shrewd dude and another whose name escapes me start arguing with me, as if there's anything to argue about.

Of course not all pigs are treated like this, and in the UK I hope there's none, and the crates have been banned in EU countries but some are still using them. So if you have any concern for animal welfare buy British, and ignore labels such as produced in the UK using EU meat.

I'll be having  M&S Vegetable Massala with either rice or Naan Bread.

that is such a shame when one can be biting into a nice juicy med rare with maybe a hint of blood oozing out

Culvin, shame you are so far away from Cheam (Surrey) otherwise I would offer you a wild salmon parcel with ginger, mini peppers and spring onion in light soy.

My Turkey was sh1t last year but then what did I expect manky dry bird. Lamb for me this year plus a gammon for good measure

I stopped eating meat over 2 years ago because I used to visit the Acorn urban farm in Kirby and play with the pigs, I loved the pigs.I used to take them the apples that fell
from my garden tree
Anyway, I returned one day after taking some photos at the farm and as I was having my
ham sandwich, tomato, branston pickle, I thought about my little piggy friends
and decided there and then to stop eating meat, for a time anyway.That time has now turned into , 2 years.

Also, those very disturbing photos of pigs crammed into crates inside an abattoir that Kenny Mann posted here,also made a contribution

That's why I'm having leg of lamb, that way they still have three left

impossible, you really know how to tickle my taste buds,that sounds delicious,it definitely beats my curry pot noodle.

Was a vegetarian for 20 years till met my mrs,then i started eating meat once we had kids again and now have stopped eating meat again feel much better for it as well although i probably will end up eating meat on maybe christmas day or boxing day..Will either be turkey or lamb,but then will revert to meat free diet again..

Was a vegetarian for 20 years till met my mrs,then i started eating meat once we had kids again and now have stopped eating meat again feel much better for it as well although i probably will end up eating meat on maybe christmas day or boxing day..Will either be turkey or lamb,but then will revert to meat free diet again..

After much discussion Mrs H has decided on duck.

The shopping list was put together last night and so dinner will include roast parsnips and carrots, red cabbage cooked with vinegar and spice, home made apple sauce, boiled little potatoes, frozen petite pois, pigs in blankets.
Think oranges are involved somewhere - maybe in the stuffing.

'Jack...', a good alternative if only catering for a small number. It is much easier to manage, and lots less cleaning up especially if one is using the breast. It is very tasty, and the trimmings (roast parsnips and carrots and red cabbage) sounds absolutely delicious - I had that (no cabbage) last wednesday.

There will be twelve of us.

Never had duck before.  Hope there will be enough meat to go round.

We will have turkey and gammon. My wife insists on having gammon. I like gammon (with a pineapple on top) egg and chips. I don't think having gammon as part of a roast is correct. I would like a nice leg or shoulder of pork instead - but my wife doesn't like pork - but likes gammon - but not with pineapple on top. I might buy a piece of pork anyway

I'll be taking my shot gun out early doors on Xmas day looking for some road kill, I'll let you know when I get back.

Dec 21, 2018 -- 1:59PM, scandanavian_haven wrote:

I'll be taking my shot gun out early doors on Xmas day looking for some road kill, I'll let you know when I get back.

Thought Halal Beef from the slaughterhouse would be more your style scanjem.

'Jack...', there is not much meat on a duck despite it having a big frame/carcass; a 2kg (Gressingham) one will probably cater for about 4 proper meat eating adults unlike a turkey, but the meat is richer and succulent. The breast is the best bit (I can eat a whole one and I'm not a meat person). May I suggest a 2nd one, and with the trimmings there will be sufficient meat to go round.

I'll be taking my shot gun out early doors on Xmas day looking for some road kill

What's the shotgun for? It's already dead.

it took 45 minutes but someone clocked on

Dec 21, 2018 -- 2:56PM, scandanavian_haven wrote:

it took 45 minutes but someone clocked on

You aren't fooling anybody

McCoy Carp - If you are going to buy a pork joint, buy what the butchers call "spare rib joint".  It has nothing to do with spare ribs as it is simply boned and rolled shoulder. It is the worlds best pig secret.  Perfect balance of meat to fat and crackling nearly all the way round.   Additionally your butcher will think that this is a bloke who knows his meat.

red cabbage fan myself and see all the supermarkets plugging it, but never had it or seen it as part of xmas dinner myself

It's usual in polite society to refer to Turkey as ''white meat.''

So if they ask you where the white meat is - tell them it's over there next to the pork and beef.

"It's usual in polite society to refer to Turkey as "white meat".  Not your quote I know Crippen, but this is bo77ocks isn't it. In this context, white meat is merely the colloquial term for the breast meat of a fowl (Turkey, Chicken etc etc). Dark meat being the equivalent term for meat from said birds legs and wings.

Another one from my mum, who was in service in several big houses. The question is what can you pick up to eat off your plate.  Easy!!.  If it was flying when it was killed (Wild Duck, Goose, Pheasant, Partridge, Pigeon, Woodcock etc) you can pick up and eat off the bone.  Anything else, (Chicken or Turkey) must be knife and forked.

That's interesting blackbarn.

And look here:

Beef comes from plants, turkey comes from pigs and pineapples grow in Portsmouth.

https://metro.co.uk/2016/09/20/41-of-children-dont-know-where-eggs-come-from-6140549/

it is astonishing the hype that goes around what is basically a roast dinner with a few extras chucked in . the pressure people are under to make it ' perfect' is nonsense. if you are lucky enough to have friends/ family around and it goes without mishap then it is a success. ..boxing day , kempton/ leopardstown on the box with cold leftovers and half empty wine bottles for me any day !

Thanks blackbarn. Think shoulder is the better cut even though it's cheaper, more fat, more moisture and flavour.

It is always a special occasion having family or friends round for dinner may it be at x'mas or just a social gathering. And if the food come up tasty and well cooked, a bonus; the get together is the most important, and food as an accompaniment.

roast beef yorkshire pud n bistow gravey no sprouts plz

Goat

curried


Ire Mon

if you are lucky enough to have friends/ family around

If you are lucky enough?

It depends on your wealth and age in most cases.

The aging widow living by herself in a rented house on benefits will typically spend Christmas by herself.
While someone with assets to leave in a will can depend on plenty of company.
That is the way of the today's society.

Try to imagine a house that's not a home.
Try to imagine a Christmas all alone.
That's where I'll be
since you left me.
My tears could melt the snow.
What can I do
without you
I've got no place, no place to go
It'll be lonely this Christmas
without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold.
It'll be cold so cold
without you to hold
This Christmas

Never forget the homeless and those spending x'mas alone or away from home eg hospital.

^ That's why my Xmas present money has been donated to Shelter

^That should help fill one of the employee's tank full of petrol for the Christmas holiday.

doign a big prawn salad and having barbecued fresh tuna steaks....f** turkey that stuff is s***

basically a sunday roast with a few things chucked in also some chucked  out which in the end makes it a lot different than a sunday roast,

in comes turkey,sprouts,parsnips,pigs n blankets,chipolata,crannberry sauce,
out go Yorkshire puds,colli,cabbage
add in xmas pud,brandy sauce etc and its still a once in the year meal for lots of people, including me who doesn't bother with sunday roasts

swan

Roast black pheasant with smokey bacon and port / thyme  gravy.....that will keep the outlaws away

I couldn't believe it when the other week, i happened to look out into my garden and there,  happily strolling away on the lawn was a Pheasant.A pheasant in Huyton? I  quietly opened the back door thinking it would see me and fly away but no it came towards me, almost as bold as brass, i went back into the kitchen and grabbed some peanuts that i feed to the mad Jackdawes,every morning, and i then sprinkled them on the garden path.I then carefully closed the door and quickly went upstairs to get my camera and catch a pic, but unfortunately my pheasant friend had other ideas and so after eating the nuts it must have then scarpered. Never mind, maybe it will return some day.

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'Jack...', there is not much meat on a duck despite it having a big frame/carcass; a 2kg (Gressingham) one will probably cater for about 4 proper meat eating adults unlike a turkey, but the meat is richer and succulent. The breast is the best bit (I can eat a whole one and I'm not a meat person). May I suggest a 2nd one, and with the trimmings there will be sufficient meat to go round.

Sorry 123, my poor attempt at seasonal humour.

Really looking forward to it btw.  Been preparing the red cabbage as tastes better reheated.  Red cabbage with prunes and orange, a little fried onion and cinnamon and cloves.

Jack - Hope you enjoy your duck.  Remember to remove the wishbone before cooking as this makes carving the breast much easier. Loads of vids/advice on how to do this on the net.

Cheers, will look into that.

Result on my lamb. Cashier noticed the lamb was out of date that day. I kicked up a fuss saying it was disgraceful having bought it from the butchers counter. Price £19.95 reduced to £12

you should be deported for that sort of cheapskate behaviour

happy christmas on the transport

One duck feeds 2 people - just cut it straight down the middle. Mix a tablespoon of honey with juice from half an orange and pour it over the top. Roast in fairly hot oven so skin goes nice & black. Don't bother with that hot orange sauce lark. Simply peel a couple of oranges, cut into segments and toss in oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Serve that with it in a seperate bowl, so people can spoon it over the duck together with roast potatoes and peas - that's more than enough veg. Make a thinnish gravy out of the giblets as well. That's how my Mum use to serve it for me & my Dad. Be prepared for messy fingers mind.

Probably chicken and ham. My son and his family are hosting it and are planning to get a large chicken today while we are providing the cooked ham. It will be in Whitchurch near Cardiff so it will be our first trip since the Severn bridge charge was removed.

I stopped eating meat over 2 years ago because I used to visit the Acorn urban farm in Kirby and play with the pigs, I loved the pigs.I used to take them the apples that fell
from my garden tree
Anyway, I returned one day after taking some photos at the farm and as I was having my
ham sandwich, tomato, branston pickle, I thought about my little piggy friends
and decided there and then to stop eating meat, for a time anyway.That time has now turned into , 2 years.

Also, those very disturbing photos of pigs crammed into crates inside an abattoir that Kenny Mann posted here,also made a contribution


Culvin, I'm delighted that I had some part, however small in you stopping eating pigs, and meat in general. Pigs are such delightful, curious animals that the picture of them in crates, which i still have, was absolutely sickening.

I've posted it a few times, most ignore it without comment, but a few including shrewd dude and another whose name escapes me start arguing with me, as if there's anything to argue about.

Of course not all pigs are treated like this, and in the UK I hope there's none, and the crates have been banned in EU countries but some are still using them. So if you have any concern for animal welfare buy British, and ignore labels such as produced in the UK using EU meat.

We've been advised for decades that saturated fat is deleterious to health.
Animal products are loaded with saturated fats.

Processed meat is carcinogenic.
While scorched protein also gives us cancer, with meat consumption itself regarded as a cancer risk.

https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/21639/cancer-prevention/diet-exercise/nutrition-diet/fruit-vegetables/meat-and-cancer/

They don't tell smokers to cut down on smoking cigarettes or alcoholics to drink less. They tell them to pack it in altogether.

So why tell people to cut down on eating animal products full of saturated fat, and possible carcinogens, instead of not eating it?

Despite the efforts of health professionals in the pay of the animal food industry to play down the risk, eating animal products can be very bad for us indeed.

Lamb.

I'm a big animal lover so I have to force myself not to think about how meat gets on my plate.

It's not necessarily a bad old life for the animals. You just have to try and find out exactly where you're getting the meat from. It's why I stick to a local farm for sausages. You can't tell me that these pigs are unhappy:

http://groweatgather.co.uk/donna-lucking/

Wish all pigs and animals were kept like that, screaming, but there's lots of horrendous videos out there too.

The last time I visited Acorn urban farm was in the summer and I took a pic of these boys having sum fun in the sun.[   This image is no longer available.   ]

How did an innocent and innocuous thread about x'mas dinner degenerate or hijack into a discussion about meat and animal welfare? Less is more, please!

Quite right scrap the lamb, eat a vegan

While there I  also took a pic of my fingers which Robbie The Ram butted against his fence when I offered him some grass through it.If you ever visit that farm,watch out for Robbie
he's a mad little buGGer.[   This image is no longer available.   ]

I don't know,impossible..Such is life

Nice pics Culvin.

impossible123

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How did an innocent and innocuous thread about x'mas dinner degenerate or hijack into a discussion about meat and animal welfare?


Because I got involved 

M&S Chicken filled Yorkshire Pudding a complete success. Replaced the potatoes with my own roasties, added parsnips, sprouts with chestnuts and two extra pigs in blankets.20% effort.. 80% enjoyment. Normally it's the other way around. Feliz Navidad!

nut loaf  with tons of roasted veggies ...and all for me this year as i am spending xmas day all by myself 

Dec 21, 2018 -- 8:07PM, Dr Crippen wrote:

That's interesting blackbarn.And look here:Beef comes from plants, turkey comes from pigs and pineapples grow in Portsmouth.https://metro.co.uk/2016/09/20/41-of-children-dont-know-where-eggs-come-from-6140549/

they have Canary island date palms in Pompey (Southsea)  so a close call imo

M&S Vegetable Massala with a pile of chips cooked in  virgin olive oil. Delicious and cruelty free. :-)

It's said that Morrisseys MIM album converted more people to vegetarianism than anything before or after.

Slow cooked my lamb for 7 hours, then browned it off for 20 minutes. Rather nice though I say it myself. Hope each and everyone of you have had a great day now I'm going to set about one of the three bottles of vodka I received

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/271025014

Tesco Butter Basted Frozen Turkey Breast Joint 780G

Lol Dan, maybe see you by the week-end?

Dec 24, 2018 -- 9:00PM, Culvin wrote:

While there I  also took a pic of my fingers which Robbie The Ram butted against his fence when I offered him some grass through it.If you ever visit that farm,watch out for Robbiehe's a mad little buGGer.

Sheep can read minds....Culvin !

'Jack...' I hope you and Mrs H were pleased with the duck. And x'mas was good too.