Chillicat Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 We always have TURKEY ! If anyone has any really good recipes for GOOSE, please share . I fancy that next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Don't much like Turkey, & as its just 4 of us,one being a veggie,I am doing a ham for Christmas day.Its nice & big so there will be plenty of leftovers for the next couple of days too I am doing all the normal trimmings with it & am going to try Jamies butter,sage & clementine roast potatoes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 We're having Topside of Beef and a rolled, stuffed chicken breast from a large chicken. I don't like goose - too much dark meat which I don't like. We had one a few years ago and I made a gooseberry and lime sauce to go with it - I liked the sauce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'm picking up my TURKEY today- I pay a fortune for a really nice one from a local producer but hey its only once a year, we'll be having it with my Cherry Coke ham and all the trimmings and sauces. I may be weird but I really enjoy the challenge of cooking and timing everything to perfection! The cranberry sauce, bread sauce and gravy were all made last week and I'm doing the ham and red cabbage today. If it were down to me I'd have a roasted saddle of venison but the kids are sticklers for tradition and they are nearly grown up and gone now, so I bow to their choice (one day a year wont kill me eh?) *raises glass* good health everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Lobster and prawn salad to start, then turkey, duck and pheasant with mashed swede, roast parsnips, roast carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, sausages in bacon, stuffing, bread sauce, cranberry sauce, goose-fat roasties, yorkshire pudding and gravy. The we'll go bang, and then we'll have Christmas pud and brandy butter. And maybe red cabbage. Forgot that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 We're having goose this year. We had it last year and it was so much easier and nicer than turkey. Definite converts here. Once again we're using this Gordon Ramsay recipeas it was delish. We're doing the suggested apples and brussels with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 We are having Chicken and all the usual trimmings again this year. Just the four of us and none of us are keen on Turkey. Also got a Gammon joint which is being cooked on Christmas day to be eaten cold with pickles or in sandwiches in the evening and on boxing Day. Trifle or chocolate yule log for pudding. Andy always cooks Christmas dinner so I get to take it easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 We had goose a few years ago - did it a la Delia's recipe. Very nice! We have a freezer full of meat at the moment so it seems pointless going out and buying any more. We will be having roast beef. It's something that we never usually have and I have a large joint from a local source that promises to be extra special! Got some large flat mushrooms today, so i think there will be a mushrooms with stilton and garlic kind of starter, with Aldi christmas pudding to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Turkey for the others, but I am having Delia's **Cheese and Parsnip Roulade**. All the trimmings Christmas pud or Rhapsody's Chocolate trifle too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 never had goose here either. I'm having prawns, smoked salmon, salad leaves and cucumber in a marie rose sauce to start and DH is having toast and some fancy pates. I've got a free range turkey crown from M&S, stuffed with FR turkey, sage and onion stuffing, draped in FR bacon. Also having roast pork, outdoor reared sausages in bacon, roast spuds, roast parsnips, carrots, sprouts and chestnuts, yorkshire puds, bread sauce, cranberry sauce, apple sauce and gravy. Followed by Christmas pud and cream. followed by gaviscon and rennies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Lobster and prawn salad to start, then turkey, duck and pheasant with mashed swede, roast parsnips, roast carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, sausages in bacon, stuffing, bread sauce, cranberry sauce, goose-fat roasties, yorkshire pudding and gravy. Then we'll go bang, and then we'll have Christmas pud and brandy butter. And maybe red cabbage. Forgot that. what you do after your Christmas dinner is up to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 TBH im quite tempted by egg, chips & beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Moules Marinieres to start (as long as there are some mussels around tomorrow morning, otherwise I'll get some other seafood that's good and just wing it), followed by a joint of roasted beef with Yorkshires, hasselback spuds and whatever veg I remember I've got in the fridge. Finish off with Christmas pud and either brandy or rum butter (haven't looked to see whether I've more rum or brandy around yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sprouts Do they do a smilie for wind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sprouts Do they do a smilie for wind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Turkey for the others, but I am having Delia's **Cheese and Parsnip Roulade**. All the trimmings Christmas pud or Rhapsody's Chocolate trifle too. I'm flattered! My turkey stock is reducing for gravy as I type, roasted giblets and a turkey leg roasted then simmered in veg, strained and now becoming all lovely. Will add to the turkey juices with sherry and thicken. I LOVE proper gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Turkey for the others, but I am having Delia's **Cheese and Parsnip Roulade**. Egluntyne!!! You can't go introducing divine cheesey goodness recipes to the board two days before Christmas!!! *Swoon. Sage derby. Swoon* Poet. Wash your mind out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sprouts Do they do a smilie for wind? Having organic roast pork and chicken this year... p.s. Poet, where did you get that smilie from?! Saronne x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Cooooool poet like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 just found it on t'internet using google images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 We'll be having slow roast leg of lamb, coated in various spices to form a crust. All the usual trimmings but as we eat in the evening, we are unlikely to manage pudding so we are seriously considering having our pudding for lunch. mmm profiteroles for lunch, what is a girl to do We just can't eat a full roast dinner in the afternoon, we are so unused to it that we end up hardly eating anything. We also have a decent breakfast before opening any pressies, otherwise it gets too late and we start to feel sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 A free range bronze turkey from Waitrose, and all the trimmings, followed by Christmas pud very traditional Jamie Olivers Kedgeree tomorrow night and we broke into the Christmas cake tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Chickencam you so naughty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Turkey for the others, but I am having Delia's **Cheese and Parsnip Roulade**. All the trimmings Christmas pud or Rhapsody's Chocolate trifle too. I'm flattered! My turkey stock is reducing for gravy as I type, roasted giblets and a turkey leg roasted then simmered in veg, strained and now becoming all lovely. Will add to the turkey juices with sherry and thicken. I LOVE proper gravy. Very nice it is too. I made it a few days ago to take to a friend's and it went down a storm. There were demands here that it should be made again for Christmas Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Half a fillet of beef from farm up the road with bearnaise sauce, dauphinoise spuds, sprouts & chestnuts, preceded by steak tartare from said fillet with rocket (I wouldn't normally have the same meat 2 courses running but its become a tradition and is OH's fav) and OH's Xmas pud from a 1777 recipe with best cream in the world from a local herd of ayrshires. I think on Boxing Day we're having a big fat delish chicken. Merry Christmas Everybody ..... just had an egg nog and festivities definitely started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
