[mez]

i uaually put my turkey (minus its plastic bag ) but with a full peeled onion inside the big cavity (opening) stuffing inside the little opening, in the oven on xmas eve night, after ive made the vol-au-vents, sausage rolls, & wot seems like a thousand mince pies, at gas mark 6 then down to 4 or 200 degrees down to 150degrees , i turn it down to the last ones just before i go to bed , wot a beautiful smell to get up to in the morning & i eat my xmas dinner at around 2 -3 pm in the avo so i can have a good nod before i start eating again bout 6pm mmmmmm ( dont forget to wrap the turkey in foil & baste well before turning the heat down & finding your way to bed.