Christmas Dinner???
 

What's everybody having on Christmas Day, I fancy something other than turkey this year. Want some ideas. Last year had a TurDuKin from M and S which was tasty and novel but don't want that again.

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1 Parma ham with melon and ciabatta rolls
2 Veal escalopes in Marsala with garlic roast potatoes, a watercress and rocket side salad
3 Black Forest gateaux
4 Cheese board - gruyere, danish blue and emmental

Very little to cook there - Kate could manage that even ;)

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Romanian Tobā (various cuttings of pork, liver boiled, diced and "packed" in pork stomach.)

List of Christmas dishes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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starter: prawn cocktail, coronation chicken or greek salad
main: chicken, pork,lamb,beef,nut roast, boiled and roast potatoes, stuffing wrapped in bacon,carrots,yorkshire puds and suede and various veg
dessert:christmas pud with brandy butter or brandy sauce, christmas pud ice cream, christmas cake,meringue cream and fruit or cheese and biscuits

plenty of alcohol (but not for me :( )

edit..... rindy, that sounds lovely:eek:

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Go on enlighten me, what's a TurDuKin? Or should i not ask?

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What??? You don't know???;)

It's a Duck inside a Chicken inside a Turkey. Very jummy.

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Never heard of one. Sounds very complicated when it comes to carving it. But it does sound good.

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i'm having "FOOD" don't give a monkeys what. its always fine wi me.:) no requests just scran what the boss prepares.:D

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whatever my sister prepares but it will be turkey .... my other sis does roast beef because they dont like turkey ...

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Cashy....you learned the secret of survival...eat what you are given, be grateful... thank the cook,and then do the washing up!

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I watched a program.. I think its riverside cottage or somehting like that.. A cooking program wiht all natural stuff... Anyways he made a dish that was I think at least 8 or 9 birds.. started with a large turkey.. stuffed that wiht another bird and so on using smaller birds all the way down... a rare old feast of colours and taste.... I wouldn't have tried it .. but made for fascinating TV :)

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always have done margaret, i put that down to my survival.;)

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Forgot to mention it was breast only.

Apparently there's a dish in one Arabian country I can't remember which. Which is a sheep stuffed inside a camal.

I'll give that one a miss.

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Taken from Wikapedia:

The largest recorded nested bird roast is 17 birds, attributed to a royal feast in France in the early 19th century (originally called a Rôti Sans Pareil, or "Roast without equal") - a bustard stuffed with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an Ortolan Bunting and a Garden Warbler. The final bird is small enough that it can be stuffed with a single olive; it also suggests that, unlike modern multi-bird roasts, there was no stuffing or other packing placed in between the birds. This dish probably could not be legally recreated in the modern era as many of the listed birds are now protected species. [1] [2].

In the United Kingdom, a turducken is a type of ballotine called a "multi-bird roast."

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We have spent Xmas Day with friends for the past four years but it's just us this year.

We've decided to please ourselves. Smoked salmon and poached eggs followed by a wander around the village for a few beers. Home again to eat roast duck and all the trimmings.

Mince pies and ice cream for supper.

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butties dipped in,t boiler

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We've got a 3 bird roast for Xmas day, no starter, just good ole roast, mash(at Julies insistance), sprouts, carrots, peas, stuffing, gravy etc.

usually we plan for a pud but are too stuffed, we'll have to see

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just curious , whats the correct pronunciation of this dish ...
is it turd-uck'en, or tur-duck-en or tur-duc-ken , wouldn't want to show my ignorance in polite society and be uncouth :confused: :confused: :D

the whole idea of such a thing sounds to me like nothing more than a piece of pretentious sewer solids ;) ;)

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Whatever is served up at my sisters:D

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I'm just the same cashy food, is food, is food the other half cooks it and I eat it, oh yes and pay for it too:D

bird or not a bird
 

who's having turkey this year... I am not going to bother it was flipping dry and not nice last year.... I think you need a big oven to cook a big bird... so going to have a few chickens....
or maybe pork ( if its safe to eat)

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Haven't got a clue, depends what take-a-way is open. Only joking. But seriously haven't given it any thought yet, wait till next weekend before i give it any thought.

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You could always freeze his legs for a later date, if you struggle fitting him all in the oven.:D

http://www.loc.gov/about/awards/lege...s/Big_Bird.jpg

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I'm sure eating this:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...mithsonian.jpg

Will be better than my mother's cooking.

God bless you dad.

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If my recent tradition of getting unexpectedly and inexplicably bladdered on Christmas Eve repeats itself, then I will be unwilling to face anything before 9pm, apart from bread - dipped in anything that is runnier than bread.

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All sounds so delicious!I'm having copious amounts of roast potatoes and garlic,and as befits a strict vegan - my meat substitute is fried mushrooms. Preferably chestnut, preferably large, with lots of fresh herbs and mustard. Pure manna!If I had the space, I'd buy a turkey (pre-demise!)and keep it as a pet!They remind me somewhat of vultures, albeit, plump ones!Lots of character!

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[quote=Seraphine;660457]All sounds so delicious!I'm having copious amounts of roast potatoes and garlic,and as befits a strict vegan - my meat substitute is fried mushrooms. Preferably chestnut, preferably large, with lots of fresh herbs and mustard. quote]


Mmmmmmm sounds great i may nick the mushroom idea myself............( instead of my vegetarian kievs)

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We are celebrating with my brother's family this year, i imagine that Jo will be doing her famous turkey recipe nicked from Nigella, involves steeping the bird (turkey, not Nigella) in a dustbin full of aromatic things for ages!
No doubt will be all the more delicious because I am not doing the cooking! ( though I will be providing the cheeseboard!):)

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Only me, Nik and Laura on Xmas Day and they don't eat meat. We're having kedgeree and buck's fizz for brunch and salmon-en-croute for evening dinner. In between, I expect to be gorgeing on wine and chocolates. :)