Christmas Dinner (preparing in advance)

LJM

i have to say i do do this anything which makes more time for me to spend with my girls, i also pot up the veg the night before too, i dont put my meat in slow cooker though i slice put it in gravy in the oven along with the roasties never had a problem or stress xmas day

Phoolgrrrl

My mum puts the turkey in before goin to be on christmas eve then it's cooked when we get up. We still get up abt half 6! She carves and then reheats in the oven at lunch time with the pots and roast parsnips cooking. Tastes good!

LandyAndy

mortgage_help wrote: »

I am thinking of cooking my turkey on christmas eve and then put it in slow cooker with gravy on christmas day. Has anyone tried this and if so does it taste nice?

How big is your slow cooker that you can get a turkey in it?:eek:

(ETA: Then I realised you were going to carve it first:D)

As for tasting nice? Well, it's a turkey so probably not.

I have to say what you suggest doesn't appeal to me and I certainly wouldn't do it if I wanted to produce something I hoped would be any good.

wallbash

How long are you all cooking the bird for , is it a Turkey or an Ostrich?

Turkey will be cooked Xmas morning , yes it will take a couple of hours , but I won't be staring at for all that time !!! Stick it in the oven , baste it a couple of times , work wise thats 5 mins ( total)


Ps yes I will prepare all veg ( apart from parsnips ) xmas eve.

Linda32

I'll cook mine on christmas morning as well, or more to the point the oven will

However, if you want to cook it on christmas eve, then by all means it will be fine. This is how I re-heat chicken/turkey, shread into bits, cover with gravy and put in oven, gas mk 6 for half an hour, thats enough for two people in my oven.

That dosn't sound very christmassy though to me, just like a weekday dinner.

Penelope_Penguin

mortgage_help wrote: »

I am thinking of cooking my turkey on christmas eve and then put it in slow cooker with gravy on christmas day. Has anyone tried this and if so does it taste nice?

It doesn;t appeal to me - DH and I (and laterly the children ) love making the Festive Meal together, so it's not a chore.

I'll add this to the existing thread on cooking the Christmas meal ahead, which might give you more ideas.

Penelope_Penguin

LandyAndy wrote: »

As for tasting nice? Well, it's a turkey so probably not.

i have to take issue with this - a good turkey, cooked well, is delicious

wallbash

I refer you to post #13

Its got nothing to do with Turkey but was well written and researched some time ago!!

Psykicpup

Anita1075 wrote: »

We usually have a big scramble for presents first thing in the morning but I'm determined to spread it out a bit more this year and keep some presents back for after the meal so there is something else to open up then.

A tradition we have (well when the kids where still home) was to have tree presents .. these are just tiny little things, such as a pair of earrings for girls (or a miniature bottle for the grown-ups lol). These are always opened after the meal & hopefully so well hidden everyone forgets they are there until then anyway hehe

We extended this to Table presents too again smallish presents ... these are usually opened between dinner & pud (or while waiting for the gravy to actually heat/thicken) ... anything to keep over excited kids at the table away from the chocolates for a few more minutes ......:rotfl:

Vaila

Psykicpup wrote: »

A tradition we have (well when the kids where still home) was to have tree presents .. these are just tiny little things, such as a pair of earrings for girls (or a miniature bottle for the grown-ups lol). These are always opened after the meal & hopefully so well hidden everyone forgets they are there until then anyway hehe

We extended this to Table presents too again smallish presents ... these are usually opened between dinner & pud (or while waiting for the gravy to actually heat/thicken) ... anything to keep over excited kids at the table away from the chocolates for a few more minutes ......:rotfl:

interesting idea, we usually opened half of our presents in the morning then the gifts from guests and any un opened presents after dinner

now i even keep a few back to open on boxing day