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Kirstys handmade Christmas... !!!!!!!!

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  • Cleaver
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    Turkey isn't traditional .....

    I didn't say it had to turkey to be traditional Chistmas dinner, but maybe my post did imply that. I was just saying that if you cook up a cheap bit of meat, with some veg, and don't really do anything special is it really Christmas dinner? To me, the whole point of Christmas dinner is to do something special that you wouldn't normally do. That doesn't mean spending hundreds, but I think it does mean buying and cooking stuff you wouldn't normally do.
  • System
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    Itismehonest wrote: »
    The turkey at Christmas tradition is only just over 100 years old.
    I haven't had Christmas turkey for years. I work on the basis that if you're going to fork out for a mega dinner it may as well be something you really like so the meal differs from year to year. Goose, venison. whatever takes the fancy :beer:
    My Dad gets those weird birds inside birds inside birds things sometimes. We had a Gooducken last year, Duck in a chicken in a goose I think. Something for everyone! :)
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  • lostinrates
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    edited 14 December 2011 at 7:00PM
    Cleaver wrote: »
    I didn't say it had to turkey to be traditional Chistmas dinner, but maybe my post did imply that. I was just saying that if you cook up a cheap bit of meat, with some veg, and don't really do anything special is it really Christmas dinner? To me, the whole point of Christmas dinner is to do something special that you wouldn't normally do. That doesn't mean spending hundreds, but I think it does mean buying and cooking stuff you wouldn't normally do.

    sorry cleaver: I'm reading with one eye because working in another screen.....apologies
  • choille
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    I thought it was illegal to have anything other than over-cooked sprouts.
  • lostinrates
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    choille wrote: »
    I thought it was illegal to have anything other than over-cooked sprouts.


    no, we have lovely al dente sprouts, sweet little button ones, with chestnuts and butter...I LOVE SPOUTS. Had the twice already and have some in the fridge I might have tomorrow.
  • Cleaver
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    Joeskeppi wrote: »
    My Dad gets those weird birds inside birds inside birds things sometimes.

    I went to Amsterdam last year too.
  • Cleaver
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    sorry cleaver: I'm reading with one eye because working in another screen.....apologies

    No apology required!

    Cleaver sprout recipe: 2 minutes (no more) in boiling water then chopped and quicky stir fried with honey and lemon.
  • choille
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    I faught that you had to cook them till the water runs green?
  • lostinrates
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    Cleaver wrote: »
    No apology required!

    Cleaver sprout recipe: 2 minutes (no more) in boiling water then chopped and quicky stir fried with honey and lemon.
    will try tomorrow. I steam mine usually. Quite nice sauteed with bacon and pine nuts too.
  • lostinrates
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    choille wrote: »
    I faught that you had to cook them till the water runs green?


    No choille, but see why the world food at Ullapool is so appealing in contrast to that.

    Have you chosen a chicken yet? Its a shame I can't send you my spare cockeral
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