Does anyone cook their meat on xmas eve?

Bella79

My mum has always cooked her turkey and pork on xmas eve, and i was thinking of doing it this year, then its only the pots and veg on the day, does anyone else do this? and if so how do u reaheat?

THanks

rich_shot2003

We used to do our Turkey overnight Christmas eve into Christmas day but stopped doing that.

AppleTurnover

We have in the past, but the last couple of years we have cooked our turkey on Christmas morning. We are going to do the same this year, it doesn't take that long - will pop it in early.

nickyhutch

If I cook our turkey breast/thigh joint in the morning, should I cool it completely before warming up again to eat with everything else? I'm not sure there will be long enough to cool it :-(

concerned43

I always cook my meat xmas eve. I then put it in the oven the next day - wrapped tightly in tin foil, with water (about 1/2 inch) in the base of the roaster for 20-30 mins. It then comes out lovely and moist.... saves a lot of hassle - I do my roasts and roasted parsnips at the same time as I reheat the meat.

carlislelass

We don`t like hot meat so always cook sometime on the 24th

yabajaz

well our turkey is cooked, carved and in foil trays (with a bit of stock) in the freezer to pop in the bottom of the oven on crimbo day.
my ham is cooked and sliced and in the fridge - so I can concentrate on the spuds and veg on the day x

BettiePage

My Mum always did it overnight so you'd wake up on xmas day to the smell of roast turkey wafting through the house. I do the same too. Frees up the oven for the rest of the stuff too. I also prepare my veg the night before and just change the water they're in on the day.

cherydee

I am cooking our turkey in the morning, but as we are always out and about visiting Christmas morning I don't know whether to put it in early....but then it will only be warm if lucky by the time we want to eat it or put it in later in the morning. On the packaging it says not to reheat.

PixieDust

We do.......but we ate it today as well

emweaver

BettiePage wrote: »

My Mum always did it overnight so you'd wake up on xmas day to the smell of roast turkey wafting through the house. I do the same too. Frees up the oven for the rest of the stuff too. I also prepare my veg the night before and just change the water they're in on the day.

What size turkey do you have? Ours only takes just under 3 hours it would burn if we left it overnight lol