Christmas dinner - Is this really odd?

bossymoo

I've been speaking to our guests and suggested we have hot turkey and stuffing sandwiches, salads and a cheeseboard. All the bits that never get eaten because we've had too much dinner! And the little ones only sit at the table under duress anyway.

We're all having different puddings, too

We said we might do the "proper" dinner on Boxing Day.

Fruball

I haven't done a turkey for years but have done the mrT turkey breast joint as it is really tender and we like it. I also do a gammon or beef joint and have done the ald! 4 bird roast before which was good.

This year I have a stuffed leg of lamb (yellow stickered ) in the freezer so I will do that with whatever other meat the DS chooses. We love the trimmings more than anything else and I think 4 of us ate 40 pigs in blankets last Xmas day :eek: I suspect this will be repeated this year

I think chipolatas wrapped in bacon is perfect on it's own with all the trimmings. I don't think my lot would notice the missing meat.

I wouldn't do anything other than a big roast dinner for xmas day though... So I guess I am somewhat traditional.

Traditional pud for us on Xmas day is Sherry Trifle. We never have Christmas pud but we do have mince pies with brandy/rum butter

7_week_wonder

Possibly odd to the boring masses - but who cares!

For several years we split our Christmas Dinner over two meals. My parents are pretty aged and don't have big appetites, but love all the different bits of a Christmas Dinner. So for lunch we would have the starter, then cheese and biscuits, then Christmas cake. Then in the evening we would have the main course (usually goose) followed by Christmas Pudding ice cream. No indigestion, and every body happy:T

So I reckon, go with what suits you.

sonastin

I've actually begun to think that I'm the odd one because I actually like turkey for xmas. OH wants lamb, S-i-L doesn't eat lamb and prefers beef for her christmas dinner coz she's in the ant-turkey camp. My gran enjoys a nice bit of steak. Gawd only knows what my brother would choose because I don't think he's spoken his own mind in decades. It was only when my mum said she wants turkey for her christmas dinner that I felt I could have my christmas dinner of choice!

Goldiegirl

Have what you want and enjoy it!

I love the bacon wrapped chipolatas and stuffing - sounds like a good meal to me!

I will be having the turkey. My dad didn't like turkey, so growing up, we always had chicken. After I married, if my parents came over on Christmas Day I would always do chicken.

Now it's just me and Mr GG, I get a turkey breast joint from M&S, and we thoroughly enjoy it. After years of chicken, it's still a novelty.

However, if we didn't want turkey, I wouldn't think twice about having what we really wanted.

This_Year

We're having beef this year, we were discussing it the other night - tbh egg and chips would suit me. With bread and butter, of course.

Enjoy your dinner, OP, it's what YOU want that matters. I'm not a great fan of turkey anyway.

MummyBobble

For several years it's only been myself, DD and DS for Christmas dinner. It all gets bought in foil trays/microwavable, we eat at what ever time suits us (can be anywhere between lunchtime and bedtime!) and there's hardly any washing up. We have a small chicken or turkey breast joint with pigs in blankets, roasties, mash, yorkshire puddings, carrots, broccoli, sweetcorn (the frozen in a microwave bag ones) and tinned mushy peas, all drowned in gravy made with instant gravy granules. Not a sniff of sprouts, cranberry sauce or any other "traditional" accompaniments Pudding will be some sort of chocolate cake with squirty cream, chocolate sprinkles and any other cake decorations we fancy. Almost a traditional Christmas meal :xmassmile

Breakfast will have been chocolate and sweets from our Christmas stockings.

It's whatever works for you :snow_grin

Cheapskate

We've never had turkey, none of us like it, for many years we had a capon, then graduated to a nice bit of beef, but one year the (then) small children wanted fish finger and beans, DH had a giant yorkie with meat, veg and gravy! This year, we're having our main meal on Christmas Eve, but not a massive do, a nice beef joint from the farm shop, few veg and yorkshires, homemade mince pies and fruit salad. Christmas Day breakfast tradition is croissants and buck's fizz (oj for the kids), with real coffee, so we'll still have that, but tea will be a nice buffet, courtesy of 2 very good SM (have some points and vouchers so will not cost much real cash), and that will be enough.

I hate the amount of food waste that happens, and it gets worse at Christmas, some of DH's family are shocking with it, so my festive food shopping is quite limited. We tend to shop and eat as normal, but better quality than usual, with a few tipples and nice biccies added.

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CupOfChai

PasturesNew wrote: »

So long as you have crackers and wear the hat it's Christmas dinner

Heck yes!

I like having the turkey Christmas dinner. But I don't cook one when OH and I have Pretend Christmas (our celebration together before I go away to spend the actual days with my family). We have party food nibbles through the day and then for the main dinner, we have curry!

anotheruser

Just an idea but who said the sausages had to be the little ones?

You could home make using big/ luxury sausages