Christmas dinner - Is this really odd?

themull1

FizzWhizz wrote: »

I've honestly never understood the fascination with roast turkey, in previous years I have cooked chicken, guinea fowl, goose, duck and beef.

This year, our five children are all away with their "other" parents for Christmas lunch so DH and I are going to the outlaws. They cook their turkey the day before and I can almost feel the cotton wool texture of the breast meat in my mouth already. Boke.

I would MUCH rather be tucking into your proposed Christmas lunch. Enjoy!

I love turkey, without turkey, its just a roast dinner that I could have any day of the week! I do nice moist turkey though, not cotton wool turkey!!

glitterkitty

I love the full christmas dinner, meat included, but I prefer pork, chicken, beef or lamb rather than turkey! We are big sausage wrapped in bacon fans here too - we usually make about 100 just to snack on over christmas/boxing day! We also stock up on M&S cheese wrapped in bacon.... mmmmm!!!

scaredy_cat

i don't do cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon, i do chipolatas wrapped in bacon - about 8 of them!

all for meee!!!!

Sequeena

We love turkey but it's so expensive so we've swapped it for chicken. The Christmas chicken came today with the Tesco delivery. Part of their bogof offer so 2 chickens only cost £3 :T

VJsmum

7_week_wonder wrote: »

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.

That's what we do - but more so. We have the starter for lunch (often smoked salmon, not sure about this year), then a couple of hours later eat the main, and then around 6 we might have cheese, and maybe pud or a slice of cake a bit later. Cold meat sandwiches for anyone hungrier (:rotfl:) after all that! OH and DS want gammon, I am not keen so will get a small turkey from the butcher (they bone a crown and roll it so it is all meat), DD wants stir fry as she isn't keen on roast. Nothing too onerous. Left over gammon and turkey for boxing day - DD can have salmon or a ready meal

When the kids were small I used to get the turkey breast in a foil tray cos I couldn't be doing with the hassle. Have what you like, I say - I don't think the meaning of Christmas is turkey!

vgstar44

zaxdog wrote: »

After discussing with Mr Zaxdog about what to make for Christmas dinner we came to a conclusion. The bits we love about the meal are: roast tatties, stuffing, bacon wrapped chipolatas, veggies and gravy

So that is just what we have decided to have. No turkey/roast/joint since it is really expensive and the bit neither of us are madly keen on.

My question is has anyone else done this or is it really strange?

Not strange at all!!! Think your well within your rights to have it they way you love it most and if that's without a "main meat" then great and like you say.....makes it a lot cheaper!

I have to admit I love turkey but my mum overcooks the hell out of it and usually ends up really dry. Cant complain tho as she always makes it and refuses help with cost ect so I eat it and never complain!!!! :rotfl:

SailorSam

PasturesNew wrote: »

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

If i can pull a Cracker for Christmas i wont be worrying much about eating.

Pitsypoolisa

Elliesmum wrote: »

My brother's 2nd little one came out at Christmas a little on the early side with complications so I had fish finger sandwiches that year with my little niece as her Mum, Dad and new baby sister were getting out of hospital. We loved it...

Enjoy the trimmings it sounds lovely x

My Dad was a Christmas Day baby and even all these years later, my uncle won't forgive him because he had to have fish fingers for Christmas dinner They were actually somewhat of a luxury then as my Gran was one of the few people to have a freezer.

MoradoJess

MrsAtobe wrote: »

This year it'll just be me, my OH and the dog, so we're having beef Wellington . I will get some cheaper steak for the dog, so that he has a special meal as well. I can't eat Christmas cake or Christmas pudding (dodgy digestive system) so we will probably end up having panettone with brandy sauce. I will miss my home made chestnut stuffing though, so I may just have to make some, and freeze it.

I'm not sure what we'll eat on Boxing Day, mind, that's normally leftovers.

Haha, so glad you've said this about the dog, every year my mum dishes up a special christmas dinner for our 2 dogs, ie anything they will eat off our table. As we have different breeds it usually ends up as meat and carrots for one and a completely normal plate of everything for the labrador :rotfl:

To the OP, that's fine, christmas dinner should be whatever you really want on the day and works for you. My family cooks turkey every year because my younger sister loves it (we have it whenever it's available because of this). Growing up I would've loved to have something different for christmas day. I became vegetarian at 11 and while I enjoy roast dinners I don't want one once a week. Christmas always felt a bit samey and it wasn't til I went to uni and stopped getting the weekly fix that it felt special.

As to what I'm having this year, haven't had the phonecall yet asking what I want but thinking the same as last year, a mushroom wellington. For two reasons, firstly it tasted great both hot and as cold leftovers. Secondly it although it could be prepared a few days in advance it was a little fiddly and I really enjoyed the time spent making it with my mum (this coming from someone who avoids cooking at any opportunity).

I realise I've completely gone off tangent here but I think I'm a different age to a lot of you so those who have children not long flown the nest as a 20 year old 3rd year student the part of chrismas I'm most looking forward to is just being home and getting to do stupid normal stuff with the family. (Yes this is soppy as anything, blame the early hours and a sense of homesickness )

Savannah02K

I was working one Christmas Eve and had to stay on later so meant our 'traditional' Christmas Eve dinner of chicken slow roasted in tomato, onion, garlic sauce (served with rice and garlic bread) was unused. As it was just OH and me, we decided to have that for Christmas Day and freeze the turkey crown. We decided we enjoyed it so much more than the turkey meal that it's been our traditional Christmas dinner now for over 20 years!