People who make not liking turkey their entire personality

They can turn their nose up, who cares?
I do not like sprouts.... yes, I have tried them in several ways and no, thanks, I do not want suggestions on how to cook it or eat it.
It is on the table, sometimes I cooked it. I do not really make a big deal out of it. But I do warn people in advance that I will not eat the stuff....
Am I in the naughty list?

I think the same. A Dbro and SiL are very vocal about it. Though I either read or heard a top chef the other day, saying he loves turkey! Usual problem is that people overcook it.

To me, the smell of the turkey cooking is an essential part of Christmas Day. I really like roast beef, but not for Christmas. OTOH roast pork can feel fairly Cnristmassy to me, mainly because my DM often cooked it on Boxing Day - it was a bit like a 2nd Christmas Dinner - only minus the crackers. 🙁

Are you thinking of grouse? The overwhelming majority of geese eaten in the UK are farmed, eg emden.

I love turkey. Neither myself nor my mum have ever cooked a dry one (cold leftover breast goes a bit dry though I suppose). She cooks fresh or frozen, I usually cook frozen..her largest ever was 32lb - home reared - before she sawed the legs off to fit in the oven (they weighed either 7lb or 9lb from memory).

Lots of basting. Sausage meat stuffing. That's her method. I roast it breast down in water for the first half then turn it - this is actually the method for wild goose which is very lean and often drier than a menopausal minge.

I particularly hate "turkey is boring, we have it every year. We are having chicken instead."

"I have chicken every fucking week you miserable fucker" say I, before I scoff some more marzipan 😁

Yup, know the type!

Don’t let anyone brine your turkey. Husband has done this at least twice.
The first time, it was moist, but lacking in taste, the next time lacking in taste and salty as all hell.

Never again, I’d like turkey to at least taste and smell like turkey, and I don’t care if it’s dry.

Tbh after eating around 25 of them as a staff dinner (if it's free I'll eat anything ☺️) and serving around 10 million in December, I'd much rather have something else when I've got an option.

If it helps I don't even mention it, but will choose something else if the option is there, it's normally other people who make the big deal about it, just aghast that I have quietly chosen something else other than turkey and like to tell me I only don't like it because I can't cook, or I'm making a point..... When all I've done is not choose turkey to eat, and not even mentioned if I like it or not (I do as it happens) they've clocked I have chosen something and decided I'm only doing it to be performative..... made a big deal out of a total non event while I'm happily enjoying my not turkey dinner 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think more people have just realised that, even if they don't particularly dislike turkey and it's cooked well, there are other foods they prefer, so why should they eat turkey "just because it's Christmas." All the hysteria about needing to eat turkey on Christmas Day is nonsensical. Surely better to eat the thing they prefer.
It's just become more socially acceptable in recent years to reject arbitrary traditions in favour of eating something tastier.

Interesting, thanks
Perhaps some people are more sensitive to the cheap flavour ones, while others just don’t notice?

My parents think I don't like turkey. I have no idea why.

Well I don't bang on about it on here but I have a very delicate constitution 😂 count yourself lucky if you can eat anything,

Lol, no offence taken 🤣

I thought you meant the country 😂

I'll bite: I don't like turkey. Or at least I don't see the point of it when you can buy a big chicken for a lot less money and it will taste nicer and be much easier to cook. I'll eat it if its given to me and I would never bang on about it but I would never choose to pay for it.

It doesn't constitute my "entire personality"... if people you know spend that much time talking about it possibly you need more interesting friends?

I’m a turkey hater. It tastes vile and the smell of it cooking makes me want to vomit. After that it’s endless rounds of turkey based meals which are equally unappealing as you cannot disguise the taste of the stuff.

That being said, DH loves turkey and Ive always offered to cook him his own turkey crown, if he wants it, but he will be eating it on his own for every meal until it’s gone.

Anyone who loudly declares they don't like any food because it makes them feel sick or it makes them gag can also get in the sea afaic.

They pop up on every "foods you don't like" thread, wretching, reaching (yes I have seen this) gagging, yakking and gipping. Ffs get a grip, no one cares.

It's a tale of 2 birds really, you pay your money and takes your choice.

(i) Low welfare turkeys that have been culled, wet plucked, drawn and frozen without hanging and then defrosted require a much longer cook time, can easily be dry and tasteless. One of these 15lb turkey takes 5 1/2 hours to cook. These form the majority of turkeys sold and consumed at Christmas.

(ii) High welfare fresh turkeys that have been culled, dry plucked, hung for a couple of weeks to mature with their innards in a chiller, then drawn before handing over to the customer cook really quickly, are moist and full of flavour. One of these 15lb turkeys takes 2 1/2 hours to cook.

As an aside, the quality of the feed also plays a huge role in the development of flavour. Again, this depends on the welfare regime.

A high welfare fresh turkey costs 4 to 6 times that of a low welfare frozen turkey.

I've had nine turkey dinners already, this December. Throughout the year I eat turkey once a week. My dinners don't have roast potatoes with them... except the special Christmas Day or near one. There is no turkey in my house at the moment but I'm hoping to fix that tomorrow.

Or "If turkey was nice we'd eat it more than once a year" accompanied by a tinkly laugh. My turkey IS nice and my family eat it regularly for celebrations.

Now often do you all eat turkey?

Yes I know the people you mean. It's such a shame when people can't cook very well.

Well I love it and I could eat a turkey dinner every day of Dec and leftovers until 6 Jan.

These are the same people that pop up on celebrity gossip threads to declare they've never heard of them, or recommend a gite in rural France when someone has asked for recommendations for All inclusive in Tenerife 😉

What times dinner? I’m on my way 😂

But what should they say if they don’t like turkey and you’re offering them your turkey?