to refuse to let my mum cook this on christmas day???

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She wants to cook one of these

I am helping her on Christmas day to cook the dinner. She has gone to a lot of trouble planning out all the veg and accompaniments which all sound delicious. But I really would like something a little more special than that. It isn't even an issue of cost! I have offered to buy a proper joint of meat and cook it. She said we will discuss it later but I don't want to leave it too long or we wont be able to order one. So I am going to order a boned and rolled turkey breast which can still be bunged in the oven but will taste much nicer.

MrsMook was the 3 bird roast nice? We have one of those for this year.

It contains Milk, lactose intolerant person can't eat it.

Ingredients:

Turkey (80%), Water, Potato and Rice Starch, Stabilisers (Carrageenah, Sodium Di and Poly Phosphates), Potassium Chloride, Salt, Flavouring (Contain Lactose), Lactose.
Contain Milk.

Is that enough to stop her cooking it?

Yabu dp sometimes buys them, they are awful

Veggie sausages and 'Facon'? You'd have to roll them up yourself but I think could be enjoyable.

Work really well ! I do them every year for DD.

binky you are a genius! Incidentally my mums cats name is binky!

Will give the facon ones a try.

I spoke to my mum this morning and she is on board with the proper meat turkey! Yay.

Glad to be of help.

I hope you enjoy your proper meat Christmas lunch

I get one of those at MIL on Christmas Day she does a lovely dinner but with pork and beef, both of which I don't like. So I get the plastic fowl BM turkey roll cooked just for me. It makes me sad, but Im not MIL bashing she does try and accommodate me and I'm very aware I am a fussy bugger. And I do make a delicious proper dinner at New Year for my side.

we had one of these one year and it was vile!

rudolphdrops could you not suggest she does you a chicken breast? You can buy them individually in Tesco, morrisons etc and she could just roast that with a few herbs. I have done it before for a roast dinner and its yummy!

Description:
Turkey breast roast formed from turkey breast with added water, soya protein and starch.

Oh my days...no, no, no

YWNBU. Glad she saw the light.

And this is exactly why I don't spend Christmas with my parents. Christmas lunch when my mum presented two of those (having realised that a fifth mouth - (now DH, then DP) wouldn't be fed by one). Poor DH really missed his mum's cooking. so did I

When I was a kid, there wasn't much cash and we are lots of that sort of meat, but we are all better off now - mum and dad eat out at least once a week-and at Christmas I think we can probably stretch a bit further. It's not a criticism of those who can't, just the fact. So I stay at home and cook my own food. egg and chips this year possibly (which has more flavour than turkey anyway)

When I clicked the link there was a picture of a poorly kid in bed.

What you could do is when your mum is not looking.... sneak a chicken into the oven...or maybe a Turkey Crown. If she sees you, shout "TOO LATE!" and then tackle her to the floor.

The M&S turkey probably comes from the same place as Bernard's. Just has middle class packaging

My Mum does horrible potato croquette things for Christmas dinner. (I don't eat with her on that day.)

I came onto say those things usuallycontain lactose, but someone beat me to it.

Theodoric, I worked in a processing factory as a student. It is true that m&s is made in the same Factory as the cheapest of cheap shit. But it categorically does not contain the same ingredients.

Sorry didn't mean that. I don't really mind about healthy eating, some of the nicest food is filthy. My issue is with the farming and slaughter processes used by those types of businesses.

that's deeply disgusting. yuck. it's the sort of thing my mil would think is bloody wonderful, oh she with the tepid gravy.

looks utterly repellant. 80% turkey though??? thats much higher than i thought it'd be, but it still looks utterly vile.

Anyone cooking ANYTHING Bernard Matthews ibu.