Beef for Xmas day?

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We always have beef for Xmas lunch. GranDad was a poultry and pig farmer, by time Xmas cake around he couldn’t bare sight of turkey/ capon/ chicken and pork. And had ‘swapped’ with several beef farmers. So had a fridge/ freezer if beef!
Having talked about it at work I was surprised how many people also don’t do turkey/ chicken.
So yanbu = we have something different too
YABU = get out of town you freak turkey all the way

Final drip feed- our beef comes with horseradish, Yorkshire pudding, pugs in blankets and sage and onion stuffing 😊

Chicken and beef here.

I am having beef this year for the first time. We always had turkey growing up and I didn’t mind it - quite liked it. But my mum died just before Christmas last year which made Christmas a bit of a write off, but I fancied something different this year. Looking forward to it - beef is my favourite

I get a turkey crown for everyone but prefer beef and horseradish so we do that too. Personally I just can’t wait for the bread sauce 😍

Turkey is traditional I think but we are having w joint of ham this year.

Beef was one of the more traditional Christmas meals in many British households in the late 19th and 20th century, so nothing weird about it. If you were employed by an estate that had a few head of cattle part of your yearly pay would be your Christmas cut of beef as a gift from the estate.

Turkey is a mid-20th century introduction to the Christmas table in Britain, only became popular with the advent of home freezing.

On the day itself, the last four Christmases have been spent in our house with small babies/children, so we generally don't do a big complicated(ish) meal on the day. This year we're having chicken tikka masala. However, I do cook a roast for both sets of parents when they come to visit - PIL get turkey, my dad and his wife get beef, as I refuse to cook and eat the same meal twice in the same couple of days!

Beef and turkey here

We're having beef..find turkey really bland

My Christmas dinner consists of the normal Christmas dinner stuff but then we also have chicken tikka and ribs which my dad marinates with his own sauce recipes.. they're the best chicken tikka and ribs ever and everyone looks forward to them on Christmas in my house.. no-one really touches the turkey.. my mom just does one because it's Christmas

We're having beef wellington this year

We always have roast beef for Christmas dinner and have Yorkshire puddings with any roast dinner.

Beef is my least favourite meat, so dull. I would never choose it from a menu, never eat steak. Reminds me of a thousand standard Sunday dinners. Turkey all the way here, I really enjoy a classic Christmas dinner. We’re having roast beef tonight because I’m saving nicer things for later in the festive season. It’s a matter of taste, isn’t it, i know most people don’t see beef as I do, and that’s fine. I’ve never had the dry turkey that people moan about, though, mine is always juicy and tasty.

My Dad preferred beef so never had turkey on Christmas Day as a child.

Aslong as there pigs in blankets and Yorkshire Puddings I don't care what meat it is.

We have had all sorts. Turkey, Goose, Venison, Beef, etc. This year we are having a 5-bone fore rib of beef.

Rib of beef the clear winner! Horray! We’re not odd after all!

After years of doing turkey and then realising that nobody was that fussed. I started doing lamb as that was everyone's favourite. Went back to turkey for a couple of years but we are now back on the lamb. One year when it was just DH and I we had sirloin steak. I also fancy having salmon some year or fillet steak which we would cook on the BBQ as long as it was dry.

My mum does beef and turkey but then again I HATE turkey otherwise she would probably just do the one meat

We always do a prime rib roast of beef. Turkey is for Thanksgiving.

I really dislike the texture of turkey, it's thickly grained? Like cheap chicken I suppose. Does anyone agree?

Goose was always the Xmas dinner meat of choice growing up (both of my parent's were geese farmers) . I have turkey each year at my inlaws but secretly think chicken woud be better than turkey . At the same time not having to cook is a bonus, so swings and roundabouts eh?

Chicken
Mushroom wellington

We have a lot of vegetarians / vegans.

We're having a load of cold deli meat and cheese and dips. Kids are having extra party pies and sausage rolls. Dh and i are eating keto and it's bloody hot here at Christmas.
Do whatever Christmas suits you.

Turkey is traditional

Only in America. Goose all the way here. I'd have beef over turkey.

Only in America. Goose all the way here. I'd have beef over turkey.

No that isn't true. Turkey is traditional for thanksgiving in America. Not many have turkey also for xmas. If you look at the cooking magazines here they are all full of recipes for turkey for thanksgiving and then roast beef etc for Christmas.