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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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to spend 90pound on a three bird roast for christmas dinner?

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carriedababi · 17/11/2009 13:19

we can afford it but is it a bit of a waste in you opinion?

it feeds 10-12 and we have 5, so there would be plenty left over, which i would use in risottots and pies and a noodle dish

anyone know if the skin the inside birds on this things?

heres the one im thinking of ordering

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Oblomov · 18/11/2009 08:35

For all those that say it sounds gross.
Hugh F-whit did it. and it does come from many years ago cooking, banquet type. so guess greensleeves is right, prob does originate Henry VIII or something. He was a bit of a glutton, wasn't he ?
But it is not gross. yes it is a bit ott and luxurious, a bit banquety , but at christmas, why not.
seems fitting, resally.

QOD · 18/11/2009 08:55

I'm so glad I looked at the link LOL - I have always thought of it as a boney turkey and you had to cut thru to the duck etc etc - I wondered what the attraction was with layers of boney carcass!

JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 18/11/2009 09:11

Ugh, horrible concept. And yes, a bit of a waste of money imo, I'd much rather spend that on presents for my child rather than on a meal, but it's your money and your family, so really it's up to you.

Oblomov · 18/11/2009 09:16

Am total opposite to james.
My children get enough. ds1 is getting a ds game cost £11 and a couple of other little bits. it is enough. They have 9 aunts and uncles.
Now we love food. so spending alot seems sense to me instead of spending £100's on presents of tatt, for children.

posieparker · 18/11/2009 11:36

Ignore me yesterday OP, I was as we're really broke this year and I had just opened another bailiff letter.

Rubyrubyruby · 18/11/2009 11:40

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TrillianAstra · 18/11/2009 11:46

If you:

have £90

and

can't think of something else you'd rather do with that £90

then go ahead.

I like the dea of all the bones and other stuff taken out so you just have a big lump of the tasty edible bits of the birds, but I am a bone-wimp.

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carriedababi · 18/11/2009 11:49

pp, i am sorry to hear that,is there anything that can be done to help you? no worries about yesterday, i mean there must be a part of me that that thinks is this excessive, as i wouldn;t have posted otherwise.
i would have just ordered it.

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NeedCoffee · 18/11/2009 12:13

your money, your choice.
Can I come please?

herjazz · 18/11/2009 12:20

its a bit old lady who swallowed a fly innit?

must admit tho, I'm rather grotesquely fascinated with the russian bird thing. If I wasn't veggie, think I'd give it a bash

what could a veggie alternative be?

Mermaidspam · 18/11/2009 12:34

Haven't read the thread so don't know if someone's already mentioned it, but Aldi do the same for £10

noddyholder · 18/11/2009 12:36

oh no I hate meats mixed together Seems excessive but if you really love that sort of thing why not?

Ruby01 · 18/11/2009 12:45

We had one of these last year and though it was nice but this year we are going back to goose. I think on the day it was just too much and we were left overwealmed by all the different meats. We actually even missed the bones! But i guess it was worth it just for trying something different

MrsMerryHenry · 18/11/2009 12:48

Carriedabidabi YAB Horribly U...that is, unless you invite me!

My friends bought one of these last year and invited us...it was out of this world. I have always wanted to get one myself but can't afford it and am too crap to save up in advance.

Well done you, I hope you have a gorgeous meal.

MrsMerryHenry · 18/11/2009 12:49

Oooh! They do a mini one! Reckon I could save £10 a week between now and Xmas and justify it...thanks for the inspiration, carrie.

notcitrus · 18/11/2009 13:06

Personally I like bones and making stock and all, and wouldn't want the different meats mixed up, so would be more likely to go for a good Kelly Bronze turkey and lots of quality sausages, bacon and stuffings and a separate Boxing Day roast for that kind of money and numbers.

A small/medium turkey here costs £50 so we're getting it from BIL's butcher in Leeds for under £30. Neighbours are having a couply dinner with beef so we've agreed to swap leftovers.

Our Christmas season focuses on food and drink though - presents are a distinct afterthought. Helps that all the family children are under 2...

posieparker · 18/11/2009 13:06

Carrie, thanks but no. We deserve it really as we seriously over spent during DH's fabulous earning time and thought it would last forever.... but alas he works for people with no morals or scruples and whilst we were happy when the money was good without it they seem so much less friendly!!

Enjoy your Christmas lunch and maybe visit a giving tree to appease your conscience!!

chubbleigh · 18/11/2009 13:10

My granny used to say 'if you enjoy it, it isn't a waste', and she was not someone with cash to spare, she grew up in poverty. Christmas day is a FEAST day, have the best you can afford, enjoy it and be thankful!

MrsMerryHenry · 18/11/2009 13:12

Pannacotta · 18/11/2009 14:56

Sorry to sound like a boring old kill-joy but I think it's a bit excessive to spend all that money on some posh meat.

I think I'd opt for a cheaper bird, or two, and then consider giving some of the money left over to a local homeless shelter where even a tenner could help towards their Xmas meal...

MrsMerryHenry · 18/11/2009 15:53

Panna - much as I agree that giving to charity is an essential part of life, I also believe there's a place for celebration and enjoying good food is a vital part of that. Perhaps it's because I have always given away my money on a monthly basis that I don't have a problem with splashing out from time to time. Having said that DH has the same approach to giving but I think he would take issue with spending this much on food. But then I think he also has guilt issues, which is an entirely separate issue...!

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carriedababi · 18/11/2009 17:12

pp, you certainly don't deserve it, the same thing could happen to any of us.

pannacotta, i haven't stated anywhere on here what i do give to charity as its personal, but your wrong to assume i don'tgive.

mrsmerry
your invited anytimefunnily enough i do have guilt issues too

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GetOrfMoiLand · 18/11/2009 17:39

TBH personally I don't like the idea of birds within a bird, I would prefer just a turkey or goose.

But I don't think that £90 is too extravagant considering the amount of people it will feed. The £90 one from Waitrose is going to be far better from a taste and ethical POV than the tenner one from Aldi.

Lucily my uncle is rearing turkeys this year and is keeping one for me, however I have spent £50-60 on turkeys in previous years. So YANBU.

Pannacotta · 18/11/2009 22:08

er where did I say you don't give to charity OP?

I said that in my opinion spending £90 on meat to roast is excessive.

That is my opinion which I am entitled to, after all you did ask in AIBU!

I'm all for spending money on decent, ethical food. In this case I think its a bit out of proportion, at the end of the day it's totally up to you, but it's a bit naive to post in AIBU if you don't want to hear a range of differing opionions...

madamearcati · 18/11/2009 23:04

Oh FGS , £90 is nothing to spend on a meal for 12 people !And even if it was its HER business ,why the hell should she be guilt tripped with talk of soup kitchens !!
My Mrs Beeton book has got this dish in ,I suppose if you were clever you would be able to put it together yourself , but I wouldn't know how to get the flesh off thr carcass in one piece.

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