How much do you spent on meat over Christmas?

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I remember being horrified as a young adult that my parents spent £70 on Christmas meat. This was 1999 and was from the butchers. Turkey crown, ham, possibly beef, sausages and bacon. They were short of money and I couldn't believe how much it cost. That was for the 2 of them and my sister, brother in law and their young dc who'd barely eat any of it.
I dread to think what that would cost now especially as someone in the family has just spent £150 on turkey alone. I saw a headline about shortages this year but recall that in previous years too so it could just be typical scare tactics.

@FourChimneys Nothing. Everyone who is likely to be in our house long enough to eat a meal in late December is either vegetarian or vegan.

Ditto. I never buy any meat at Christmas.

I think we spent £185 last year on turkey crown , beef joint , bacon, sausages , pigs in blankets . To be fair we ordered too much .

It’s funny, when other families are arguing about who should go where etc, this is always the big argument in our house. Ils are foodies and spend half the year preparing for Christmas. Mil gets a 65 euro turkey (more this year Id say). None of us (including dh) love turkey and have a few years had a crown and ham and been happy out but dh admitted he missed the cooking of the turkey and now mil and him plan when they’re going to get the turkeys. I’m the big bad reminding them it’s a cost that could be hugely saved and spent on something better and we all end up going backwards and forwards. I predict the talk will start up around next week!! Sigh!

£22.50 turkey crown
£6 ham ill cook myself
what ever bacon and chipolatas will cost to make pigs in blankets.

About £15 for a large Tesco finest cornfed chicken.

£100 for dry aged fore rib of beef
£50 for Beef Wellington
£20 for Flat Pork Belly

All from the butcher, for 4 adults and 1 toddler.

I've never thought about what I spend! I really have no idea. I remember feeling unwell out shopping in M&S just prior to Christmas one year so I left, got on a 'bus home but on the way decided to stop by the Co-op. I went in there, bought a small turkey, pork, gammon, trimmings and all sorts and was pleasantly surprised at how reasonable it was! That was five or six years ago.

Just for Christmas day or over whole festive period?

This is not turkey fan house.

Duck (Christmas dinner) £9
Trimmings £20
Pork loin £5
Shin of beef for stew £16
2 packs of mince roughly £8
Chicken (thigs,drumsticks,breasts) £20
Beef brisket £10

Will last for several days over festive period. Some bits already bought and frozen.

I’ve just ordered my Christmas and New year meat from our local butcher, as I do every year

1 Turkey Crown (Enough to feed 10 adults plus leftovers to have with Salad on Boxing Day/ Curry)
1 Pork Leg Joint (Enough to feed 10 adults plus leftovers)
1 Gammon joint ( enough to cut in two and put half in freezer)
1 Silverside beef (Cut in half and freeze half for the New Year)
1 tray of pigs in blankets

= £36

We don't do a Christmas dinner. Normally I buy a gammon ham around 10/15 quid or so (for 4 of us). And lots of fishy stuff like prawns, smoked salmon and we just have a buffet.

£20 for a Duchy organic chicken.

A meat bundle from the local butchers for us: £45 for a turkey crown, ham joint, beef joint, pig blankets and sausage meat. This will last us for most meals between Christmas and New Year.

I bought an extra large chicken a couple of weeks ago and the Tesco delivery driver asked me if it was for Christmas, he said lots of people are buying them instead of a turkey this year

We've spent £20 on a Lidl goose (had one last year and it was great), and £25 on a stuffed pork loin, pigs in blankets and stuffing from Field and Flower. In previous years we would have spent a lot more on M&S food.

From all the replies it appears meat prices vary a lot and that that might reflect welfare and farm shop versus supermarket, how they are fed, added water type variations. I know nothing about meat so I find it quite fascinating how much prices vary.

This year we’re having a goose from the butchers £60 and a Turkey crown £35, plus sausages, stuffing, expecting around £110 total for 5 adults and 2 kids.

40-50 for up to 6 people.
We either get 2 duck or goose. Goose frozen usually and since I slow roast it it makes little difference in the end.
Then bits like salami, pastrami, some pigs in blankets.

I've spent a out £150 on meat for Xmas day and boxing day. There will be 4 or 6 of us, we aren't sure yet, so some may get frozen.
We've got whole fillet of beef for Christmas day and porchetta for boxing day. Plus pigs in blankers etc. I buy from a high welfare, local butcher.

Indeed. The pricing has always been slightly ambitious, this year it's insane. I could afford it, but I won't.

I buy a beef topside usually around £8-10 and pigs in the blankets. Usually under £20 every year.

Why the heck, if you saw a thread asking how much do you spend on meat, and you were a vegetarian, would you reply??? Obviously the OP wanted comparisons on meat prices, not the statistics of the Mumsnet veggie community

I have put in a £145 order for a 5kg turkey, ham, stuffing, bacon and chipolatas. We are in fairly central-ish London and I was expecting more particularly as this is an order from a very good butcher. Having looked at supermarket prices, I think it's quite good value. Not convinced it's organic, but definitely free range.

I've bought quite a lot of pork which I'm curing into bacon. There's also a lot of pork in the freezer which will become pork pies.

I'm going to get a gammon for ham. And maybe a chicken.

The husband is veggie, the child has an ED so I'm not cooking a huge meal, I'm doing a buffet of all the things we each like. There may be some salmon.

Oh cost - probably around £50 but it will last ages.

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I'm vegan. No one eats meat in the family.

Plenty of delicious Christmas vegan options. Save money, the planet and the animals!