What are you having for Christmas dinner?

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Bored with turkey. Have done goose. DP doesn't eat beef, mother doesn't eat pork. DD and I don't like game. Other than chicken I can't think of anything else. So I expect it will be turkey again. What are you lot having?

turkey and all the usual shite that goes with it.

No idea, i'm not cooking
sorry not helpful, how about Duck

we only have turkey at xmas so it's never boring

Indian yummy!!

Going out for Xmas lunch to our local fab Indian. Sooo looking forward to it.

Eating at 1.30 ish so will have M&S goodies for evening so no cooking at all.

depends on your budget, but how about a bird in a bird?

We're having beef Wellington- every year DH moans about turkey/ how much it costs/ how sick he is of leftovers/ how it doesn't fit in the fridge, so I have finally caved and decided to pay less for something they will enjoy more (and which probably won't have any leftovers!) Bit sad not to have a traditional bird, but there you go!

What about duck (or does that come under game?) Or a nice ham? Leg of lamb? You could still do all the Christmas side things

have you seen that one of the supermarkets have a '3 bird roast'for £9.99? either Aldi or Lidl, looked nice, but not sure what meat it was-I'm doing Bernard Matthews Turkey Roast-cos i like it and i'm cooking also doing pork i think.

What about seafood Salmon or Lobsters if you want to break the bank.

Lamb? We get bored with Turkey - it;'s a very bland meat - so we're having Beef. Last year we had a 3-bird roast, a partridge (I think) in a duck inside a turkey. No legs, just breast meat all the way through and vvv easy to cookand carve.

I hate roasting a turkey - I'll only have it if someone else cooks it. So it might be roast lamb or some such, or turkey steaks.

One time I planned to do a big roast turkey and the bastard went off and I only discovered it on xmas morning. We went out to look for a shop that was open, found a little corner shop, and got some frozen mini kievs. That was a great xmas dinner. No hassle.

Chinese here! Cos hopefully my extension will be at a stage where I'll have no kitchen

What about guinea fowl?

You might need to do a couple if you have to feed lots of people.

Pigeon, quail, pheasant, etc are all nice but possibly too gamey. My MIL sometimes does venison.

Partridge?

Mumhadenough - last year we were also at the stage of having no kitchen - well, I had half a kitchen. I had an old temperamental gas oven, a worktop and a sink with no drainage. We had a pipe leading through the partition wall to a peice of guttering which led to an open drain out the back, but even this was an improvment on the previous week, when the pipe led to a big bucket that needed lugging over to said drain and emptying once or twice a day. AND we had a guest to stay, and I had the 3-bird roast to cook with all the trimmings.

This year I have a fantastic kitchen with lights and everything. But I bet it won;t be as much fun.

Goodness captainmummy, well done you for managing that.

I think I'll be thoroughly enjoying my takeaway, paper plates and all! We are having my brother and sister here too and will have a nibbles picnic later on at night. We're all thoroughly looking forward to doing something a bit different with none of us slogging over a stove!

Where did you get the three bird roast and was it nice? Every year my dad says he wants one of them for a Christmas present so this year I might just get it!

Probably goose again as we liked it so much last year!

If you really don't want to go the bird route, what about a whole poached salmon? Very nice.

Three-bird roasts are everywhere this year, I think they have them in Asda. But I got mine last year mail order from Daylesford Organics, not cheap but it was a happy bird (3 of them) and delicious. Not sure I could afford it this year tho. Hence a joint of beef from the butchers. It's the trimmings that the dc love more than the meat anyway - so long as there's lots of yorkshires and stuffing and gravy and roasties, I dont think they'd notice the meat or absence thereof!

well this year i have a turkey crown, and a big joint of beef. last year i had two ducks and a large leg of lamb.

goose

Beef Wellington. I'm Canadian, so we tend to have turkey for Thanksgiving and Beef Wellington for Christmas.