Anyone Cooking Capon for Christmas?

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I've discovered that they are about half the price of turkeys from the local butcher - £5.95 per kg instead of £11.95. I thought I might give it a go (and maybe... just maybe not tell anyone what it is!)

Have you ever cooked it? Any thoughts please!

Depends haven't eaten capon but we keep chickens and do eat the males however they are uncastrated. Depends how old they are, the males that were more than a few months old we only used for coq au vin as they aren't as tender however a capon should be more tender. I am surprised you found them its quite rare in UK. Also if i was to eat it I would liked to know how it is a capon some are castrated which is fine however some are given hormone implants which I wouldn't be happy eating.

I am not even sure exactly what a capon is, and how it differs from a turkey or a chicken, but my GPs always bought a capon for Christmas when I was little and it tasted fine to me. I don't think I have seen or heard of them for thirty years though.

I did one 2 years ago, just cook like a turkey. Worth it not to have a mountain or turkey carcass looking at you on boxing day

I have Googled Capon to discover that they are either castrated manually (ouch) or chemically castrated. The butcher says they're Free Range, so not sure what that means!