German Pute or Truthahn?

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When I want to do a traditional Turkey Christmas dinner here in Germany do I buy Pute or Truthahn?

I'm not sure! Truthahn is a boy and Pute is a girl, is the turkey eaten in England generally male or female?

I'll go and ask on food thread - thanks!

The PILs always swear by goose or game (beurgh). They seem to think that turkey is a bit of an insult TBH but then again they are deeply deeply strange.

Yes, over here Germans cook Turkey all year round wheras in UK most families I know only ever eat it at Christmas! Goose is the Christmas meat here too.

FIL even said to me, after one Christmas meal I had prepared for them, "Truthahn, die aller billigster." Nice, eh?

Lol, Where are they from broguemum? I'm SO lucky not to have any PIL nearby!

She's from Hamburg and he was Scottish (died a few years back) but adopted German as the family language. She still lives about 20 minutes drive away which is TOO CLOSE. This year we have got out of Christmas dinner by going on holiday so BIL has to have her. I've done it for the past 5 years and NO MORE!

I do envy people without in-laws nearby. You are very lucky. Actually, I envy people with nice in-laws even more.

The only reason I'm doing this Turkey thing is to stop me getting depressed over Christmas having to stay in Germany so on orders of DrGabster (our very own German thread shrink) I have to go the whole hog and decorate, cook, bake and be merry (have you seen my door Kranz on profile?!)

Oh dear, you do sound Germaned-out. Hope the Christmas goes well - the Kranz is lurverly. Mulled wine always helps me deal with Christmas (sound like Scrooge now) and is much nicer than Glühwein IMO.

Oh, but Germany around Christmas time is much nicer than in England imo - the lovely Christmas markets, Nikolaus on the 6th, the Christkind, the lovely Christmas Stollen, Lebkuchen, Glühwein etc....and often lots of snow too.... I have such fond memories of Christmas time in Germany when I was growing up . Not that I don't like English Christmases, but to me they feel a little less 'magical' (not helped by the often dull, rainy weather here....).

Oh, and I loved to celebrate Advent on the four Sundays before Christmas - it was so exciting to light one more candle every week (and eat lots of Stollen ) - that too doesn't seem to happen here in UK.

I know annasmami, you're right but it's the whole being with family that makes Christmas for me and that's why I didn't really want to be alone in Germany. I'll have to compensate with plenty of wine and good food and long walks in the forest with the dc.