Will you have turkey this year on Christmas day?

No, for a change this year, I am making ducks with fresh cherries, I think, or ducks with something.

I find turkey is often too dry and I love the crisp sl=kin of duck as well as the meat, AND they are smaller than a turkey.

by Finy

Knowing your amazing penchant for cooking,I wish I could zoom through cyberspace to have a little taste of what shall be spectacular Festive Fare!!
I agree about the turkey not being the most exciting thing to eat,and also how Duck can truly get the tastebuds going.I think Cherries would be delicious with the flavour of the duck,and look forward to hearing all about whatever you decide to make! Have a Fantastic Festive Meal shared with loved ones!!

Oh! Ladies', speaking of Duck, had it as Confit for Dinner last night, whilst dining with school-friend. It was delicious, & cooked to perfection. Cheers!

Yep. We have it every year, but not as a whole roast. We buy a pre-prepared breast slices.

by Bryony Harrison

I would love to do that, myself this year :)

Getting sliced turkey is good if you only have a small group of people, as a whole turkey is too big. It is also good if you want to avoid the fatty skin, fights over who gets the best bit of the turkey, and having to cook it for hours on end.

I totally agree....

I'm not sure to tell the honest truth!

It all depends on what I feel would be nice, more close to the day...but we will keep it fairly simple.

I'm not into a lot of fuss and that suits us just fine :)

by jonaja

What a simply elegant photo. Lovely.

No. I don't really like turkey that much and I don't think other members of the family do either. We usually have roast lamb and beef, or sometimes roast chicken. We have all the trimmings, and a good Christmas lunch is had by all.

by Lluxi

Good on YOU!!!Roast Lamb has to be one of my all-time favourite things to enjoy!! Especially with my home made Mint Sauce which I never run out of,as I make it myself with the fresh herbs in my garden!
Have a wonderful Festive Feast!!

I live in the Tropics and the only time I bother with Turkey is if I eat out on Christmas Day! It is just way to hot for me,living alone,to cook a huge feast .I usually enjoy having all types of cold delicacies which can just be enjoyed in the manner of Tapas!! I always have smoked salmon,delicious cheeses,olives,salamis, avocado,tasty dips,with plenty of crunchy fresh bread and crackers.as well as luscious fresh summer fruits such as Lychees,cherries,stone fruits, strawberries and chopped up melon varieties. Basically what I enjoy all year round but not all at the same time!! Oh!! And I always have to have quality chocolates of various types!! And there is always sorbet in my freezer ! I always like to keep things simple so that friends who have invitations to large family meals can just pop in briefly but still enjoy a 'snack' of sorts!! I have to stay in my air conditioned home due to health issues, but this means that it is always delightfully cool for visitors when they arrive! I never have formal plans made for the day at all.

by Jules

Love Turkey Breast marinated in Mango or Apricot Nectar. Cook it 'low & slow', & it's delicious!

If I want Roast poultry, a chook's my fave!

by donjo

No. I don't eat animals.

by baero

Bravo :-)

Good 4 you, Our eldest daughter & her family are also non meat & fish eaters. I was also a vegetarian with my 3 siblings, up to the age of 12, when I started boarding school, but our parents weren't, so it make a lot of cooking, of my poor mother, who's still live at 95.

We've always had seafood for our Christmas all day affair for 40 years but I do cook chicken, beef and pork the day before and serve cold for those that don't eat some of the seafood. Not many like turkey so I either buy turducken or small turkey breast and have that cold as well. Years ago a chef told me the secret to cooking a moist turkey was to pull the tendon out of the drumstick with a pair of pliers. I did this and it worked but I think that because the meat isn't as white as chicken meat, it's a turnoff for my family.

by helga

Probably not. I think it will be chicken, ham, prawns, fresh rolls and salads. A more sombre affair this year as we just lost my darling F-I-L.

by Rice

. . .and in the words of Tiny Tim . . "God bless us, every one."

No. We are eating out this year. We will wait and see what's on the menu. Honestly, I don't like the idea, but seeing as I don't have a choice - we will go along.

by Vee

Turns out we didn't eat out. Instead we had some traditional Croatian cuisine—sarma was on the menu.

No, we already had ours for Thanksgiving in November. We'll let the other turkeys just be!

by wotsy

Whatever my wife makes. Always mmmmm good

by dwatk

Yes as we have been invited to friends for Christmas Dinner.
farley

by farle

My sister is making a turkey roast the day before. So we will just have it cold. I live in the tropics and Christmas day is always cold meat and salad for lunch and seafood for dinner. At my parent's house.

by lizzi

No, we are a duck or chook eating family, but we will have a few on the roads I am sure.

Merry Xmas.

by Doctor Dave

No, we are a duck or chook eating family, but we will have a few on the roads I am sure.

Merry Xmas.

by Doctor Dave

Of course, and another one on New Years day. You can't have too much turkey. The rest of the year chicken will do, however at Easter and it is hard to get is lamb. It is very very expensive here but if I can find it I buy it, if not turkey. Yum.

by lmars

Yes.

by Doctor Dave

Yes we are having turkey

by AJ

Absolutely. I look forward to it all year. I absolutely love turkey!! Best and only thing about Christmas I like. Wish I was American so I could celebrate with a Thanks Giving turkey as well.

by lbowd

NO. I think we'll be having Christmas in Melbourne with our youngest daughter & her lovely b/f & in-laws. They also serve salads with lamb, chicken & ham, then prawns for dinner. Just getting away from the turkey, 1 year 1 of my sisters decided she'd cook duck, & asked my other sister & I to pay $50 each for 2 of them. She cooked them for too long, & they tasted like, 'a piece of old leather'
What a waste of my $50!

by Miro