Alternatives to turkey on Xmas day

Sazna


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 1177

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 07:42

Who's having what for their Xmas dinner.

Do you see Turkey as a tired option and are going for something a bit more adventurous?

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 07:50

Not a lover of Turkey so I usually have Top Side of Beef/Or Lamb

Sazna


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 1177

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 08:50

We are having a creamy chicken and mushroom filo topped pie with roasted veg, roast potatoes yorkshire pud and gravy.

Krin52


Joined: 25/08/2008
Posts: 419

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 10:58

A nice piece of pork, WITH crackling, from the Pork Shop in Alsancak!

And probably a pavlova (with my home grown passionfruit) for dessert, as it's Aussie tradition

smithy


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Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 11:05

OK Sanza what time should I arrive for dinner )

boglefan



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 511

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 11:14

Rib roast, bone in and all the necessary trimmings including port and stilton for after.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 11:31

Nice fresh Salmon in a lemon and dill sauce. Yummy

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 11:45

BIG fry up





let me explain.....



my son is with me on xmas eve til approx 2pm on xmas day (when he goes to his dads) so he wont be able to have xmas dinner with us.....



so we are having a big xmas breakfast , sausage, bacon, eggs etc etc...with the crackers and bucks fizz and the table all laid as if its xmas dinner......



and we will have our xmas dinner on boxing day, turkey and pheasant for us this year...



Merry xmas to all cyprus 44 members whether in Uk or sunny cyprus...



xxxxx to all those i know personally

marcosthechef



Joined: 30/11/2009
Posts: 646

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 12:10

Billyboy wot a nice idea, you'll be the coolest dad on the island

Enjoy : )

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 15:40

Message 9



Marcosthechef





I am female......i am the mum

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 15:43

we are going to a medieval banquet in Prague!! cant wait!!!!!!! xx

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 15:48

Hi boglefan,

where do you get your port from?, I've only seen Tawney port our side. I like a drop of stilton with

my Ruby.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 15:49

I am moving out of my apt on Christmas day and moving next door for a month, so what fun for me )

tattlad


Joined: 13/12/2008
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 15:53

Try a Goose, you'll never buy a turkey again, they're expensive though....

boglefan



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 511

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 15:54

Sorry flowerfairy I am one of the unfortunates who only manage NC for holidays so Christmas Day is in Scotland but I will get some to you the next time I am over. The strange thing is it is only Christmas and NY that I enjoy port. Hope you have a good one when it comes.

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 16:10

After 20 years of eating assorted turkeys, mainly at mothers-in-law I managed to break the mould by getting divorced..and the first Xmas dish was a Rib of roast beef. Turkey, never again ! Last year with the shops open in Girne we were a bit bored (no telly) so we went shopping on Christmas day, I got an Electric oil filled radiator for Xmas, and Di got a new washing machine. On the way home from Arcelic they phoned to say the van was behind us and they would install that afternoon. After playing with our new "toys" it was too late to roast, and all that was unfrozen was some liver. So a large dish of Liver wrapped in bacon, onions and mash..a wonderful change from the norm.

TonyE

marcosthechef



Joined: 30/11/2009
Posts: 646

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 17:23

Billyboy, if your gonna give yourself a boyz name, please expect someone as simple as me to assume your the dad, my apologies, great idea and your are the coolest mum ever, happy christmas x

Dawnie1


Joined: 27/09/2008
Posts: 217

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 18:28

We are having goose for the first time, wanted a change & flying back out to Cyprus Boxing Day...whooohhaaayyyy. Wouldnt want to spend New Year anywhere else.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 18:44

Tony is rib of beef quite easy to get here as I fancy that myself this year. Had silverside last year (albeit on Boxing Day) and it was great.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 22:38

I am cooking Christmas Dinner for 12 next Sunday the 6th as we will be in NC from the 12th Dec to 9th Jan. Turkey, Pork, Beef and Lamb on the table for a help yourself with roasties, spuds and 3 veg and for afters a huge chocolate fudge cake and carrot cake. Then for 1 month no shopping, cooking, cleaning or washing & ironing, staying at the Pia Bella to be waited on.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 22:45

We\are trying to get goose as an alternative this year. Flower we get Taylors Dows or Grahemes port all the time with stilton. xxx. Let me know and I will pick up a bottle for you

baldeagle


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 354

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 22:49

Lilli.



Where do you get stilton from, i adore stilton & Port.



Thanks Steve

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 23:06

Hiya treve we get it from our suppliers south. Its one of our best deli products. The cheese and port is also a favourite. When I get back from the UK I will be doing my xmas hampers which include both. Call me anytime if you want some and I will get it for you xxxx 05338336911

baldeagle


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 354

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 23:15

Ok Thanks Lilli.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
02/12/2009 01:29

Christmas is about the only time I have turkey but it was an American thing before we

got it. I think roast beef or goose was more traditional in Britain (if you were lucky enough)

All my immediate family are going to my no. 2 son this year and he has bought turkey and

goose breast, (I will cook it!) and there will be 9 of us at latest counting. I am glad as he

has a dish-washer (which I don't, except in my Cyprus apartment!)

taraspring


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
02/12/2009 01:36

This rib of beef sounds really nice (not for me I dont eat meat) but for the others. But, how do you cook it? Do you have to marinate it. I have never seen this in the supermarkets in the UK. Where can I get it from? Does it contain lots of bones?



Sorry if my questions sound a little "thick" but I am a vegetarian and rarely cook meat.

So, lots of help required.

kaysera


Joined: 14/07/2009
Posts: 103

Message Posted:
02/12/2009 02:26

Tara

Rib of Beef is similar to a rack of lamb (but much larger of course).

At any good butchers in the UK you can get it on the bone, or, off the bone as a joint.

I always used to buy Sirloin Joints for Sunday lunch, until one time the butcher had sold out and he advised that the butchers own favourite is rib of beef. It's full of flavour and can be cooked in the same manner as any roast joint.

exnavalperson


Joined: 22/07/2009
Posts: 224

Message Posted:
02/12/2009 06:53

Flowerfairy



The Ileli supermarket has ruby port. I think it is a South African one.

taraspring


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
02/12/2009 20:59

Thanks Kaysera. x

adagirl


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 371

Message Posted:
02/12/2009 21:08

many years ago my german sister in law was over for Christmas and ı was determined to have a goose. My best friend was married to a farmers son and so I got the goose - alive on Christmas eve. The goose was slughtered (husband very upset and couldnt eat it) I spent christmas eve plucking it (big greasy mess in the bath) cooked it the next day - a huge bird but very little meat, and to top it off, best friend showed me the photo afterwards of her 3 year old daughter with her arm round the bloody thing!! Never again!!! dead, frozen, plucked turkey for me every christmas since (till I came here of course)!!!!!!!!!!!!