How much turkey did you get through?

flearoy · Post by **flearoy** » 27 Dec 2004, 01:29

It was a thrill to all the family to watch as we unpacked the turkey which my grandma had purchased. There was a mere 17 pounds of this turkey and 8 of us only ate a quarter . I think it could have been something to do with also seeing dad cutting off it's hairy bum and then giving it a good stuffing.

ithink we're going for steak next year.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 27 Dec 2004, 10:08

Hey Flearoy,
Hope you all had a great day.

That was surely one big turkey. By my reckoning you got through about a half pound each which, disturbing imagery taken into consideration, is pretty good going!!

We got through a heap of turkey on Xmas day and Ali had some left-overs yesterday. D and I opted for pizza.
A turkey curry might be on the cards to use up some more.

Take away from the 108 next year for us.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 27 Dec 2004, 11:25

I think we've managed to demolish about half of ours in two days. The rest is sitting in the fridge daring us to come up with another disguise for it! It was the soup that got us - a mini cauldron of which only two bowls have so far been consumed - I was dreaming about it last night. Think it must have been the cabbage......

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 27 Dec 2004, 17:39

Being just the two of us, we opted for 2 stuffed Cornish game hens this Christmas. so all was eaten in one sitting......well apart from the brussels, but then whats new!!

The cats had their own mini turkey dinners (from the butcher)....
so the good thing is we don't have to work out 20 recipies for turkey this week!!

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » 27 Dec 2004, 18:54

[quote="CatzVP"......well apart from the brussels, but then whats new!!
:[/quote]

We threw our left-over brussels out for the seagulls

but obviously they are very fussy eaters along this end of the prom and they wouldn't eat them

so we (well my long-suffering other half - he was trying to score some brownie points

)had to go back out to the garden and pick them all up up next day

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 27 Dec 2004, 19:40

Well, we just had turkey mayo wraps with salad as I discovered most of the breast hadn't been touched (no wise cracks, please). We had a capon from Findlays and an M&S duck for me, as not keen on either turkey or chicken, and of course since things went awry we hardly ate any and are left with mountains of tasty organic meat we don't really want.
We also took a "hamper" into the hospital of a capon drumstick, some fancy cheese, oatcakes, a salmon roll, and a miniature bottle of red wine. Bound to be good for his heart, all that.

We still have masses of food left though, after all the disruption. As for the sprouts, by the time we got onto dinner, I ruined all the veg. No al dente rubbish in this house this Christmas, thank you very much - really traditional English, I think (not really sampled Scots sprouts since I hate them anyway), mushy soggy sprouts and broccoli. And the parsnips are in the freezer. The really really crappy thing was that I managed to cook the birds really well!

Personally I would happily skip the traditional Christmas meal altogether - I've never been keen on it, and am even less so now it conjures up images of ambulances

. I normally cook pretty healthily but I'd rather have a take away for Christmas every time!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 27 Dec 2004, 20:09

Did anybody see River Cottage today? He was cooking a 10 bird roast which consisted of (funnily enough) 10 birds in descending sizes being cooked one inside the other

It looked disgusting especially since the poor turkey was the biggest and had all the others inside it. Think I'll just stick to the usual one again next year (unless I can persuade them the Prince Balti would be a better option)

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 27 Dec 2004, 20:14

A friend of mine was doing that but with three, not ten! A quail, a...nope, can't remember the middle one - and a goose. I thought it sounded foul.
I can't believe I just made that joke. I need a drink...!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 27 Dec 2004, 20:18

I think this was something like: a turkey; a goose; a duck; a chicken; a pheasant; a guinea fowl; a grouse (?); something else, something else and a woodcock and they were stuffed with pork and onion stuffing!

DG · Post by DG » 27 Dec 2004, 20:23

Freedom for the birds!

DG

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » 27 Dec 2004, 20:34

DG wrote:

Freedom for the birds!

DG

Quite agree DG - its sounds absolutely disgusting

By the way - love your new Avator

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 27 Dec 2004, 21:12

Turducken.

Jean from work brings one back from the States every Year.

http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/turducken.html

DG · Post by DG » 28 Dec 2004, 01:04

Porty, what the ***?! Did it become traumatised on the way here?

Lizzie, thanks - all the other avatats I tried wouldn't show up on the forum.

DG

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 28 Dec 2004, 11:57

It certainly *looks* like a big steaming turducken.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 28 Dec 2004, 12:12

It certainly does.

DG that is not the actual one. The Turducken featured is pictured with the recipe that you will find if you click on the link. It does not make healthy reading. Joe Findlay may even quiver at the thought. Either that or start stocking the damned thing.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 28 Dec 2004, 12:14

Epykat wrote:I think this was something like: a turkey; a goose; a duck; a chicken; a pheasant; a guinea fowl; a grouse (?); something else, something else and a woodcock and they were stuffed with pork and onion stuffing!

Woodcock stuffing

Who would have thunk?

DG · Post by DG » 28 Dec 2004, 12:54

What would be the meat lovers equivalent

Cow stuffed with a sheep stuffed with a pig stuffed with a wee lamb with a gerbil inside...

DG

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 28 Dec 2004, 19:30

Porty, that would turn me veggie.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 28 Dec 2004, 21:45

Yep, it is definetly off putting. I will be happy to see no turkey again for a loooooong time. I ve been waking up in a cold sweat having dreamt with Bernard Matthews standing over me saying bootiful. Yuck.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 28 Dec 2004, 22:06

DG wrote:What would be the meat lovers equivalent Cow stuffed with a sheep stuffed with a pig stuffed with a wee lamb with a gerbil inside...

DG

Now, that does sound vile! Sure you could get something before the gerbil though - cat?

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 29 Dec 2004, 00:41

Epykat wrote:
Now, that does sound vile! Sure you could get something before the gerbil though - cat?

HEY...NOW THEN...NOW THEN...LEAVE ME OUT OF YOUR FREAKY DINNER!!!

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 29 Dec 2004, 13:55

This all reminds me of that song..."there was an old woman who swallowed a fly"...would save a lot of preparation...but I don't know why she swallowed a fly

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 30 Dec 2004, 22:06

Just returned from the snowy north last night. We had a very white Christmas

Lovely capon was had for dinner but soggy sprouts I'm afraid. Despite my best interventions couldn't prevent my mother cooking the veg about an hour too soon.

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 30 Dec 2004, 22:39

foxy wrote:This all reminds me of that song..."there was an old woman who swallowed a fly"...would save a lot of preparation...but I don't know why she swallowed a fly

You know what old women are like, they will eat anything

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 30 Dec 2004, 22:53

CatzVP wrote: You know what old women are like, they will eat anything

Naughty Catz

...wherever did you hear that... I'm guessing it must have been about old Canadian women

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 30 Dec 2004, 23:15

have to say, I just don't understand why sprouts exist

I leave mine untouched on my plate every year