How Much Will You Be Paying For Your Christmas Turkey?

[Sterlo]

WoW......when I were a lad from a poor family just a single sausage fed 8 of us. TBF we did get some bread and dripping with it.

Extravagance, we couldn't afford bread, we smeared dripping on our hand and licked it off.

 

[Dave7]

Extravagance, we couldn't afford bread, we smeared dripping on our hand and licked it off.

We were dead posh then.
I confess.....we did have to nick it from the local Co-op.

 

[Electric_Andy]

We're going to my parents, they get a local free range one but I don't know how much they are. We used to eat the turkey for a week, mum would just keep it in the front porch as it was "freezing" out there, but probbaly not much below 10 degrees so I'm surprised any of us are still alive. I do think that Turkey gets a bad rep. for being dry, often becasue people blast them in the oven for 2.5 hours and then serve. Mum has always cooked hers in the Rayburn at about 130C for 6 hours, then a blast in the electric oven to crisp the skin, then let it rest before carving. Always comes out moist and wonderful

 

[Electric_Andy]

Extravagance, we couldn't afford bread, we smeared dripping on our hand and licked it off.

HANDS?! Luxury. We had to make do with some burnt skin and some damaged connective tissue. And we were grateful

 

[SpokeyDokey]

We have a crown in the freezer from last year so that will do us .

Turkey Futures might be a good bet...

 

[Beebo]

We used to eat the turkey for a week, mum would just keep it in the front porch as it was "freezing" out there, but probbaly not much below 10 degrees so I'm surprised any of us are still alive.

Same here.
Ours was in the garage with a thin sheet of foil across the top.
Im sure the mice would nibble it.

 

[Dave7]

Same here.

Im sure the mice would nibble it.

I can imagine the conversation.....

YOU....that stuffing was nice and crunchy mum.

MUM....but I didn't put any stuffing in.

 

[fossyant]

Extravagance, we couldn't afford bread, we smeared dripping on our hand and licked it off.

You had dripping - it's not cheap in a supermarket these days.

 

[numbnuts]

Last year I had home made chicken stew for dinner and bananas and custard for pudding
not too sure what I'll be having this year, but it will be something quick and easy.

 

[biggs682]

Turkey Futures might be a good bet...

They are when you buy them on special offer

 

[Drago]

Nowt. We've been invited to my SiL's parents for crimbo nosh up.

 

[johnblack]

I think it was £100 last year, but changed supplier this year think it will be around £70.

 

[Drago]

Extravagance, we couldn't afford bread, we smeared dripping on our hand and licked it off.

You must have been loaded. We couldn't afford hands, had to pour water on our feet, pretend it was beef dripping and lick it off.

 

[Reynard]

I think we had a frozen turkey last Christmas when we cooked for 15. No-one could tell, even the 'chef' that came. It's a bloody turkey, it's hardly the most exciting 'meat' - I'd rather have a good beef joint.

I'm of the same opinion as you. Although good quality turkey cooked well is rather nice, it's still too much like chicken.

Mum and I had a tomahawk steak last year.

 

[Reynard]

Depends on what I can run over between now and Christmas.

That's actually against the law LOL! You can't pick up anything that you've run over, but you can pick up something that someone *else* has run over.

Time to run over roadkill in pairs...