Is Anyone Doing An Alternative To The Traditional Roast

[Eleena]

.. on Christmas Day?

[Buenchico]

I'll probably be heating up one of these and serving it in a giant Yorkshire pudding, perhaps with some green veg:
https://www.cookfood.net/menu/main-meals/beef-meals/Rump-Beef-Brandy/

[carolegif]

Rib of beef and all the trimmings! First time ever, I hate turkey.

[jno]

I believe I'm having ham. The cook's choice, not mine.

[Prudie]

I ordered my turkey from a local butcher today - I nearly fell off my chair when he said it would be £84......

[Barmaid]

I have lumbered myself with 8 or 9 on Boxing Day. I've got a Norfolk Black turkey on order. I do quite like a turkey if it is cooked sensibly and is (sorry for the haters of this word) moist....... The last time I cooked a turkey we went for a pre-lunch stroll that turned into a 6 mile hike. Turkey had about an hour more than it should have done. Still I took it out the oven, turned it upside down and left it for an hour then served the cremated remains with some veg after pouring lots of g and ts down everyone's neck.

[Tilly2]

I'm not doing any cooking. We are going to a local hotel for lunch.

[murraymints]

thinking of just doing a buffet..as it will only be me and he until later on when friends are coming for coffee and cheese etc etc.. might stay in jim jams too !

[-SharonA-]

Murray!! On your birthday too!!

[murraymints]

lol Sharon.... that means I don't have to share the Ferreros !!

[Tashi]

Last year was a large lump of Topside, there were quite a few of us. This year Nat and I are doing Turkey but with a slight Indian twist, we all like spicey food so no problem, there will be 5 of us over Christmas, then for New Year we are doing another Turkey catering for at least 7.

[kvalidir]

Not sure where I'll be yet at Christmas but if I'm here, I'll cook a selection of things once I've mooched around the shops to see what's about, in my PJ's and slob around the house with an endless supply of wine :) x

[IJKLM]

We rarely do the turkey thing on 25th. Tend to do that on 26th.
We do something nice on Christmas Eve, with a lot of fish and then opening gifts.

25th tends to be a family thing. Over the years, we've done steaks; Beef Wellington, Goose, pulled pork and other dishes.

This year it will be pulled pork. Super cheap, and everyone seems to really like it.

I do a variation on a Jamie Oliver recipe. Rubbing it with salt, smoked paprika, olive oil and then roast at around 120° for a minimum of 6 hours. Remove the fat half an hour before serving, and whack the oven up to max, and roast the fat to transform it into crackling.

Serve with roasties, pigs-in-blankets, veg etc and a cuple of good bottles of something nice...

[Atheist]

I'm vegetarian. I love sprouts and roast potatoes and stuffing and all the rest; so I have all that lot with a nut roast or something similar.

[BANANASPLITS]

As far as i know a boned leg of lamb stuffed with garlic cloves ...mmmm