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MarktheMeraldAngelsRun Dec 2020 11:24am, 2 Dec 2020 13,476 posts	Quote Pin MarktheMeraldAngelsRun I'd still like to try goose.... although I hear it's over-rated unless cooked just so. We were thinking about a fresh turkey from the local Butcher this year, but there's been an outbreak of bird 'flu in a farm fairly locally. I think we'll settle for a frozen one from Lidl! (Never had a bad frozen turkey yet, even cheap ones are okay.) There will be 6 for dinner on Christmas day, and four the next (or maybe 4 for sandwiches on a walk on the hills!).
Rosehip Dec 2020 5:27pm, 2 Dec 2020 18,778 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip We'll have a goose, we always have a goose - not difficult to cook, but usually need a bit longer than any recipe says and a good long rest.
Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Dec 2020 5:43pm, 2 Dec 2020 6,824 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Rosehip, what flavour does goose have? Can you compare it to duck, chicken or any other bird?
Grast_girl Dec 2020 8:30pm, 2 Dec 2020 1,738 posts	Quote Pin Grast_girl Good resting time is probably the one thing that the chefs do get right.
Rosehip Dec 2020 8:36pm, 2 Dec 2020 18,781 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip More duck than anything - but richer and stronger. Shrinking the skin the night before by pouring over boiling water and then letting it dry (and it needs to be dry before going in the oven) is a trick I learnt from grandma - similar to what the Chinese do with Peking duck - I think (Grandma and nana both raised geese for Christmas, so we only had turkey as an extra to bulk out the goose when there were 20+ of us for Christmas lunch)
Yorkshire Pie Dec 2020 8:45pm, 2 Dec 2020 13,861 posts	Quote Pin Yorkshire Pie No turkey for me this year! We're having a post 5 course reheat at home restaurant meal so I thought I'd be more adventurous - duck to start and lamb for the main course. The main advantage of getting something prepared is that OH is veggie and I didn't really want to have to cook 2 different things when there are only 2 of us anyway.
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2020 2:27pm, 3 Dec 2020 29,076 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens indeed, I have been spared the veggie, vegan, allergy minefield this year.....there were 4 different umm palates, shall we say.
LindsD Dec 2020 2:30pm, 3 Dec 2020 43,028 posts	Quote Pin LindsD We think we have dodged the vegan bullet also. Think our resident vegan will only require breakfast.
Velocirappingpaper Dec 2020 2:46pm, 3 Dec 2020 50,194 posts	Quote Pin Velocirappingpaper We made an entire vegan Christmas dinner one year. Granny claimed afterwards that she hadn't liked to say anything at the time but it had given her bellyache that lasted till April.
LindsD Dec 2020 2:53pm, 3 Dec 2020 43,031 posts	Quote Pin LindsD My Granny used to say that herbs 'blew her up'.