The Christmas Bird - Page 1
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author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 03:58:31 pm
content: Totally off the electronics topic but I'm after some opinions here. Turkey, Duck or Goose for Christmas lunch and why? Until now I have been happy with turkey but SWMBO fancies a change.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 04:21:06 pm
content: Pinnekjøtt, Rutabaga, Potatoes & Sauerkraut.In Norway, Pinnekjøtt (Norwegian pronunciation: [?p?n????œt]), lit: Stick Meat, is a main course dinner dish of lamb or mutton. Pinnekjøtt is a festive dish typical to Western- and Northern Norway, and is rapidly gaining popularity in other regions as well. This dish is largely associated with the celebration of Christmas, served with puréed swede and potatoes, beer and akevitt. 37% of Norwegians say they eat pinnekjøtt for their family Christmas dinner.Basically: "Salted and dried ribs of mutton steam cooked over birch twigs"

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 04:41:33 pm
content: We vary what we have each year. This year, we are going for venison. Mind you, I'm probably the only one in the family that likes turkey.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 04:42:57 pm
content: We generally have a fish - a good carp.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 04:53:47 pm
content: I like almost everyone else in England, will be scoffing turkey. ...and roast taters, parsnips, carrots, peas, broccoli, pigs in blankets, (that's sausage wrapped in bacon) stuffing, bread sauce, cranberry sauce and gravy.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 05:04:45 pm
content: Deep fried turkey.

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 05:55:19 pm
content: Ham is more appropriate for Christmas.Though, apparently, the Japanese disagree.http://www.wsj.com/articles/christmas-cheer-here-requires-reservations-with-the-colonel-1450477246Quote

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 06:14:40 pm
content: Ham here also. No idea of sides yet. I keep wanting to do an Italian Christmas with antipasto, stuffed shells, piles of meatballs and sausage and sfogliatella for dessert but SWMBO says ham every year.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 06:26:01 pm
content: I'll probably be eating turkey with my family but not by choice. I'm not keen on turkey, it's all right but I'd choose venison for my Christmas meal.

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 06:34:34 pm
content: Quote from: GreyWoolfe on December 20, 2015, 06:14:40 pmYou could do meatballs as hors d'oeuvres. You could still do that dessert. Offer multiple desserts if necessary, that is always OK.

author: Augustus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 06:45:21 pm
content: How about a Christmas BBQ in the garden? We had +16°C today, at about ~750m above sea level in the Black Forest... Un-be-lievable... Snow? What's that?!?

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 07:07:09 pm
content: sparrow

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 07:30:12 pm
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 20, 2015, 07:07:09 pmWhy? So little meat, even if you grill it whole.Still, will be doing a chicken or three, though I probably will go for some variety and go get some other meat, perhaps some ostrich, or even some nice game. Will also get some butternut bake, those are nice.

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 07:43:18 pm
content: Quote from: SantaClaw on December 20, 2015, 04:21:06 pmAnd is it traditional in Sweden to eat Norwegians at Christmas?Between Christmas eve and day we'll probably be visiting did different houses, so no big traditional meal for us. I'm very much looking forward to the Russian imperial stout my cousin and uncle have brewed, though. Had a bit at thanksgiving, and with 45lbs of grain into ten gallons of beer it's a hell of a drink!

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 09:18:59 pm
content: Quote from: Augustus on December 20, 2015, 06:45:21 pmWe BBQ'd the turkey a few years ago, it was greatToo cold to actually eat it outdoors, though.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 10:38:25 pm
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on December 20, 2015, 09:18:59 pmEven at subfreezing temperatures it would not be a problem if you can afford a large "big green egg" for $1,000 US

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 12:40:54 am
content: Quote from: SeanB on December 20, 2015, 07:30:12 pmIt's free, and I havent got to have turkey for every meal till the middle of February either.

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 01:20:42 am
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 21, 2015, 12:40:54 amDo you have a license for catching those sparrows?

author: jhalar
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 01:27:19 am
content: Roast turkey definitely. And for the turkey haters, lamb cutlets and chicken breast schnitzel.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 01:30:23 am
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 20, 2015, 07:07:09 pmGarry spent too much on equipment this year.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 03:51:32 am
content: Quote from: tautech on December 21, 2015, 01:30:23 amSeen a few benches in the other thread that make me think that if they turned all their old boat anchor gear on, it could cook Christmas dinner.FWIW, my family all congregates at one location, so there's always both ham and turkey. I usually opt for the ham as I've too many memories of Christmas Turkey looking likethis one.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 04:22:40 am
content: If you ever have a chance to try deep fried turkey you'll never want to eat it any other way. Unfortunately it's somewhat difficult to do and requires specialized equipment.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 04:31:45 am
content: Drop it in a Henny Penny ( used by all the fast food chicken places for chicken) and it only takes 20 minutes to do the turkey.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 04:32:15 am
content: Quote from: rdl on December 21, 2015, 04:22:40 amFWIW, I didn't care for it.I don't mind roasted turkey from the deli though (not dried out).

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 04:57:48 am
content: Have you tried Ostrich?

author: stmdude
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 09:09:00 am
content: Quote from: SantaClaw on December 20, 2015, 04:21:06 pmOh, dude, trust me. That's something you need to have been brought up with to appreciate. Take it from a native Swede that lived in Norway for a few years.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 09:52:23 am
content: Turducken?

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 11:49:55 am
content: Quote from: tautech on December 21, 2015, 01:30:23 amIf I ever manage to get out of my bed or be capable of walking again I will be buying more. Right now I am laid up.

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 12:11:44 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on December 21, 2015, 09:52:23 amTurduckenquarrowmmingbird

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 03:32:35 pm
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on December 21, 2015, 12:11:44 pm

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 03:50:23 pm
content: I've never got the fashion for stuffing birds with birds with birds. The flavours are far better when separate.

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 04:42:24 pm
content: You've obviously never eaten puffin.Trust me, mixing it with almost anything would improve the flavour.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 06:28:15 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on December 21, 2015, 04:57:48 amLike this?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 06:47:36 pm
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on December 21, 2015, 04:42:24 pmIs it as bad as Ibis?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadada_ibisOr these little guys..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadada_ibis

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 06:49:17 pm
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 21, 2015, 11:49:55 amGet well soon mate.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 06:54:11 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on December 21, 2015, 04:57:48 amIts really delicious. Have you tried emu?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 07:07:57 pm
content: Quote from: coppice on December 21, 2015, 06:54:11 pmGot a nice fresh ostrich egg in the fridge, just for Christmas. Might get some of the cousin of the layer to go with it as well. Emu is a lot smaller than ostrich.

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 07:26:43 am
content: I had turducken once. It was nice, but I didn't really see the point of having them all together. I'd have rather had them separate.I've had Ostrich burgers before which were nice. Haven't had it for a long time though.Not sure what my family are having this year, but I'm going to get some pork pies today just in case.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 08:02:44 am
content: Quote from: SeanB on December 21, 2015, 07:07:57 pmIts a lot more practical for a family roast.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 08:30:06 am
content: Personally I think the world would be better of if we had dodo for xmas. Far less hassle and decision making to be done.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 08:31:13 am
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 22, 2015, 08:30:06 amChristmas lunch, Jurassic Park edition.

author: jmegar324
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 08:32:37 am
content: Go with the duck to teach Scrooge McDuck a lesson about greed.

author: Seekonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 02:21:36 pm
content: Back to cooking turkey. My wife has one meal of turkey and I get the leftovers for two weeks. I cook a turkey upside down, this holds the juices that drop down. Cooking temp is 200F for several hours more than suggested. It is done when the turkey collapses. At this point the meat falls off the bones with no effort. The meat is packed in bins and carcass thrown out within 5 minutes of removal from the oven. I like it diner style smothered in gravy. And the gravy is thickened with dried potato flakes.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2015, 12:36:02 am
content: Turkey and chicken. We are lucky this Christmas, as it is expected to be a mild 33 degrees centigrade day, compared to the 42 degrees centigrade last Saturday."I'm Dreaming of White Christmas" is irrelevant in Australia when people are out there fighting bush fires, or just keeping flies away from the barbecue on a hot day. I like listening to radio. Each Christmas, I try to get though without even hearing that nauseous John Lennon tune "So this is Christmas... What have you done?" Never succeeded in 30 years. Maybe one day. But at least they don't play anything from Justin Beiber's Christmas Album. The best thing about Boxing Day is the kitsch Christmas music ends. I do like some hymns though because they are the reason of the season. Except in Churches, there is little evidence that Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Christ. Commercialism has taken over. Our biggest department store Myer summed it up in their advertising, "Myer is Christmas. Christmas is Myer."Christmas lunch is a big thing here. Charities put on put on a big Christmas lunch for the homeless in Melbourne. Some people even invite strangers to share Christmas lunch with them.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2015, 04:36:20 am
content: Quote from: VK3DRB on December 23, 2015, 12:36:02 am

author: matseng
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2015, 04:45:53 am
content: Swedish christmas = Mustard glazed baked ham, meatballs, beetroot sallad, and maybe some salmon (no reconstituted dried fish - lutfisk - for me thanks)

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2015, 05:07:17 am
content: Quote from: VK3DRB on December 23, 2015, 12:36:02 amFunny, that very song was on my radio while I was reading your post. Don't think I've heard that one much this year.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2015, 10:07:26 pm
content: Well, thank you for all of the ideas but we decided to have a bit of a compromise due to the costs involved (have you seen the price of goose and duck). The girlfriend is having a goose leg and I'm having a large piece of turkey breast but they will be cooking together in the same tray so we expect some mingling of the flavors. Add a large heap of roast potatoes and a bit of vegetables and we're done, the cats get the leftovers.Oh yeah, and lots of chocolate.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 01:19:01 am
content: I just got back from the grocery. They had hams for 99 cents a pound. I bought $8.20 worth. That's what I'll be having.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 05:12:13 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on December 23, 2015, 10:07:26 pmGoose is easy, just have to go outside and catch one......

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 05:23:52 am
content: Quote from: matseng on December 23, 2015, 04:45:53 amDo you just dip ham slices in mustard and bake or you marinade it for a few hours before baking ?

author: matseng
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 05:57:21 am
content: Quote from: Bud on December 24, 2015, 05:23:52 amThe ham is put in salty brine for a couple of days/weeks and then baked in the oven with a mix of breadrumbs and mustard on top. Then sliced into thinish slices and eaten with boiled potatoes. Some eat it with an extra dollop of mustard.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 07:12:05 am
content: Quote from: SeanB on December 24, 2015, 05:12:13 amLikewise here with turkey's.Easy at night if you can find one roosting on a fence or low branch.Sneak up and give it a firm hug and he's yours.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 08:36:53 am
content: Quote from: tautech on December 24, 2015, 07:12:05 amUh huh, you telling us something ?

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 08:58:18 am
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 24, 2015, 08:36:53 amNot at all Garry, not until you tell us what you do with sparrows.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 09:13:16 am
content: Quote from: tautech on December 24, 2015, 08:58:18 amNot a lot, I kind of like our feathered friends flying free. Now about you pulling this bird for xmas ...

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 09:19:07 am
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 24, 2015, 09:13:16 amThe Gobbler or the Hen?

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 09:24:32 am
content: Quote from: tautech on December 24, 2015, 09:19:07 ameither, both, just tell all to uncle Garry, you know it will make you feel a lot better

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 09:32:06 am
content: Quote from: Deathwish on December 24, 2015, 09:24:32 amYou already have mate, still laughing.Have a good one Garry, enjoy your tasty sparrow and I'm off to bed now as Santa is drawing near....only 90 minutes till he comes.......

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 10:08:34 am
content: Quote from: tautech on December 24, 2015, 09:32:06 amyou and all the other Aussies n Kiwis have a good one , will see you after the stroke of midnight when it is all over.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 12:20:29 pm
content: Quote from: matseng on December 23, 2015, 04:45:53 amI do ham as well — I usually do Christmas dinner for 10-12 people, and European ovens are too small for turkeys large enough to feed that many people! I do a glaze of apricot jam mixed with hot mustard and a pinch of ground cloves (I'm too lazy to stud the ham with whole cloves).Quote from: matseng on December 23, 2015, 04:45:53 amWell, lutefisk isn't just "reconstituted dried fish". Rehydrated salt cod is absolutely delicious. Lutefisk, on the other hand, is salt cod soaked in freaking lye, literally undergoing a saponification reaction. Never tried it, though I hear it's an acquired taste!

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 01:50:46 pm
content: Well, went out today and got the Xmas meat, some Ostrich wors and some chops, Springbok. All from the local supermarket, couldn't be arsed to drive the 30km to the other butcher to get something like Wildebeest or some Gemsbok or Kudu, though they are very nice. No turkey as my friend really dislikes it, so not going to make him ill, instead we will also have some Gammon and other. As Asparagus is in season I will also do some stuffed asparagus and some stuffed mushrooms. Should have enough garlic to do them all.

author: rjeberhardt
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 02:18:47 pm
content: Popped over the border into Spain yesterday and bought some wild boar, venison, and guinea fowl capon so we are spoiled for choice. Might be able to eat outside as it reached 20 C in the garden yesterdayRussell.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2015, 10:24:29 pm
content: Quote from: matseng on December 24, 2015, 05:57:21 amOh, I see, thanks. Sounds easy enough to try at home.