Got me goose...

[Glutton4...]

Think we must be related Bride - can't have too much! I'm a confirmed carnivore.

I was lead to believe that it was the Americans who introduced us to Turkey, as a link to their Thanksgiving, and that the traditional British Christmas, originally old Pagan midwinter feast should be Beef Wellington - that's what we're having this year, at my insistence even though I love Turkey. We usually have Turkey at Easter or my Dad's birthday, which are around the same time.

For those having Venison - enjoy, sadly my OH doesn't like it.

Bronze Turkeys are the Black feathered ones, I think.

[snuffer]

PMSL @ hagga bagga ( a russian witch) whats a 'bronze' turkey? was it dipped in alloy?

As far as I'm aware, bronze is the breed.

As I have hinted at in the past, witch sums up the Hagga Bagga very well. I'm talking the fairy tale evil old crone type witch here. I know it sounds awful but she really is one of the most unpleasant people I have ever come accross.

[sewer rat]

I'm hoping to get a couple of geese on Sunday morning - maybe some ducks and a couple of pheasant / partridge too.

[madmax]

As far as I'm aware, bronze is the breed.

As I have hinted at in the past, witch sums up the Hagga Bagga very well. I'm talking the fairy tale evil old crone type witch here. I know it sounds awful but she really is one of the most unpleasant people I have ever come accross.

My dad said two things to me many moons ago:
1) Look at the mother in law. That's your wife in 20 years.
2) Look at the state of her bedroom. That will be the state of your house.

At the time I was too busy looking at the girl. Not the bedroom floor. Or the hagga bagga... Fortunately, the house might be 'disorganised', but fair play to the MIL... She taught Shirls to cook. A veritable feast awaits this year. A medieval feast. Yards of mead, roast meat being cut with knives and eaten with bread from wooden bowls, a roaring log fire, buxom serving wenches with heaving bosoms....

I have asked for goose this crimbo as I feel we are too Americanised anyway - even though I love the country.

[BrideXIII]

As far as I'm aware, bronze is the breed.

As I have hinted at in the past, witch sums up the Hagga Bagga very well. I'm talking the fairy tale evil old crone type witch here. I know it sounds awful but she really is one of the most unpleasant people I have ever come accross.

as far as i know hagga bagga is baba yaga, google it its fun, she has a house on chicken legs.

erm as for unpleasant...... well i am a typical crone too, but unpleasant is........and occupational tool

[Wren]

Goose for me too. It's Yum!!

[beefy]

..... seems an awful lot of faff all that worrying about what meat to eat

At the end of the day what is it ? Leaving aside the religious end of things and the presents -it's a roast dinner .OK it's a big roast dinner but I'll explain .
Some of the shops we supply (Large, well known British,if you need any more clues take the letters S+M and rearange)take a daily delivery of nearly a lorry load of food (thats chilled , frozen and ambient).At the moment thats gone up to 2 full loads each day and the week before Christmas it will be 3 if not 4 loads / day.

Where does it all go ?

Who eats it all?

Why is it that the binmen tell me the first collection of the New Year is the one they hate the most because of all the food thats dumped / wasted?

[BrideXIII]

At the end of the day what is it ? Leaving aside the religious end of things and the presents -it's a roast dinner .OK it's a big roast dinner but I'll explain .
Some of the shops we supply (Large, well known British,if you need any more clues take the letters S+M and rearange)take a daily delivery of nearly a lorry load of food (thats chilled , frozen and ambient).At the moment thats gone up to 2 full loads each day and the week before Christmas it will be 3 if not 4 loads / day.

Where does it all go ?

Who eats it all?

Why is it that the binmen tell me the first collection of the New Year is the one they hate the most because of all the food thats dumped / wasted?

Bah- flippin- humbug ................you are so right, why should we line their pockets, ruin the ecology, and tip bin men? they get paid LOADS, and sulk when they dont get a tip, i know i was married to one LOL, mind you he sulked about everything and felt the world owed him a living?

as for M&S how dare they show ads at 10pm when you really fancy some chocolate.......... those puddings are awesome.

[beefy]

as for M&S how dare they show ads at 10pm when you really fancy some chocolate.......... those puddings are awesome.

I'll let you in on a secret . They taste even better when I get the staff in the shop to buy them for me and get the "staff discount " rate on them .
I know , I know - I'm going
*ducks to avoid pots and pans that BrideXIII's throwing at me*

[BrideXIII]

I'll let you in on a secret . They taste even better when I get the staff in the shop to buy them for me and get the "staff discount " rate on them .
I know , I know - I'm going
*ducks to avoid pots and pans that BrideXIII's throwing at me*

as if i would? all i want you to do is gradually move this way until you are right next to me with that chocolate pudding, and try to sell it to me.........at which point i WILL drool, right before i smash you with the nearest mannikin wearing the lastest in paisley jumpers gotta love M&S bleeeucch

[SarzWix]

In Skipton, our M&S is solely a Food store... No paisley to be seen

[BrideXIII]

In Skipton, our M&S is solely a Food store... No paisley to be seen

they do that? seriously no clothes and big vases that your kids can break and you pay for, just FOOD?

i could almost forgive them!

[SarzWix]

they do that? seriously no clothes and big vases that your kids can break and you pay for, just FOOD?

i could almost forgive them!

Yup, it's called Simply Food, and like a mini supermarket. They did have some clothes in September - school uniform! I haven't been in since then, too tempting!!

[Hilary B]

Goose was traditional from the earliest days, because before everyone lived in towns goose cost very little, and you either grew your own (they eat grass mostly), or joined a 'goose club' which had an arrangement with someone who grew lots of them. Turkey was around in Victorian times (see Dicken's Christmas Carol), but expensive.
Bronze Turkeys are the breed, and the colour of the feathers. There are black feathered turkeys, Norfolk Blacks, they are smaller than the usual commercial types. We have reared Black Turkeys, and geese, for small scale selling (plus our own Christmas dinners).
I inheritted my Mum's approach on meat for the festive season. She used to cook roast pork for Christmas Eve, and there was always a lot left to serve alongside the bird (usually a capon) on Christmas Day.
I usually had venison, (unless there was home-grown goat) for the Eve, and a goose for the Day, when we kept geese. Venison is sometimes a bit dry, Goose is often very fatty. The contrast is good.
A few years we had wild goose. We had to invite the neighbour around, because he shot it<g>