I wasn't going to have turkey for Xmas.
- From: "pammyT" <pam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 22 Dec 2006 11:15:09 -0800
I was planning a nice lazy day all to myself with a roast pork joint,
lots of books and Xmas telly all snuggled up with cats and dogs. Sheer
heaven. My son's Italian partners mother and sisters were coming from
Italy to spend the Xmas break with them and I thought I'd let them have
anice time together. That plus I really like to be alone. So I get a
call the other day to find out that my son will be working xmas day and
his partner cannot cook English food very well. I somehow found myself
offering to come over on the day and cook a traditional English Xmas
dinner.The thing is, because I wasn't planning on a turkey, I didn't
rear one. Luckily my local auction house have an annual sale of
deadstock so I wrapped up well and went out to see what I could get.
Not many birds but a good selection of norfolk black and standard white
turkeys, also geese, ducks, pheasants, partridges and chickens.
I bagged a nice oven ready turkey free ranged and weighing 7 kilos for
£28. Not bad at all.Drove the 8 miles home at 25 mph because of the
very thick fog and left the bird in my car which, I'm sure, is colder
than my 'fridge. Brrrr
Everything will have to be planned meticulously because the reputation
of English traditional food is at stake. I'm cooking for my country on
Xmas day :0)
I wonder what they'll make of stuffing and yorkshire pudding lol.
Yes I know I know, yorkshire pudding for beef, but I love it so we'll
be having it with turkey. I have the fat bacon for the breast, we'll
have carrots and brocolli, cranberry sauce, mashed and roast potatoes
and lashings of thick onion gravy with a sherry trifle for afters since
none of us likes Xmas pudding.And in case there is a little corner of
anyones appetite left, I have a nice xmas cake too.
Merry Christmas/Bueno natale
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