a turkey free zone

[art b]

no turkey in our gaff this xmas...

Although i do cook a particularly good turkey n chickens
steam roasted in a sealed steel casserole dish,
on a vegetable trivet with a half bottle of white wine ,
with herb butter under the skin...

This xmas..
im doing a 10lb joint of pulled pork ,cost £12
cooked in a slow cooker for 5hrs on xmas eve,
with a cajun rub and some scrumpy cider under it
the skin will be grilled to make some crunchy crackling...

then i will shread it all and return to the slow cooker with the juices and some herb butter through it,
it will be served in a yorkshire pudding with all the trimmings pigs n stuffing in bacon,sprouts,parsnips,etc
roasties par boiled the day before and stored dry in the fridge then deep fat cooked to brown,

all of this time saved will give me and the family[the kids are in their 20's]
time to go to the local in the morning for a festive tipple...
all in all it will turn out better than most turkeys people are planning to ruin,
and will cost half as much,

must admit im lookin forward to it ....

[F Body]

Wild and Woolly on Boxing Day Art

[art b]

yup will deffo be there again....

iv'e only missed one in 18 yrs...
that was 2 yrs ago when it was in coventry...

its proper xmas tradition.....
no made up santas n bizarre religious stories..

[art b]

Quoting: F Body

Wild and Woolly  on Boxing Day Art  

nice find on that vid marti ...ive not seen that before ...

are you coming up ?

[Roadkill]

Quoting: art b

pulled pork

Mmmmmm

[Andy]

Sounds nice Art! Would love to try something a bit different from turkey but my old mans a bit of a traditionalist and won't order off the menu!

[F Body]

Quoting: art b

are you coming up ?

Yep

Is it 11am start

[Jo]

Sounds lovely we don't have turkey either, we've decided to have an indoor picnic on Christams day, so we are having cheeses, breads, cured meats, home made sausage rolls & pork pies, chilli jams, pickles etc, make it more fun

[art b]

Quoting: F Body

Yep  

Is it 11am start

cool text me ...

i hope the weather dies down a bit ....

[art b]

Quoting: Jo

Sounds lovely  we don't have turkey either, we've decided to have an indoor picnic on Christams day, so we are having cheeses, breads, cured meats, home made sausage rolls & pork pies, chilli jams, pickles etc, make it more fun

a good idea...we often have that for dinner..with red wine ..

i know someone who is having giant english breakfasts for xmas dinner ...

now that could catch on...surely one of the best meals you can have

[Roadkill]

Quoting: art b

i know someone who is having giant english breakfasts for xmas dinner ...

Best idea yet !

[FUBAR]

Quoting: art b

i know someone who is having giant english breakfasts for xmas dinner ...

Seeing as lunchtime is about when I get up on Xmas day that sounds like an excellent Idea.

All served in a Huge Plate-sized Yorkshire Pudding

[Jo]

Quoting: FUBAR

All served in a Huge Plate-sized Yorkshire Pudding

Now your talking, top hat yorkies are the best

[FUBAR]

Quoting: Jo

Now your talking, top hat yorkies are the best

Here you go Jo, saw this the other day on my brother's facebook page

[art b]

imagine seeing that ...with a hangover

[art b]

Quoting: art b

This xmas..
im doing a 10lb joint of pulled pork ,cost £12
cooked in a slow cooker for 5hrs on xmas eve

10lb of pork is soaking in a sugar herb /garlic and salt brine for 24 hrs...

[Incursus]

Quoting: art b

m doing a 10lb joint of pulled pork ,cost £12
cooked in a slow cooker for 5hrs.....it will be served in a yorkshire pudding

Had than on Sunday   Though 5lb for £3.40, still got half of it in the freezer.


Out at family for Chistmas and Boxing Day but doing a Christmas meal later in the week.  Gonna bashout a turkey breast, fill it with stuffing, roll it up and wrap in a bacon lattice.

Quoting: Jo

cheeses, breads, cured meats, home made sausage rolls & pork pies, chilli jams, pickles etc,

Pretty much our lunch today

[art b]

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[Jo]

Ryan that Yorkie is great I'd have to share it with Paul, but have to give that a go.

[Incursus]

Not Turkey free but came out rather well..


Give your meat a good bashing.....



Mmm Bacon..



add some stuffing (pork, apple, sage, walnut & stuff)



Tie up your Bird..



Had some spare stuffing and bacon..



Should keep us going for a few days

[art b]

looks good ..

our 10lb of pulled pork was barely dented on xmas day...i think we had 7lbleft

we had rolls
with sweet potatoe chips
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and a buffet with it cold,
and have frozen a few lbs to make stir frys with ...