What's All This Turkey Malarkey?

Ah. Maybe it's a Thanks-giving turkey. But, WTF, the same rules apply!

"Arnold" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it

about

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time that people cooked something more different and adventurous for
Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your

house

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any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 12:59:25p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Arnold?

Quoted message said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it
about time that people cooked something more different and adventurous
for Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your
house any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress
them by cooking a turkey?

We do prime rib roast of beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Arnold said:

Ah. Maybe it's a Thanks-giving turkey. But, WTF, the same rules apply!

"Arnold" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it

about

Quoted message said:

time that people cooked something more different and adventurous for
Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your

house

Quoted message said:

any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

Neither-either here. Thanksgiving is lamb and Christmas is ham.
So nanny, nanny!
Picky

Arnold said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it about
time that people cooked something more different and adventurous for
Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your house
any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

What do you mean Christmas turkey? I thought roast beef was the thing
for Christmas. Yeah, rib roast and yorkshire pudding, idn't it?

Here, we tend to choose among a few different 'special' meals for
Christmas. If not the roast, then the next likeliest is Chinese roast
duck (bought from Chinatown deli). Tried a goose one year but botched
it. One very special year it was red and green (toppings) pizzas at
the request of a visiting college student. Repeating the Thanksgiving
menu is not in the cards. -aem

aem said:

Arnold said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it about
time that people cooked something more different and adventurous for
Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your house
any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

What do you mean Christmas turkey? I thought roast beef was the thing
for Christmas. Yeah, rib roast and yorkshire pudding, idn't it?

Here, we tend to choose among a few different 'special' meals for
Christmas. If not the roast, then the next likeliest is Chinese roast
duck (bought from Chinatown deli). Tried a goose one year but botched
it. One very special year it was red and green (toppings) pizzas at
the request of a visiting college student. Repeating the Thanksgiving
menu is not in the cards. -aem

we do turkey on thanksgiving and ham on xmas. and I make soup the day
after both 🙂 (turkey noodle and ham and bean, respectively)

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
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Quoted message said:

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your

house

Quoted message said:

any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

No f'n turkey in our Christmas

Christmas eve its FISH... tons of it.. squid, shrimp, some sort of white
fish, oysters and anything else we can find at the market that swims and
looks good. And the girls eat spaghetti with tuna sauce (ick for me, and all
of the males in the family but the girls like it)

Then Prime Rib of Beef for our Christmas day, alternated with leg o lamb
year to year.

Of course thanksgiving is a bird of a different feather.

Larry T

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 12:59:25p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Arnold?

Quoted message said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it
about time that people cooked something more different and adventurous
for Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your
house any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress
them by cooking a turkey?

We do prime rib roast of beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

ooooh, that sounds wonderful, Wayne! We do Ham for Christmas.

Elaine, too

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 03:54:15p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Elaine
Parrish?

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 12:59:25p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Arnold?

Quoted message said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it
about time that people cooked something more different and adventurous
for Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your
house any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress
them by cooking a turkey?

We do prime rib roast of beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

ooooh, that sounds wonderful, Wayne! We do Ham for Christmas.

Elaine, too

We do the ham at Easter. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Arnold said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it about
time that people cooked something more different and adventurous for
Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your house
any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

It's a Christmas tradition. Turkey used to be expensive, so having turkey was a
special treat. Besides, who is trying to impress anyone with culinary feats at
Christmas. Aside from the turkey being a tradition, it is also traditionally a
family gathering.

Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner = turkey

Wayne Boatwright <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in
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Quoted message said:

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 12:59:25p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Arnold?

Quoted message said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it
about time that people cooked something more different and adventurous
for Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your
house any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress
them by cooking a turkey?

We do prime rib roast of beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

We do the tradional Turkey tingy. It has to be good. This year we're doing
a ham. I was gonna do a brisket in addition but changed the plan. The cost
of the brisket was higher than I wanted to spend.

The neighbors, that I adore, have grandchildren this year. They spend time
in the yard. The dogs hate them.

Michael
The Jewish Niece of the S.o. wants ham. Bless her soul.

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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 03:54:15p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Elaine
Parrish?

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

We do prime rib roast of beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

ooooh, that sounds wonderful, Wayne! We do Ham for Christmas.

Elaine, too

We do the ham at Easter. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

We have roast. So, there you go!

It's an odd thing I have noticed in the last few years, but Southerners
don't seem to "do" Easter the way Northerners "do" Easter. It doesn't seem
to be a Holiday that is a big family gathering like Thanksgiving or
Christmas. The Biblebelt folk went to church 3 or 4 or 5 times starting
with Sunrise service, the Preachin' in the Park service, regular church,
and Evening worship. shew! We'd race home, wolf down the roast cooking
in the oven, nap for an hour, and then, whoever had little kids, would get
together with friends and/or family with little kids for an Easter egg
hunt and then back to church for Evening Worship. geez.

Many of my Northern friends talked about it being a day much like
Thanksgiving, where everybody cooked for days and then gathered at
someone's house for a festive day.

I no longer go to church 3, 4, or 5 times, I don't have to hide Easter
eggs anymore, and I sure don't need another day where I have to cook for
days on end for assorted friends and relatives! <g>.

Elaine, too

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 04:46:10p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Elaine
Parrish?

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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Wed 23 Nov 2005 03:54:15p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Elaine
Parrish?

Quoted message said:

On 23 Nov 2005, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>
> We do prime rib roast of beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿* _____________________________________________
>
> A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
>
ooooh, that sounds wonderful, Wayne! We do Ham for Christmas.

Elaine, too

We do the ham at Easter. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

We have roast. So, there you go!

It's an odd thing I have noticed in the last few years, but Southerners
don't seem to "do" Easter the way Northerners "do" Easter. It doesn't
seem to be a Holiday that is a big family gathering like Thanksgiving or
Christmas. The Biblebelt folk went to church 3 or 4 or 5 times starting
with Sunrise service, the Preachin' in the Park service, regular church,
and Evening worship. shew! We'd race home, wolf down the roast cooking
in the oven, nap for an hour, and then, whoever had little kids, would
get together with friends and/or family with little kids for an Easter
egg hunt and then back to church for Evening Worship. geez.

I remember it being like that. :-)

Quoted message said:

Many of my Northern friends talked about it being a day much like
Thanksgiving, where everybody cooked for days and then gathered at
someone's house for a festive day.

In many cases, in the North, many celebrations have strong European ethnic
roots, which I think accounts for the elaborate preparations. I lived in
NE Ohio for many years, and many of the people I knew would do this. I
learned a lot of new food traditions, many of which I now make myself.

Quoted message said:

I no longer go to church 3, 4, or 5 times, I don't have to hide Easter
eggs anymore, and I sure don't need another day where I have to cook for
days on end for assorted friends and relatives! <g>.

Me, too! It's a much more relaxed holiday for me now.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Arnold said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't it about
time that people cooked something more different and adventurous for
Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your house
any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

I usually end up having multiple Christmas dinners (divorced parents, cocktail
parties for friends etc) so every year I like to mix it up, lamb, prime rib,
crown roast of pork, ham, and some sort of fake meat for the ever present
vegetarians who seem to always be lurking around.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

LT said:

Quoted message said:

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to your

house

Quoted message said:

any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to impress them by
cooking a turkey?

No f'n turkey in our Christmas

Christmas eve its FISH... tons of it.. squid, shrimp, some sort of white
fish, oysters and anything else we can find at the market that swims and
looks good. And the girls eat spaghetti with tuna sauce (ick for me, and all
of the males in the family but the girls like it)

Then Prime Rib of Beef for our Christmas day, alternated with leg o lamb
year to year.

Of course thanksgiving is a bird of a different feather.

Larry T

Oh, this has me yearning for my mom's christmas boulliabase (sp??). We would
eat that on christmas eve and then go to midnight mass. Maybe this is the year
I make it...

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

sarah bennett said:

we do turkey on thanksgiving and ham on xmas. and I make soup the day
after both 🙂 (turkey noodle and ham and bean, respectively)

Same here!

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Curly Sue said:

sarah bennett said:

we do turkey on thanksgiving and ham on xmas. and I make soup the day

Quoted message said:

after both 🙂 (turkey noodle and ham and bean, respectively)

Same here!

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

I like a big beef roast on Christmas and rather like the occasioanl
Wellington, but have an "elderly relative" who insists on purchasing the
very inexspensive frozen turkeys available this time of year in most
major American metropolitan areas, she gets 2 at about 5 dollars apiece
usually between 15 - 20 pounds. She always makes a stock (and actually
likes frozen stock) from the carcasses and for her it would be an
affront to her frugality not to take advantage of the sale. One will be
cooked soon and the other stuck away in her deep freeze for another day.

Plus its a joy for me to help her cook them and turn them into stock and
various other dishes. I introduced her to curry and now shes hooked on
the Asian forms. She makes very good soups.
---
JL

Curly Sue said:

sarah bennett said:

we do turkey on thanksgiving and ham on xmas. and I make soup the day
after both 🙂 (turkey noodle and ham and bean, respectively)

Same here!

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

I dont actually make the holiday meals, but since my SIL doesnt cook, i
get the carcasses to make soup 🙂 they think im nuts. I think the soup
is the best part!

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

sarah bennett <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in
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aem said:

Arnold said:

So, what's going on with all this Christmas turkey malarkey? Isn't
it about time that people cooked something more different and
adventurous for Christmas?

Come on! Let's face it, if you invited a group of people over to
your house any other time of the year, surely you wouldn't try to
impress them by cooking a turkey?

What do you mean Christmas turkey? I thought roast beef was the
thing for Christmas. Yeah, rib roast and yorkshire pudding, idn't
it?

Here, we tend to choose among a few different 'special' meals for
Christmas. If not the roast, then the next likeliest is Chinese
roast duck (bought from Chinatown deli). Tried a goose one year but
botched it. One very special year it was red and green (toppings)
pizzas at the request of a visiting college student. Repeating the
Thanksgiving menu is not in the cards. -aem

we do turkey on thanksgiving and ham on xmas. and I make soup the day
after both 🙂 (turkey noodle and ham and bean, respectively)

If I have leftovers, ham and been soup is the deal. Gawd I can't wait. I
will also have some turkey stock from the carcass. Yowser... the foods be
good this year. Xmas is at mom's. It'll be beef. Most likely a rib roast
with boxed and jarred stuff.

Michael

--
....Bacteria: The rear entrance to a cafeteria.

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now owns all keyboards and computing devices in the household and has the
final say on what is, or is not, posted.
Send email to dog30 at charter dot net

On 23 Nov 2005 21:03:34 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
<[email hidden]> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

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We do prime rib roast of beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

As all right-thinking people do, of course! And we're ordering a $$$
one from Allen Bros. this year. If their prime rib roast is half as
good as their steaks, or even 1/4 as good as their steaks, we'll have
family sneaking leftovers (assuming there are any) home in their
luggage.

And to all my RFC pals...I've finished my Christmas shopping!!!
Bwahahahaha!!!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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