Merry Christmas all. We have already had our Christmas Dinner as son number one works in the mining game FIFO. So on alternate years he has to work Christmas Day, and this year is that year. So we had it last weekend.
Now I only have myself to blame for this Christmas meal. The choices were mine and I obviously got it wrong.
First the Turduckin. Sounds amazing, a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken, stuffed with stuffing. Yeah? It comes in its own foil tray for cooking, and is wrapped in that heat resistent netting. So far so good. We followed the directions completely. First mistake.
General tip, remove it from tray because you end up with a lump of meat simmering in liquid. I would wrap it in foil if I ever had another one, but have an escape hole for the liquid. It never browned and looked really unappetising when I came to carve.
Now the carving. Once you take the netting away, what is inside is lumps of meat of unidentifiable poultry (all except the turkey breast, which we did get to at one end) which just falls apart as you try to cut it. What a disaster.
The only positive, it actually was tender and did taste good. But would never, ever, ever buy another one.
Then there is the ham. I have tried everything to find a ham that tastes like ham, or tastes of anything really. I spent nearly $100 last year on a part leg from a fancy butcher, supposedly made by them - tasteless. This year I bought a ham from a brand sprouting that it was free range, italian process, etc etc, tasteless. I'd started to suspect the diet of stall raised pigs was the problem, obviously not.
So next year the decision is made, a pork roast (although pork also is lacking flavour these days) and possibly a chicken or something along those lines.
Our pud was great, home made, as were the veges and all else on the day.
I hope your meal is tastier than ours was and that everyone has a wonderful day
