I think it "should" be goose, but I've never actually had goose for Christmas dinner...
For years and years my family had the standard turkey and roast vegetables thingy, and it was always my dad who cooked it (my mum having done the majority of the cooking for the rest of the year). Then a few years ago my dad (who'd never really liked meat*) went vegetarian, and the rest of us all said "Actually, we were never that keen on turkey anyway," so we went and found an interesting-looking veggie thing to do instead (I think it was some kind of nut roast, but nicer than 'nut roast' sounds!). But it wasn't so exciting that we felt we had to have it again next year, so ever since then we've done a different veggie thing each year, which usually means that we all have a frantic panic in mid-December** to find a recipe that looks interesting. (We had a very nice guinness-and-chestnut-and-mushroom pie a couple of years ago, and if nobody's come up with anything better in the Official Christmas Dinner Panic yet, then I might vote to resurrect that.) We're a family in search of a new Christmas dinner tradition!
Whatever it is, though, it has to be accompanied by roast potatoes, roast parsnips, sprouts with chestnuts, and carrots. :-)
* Actually, he doesn't really like food, but he likes meat less than most food.
** Which reminds me. Argh. Must plan Christmas dinner.
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timeasmymeasure
Just to clarify (probably quite boring)
Date: 2006-12-15 10:08 am (UTC)For years and years my family had the standard turkey and roast vegetables thingy, and it was always my dad who cooked it (my mum having done the majority of the cooking for the rest of the year). Then a few years ago my dad (who'd never really liked meat*) went vegetarian, and the rest of us all said "Actually, we were never that keen on turkey anyway," so we went and found an interesting-looking veggie thing to do instead (I think it was some kind of nut roast, but nicer than 'nut roast' sounds!). But it wasn't so exciting that we felt we had to have it again next year, so ever since then we've done a different veggie thing each year, which usually means that we all have a frantic panic in mid-December** to find a recipe that looks interesting. (We had a very nice guinness-and-chestnut-and-mushroom pie a couple of years ago, and if nobody's come up with anything better in the Official Christmas Dinner Panic yet, then I might vote to resurrect that.) We're a family in search of a new Christmas dinner tradition!
Whatever it is, though, it has to be accompanied by roast potatoes, roast parsnips, sprouts with chestnuts, and carrots. :-)
* Actually, he doesn't really like food, but he likes meat less than most food.
** Which reminds me. Argh. Must plan Christmas dinner.