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Gandahar said:
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Never again. Still eating the stupid thing as bits shoved into the freezer are coming out whilst I work out how to actually make them tasty........
I love turkey.Never again. Still eating the stupid thing as bits shoved into the freezer are coming out whilst I work out how to actually make them tasty........
Very different flavour to chicken. I use plenty of butter and seasoning when cooking mine.
Turkey sandwiches with plenty of mayo are lovely.
Last year made a turkey and ham pie with tarragon that went down a storm too, plus some coronation turkey. But haven't ordered as much for this Christmas.
It's not something I eat most of the year - Christmas tradition...eating very much more vegetarian stuff these days and on the odd occasion when meat's high up the menu, there aren't enough in the house to make buying a proper bird sensible. We do occasionally have the turkey ready roasts though (my boys like them).
miniman said:
Looks fab. I’m never quite sure about pork cooked slightly rare.
Few years ago I would be 100% in agreement but having spent a lot of time in Spain where medium pork seem the norm it has become a revelation.Medium-well is the way forward. Rare pork IHO tastes really crap and well done is like pap.
This was mine. A little rarer than Mrs21 but wow, for generic supermarket pork it was good.
21TonyK said:
miniman said:
Looks fab. I’m never quite sure about pork cooked slightly rare.
Few years ago I would be 100% in agreement but having spent a lot of time in Spain where medium pork seem the norm it has become a revelation.Medium-well is the way forward. Rare pork IHO tastes really crap and well done is like pap.
This was mine. A little rarer than Mrs21 but wow, for generic supermarket pork it was good.
Murph7355 said:
I love turkey.
Very different flavour to chicken. I use plenty of butter and seasoning when cooking mine.
Turkey sandwiches with plenty of mayo are lovely.
Last year made a turkey and ham pie with tarragon that went down a storm too, plus some coronation turkey. But haven't ordered as much for this Christmas.
It's not something I eat most of the year - Christmas tradition...eating very much more vegetarian stuff these days and on the odd occasion when meat's high up the menu, there aren't enough in the house to make buying a proper bird sensible. We do occasionally have the turkey ready roasts though (my boys like them).
You start off by sayingVery different flavour to chicken. I use plenty of butter and seasoning when cooking mine.
Turkey sandwiches with plenty of mayo are lovely.
Last year made a turkey and ham pie with tarragon that went down a storm too, plus some coronation turkey. But haven't ordered as much for this Christmas.
It's not something I eat most of the year - Christmas tradition...eating very much more vegetarian stuff these days and on the odd occasion when meat's high up the menu, there aren't enough in the house to make buying a proper bird sensible. We do occasionally have the turkey ready roasts though (my boys like them).
"very different flavour to chicken"
In what way?
Your examples after that don't just talk about the turkey but adding extra ingredients ..
" I use plenty of butter and seasoning"
" with plenty of mayo"
(probably damning in itself, why not just eat turkey sandwiches? )
"Last year made a turkey and ham pie with tarragon that went down a storm too"
That sounds really good. But you had to add the ham and tarragon."
Is there any turkey meal that doesn't need something adding to make it tasty?
My point is the answer is no. It is dry and tasteless compared to all other meats you generally get in the UK .
21TonyK said:
miniman said:
Looks fab. I’m never quite sure about pork cooked slightly rare.
Few years ago I would be 100% in agreement but having spent a lot of time in Spain where medium pork seem the norm it has become a revelation.Medium-well is the way forward. Rare pork IHO tastes really crap and well done is like pap.
This was mine. A little rarer than Mrs21 but wow, for generic supermarket pork it was good.
This is one of those pushing the envelope style things though against the old days.
Gandahar said:
And after what I said about turkey you can guess I think no matter how well you cook pork to stop it drying out it still doesn't have much taste. Like turkey.
I don't like animals becoming just a "filler".
Might be worth experimenting. I've never found pork or even turkey bland. Neither is a particularly strong flavour but then neither is chicken.I don't like animals becoming just a "filler".
21TonyK said:
Gandahar said:
And after what I said about turkey you can guess I think no matter how well you cook pork to stop it drying out it still doesn't have much taste. Like turkey.
I don't like animals becoming just a "filler".
Might be worth experimenting. I've never found pork or even turkey bland. Neither is a particularly strong flavour but then neither is chicken.I don't like animals becoming just a "filler".
Coronation turkey based on a Colmans cheese sauce packet? Oh yeah! Now that's experimentation.
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I'd still rather have the guinea fowl, one per person.
Edited by Gandahar on Wednesday 11th December 21:51
Gandahar said:
Is there any turkey meal that doesn't need something adding to make it tasty?
My point is the answer is no. It is dry and tasteless compared to all other meats you generally get in the UK .
Completely agree, turkey is poor as a meat to be savoured. Only good as a 'filler' with other ingredients.My point is the answer is no. It is dry and tasteless compared to all other meats you generally get in the UK .
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