Ham vs Turkey
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loudgas
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When lamb is freshly cooked it is amazing. However, I find it doesn't reheat well. The flavour gets gamier as it sits in the fridge. I love lamb, but always cook just enough to eat, no leftovers.
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Screamfeeder
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Lamb leftovers are good once reduced a bit. I will make a full frenched rack for the lady and I and we will have at least a few left over. The next day if you slice the meat off the bone and pan fry it in some liquid rice/risotto or a good sauce (I use a mint mustard sauce) it is still delicious. But you can't let that sit in the fridge for more than a day or it just turns into the worlds worst jerky.
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Borzak
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Normally ham. Having steak this year, non traditional Christmas meal. I've eat duck a number of times on Christmas when I could hunt, not a fan of geese of any variety. Canvasbuck duck and dressing is fantastic. Shit they life off of eating wild celery all their life.
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ToeMissile
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Smoked turkey + another protein for thanksgiving, prime rib for christmas. I've never had goose, but duck and lamb are both great. Unfortunately, the family isn't a collective fan.
Rezz
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For having turkey stay moist, unless you -need- to carve off the carcass during the meal like a 1950's postcard, breaking it down before roasting is the way to go. Cooks faster, you don't need to keep fucking with it over the course of several hours, and it won't dry out the parts that are typically less greasy (breasts etc).
Had a chef one year (decade ago or so now) they insisted we cook whole turkeys without precarving for a Thanksgiving menu; we got in at like 10am so we could serve for dinner, and every cook got several hours overtime. That same year the sous chef decided "hey fuck this guy" and we broke it down before. Took 2 hours from start to done and everyone left early on Xmas Eve because it wasn't a nightmare to clean up.
Long story short, fuck working in the hospitality industry, and break down your turkey before.
Had a chef one year (decade ago or so now) they insisted we cook whole turkeys without precarving for a Thanksgiving menu; we got in at like 10am so we could serve for dinner, and every cook got several hours overtime. That same year the sous chef decided "hey fuck this guy" and we broke it down before. Took 2 hours from start to done and everyone left early on Xmas Eve because it wasn't a nightmare to clean up.
Long story short, fuck working in the hospitality industry, and break down your turkey before.
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Julian The Apostate
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My family always did pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day. I always thought that everyone ate that on New Years day but it’s probably very regional.
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BrutulTM
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I can't believe it took this long for someone to post the correct answer. The best thing we ever did as a family was switch from ham or turkey to prime rib on Christmas. There's no comparison.
I walked by the meat counter at the local grocery store yesterday and there were prime rib roasts sitting on every flat surface getting prepped so I think it's pretty popular around here.
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Here, too. You have to order prime rib a month in advance here. I like it, but we do it a few times a year, so it doesn't feel special. We grow our own geese, so it's a special thing to dress one for a holiday meal.
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Chanur
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I miss Christmas tamales. The Mexican ladies pushing the ice cream carts around selling tamales. Do want. My wife thinks I am crazy but she grew up in Louisiana and never got to experience that deliciousness growing up.
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Screamfeeder
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I'm getting started on ours right now! If I could make em for the whole board I would. Everyone needs Christmas Tamales.
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Turkey: Brine, spatchcock, butter and herbs under the skin, 1 hour in the green egg. Win.
Ham: Yes. Win.
There is no losing here.
Ham: Yes. Win.
There is no losing here.
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