Christmas dinner - turkey or something else?

[WeeGranny]

It'll depend on whether DS manages to find a turkey this year or not! He did last year and we enjoyed it though I think he was fed up with looking at left over meat by the time it was finished! We used to have a proper Scottish steak pie at Christmas and Roast beef for New Year. Have never been able to replicate my Mum's roast beef though and neither has my DB!

DD and family have whatever they want on Christmas day, so it could be a steak for one, spag bol for another . The butcher thinks it's hilarious when she goes in with her Christmas order!

[Daisy]

WeeGranny your proper Scottish steak pie sounds wonderful. Is it a WG family tradition or a general Scottish one?

I can just imagine your DD's butcher's face with a Christmas order like that. Do they each cook their own meal or does DD or her OH make them all?

[WeeGranny]

Daisy, Steak pie was a tradition with most families when I was a child. I can remember taking the empty pie dish, with name on a piece of elastoplast on the bottom, to the butcher's. Then we would go back on Christmas Eve, or Hogmanay, and collect the completed pie ready to warm up next day. Sometimes it was still warm when you collected it! The shelves were full of pies of different sizes!

I' m not sure who does the cooking in DD's house. Probably all muck in, but I know she does pigs in blankets and stuffing too, whatever they're having. DD told one of his exes that I always cooked pigs in blankets no matter what meat we were having. She was not best pleased when she found out I didn't.

[Qwerty]

Sounds like we are hosting Christmas Day for Dd and family she sort of nominated me 🤷♀️So it will be turkey crown for us with all the trimmings, DS is having in laws this year so they will be coming to us Boxing Day to help eat left overs

[Daisy]

Wee Granny - what a lovely tradition. And a whole lot less hassle for the family chef - usually Mum in those days, I suppose. I'd willingly give up on turkey for one of those pies.

Qwerty - I'm sure you'll have a fabulous Christmas dinner and a lovely day. Leftovers are a must for Boxing Day!

[Nana]

WG what a lovely image you conjured up. What a super memory & tradition. I can almost smell the pies cooking. Just one question ... how did your name on the elastoplast on the bottom of your dish stay on in the hot oven?😉😊

Qwerty you're soon on duty again. I know you'll love it tho.

[Gemini]

Nana I presume it was the fabric type of Elastoplast