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Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

Stokkie said:
A tip for roasting goose or duck is to prick the skin then roast on a wire rack or trivet set inside a roasting tin. Pour off the fat during the cooking. The legs should be covered in foil or or cut off and cooked separately. Keep the fat as it makes wonderful roast potatoes. Geese are expensive, so buy well before Christmas and freeze the bird before careful thawing. It is a dark meat with a strong favour, but won't be dry.

Duck is easy to get, try a free range one. If it is wild - a shot bird, then look for pellets. Wild duck can taste fishy or muddy to some. For goose a farm or game dealer is best, they take a long time to grow.
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if the shooter is sticking to the law the shot should be none lead
  • wildfowlers must abide by the law and meet the standards described in this code, and show respect for the countryside, due regard to health
  • The use of lead shot for all wildfowling has been made illegal in England and Wales, and for all shooting on or over wetlands (including foreshore) in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
nothing worse than eating a bird full of shot:(
 
I remember the annual trip with my brothers into Birmingham city centre on the bus to see the Christmas lights and look at the window displays in the big department stores. Just before Christmas in 1968, we were taken into town in the late afternoon to see "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Although it was completely clear when we went into the cinema, it stated snowing hard while we were inside. when we came out into the dark night there was heavy snow on the ground and it was still falling. Being shown around the Christmas lights and shop displays in that atmosphere as a kid was truly magical. - Of course, if you could take a modern-day LED or fibre-optic light display back to that time you'd cause a sensation. You'd have people queuing around the block to see it.
 
Dinger said:
I remember the annual trip with my brothers into Birmingham city centre on the bus to see the Christmas lights and look at the window displays in the big department stores. Just before Christmas in 1968, we were taken into town in the late afternoon to see "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Although it was completely clear when we went into the cinema, it stated snowing hard while we were inside. when we came out into the dark night there was heavy snow on the ground and it was still falling. Being shown around the Christmas lights and shop displays in that atmosphere as a kid was truly magical. - Of course, if you could take a modern-day LED or fibre-optic light display back to that time you'd cause a sensation. You'd have people queuing around the block to see it.
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the barra boys carts all lit up with tilly lamps facinated me
 
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