Fogies sheepish Advent Calendar 2021

[Spears]

Turkey is horrible stuff. Always hated it.

Although I had Christmas at home last year for the first time and got a small crown of turkey for the kiddo's, and it wasn't half bad actually. 

I'm sure i'll grab one again this year for them and try a small slice of it to see if it's grown on me

[quickbeam]

So going by last nights standard, turkey shouldn't be considered a Christmas food because if you offered me turkey in July I would eat it.. right @E.N. ???

FWIW, if you offered me turkey in July, I definitely wouldn't eat it.

[Mam of 4]

I love turkey , and if I was out somewhere and it was on the menu I'd order it .

[BuileBeag]

I'd like it noted I did waay better than Trigger but I'm not mentioning it or posting any teasing GIFs cause I'm not petty like *some* people.

[lorcand1990]

So going by last nights standard, turkey shouldn't be considered a Christmas food because if you offered me turkey in July I would eat it.. right @E.N. ???

FWIW, if you offered me turkey in July, I definitely wouldn't eat it.

Vegetarian or not a fan of turkey?

[Kol]

I love turkey , and if I was out somewhere and it was on the menu I'd order it .

I had it last week at a wedding 

[cee_jay]

I love turkey , and if I was out somewhere and it was on the menu I'd order it .

Same, we had turkey for dinner this evening! It was like a mini Christmas dinner - roast turkey breast,, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts and stuffing. Yum!

[BuileBeag]

Krampus! Love it

Trigger did it!!!!

[nothing]

Not too bothered with turkey, though don't mind it on a sandwich. They're are so many nicer roasting birds.

This year I'm going bone-in beef rib roast from the local butcher, and I am very much looking forward to it. Thankfully I'm only catering for myself, so don't have to please anyone else

[Kol]

I love turkey , and if I was out somewhere and it was on the menu I'd order it .

Same, we had turkey for dinner this evening! It was like a mini Christmas dinner - roast turkey breast,, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts and stuffing. Yum!

You lost me at sprouts, devil food

[Leg End Reject]

Same, we had turkey for dinner this evening! It was like a mini Christmas dinner - roast turkey breast,, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts and stuffing. Yum!

You lost me at sprouts, devil food

I bet there will be a sprouts question!

[Mam of 4]

Sprouts? Or as we jokingly call them baby cabbages ! Love them , they taste different depending on how they're cooked though .

[cee_jay]

Sprouts? Or as we jokingly call them baby cabbages ! Love them , they taste different depending on how they're cooked though .

I agree. I did a bacon and brussel sprout hash the other evening, and they were completely different to the ones that I just boiled tonight.

[quickbeam]

FWIW, if you offered me turkey in July, I definitely wouldn't eat it.

Vegetarian or not a fan of turkey?

Both. But even before being vegetarian I didn't care for it. I'd quite like the brown meat, but the white meat was always dry and yukky to me.

[quickbeam]

Sprouts? Or as we jokingly call them baby cabbages ! Love them , they taste different depending on how they're cooked though .

Why is it that I really like cabbage but hate sprouts??

[Trigger]

I'd like it noted I did waay better than Trigger but I'm not mentioning it or posting any teasing GIFs cause I'm not petty like *some* people.

*checks the table that matters*

[Toto Wolfcastle]

I’d just like to point out that I want to have turkey this year and have ordered one but a certain Advent sheep player’s parents are cooking lamb so that’s what I’ll be eating.

[Mam of 4]

Sprouts? Or as we jokingly call them baby cabbages ! Love them , they taste different depending on how they're cooked though .

I agree. I did a bacon and brussel sprout hash the other evening, and they were completely different to the ones that I just boiled tonight.

Very versatile little balls of green goodness they are !

[ari101]

There are nicer things than turkey but my Dad likes it so it gets cooked, I figured more people would do it out of tradition.
Sprouts I could do without, my brother fries them off in butter with smoked bacon lardons, which just about makes them edible

[Trigger]

I love Turkey, I'd eat it all year round.. especially love a carvery that serves turkey and ham all year round nom nom nom..

Sprouts can fuck right off..

And don't even get me started on that bread sauce pile of puke bleugh

[Wichita Lineman]

Thanks to my friend @DejaBoo for getting my answer in I'm holding steady in 25th! Woo hoo! 

[BuileBeag]

Sprouts? Or as we jokingly call them baby cabbages ! Love them , they taste different depending on how they're cooked though .

Every single year as we sit down to eat Christmas dinner my dad says 

"Looks like mam made a balls of the cabbage!" 

Every. Single. Year.

[Mam of 4]

Sprouts? Or as we jokingly call them baby cabbages ! Love them , they taste different depending on how they're cooked though .

Every single year as we sit down to eat Christmas dinner my dad says 

"Looks like mam made a balls of the cabbage!" 

Every. Single. Year.

Enjoy him saying it ☺
The turkey was always called The Beast by my Da , now I find myself saying it .

[Necro]

Back in the game!! I knew well some of ye would be goose or duck or pheasant or some veggie alternative

[E.N.]

You lost me at sprouts, devil food

I bet there will be a sprouts question!

[E.N.]

So going by last nights standard, turkey shouldn't be considered a Christmas food because if you offered me turkey in July I would eat it.. right @E.N. ???

Nope, that just makes you wrong

[Zaph]

I’d just like to point out that I want to have turkey this year and have ordered one but a certain Advent sheep player’s parents are cooking lamb so that’s what I’ll be eating.

It should be noted that I too like turkey and would eat it at any time of the year, but mammy Zaph used up a couple from the flock in the freezer recently and is now sick of cooking them, so its lamb for the first time ever.  There's usually also a whole flock of lamb's legs in the freezer, it's like the bloody Tardis in there.

[jp liz v1]

I love turkey , and if I was out somewhere and it was on the menu I'd order it .

Same 

[jp liz v1]

[davetherave]

Second last, blimey. I don't know what's gone wrong :/

[DvB]

Second last, blimey. I don't know what's gone wrong :/

These people know nothing of Christmas & its traditional ways, that's all  

FTR I fully expect to finish last now as I'm even more crap at this than I thought! 

[E.N.]

Now, whether you're having turkey or not, you need something to go with it. And these guys seem to divide opinion...



#Advent Question 9:
Given the choice, would you like Brussel Sprouts on Christmas Day?
What percentage of players do you think will say yes?

PMs to me before this evening, reveal about 9

...and yes, this was written before you all started chatting about them yesterday

[Leg End Reject]

I knew it! I think my prediction should remove 50 points from my total.

[E.N.]

I knew it! I think my prediction should remove 50 points from my total. 

I've consulted with the executive committee but I'm afraid they said no

[Butty Brennan]

Now, whether you're having turkey or not, you need something to go with it. And these guys seem to divide opinion...



#Advent Question 9:
Given the choice, would you like Brussel Sprouts on Christmas Day?
What percentage of players do you think will say yes?

PMs to me before this evening, reveal about 9

...and yes, this was written before you all started chatting about them yesterday 

There's an ill wind blowing through this thread all of a sudden

[E.N.]

There's an ill wind blowing through this thread all of a sudden

[Trigger]

[BuileBeag]

[Sephiroth_Dude]

This thread is GAS!

*gets coat*

[Neowise]

Never a fan of that 'those who smelt it, dealt it'. Its very victim blamey! It doesn't account for the person who smelt it first, but is keeping quiet hoping that nobody else smells it or says anything.