PF Members: Which Roast Dinner Do You Prefer?

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The discussion centers around preferences for roast dinners among forum members, with a poll initially intended to gauge favorites among chicken, turkey, beef, pork, and lamb. Participants express strong opinions on their preferred meats, with many favoring traditional options like roast beef and chicken, while others mention wild game and less common meats. There is a humorous exchange about the inclusion of various meats, with some members jokingly suggesting exotic options like kangaroo and whale. The conversation also touches on side dishes, cooking methods, and personal anecdotes related to roast dinners. Overall, the thread highlights a shared enthusiasm for roast meals, with members sharing their culinary experiences and preferences.

Which roast dinner?

  • Chicken

    Votes: 23 52.3%

  • Turkey

    Votes: 10 22.7%

  • Beef

    Votes: 20 45.5%

  • Pork

    Votes: 10 22.7%

  • Lamb

    Votes: 10 22.7%

  • Whale

    Votes: 4 9.1%
  • Total voters
    44
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Which roast dinner do PF members prefer?


Edit: And it would appear that my poll hasn't been created. Your options are as follows:

1. Chicken
2. Turkey
3. Beef
4. Pork
5. Lamb

I don't want to know about vegetarians, nor do I wish to hear from those showing preference for more esoteric roast options (quail, guinea fowl, stallion, wild boar, crocodile etc). I'm sure they're all very nice, but they're just going to throw spanners into my works. If you really insist, I'll allow option 6 to be gammon, but that's it.
 
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Turkey! :biggrin:

A bit off topic: Is uni of sheffield and uni of manchester close to each other?
 
Roast beef (rare) and roasted, seasoned potatoes! :approve: Yummy yummy!
 
Bladibla said:
Turkey! :biggrin:

A bit off topic: Is uni of sheffield and uni of manchester close to each other?

Within 30 miles of one another.
 
If you mean what kind of meat, I would have to say elk or moose, but wild boar or deer is good, and so are various kinds of reptiles such as alligator/crocodile, goana, various kinds of snake.
 
Astronuc said:
If you mean what kind of meat, I would have to say elk or moose, but wild boar or deer is good, and so are various kinds of reptiles such as alligator/crocodile, goana, various kinds of snake.

For Dave's sake Astronuc, at least wait until I've edited my post to stop fussy buggers like you from taking this to silly levels!
 
I didn't know that you were editing.

I could add kangaroo. I have had that and all the meats I posted. Oh, yeah, and buffalo.

You could combine 1 and 2 - domestic fowl.

Domestic meat is bland after eating wild game.
 
brewnog said:
For Dave's sake Astronuc, at least wait until I've edited my post to stop fussy buggers like you from taking this to silly levels!

I'm glad my response was within your acceptable list even before you posted an acceptable list. :smile:

I do kind of wish that when you check the box to post a poll that the first post going with it would wait to appear until you were done creating the poll. Can you go back and add the poll when you edit?

(Nevermind- it's there now)
 
Astronuc said:
I didn't know that you were editing.
Hah, neither did I until my poll didn't work! :smile:



Astronuc said:
Domestic meat is bland after eating wild game.

I completely agree with you, I've had wild boar a number of times and it's fantastic. My current favourite is roast stallion (check out the riverside restaurants in Ljubljana next time you're in Slovenia).

However, I was trying to keep it to "The Big Five", it's easier to keep a track of things...
 
  • #10
The thread has been visited by the poll fairy, everyone go back and vote.

I was going to add Tofurkey for vegetarians, but it's not my thread. No fish either?

What about squab? No roast squab? Or cornish game hens? :wink:
 
  • #11
Sweeeeeeeeeet! I want a poll fairy too!

Nope sorry, no fish, no fake meat, no nut roasts... and what the Fegg is a squab?
 
  • #12
Moonbear said:
Can you go back and add the poll when you edit?


Nope, you can't. You have to wait for a fairy.
 
  • #13
brewnog said:
Sweeeeeeeeeet! I want a poll fairy too!

Nope sorry, no fish, no fake meat, no nut roasts... and what the Fegg is a squab?

It's a pigeon.
 
  • #14
It's a baby pigeon. I would not eat one, poor little things. :frown:
 
  • #15
Evo said:
It's a baby pigeon. I would not eat one, poor little things. :frown:

Poor little things? Pigeons are everywhere! Actually, I wouldn't eat it because pigeons are sort of like rats with wings in my view. I know the ones people eat are not just plucked from the local park (well, who knows, maybe some are), but I just can't get that image out of my mind.

I do like game birds though. My sister has a friend whose wife won't eat any of the birds he shoots, so he has to give most of them away (I guess he's allowed to eat some of them by himself). We had pheasant for Christmas dinner. :approve: Oh, duck is really good too, even farm-raised is good when it comes to duck.
 
  • #16
Roast chicken! It all tastes like chicken anyway. :smile:
The strangest I had was roast octopus.
 
  • #17
Moonbear, your thought process was exactly the same as mine!

"Pigeons? Eat the little buggers, they're all over the place, they're horrible! Eurgh, they're horrible! Why would I want to eat that? Incinerate the buggers!"
 
  • #18
Moonbear said:
Roast beef (rare) and roasted, seasoned potatoes! :approve: Yummy yummy!

Do you like the carrots also, and don't forget homemade bread and mac and cheese.
 
  • #19
Sign for the Saskatoon (Steakhouse?) Restaurant which serves steaks, fish and wildgame.

"There's plenty of room for all God's creatures.

Right next to the mashed potatoes." :biggrin:
 
  • #20
Pigeons are virmin! I once watched a cookery program hosted by a guy called Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall, in with he cooked and ate a squirrel! with i thought was a little bit strange!

maybe this should have gone in the "What weird food do you eat?" thread
 
  • #21
lawtonfogle said:
Do you like the carrots also, and don't forget homemade bread and mac and cheese.

I'm neither a fan of cooked carrots (love 'em raw though) nor mac and cheese (no, stuff out of a box doesn't even begin to count there). Homemade bread is great though! :approve:
 
  • #22
I love carrots sauteed with butter and garlic, it's the only way my girls will eat them. I also was given some carrots with cheese sauce and they were wonderful, those are the only two ways I like carrots. No sweet gunk for me.

Leg of lamb with tons of garlic inserted and roasted on a spit. :!)

I'm not a huge fan of roast beef, prime rib is an exception.

Pork tenderloins marinated in lemon and garlic is good.
 
  • #23
hypermorphism said:
Roast chicken! It all tastes like chicken anyway. :smile:
I was going to say that!
zanazzi78 said:
Pigeons are virmin!
That's what I thought too!

I've had brain (cow), tongue, rattlesnake, etc., but don't think I could eat goats eyes, termites, etc. Though...in watching a survival program about how to find sources of nutrients (mostly insects) and how to cook these (if you have a way to start a fire, water, etc.) I suppose squirrel, pigeons, rats, etc. would begin to look pretty darn good.

Until that day comes (hopefully never) I'm with Evo -- lamb, yum!
 
  • #24
Moonbear said:
We had pheasant for Christmas dinner. :approve:

So very jealous. Very, very jealous. I love pheasant. Hadn't had it in years. My Dad has a buddy who runs a game farm and when his clients would miss a couple birds in their hunt, he would call us up and we would get to try at them for free. There aren't very many wild pheasants in Wisconsin, atleast that I ever found, so farm raised taste as good as I have ever had. I agree with Astronuc about wild game vs. farmed game, though. Nothing like fresh game.
Cheers.
 
  • #25
I've never had pheasant, I've eaten just about every other type of fowl that is eaten though. I guess I've missed out.
 
  • #26
I made a nice beef roast tonight :-p

Cooked it with potatoes, carrots and parsnip - nothing fancy. Gravy was excellent. Next time I'll add a few more veggies.

Meat was nice and tender, and juicy. :biggrin: :-p
 
  • #27
Astronuc said:
I made a nice beef roast tonight :-p

Cooked it with potatoes, carrots and parsnip - nothing fancy. Gravy was excellent. Next time I'll add a few more veggies.

Meat was nice and tender, and juicy. :biggrin: :-p
Damn you, I have been starving all day and nothing I eat seems to stop it. I'd give anything for a slab 'o beef right now. :cry: With yorkshire pudding. :cry: :cry:

I also had a craving for pickles tonight, I've almost polished of a quart jar of them. :bugeye: I can't eat a pickle anymore without thinking of Arildno's mom's pickles. I want one of those pickles.

Cottage cheese, now I want cottage cheese, with olives, stuffed in celery. :cry:

Is this a psychological substitute for something missing from my life? What could that be?
 
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  • #28
I'm a chicken-man. Nothing better than shoving an onion and some garlic up its jacksie and then slow roasting it.

Plus my parents roast potatoes of course. They put paprika on them before they get cooked. Awesome stuff.

Last night I had roast pork with homemade apple sauce. And then a strawberry and rhubarb crumble. Dad is getting creative.
 
  • #29
Beef! Well done!
 
  • #30
Evo said:
Damn you, I have been starving all day and nothing I eat seems to stop it. I'd give anything for a slab 'o beef right now. :cry: With yorkshire pudding. :cry: :cry:

I also had a craving for pickles tonight, I've almost polished of a quart jar of them. :bugeye: I can't eat a pickle anymore without thinking of Arildno's mom's pickles. I want one of those pickles.

Cottage cheese, now I want cottage cheese, with olives, stuffed in celery. :cry:

Is this a psychological substitute for something missing from my life? What could that be?
:redface: You should've let me know. I'd bring some roast and fixings right over. :smile:

Roast and Yorkshire pudding - you mean like this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sunday_roast_-_roast_beef_1.jpg

And I made celery sticks with a "veggie" dip. I prefer Philadelphia Cream Cheese with chopped olives or a savory cheese, e.g. Monterrey Jack with jalapeño or a not-so-sharp cheddar with pimento, in celery sticks.
 
  • #31
Dear lord Astronuc, did somebody say necropost?

For a moment I thought someone had been in here as me, and opened a poll under my name! Never mind eh.
 
  • #32
Beef: It's what's for dinner.
 
  • #33
brewnog said:
Dear lord Astronuc, did somebody say necropost?

For a moment I thought someone had been in here as me, and opened a poll under my name! Never mind eh.
It's more like "Resurrection"! :smile:

Anyway, I was thinking about reviving either of two "What's for dinner" threads, one originated by Evo and the other by yomamma, but they should be merged first, and anyway, the subject of this thread seemed appropriate for my purpose. :biggrin:

And actually, I like roast game, e.g. elk or moose, with a blackberry or cloudberry sauce. I had some fantastic roasted moose (Älg) in Sweden. :-p

And I had some great roast boar and elk in England. :-p

Also had some roast kangaroo in Preston of all places. You haven't eaten meat until you've eaten kangaroo steaks. It is to heavily exercise one's mandible - it's tougher than buffalo jerky! I can't tell you how painful my jaws were after that meal! But it was great! :-p :biggrin:
 
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  • #34
I see that you pre-eliminated Guinea fowl, you barbarian. Nice try, but since I've always preferred pork to chicken, I'm sticking with Guinea pig. :approve:
 
  • #35
Astronuc said:
:redface: You should've let me know. I'd bring some roast and fixings right over. :smile:

Roast and Yorkshire pudding - you mean like this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sunday_roast_-_roast_beef_1.jpg
No, that's a scary looking yorkshire pudding.

Traditional yorkshire pudding is baked in drippings in the same pan that the roast was cooked in, so it is usually large and rectangular and you cut it into squares. That's some new age yorkshire pudding there. Goes to show you can't trust wikipedia. :-p

This is a real yorkshire pudding.
 

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  • #36
None of my favourite meat is on the menu.
Not even whale.
 
  • #37
arildno said:
None of my favourite meat is on the menu.
Not even whale.
Roast whale? Check the poll again. :biggrin:
 
  • #38
Evo said:
Roast whale?
Whale burger is great!
(Technically, that's barbecued whale I guess..)

EDIT:
:smile:
 
  • #39
Evo said:
No, that's a scary looking yorkshire pudding.

Traditional yorkshire pudding is baked in drippings in the same pan that the roast was cooked in, so it is usually large and rectangular and you cut it into squares. That's some new age yorkshire pudding there. Goes to show you can't trust wikipedia. :-p

This is a real yorkshire pudding.
The thing in the wikipedia photo looks like a popover to me. From what you had posted before for recipes, pretty much the only difference is using oil or shortening to grease the pan instead of roast drippings...and you make popovers in muffin pans, not a baking pan.
 
  • #40
Moonbear said:
The thing in the wikipedia photo looks like a popover to me. From what you had posted before for recipes, pretty much the only difference is using oil or shortening to grease the pan instead of roast drippings...and you make popovers in muffin pans, not a baking pan.
Yep, they're just popovers unless they're cooked in the roast drippings in a roasting pan.
 
  • #41
I see we have one vote for roast whale. :-p
 
  • #42
Evo said:
I see we have one vote for roast whale. :-p
Wow, that would require a large oven! :bugeye:
 
  • #43
Moonbear said:
The thing in the wikipedia photo looks like a popover to me. From what you had posted before for recipes, pretty much the only difference is using oil or shortening to grease the pan instead of roast drippings...and you make popovers in muffin pans, not a baking pan.
Yorkshire popovers!?

Some new age thing perhaps. :rolleyes:

I see that Evo is a purist when it comes to Yorkshire pudding.


Anyway, my daughter was experimenting in the kitchen this evening with some butter, minced garlic and other seasonings, and she made some garlic bread fingers. I tried some with the leftover beef, which was pretty good.

But the garlic, basil and rosemary, made me think of roast lamb in garlic, basil and rosemary baste or sauté. Sometimes we have a mint jelly with lamb, and my mom used to make a mint sauce from fresh mint that we grew, but is was a bit sour since she used vinegar.
 
  • #44
Moonbear said:
Wow, that would require a large oven! :bugeye:
More like a furnace! Although there are some steel mills with large enough ovens. :rolleyes:
 
  • #45
Well, if your oven isn't big enough for a whale, you can content yourself with a dolphin instead.
(Seal is also tasty, BTW, but not polar bear)
 
  • #46
My favorite is coelacanth roast with frozen broccoli, but beef works well.
 
  • #47
Whale... my arch rival
 
  • #48
Whale!Espically the ones form oaklhoma(but the made it illgegaly )
 
  • #49
Well, I finally had my first pheasant. The guy at work that hunts brought me some pheasant that he cooked. It was so tender that I could cut it with a plastic fork. He is a great cook and he always brings me a sample of what he's made.

He's going deer hunting soon. Mmmmmm, I told him to make more of that deer sausage with the jalepenos and cheddar cheese that he gave me last year. It's the best sausage I've ever eaten.

I've decided to do a smoked turkey for dinner tonight. The weather is supposed to cool off next week, so it will be a perfect time to throw the carcass into a big pot and make smoked turkey and bean soup. :!)

I also got a call from the other guy I worked with (aka my muse) that was a former chef and he's offered to come over and cook me a pot of his incredible shrimp gumbo. It'll have to wait until I get everything put away. He's terribly obsessive compulsive. He pours 6-7 gallons of bleach into his bath tub and let's it sit overnight once a week, he even disinfects his mailbox. He said he spends about $300/mo on cleaning supplies. He'd make a good wife.
 
  • #50
How are you getting by with the injured elbow, Evo? Do you still have your arm in the sling? I'd think it would be pretty hard to cook.
 

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