Turkey

As far as I can tell the world divides at Christmas into two distinct camps: those who always have turkey and would not dream of having anything else and those who will go to great lengths to avoid it, with their “alternative Christmas dinners” of wild boar, a standing rib of beef, roast goose, small game birds and all manner of exotica. For a number of years, I was firmly in the second camp, but now after two or three very good turkeys, I hover between the two. And there are clearly plenty of other turkey-eaters around too. At Christmastime in the United States something like 23 million whole turkeys are eaten.