Christmas Traditions

The festive period is full of age-old traditions such as consuming turkey on Christmas Day. But how did this originate and why really should we continue this tradition? It has not usually been classic to eat turkey on Christmas day. Indeed, ahead of the turkey was introduced to Britain, geese, peacocks and even boars’ head had been eaten as a Christmas day treat. In 1526 William Strickland imported six turkeys from America and sold them for tuppence every. The birds had been considered to be very tasty and a more practical alternative to other livestock such as cows (which were far more helpful alive to produce milk), or chickens (which were more pricey than they are right now). The popularity of turkeys has steadily elevated and nowadays in the UK we eat about 10 million turkeys each year.

Henry VIII was reputed to be the 1st individual to eat turkey on Christmas Day, but it was not until the mid twentieth century that the turkey overtook the goose as the most common Christmas Day meal. Right now 87% of British folks think that Christmas would not be Christmas with out a standard roast turkey. Turkeys have the benefit of being reasonably priced, large enough to feed the whole extended loved ones (with guaranteed leftovers!) and fresh – if you know exactly where to buy them from! Naturally they are born in the spring and normally take about seven months to mature to a wholesome full-sized turkey. If they are reared no cost range they have the space to roam around, ensuring that their muscles and tissues are totally created. If you want to make certain you have the most succulent and flavoursome bird for your Christmas celebrations purchase free range turkeys direct from the farm.