5 live In my opinion - Yorkshire pudding

[Druss]

You wash your mouth out, @Druss . Food of the gods are sprouts.

I'll wash my mouth out with gravy when I tuck into my Yorkshire's with Christmas dinner and no sprouty devilry in sight

 

[Appleton Brews]

I agree i like sprouts as long as they are not boiled to death

We put our sprouts on to boil on the 1st December.

 

[Appleton Brews]

If we have sprouts we half them short boil drain and then fry them with bacon or chorizo. Still not great though.

 

[Appleton Brews]

Xmas dinner is traditionally Turkey, Roasted potatoes and crap vegetables.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

We are having chicken this year my lad doesn't like turkey and i am not bothered either way.

 

[An Ankoù]

You could also add Roast potatoes, mash or both

With chips.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Well i will say, Turkey and parsnips are only fit for pig swill and should be banned, i hate Christmas dinner but tolerate it to keep the peace, i would prefare a roast beef joint and yes with sprouts they are food of the gods people do not know how to cook them, they should be shredded and fried with bacon and sprinkeled with parmesan cheese and finished under a hot grill

 

[Druss]

I'm definitely not a fan of turkey, I'm the only meat eater in my household so I generally roast a small joint separately for Christmas dinner, more often than not beef but I'm going for venison this year, fancy!

 

[Rodcx500z]

Anything but turkey it's like eating sawdust

 

[Clint]

I do like parsnips...and sprouts. I really like dauphinoise potatoes or celeriac but there's something about mixing them with cream and garlic gives me horrendous indigestion. Strange as I eat loads of garlic and have no bother with cream in dessert.

 

[The Baron]

That’s so you Yorkies didn’t have to spend too much on meat.

Have you never seen the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch you will never know how poor we were
Meat Luxury-we used to eat a handfull of hot gravel if we were lucky

 

[Clint]

I don't mind a turkey dinner,prefer lamb or beef though. I do like cold turkey butties,some pickles and a few jars of ale.

 

[rybinss]

We put our sprouts on to boil on the 1st December.

Will this rekindle the 30 min v 60 min boil debate?

 

[Stu]

You wash your mouth out, @Druss . Food of the gods are sprouts.

My wife hates them. I love them.

However, M&S provide them in butter, with bacon and chestnuts. We both agree this is a game changer.

 

[Jolly Brewer]

Yorkies filled with sprouts?

 

[LottieWine]

Even though I grow my own veg, I prefer frozen button sprouts sautéed in butter. I don’t bother growing them, him indoors won’t eat them and my hens aren’t interested either. Much easier to keep a small bag in the freezer just for me.

No to Yorkies with Christmas dinner. I have a foolproof recipe that takes me seconds to whip up & I make them every week, but not with Christmas dinner.

 

[jof]

Not had turkey in years (well unless we pick up a post Xmas sale frozen one on the cheap)

For Christmas dinner it's goose & gammon, but this year we are downsizing to duck & gammon.

We also do full sized pigs in blankets. None of those cocktail sausages or cutting chipolatas in half here.

 

[An Ankoù]

If you don't like something then why do you have to have it for the sake of ritual and tradition? Sprouts don't commemorate Santa flying Rudolph over the Red Sea or anything daft like that. Christmas lunch is supposed to be a communal feast and rejoicing at the lengthening of the days and advent of Spring, not an ordeal.

 

[Mash Monster]

I think that's a throwback to the days when there wasn't any meat left after the Sunday roast had been eaten. It was the main course,

My understanding (and I’ve married into a Yorkshire family ) is it was originally served with gravy before the meal to fill you up with low cost ingredients as meat was not only scarce but very expensive.
I’ve also been told of stories whereby housewives would sharpen a carving knife on the front doorstep on Sunday morning in order to fool the neighbours into thinking they were having roast meat for dinner ( Lunch if from down souff like me )

 

[Sprocker]

You could have the Yorkshire Pudding as a starter filled with gravy rather than with the main course.

I'm a Yorkshireman and that's how we used to have it when we were kids. Now married to a Cornish maid and living in Cornwall the Mrs thinks I'm daft when I suggest it.