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What HAS to be in your Christmas Dinner?

44 replies

00100001 · 16/12/2016 21:36

Leaving out anything from this list would ruin Christmas in the Binary Household

Chipolatas bought from the butchers in a particular seaside town
Roast Potatoes
Yorkshire puddings (controversial I know...)


Anything else is fair game.

But the hallowed food is not be touched?

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Freshlysqueezed · 16/12/2016 21:38

Red cabbage and bread sauce otherwise I sulk!

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KingJoffreysRestingCuntface · 16/12/2016 21:38

Gravy.

I've met people who think gravy is unnecessary. I had them killed and made into stock.

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PumpkinPie2016 · 16/12/2016 21:40

Pigs in blankets

Sprouts

It's just not Christmas dinner without those things Xmas Grin

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CremeEggThief · 16/12/2016 21:40

Roast potatoes and bread sauce.
Definitely no meat or sprouts!

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KatieScarlett · 16/12/2016 21:40

Pigs in a blanket - DC
Cranberry sauce - Me
Port and cheese -DH
Never, ever turkey as no one likes it Smile

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PovertyJetset · 16/12/2016 21:41

Home made bread sauce
Sausage/streaky bacon terrine thing
Braised carrots
Red cabbage

Chocolate roulade
Bread and butter pudding with clotted cream

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ItMustBeBedtimeSurely · 16/12/2016 21:42

Pigs in blankets
Bread sauce
Turkey
Gravy
Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Sprout (don't actually like them though...)

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QuiltedAloeVera · 16/12/2016 21:42

Pigs in blankets

Choc orange

Marzipan fruit

Choc money

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MrsBungle · 16/12/2016 21:42

Leeks in onion sauce. Reminds me of my mum Smile

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whifflesqueak · 16/12/2016 21:43

at my parent's house, the bird is always stuffed with haggis.

gives my dad terrible farts though, hence our annual Yuletide lament of "daddy ruined Christmas!"

we're starting our own traditions this year...

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ItMustBeBedtimeSurely · 16/12/2016 21:43

Oh no, I forgot the stuffing! Has to be sausagemeat, sage and onion.

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Bluntness100 · 16/12/2016 21:43

Got to be turkey, roast potatoes and sprouts,,,😝

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INeedNewShoes · 16/12/2016 21:44

Sprouts
Roast potatoes and parsnips

I wouldn't recognise a Christmas dinner without these on the plate!

You could change the meat, swap other vegetables and stuffings about, but if someone served a Christmas dinner and there were no roast potatoes and parsnips and no sprouts to be seen I don't think I'd cope!

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Passmethecrisps · 16/12/2016 21:44

Stuffing.
And pigs in blankets

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kilmuir · 16/12/2016 21:45

Brussels and stuffing!

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ALemonyPea · 16/12/2016 21:45

Oooo Wiffle, haggis stuffing sounds amazing!

It's not Christmas without sprouts.

I always have a turkey, stuffing, sprout and gravy sandwich for my supper on Christmas Day. It's an absolute must.

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exLtEveDallas · 16/12/2016 21:46

Pigs in blankets.

We're not having them this year Sad

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ScarletForYa · 16/12/2016 21:46

Stuffing
Mash
Ham
Gravy

Everything else is filler.

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FormerlyFrikadela01 · 16/12/2016 21:47

Stuffing
Sprouts
Parsnips - Christmas is basically the only time I eat parsnips.

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GetTheeBehindMeSanta · 16/12/2016 21:48

Limitless gravy. It's such a big dinner, you need a lot of lubricant to help keep things moving.

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SoftBlocks · 16/12/2016 21:48

Pigs in blankets
Devils on horseback
Sprouts
Naice stuffing

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Clankboing · 16/12/2016 21:49

Bread sauce. I could eat a plate of it on its own.

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hugoagogo · 16/12/2016 21:51

Roast potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing
Peas
Linda McCartney sausages

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LobsterQuadrille · 16/12/2016 21:53

Bread sauce. I don't care if that's my Christmas lunch in its entirety.

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OhTheRoses · 16/12/2016 21:53

Turkey
Stuffing
Pigs
Roasties
Roast parsnips
Sprouts
Runner beans (last summer picking frozen for Christmas)
Chantenay carrots (oven baked with lid)
Gravy with giblet stock and sherry
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce
(shoving a lemon, an orange and a bunch of parsley inside the bird makes a glorious smell).

Christmas pud, flamed, boozy cream and choc log for the haters.

Also: Turkish delight, Roses, cashew nuts, not forgetting smoked salmon open sarnies and champagne after church and before presents.

Tea and birthday cake at 6ish Grin

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