Foods that DO NOT belong on a Christmas Dinner...

[MaidenMotherCrone]

Obviously it’s all down to personal taste but some things are just wrong...

Mushy peas fgs, noooooooo

What foods would never have a place on your plate?

Cauliflower cheese. I hate cauliflower and cheese sauce has no place near gravy, it reminds me of curdled sick.

I knew my ex and I would never last once he put vinegar on a roast dinner.

Peas, full stop. Peas are can't be arsed to faff midweek food.

Vinegar would be great on a dinner, tbh. Spiced red cabbage is usually vinegary and a lamb roast often has mint sauce, which is vinegar based.

Beetroot! Always have cauliflower cheese

Yorkshire puddings. Controversial I know 😉

Cauliflower cheese. Gravy and cheese sauce together is just wrong.

I love cauliflower cheese but it is a midweek main dish (vegetarians here) not a side dish for Christmas dinner. Cheese sauce and gravy together.....vom.

Agree Yorkshire puddings with turkey are wrong. Fine if you have beef though.

Tinned tomatoes.

I always do cauliflower cheese it goes well with the ham. In Ireland Turkey and ham are the traditional meats to serve for Christmas dinner. Slice of ham, stuffing and slice of Turkey on top and gravy over it.

I have never served red cabbage before but am going to try it this year as it seems to be a staple on mn.

I guess ketchup would be a no no as a condiment for your Christmas dinner. I can't imagine being impressed if someone at my table doused their lovingly prepared dinner in ketchup.

Turkey. None of us particularly enjoy it. Cba to cook one just because you’re supposed to.
We have beef or pork belly instead

Yorkshire pudding, unless you’re having roast beef.

Sweetcorn.

My ex’s family had Yorkshire puddings and mint sauce with their Christmas turkey. I judged.

brussell sprouts

DD's friend has mayonnaise as a condiment with any roast dinner.

She has some deliciously bonkers friends.

I never understand why people put tinned sweetcorn on their roast, in fact any tinned veg.

Rice seems to be popular in some countries with Christmas dinner but I don't think it has any place with mine. Also sweetcorn, peas, or boiled potatoes. The nicest part of the dinner has to be the roasties.

Yorkshire puddings go with every roast dinner. Need mucky pudding on a Christmas dinner though

Cauliflower cheese and any potato that's not roasted has no place on a Christmas dinner

My DH’s family always had mushy peas, mashed potato, mashed carrot & swede (called turnip) & Yorkshire pudding (they were/are in Yorkshire). He genuinely couldn’t understand when I explained that many of those items weren’t really traditional...

No gravy with cauliflower cheese
What is wrong with you people??
I mash leftovers cauliflower cheese with mashed potatoes, put a bit of grated cheese on top, warm it up and have that with leftover gravy, food of the gods

Ha! Won't be inviting any of you for Christmas dinner, you would all be disgusted!
Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes
( as well as roasted,obviously ) cauliflower cheese, peas and sweetcorn served with every roast dinner regardless of meat or occasion.

spaghetti hoops don't go well with a roast.

Surely the reason you do peas is because they’re zero effort, and most children and picky adults who refuse all other vegetables will eat them.
I agree that sweet corn has no place on a Christmas dinner though.

I agree with tinned tomatoes, mushy peas and sweetcorn being wrong.

No peas of any variety.
No sweet corn
No potatoes other than roasted.
Quite a few strange people on another thread listed roast, mashed and croquettes.
Noooooo