No. 1 item on your Christmas dinner plate

[AtleastitsnotMonday]

We were talking about Christmas dinner and the must haves and the bits you would sacrifice. It would seem I am an oddity. I was the only one to put bread sauce at number one. With sage and onion stuffing coming a close second, followed by cranberry sauce. I would sack off the pigs and blankets and parsnips any day. Anyone else?

In this order:

Sprouts
Roast potatoes
Crispy bacon from the turkey breast
Cranberry sauce
Stuffing
Turkey
Gravy
Bread sauce
Roast parsnips
Ham
Pigs in blankets
Carrots

1. Nut Roast
2. Cauliflower Cheese
3. Roast Potatoes

Must have roast potatoes, stuffing, gravy and sprouts. Could do without the rest

Steak pie.

We have pie, chips, mushy peas and gravy on Christmas Day, and it's delicious!

Sausage meat stuffing
Roast potatoes
Honey glazed ham

Must haves:

Turkey
Roast potatoes
Chestnut stuffing
Sprouts
Parsnips
Really good gravy

Not bothered:

Cranberry sauce
Bread sauce
Other veg
Pigs in blankets (although dd would be distraught)

I've never had bread sauce on Christmas Dinner I think it must be an English thing anyhoo I'd eat roast potatoes pigs and blankets and sprouts everything else I'm meh about.

Roasted parsnips - never have these at any other time
Roasties
Cauliflower Cheese
Yorkshire puddings
Gravy

Quite happily forego everything else

Roast potatoes 😍

1. Stuffing.
2. Jellied cranberry sauce (the come that comes in a tin).
3. Mashed potatoes.

1. Bread sauce
2. Roast Potatoes
3. Turkey
4. Sprouts with chestnuts
5. Cranberry sauce

I can't belive people not liking bread sauce. I could just eat a bowl full with a spoon.
see also gammon and cold bread sauce & cranberry sandwiches later in the evening.

Pigs in blankets.

That’s it, I don’t like roast dinners generally and Christmas dinner is no exception.

2. the kind that comes in a tin

Crackling or crispy goose skin (depends which meat we are having)
Sprouts with chestnuts

The rest of the meal … meh. I’m not a massive roast meal fan.

I do love the 11am champagne and sausage rolls / smoked salmon blinis though. Probably my favourite bit of the day.

Honey roasted Parsnips
Garlic Salted Roast Potatoes
Sprouts
Cranberry Sauce

I can live without everything else.

1. Crispy roast potatoes
2. Meat
3. Tender stem broccoli

I asked my 7yo this the other day, only the 3 of us so we don't go with a mega dinner so wanted to make sure I buy in the 'important' stuff. Her list went like this

"Stuffing balls and gravy

Oh and the little sausages with bacon and roast potatoes.

Ermmmmmmmm

You're going to make me have something vegetable like aren't you, then, I suppose peas are ok.....................

That's it all I really want but if you want some chicken you can, not turkey though, I don't like that!"

So Xmas dinner should be easy this year. Stuffing balls, gravy, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes and peas.

1. Roast potatoes, obviously
2. Stuffing
3. All the veg

Except sprouts. They can go.

Also anything else saucy, except for mustard or horseradish on the side (we have beef).

I've never understood what bread sauce has to do with a plate full of gravy.

I'd have roast potatoes, roast vegetables, Yorkshires and gravy and be very happy.

1. Cauliflower cheese
2. Homemade potato croquettes
3. Roast potatoes

Always the potatoes .

1. Yorkshire puddings
2. Roast beef and goose
3. Parmesan parsnips

Would not miss

1. Pancetta chestnut Sprouts (yuck)
2. Pigs in blankets
3. Cauliflower cheese

1.mash
2.meat.
3.stuffing

Brussell sprouts
Mushy peas
Cranberry sauce

I can’t bear pigs in blankets and happily swerve them