AIBU to think Yorkshire pudding is a perfectly acceptable part of Christmas dinner

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My mother is laughing at me

Last time I invite her for Christmas!

not really, she's lovely, just a traditionalist

What part of the world do you live in that you call them yorkies? I have read it a lot on here (never heard it anywhere else) and it just doesn't flow right imo.

yes...yorkies are large chocolate bars or small dogs.

Yorkshires are a standard part of any roast in this household. YANBU.

Would be interesting to see if the YANBU are from Northerners and the YABU replies are from Southerners

I, as a Northerner, think Yorkshires should be with every roast including Xmas Lunch

christmas dinner as it is supposed to be is christmas dinner as you like it.

It's Christmas - you can have whatever you wish for especially yorkie puds. YADNBU

Christmas Dinner at my Nana's house had Yorkshire pudding as a starter.

A starter. With tonnes of gravy and my god, it was delicious. I don't do traditional food but it's still one of my fondest memories of Christmas.

no prawn cocktails here

yes perfectly acceptable part of every dinner

No that's an outrage. Nothing should try to steal bread sauce's thunder as the carby accompaniment at Christmas.

And for those who think Yorkshires are only for beef, the first recorded recipe has them with mutton, the second with any roast meat and gravy
Just serving them with roast beef is a modern invention
History of Yorkshire Pud

We are in Yorkshire. Yorkshire puddings, therefore, are accompaniment to any roast meal, including ones without any meat at all ;) Also large ones used as "bowl" for sausages, mince, etc.

Err Yorkshire puddings as an accompaniment to something, surely such genius is a meal in itself!

On a serious note ywbvvvvu NOT to have Yorkies with any roast

*wanders off to the kitchen muttering about whipping up a batch of yorkies, just cos!

Yorkshire puddings were not designed for the sole purpose of beef, as people are saying on here.

They were made originally made to use up the dripping fat from meat and cooked whilst the meat was cooked. Also because the gravy from the meat was always used with the first course, the main meat and veg course was served with white or parsley sauce.

Traditionally as well, the yorkie pud was also served as a sweet with sugar or even orange juice as a sauce.

So anyway. No meat is wrong, because traditionally as long as the meat dripped fat, you would have yorkie puds.

It is not Christmas dinner without the following items

Yorkshire Puddings
Sausages wrapped in bacon
Chestnut stuffing
Sprouts
Bread sauce
Parsnips
Cranberry sauce
Loads of gravy

I don't care what meat you have, the following must be served. By law.

YANBU

Your house your rules, and I always do yorkshires - it wouldn't be worth the moaning not to. Your mil can just pretend they're not there.

We always have them. Nowt wrong with that at all.

I'm from Yorkshire, and yorkshires accompany every roast here. And I always make extra to drown in golden syrup later on.

Surely Yorkshire puddings were served first to fill you up because there wasn't a lot of meat in olden times?

Northerner living in the south with southerner husband and southerner kids - kids love them.

Its your dinner have what you want. We have roast lamb as it is our favourite and I throw on any old thing yorkies, sausage and bacon, corn on the cob lol and no sprouts we had roast butternut squash and green beans.

You can have Yorkshires with anything. Any roast meat but also with vegetarian substitutes. And sausages. And fish fingers. And just gravy. Yes you can, absolutely. They are proper lush.

My children will be with their dad this Christmas Day so even if I have egg and chips on Christmas Day I will have Yorkshires with it!

It is not a roast without yorkshires.

But what do I know. My MIL thought I was mad when I asked for mint sauce with my turkey.

I have mint sauce with roast chicken and beef too.

Would be interesting to see if the YANBU are from Northerners and the YABU replies are from Southerners

I'm in the YABVU camp and I'm certainly not a Southerner - I'm completely Yorkshire born and bred!

Absolutely not. You should not need them if you have bread sauce & stuffing.

YABU. All roast dinners are not meant to be the same.

Totally, they are DS's favourite food and called Sunday Cake in our house.

We also have cauliflower cheese with our Christmas dinner and DF loves his marrowfat peas.

I'm a Christmas dinner rebel. Turkey, mash, roasters, boiled potatoes (yes all 3, I like spuds), yorkshire pudding, NO SPROUTS, a pig in a blanket, sweetcorn, peas and gravy. NO STUFFING so I can have a Yorkshire (plus I'm not a fucking dinner Nazi so YANBU, eat whatever the hell you want)