Is my Christmas dinner unreasonable?

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I have just done a big chunk of the Xmas food shop today. I'll be cooking for 10 including PILs who haven't had Xmas lunch with us before. I luuurve Christmas dinner and all the leftovers so tend to make a bit of a feast. DH has happily tucked into said feast for many years. I'm doing...
Smoked salmon starter
Turkey
Pigs in blankets
Stuffing
Roasties
Parsnips
Sprouts with bacon
Red cabbage
Gravy
Christmas pudding with brandy butter and cream

Apparently, according to DH, PILs will not be happy because 1) pigs in blankets are a bit common 2) sprouts shouldn't have bacon anywhere near them 3) starters are unnecessary 4) it really is too much food to be able to enjoy it.

My response was that I've bought the food, I will cook the food and if they don't eat it I will happily consume the leftovers. Therefore - tough bloody luck if they don't like it!!!

I know I'm right... aren't I???

Good for you OP.

DDiL will be cooking for us this year. What's not to like? They are happy for us to choose what we like, we certainly won't complain! I don't like roasted parsnips, so won't serve myself any. My problem not the hosts!

There'll be nine sitting down for the meal and none of us would dream of telling the host what should or shouldn't be on the table. Cheeky sods.

We are having
Roast turkey
Roast beef and Yorkers my dad doesn't eat turkey
Baked gammon
Roast potatoes and parsnips
Mashed potato
Pigs in blankets ds1 adores them so I have to do three times as many
Sprouts, I won't eat them it's the only new year resolution I keep!
Cauliflower cheese, baby carrots
Stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy

Xmas pud for my dad and brother
Chocolate roulade Yule log for the rest of us
Trifle
Cheeseboard

I don't normally do a starter as the DC don't want it.
Loads of wine soft drinks for kids and brother

Turkey sandwiches all evening

None of your meal is common and if they don't like it they can always go elsewhere

My family would start a mutiny if I didn't do pigs in blankets. You go ahead with your menu, it sounds fab.

Where are you? I'll be over at 10am to pick at...I mean help...you cook! Only thing I'm not keen on is turkey but that's because no one I know cooks it so it's moist. That sounds heavenly to me!!

Tell the PIL to piss off. Pigs in blanket- common? Sound like snobs to me.

Pigs in blankets Common?!

YANBU they are guests in your house, not paying customers at a restaurant. They don't have to eat anything they don't want, or like, or approve of.

Not unreasonable at all. We are having pretty much the same (with a few tweaks). If the in laws are overwhelmed by the food serve it buffet style so that they can help themselves. Pigs in blankets are NOT common, they are traditional!!!!

Sounds amazing! I never do red cabbage but fancy trying it with my xmas dinner this year. Any cooking tips for it OP ?

Sounds like the way I do things! If they don't like it, point them in the direction of the front door.

"Pigs in blankets common".

Me and my sister cook for everyone on alternate years, it's her turn this year.
Last year I did:
-Soup or mozzarella and tomato salad as a starter
-Roast beef
-Large roast chicken
-Pigs in blankets
-Yorkshire pudding
-Roast potatoes
-Glazed carrots
-Roast parsnips
-Sprouts
-Cauliflower
-Broccoli
-Peas
-Cheesy leeks (DH's favourite)
-Sweetcorn (sister's favourite)
-Buttered cabbage
-Stuffing
-Homemade gravies
-Pots of chocolate orange ganache, which nobody ate

To be fair, there was 14 of us to feed. And I did the veg prep the night before.
The point is, we never really consult eachother on what we're cooking, it's your prerogative. If they don't like it, let them cook their own or stay at home and have sandwiches!

no its fine. this is the time of year where us mums buy loads knowing we don't need it. then buying more telling ourselves we are stupid and then grabbing more haha. my mum has a completely separate box in utility for Christmas food!not to be touched.
its just that time of year.let it be breathe and enjoy it. as long a your not doing it to make a point or make them like/notlike you for some reason and this is because you love and want to have it then fab.
gaurentee he will eat it all and not complain once that he can have those leftover sandwhiches and bubble and squeak meals.
its what men/dads do in my house they love digging at mum just because the dig is there to run with.
pigs in blankets are so not common.they are the average jo sausage then encased in a posh coat. its like putting a woman in a fur shawl hehehe(too much?)

Ooh what time do you want me round?!! Sounds wonderful!

my in laws have bought a turkey even though they wont be there for the actual day.just so they can have the expericne themselves,she will cook the turkey go out to grnadads and then come back and enjoy it later and following days...

Make sure you put all the pigs in blankets on your plate, bet they would be eyeing them up through the meal secretly wishing they had some.

Menu sounds great, sod what they want, they aren't the ones cooking.

Sounds lovely to me! A proper feast, just as it should be. We have all this plus carrots and bread sauce :-)

And sprouts with bacon are awesome!!!

Your menu sounds lovely OP and they should all be grateful that your cooking a lovely meal for them all.

There's 7 of us and I'm making.
Starters there's a choice of 3,pate,soup or prawn cocktail
Roast turkey.
Roast Gammon with a honey glaze.
Sausages wrapped in bacon.
Stuffing.
Roast potatoes.
Mashed potatoes.
Button sprouts.
Roasted parsnips.
Glazed carrots.
Red cabbage.
Cauliflower cheese.
Yorkshire puddings.
Gravy and cranberry sauce.

Then the sweet course there's a choice of Christmas pudding or mince pies with cream,ice cream,brandy sauce or custard or warm chocolate fudge cake with cream or ice cream or sorbets.
Then a cheese board and fresh fruit.
Followed by coffee and petit fours.

Our Christmas meal takes nearly 2 hours to get through usually but everyone enjoys eating it and I enjoy making it.

Christmas dinner used to follow a fast so traditionally it's supposed to be huge. I think feasting on leftovers is par for the course these days let us know who's eaten wh

Who cares if pigs in blankets are common - they're bloody delicious!

I'll be spending Christmas alone and will probably have cheese on toast or something lol, but all your menus sound so good.

So it just the 4 of us as usual, only this year my hand still isn't right after surgery. So thanks to my gorgeous aunt and m&s we are having something a bit different.
Pork and stuffing
Apple sauce
Red cabbage
Slice tats in cream can't remember posh name
Carrots and parsnips
Christmas pud with lashings of brandy sauce for me
Thinking of doing freakshakes for the others.

And defo not bloody washing up this year.

Hope you all have a great Christmas day no matter what your eating.

Sounds yummy!! Apart from the parsnips, but that's just me! Do you not have Yorkshire puddings with your Christmas dinner? Also, about the sprouts and bacon ~ I prefer them on their own. but if someone is cooking for me I don't mind. I'd be grateful that someone has spent time and effort preparing Christmas dinner. I wouldn't eat the starter only because I don't like smoked salmon.

And by the way, it's actually against the law NOT to have pigs in blankets at Christmas, it's a hanging offence!!!

But what about the trifle? And the red cabbage?

I'd honestly be disappointed with less... In fact, where are the honey roasted carrots?!! Peas? Sweetcorn? Picked onions? And only 1 dessert? Canapes and crisps and dips for predinner prosecco? Homemade cranberry sauce... Cheeseboard and port for after?

Who doesn't have pigs in blankets at Christmas?

I couldn't stomach my annual sprout without bacon on hand to help me forget!

We'll be sat at the table for around 6, and probably won't move though to the lounge until gone 2am. It's great to spend that much time eating drinking and being merry with family.

My point is you have definitely not gone overboard. It sounds delicious. Do yourself all the trimmings and do the ungrateful bastards turkey and sprouts.

If someone was kind enough to go to the trouble of cooking all that lot for me,I wouldn't dream of criticising. And anyone who does is an ungrateful sod. So no,YANBU.

I love pigs in blankets!
Our dinner will be the same as yours except pate starter and will also have carrots, bread sauce and chestnuts.
And a selection of puddings - Christmas pud, mince pies, chocolate log, ice cream chocolate log and trifle.
Happy Christmas!