What are ‘all the trimmings’?

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After a slightly disappointing Christmas dinner at a relative’s house, I wondered if my idea of ‘all the trimmings’ was massively out of whack with the rest of the world?

If you did turkey dinner ‘with all the trimmings’ what did you serve?

AIBU to suspect this means very different things to different people?

For Christmas dinner

Meat: Turkey, ham
Veg: Roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots, mashed swede, sprouts, leeks in cheese sauce, peas
Trimmings: stuffing balls, meat stuffing, pigs in blankets, bread sauce, cranberry sauce, red cabbage

Christmas dinner is the only roast I ever cook without Yorkshire puddings. I don’t really know why. I think maybe it’s an oven space thing or juggling too many other things. Or there just being enough on the plate without them. I do cook them on Boxing Day to make up for it though!

For Christmas, especially if entertaining I would say.....roast potatoes, mash potatoes. parsnips, carrots, peas, Brussel sprouts, pigs in blankets, stuffing, perhaps sausage meat, my partner likes a yorkshire pudding, gravy. bread sauce, cranberry sauce and any other side bits you see in the shops that look nice.

Sometimes roasties???? Yorkshire puddings??? They are basics of a Christmas dinner!!

For me it’s:
Roast potatoes
Stuffing
Parsnips
pigs in blankets
Sprouts with bacon
Carrots
Cauliflower Cheese
Braised Red cabbage
Cranberry Sauce
Bread Sauce
And sometimes I’ll make some caramelised onions too.
I love all the trimmings!

we have turkey and lamb with mash,the usual veggies we have on sunday dinner then goose fat roasted parsnips and potatoes and sprouts, pigs in blankets and yorkshire pudding and gravy we do gammon on christmas eve so there is usually cold cuts of gammon for anyone that wants it aswell.... plus we have cranberry sauce, mint sauce and apple sauce for anybody that wants it aswell

Trimmings to me is:

Stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Parsnips
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce

Etc

@LaSpuddle so do you have toast dinner 2 days in a row if you cook yorkshires on Boxing Day?

@MRSsqueak I think you’re our first ‘lamb’ entrant. We do lamb at Easter, but never Xmas!

I’m still shocked by how many people serve mash on Christmas Day!

Mash has got no business being on a Christmas dinner plate. And neither does cauliflower cheese while we're on the subject!

Pigs in blankets.
Honey parsnips.
Cheesy leeks / cauliflower
Yorkies.
Roast potatoes (we have never had mash although seems a lot have!)
Stuffing.
Gravy.
Red cabbage.
Veg - carrots, broc etc.
Sprouts.
Cranberry sauce - not a big fan myself but have to have available.

Didn't have turkey as not a fan so served up beef, chicken, roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings, chestnut veggie stuffing, sausage meat stuffing, mashed potatoes, mashed swede, roasted parsnips, carrots & brussel sprouts, pickled red cabbage, pigs in blankets, gravy, mustard, horseradish, cranberry sauce & bread sauce.

Serving 2 kinds of potatoes is fairly common. Seems OTT I know but great if you’ve got younger children to cater for - they love mash! 😄

This is a hilarious and quite useful post. I'm horrified by all the mash! And general gluttony.

Irish too and never had pigs in blankets until a few years ago but we do get them now. They're in the supermarkets at Christmas these days and the 11 year old loves them and has put her foot down!😄
Irish Christmas dinners nearly always include a ham as well as a turkey so the pigs in blankets are a bit superfluous really.

Mash belongs on a Christmas dinner plate but DH disagrees, he cooks and it's not a hill I'll die on.

I'd expect a greater range of veg than a normal roast so roast carrots and parsnips, red cabbage, Brussel sprouts cooked in a way that isn't plain sprouts, roast potatoes, cabbage. At least two types of stuffing, pigs in blankets, cranberry sauce and gravy.

I'm not team Yorkshire pudding but would get on board with Yorkshires too.

DH and I (both vegetarian) had mock "turkey"
potatoes
carrots
parsnips
sprouts
shallots
all of which were roasted in olive oil with dried herbs (Italian style plus rosemary) and seasoning.
Also steamed green vegetables (broccoli, green beans, peas etc.)
veggie pigs in blankets
stuffing
all with vegetarian gravy. All cooked in the oven and microwave in our touring caravan as we were away over Christmas. We really enjoyed it and could barely move afterwards. 😅

Then Boxing Day tea was all the leftovers, roughly chopped and placed in an oven dish, topped with grated cheddar and sprinkled with more of the herbs, and cooked for 30 to 40 minutes at 180 to 200° till browned on top. It was lovely. 😋

@Iwanttowantto I am so glad I asked and will always be really clear now when hosting Xmas dinner, as I’d never have thought to serve mash or cauliflower cheese but apparently that is Christmas trimmings for some.

I wonder what is expected for pudding? We usually do Xmas pud with custard and/or cream and one other pud, usually a gateau.

Yes but Boxing Day is simplified.
Roast beef, Yorkshires, potatoes, couple of green veg.

All four of my children have hated mash and gag on it 🤣

I’d never have thought to serve mash or cauliflower cheese but apparently that is Christmas trimmings for some.

They’re not Christmas trimmings they’re just stuff some people like.

Mine too and my mother as well.

OMG mash is an absolute must-have!! My (adult) kids were disgusted when I only did roasties on Boxing Day!

For us, Christmas Dinner consisted of:
Roast Turkey (crown)
Roast Gammon
Roast Lamb
Roast Beef
Mash
Roast potatoes
Carrots
Peas
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Sprouts
Green beans
Pigs in blankets
Yorkie puds
Stuffing balls
Gravy
Cranberry space
Mint sauce

Looks like we should do mash next year!