What's your favourite bit of Christmas dinner?

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I prefer all the trimmings rather than the turkey and my favourite bit of Christmas dinner is carrot and swede and sausages wrapped in bacon.

I've never cooked a Christmas dinner before, we nearly always go to my mum's but this year I am hosting and wondering which bits everyone likes and which bits people aren't that bothered about.

There was one year that the carrot and swede was accidentally left off the menu and, despite it being 7 years ago, I still shudder at the memory of Christmas dinner without it.

I know there are lots of people who think it's just the same as a Sunday roast but we rarely have a roast on a Sunday so I'm a bit of a novice!

So, what are your must-haves on your Christmas dinner plate and which things would happily do without?

That should of course say Christmas!!

I am not doing a huge dinner this year.

A naice ham, some veggies in balsamic and olive oil, and some creamy/herby potato things. I may do a dessert too.

I am looking forward to it all! :)

Proper homemede mulled vine!

Christmas pud and seeing who finds the charm (and hopefully not swallowing it)

Bread sauce. I make it the same way as Smallstuff's, but I stir a bit of butter in at the end.

I love Christmas pudding, but don't like rich fruit cake much (or mince pies, come to that) so I make a Dundee cake. I'm still trying to work out why I like Christmas pudding and not rich fruit cake - currants are better hot? the suet makes a difference? No idea.

Kilted sausages.

The vegetables,with the exception of sprouts.

Dauphinoise potatoes and boiled potatoes with herb butter.I don't really 'get' the appeal of roast potatoes,unless they're roasted baby potatoes.

Pate or scallops to start.

Chipolatas.

I've never tried bread sauce. Judging by the description I'll be in no hurry to do so.

Oh bread sauce is gorgeous. Creamy, savoury with a hint of nutmeg.

mmmmmm

Mmmm. Clove flavoured baby vomit.

Actually I may try it soon,but not at Christmas.

Ha, I was going to describe it as that further up the thread but refrained! I have tried it, but never wish to again.

Tender turkey with all the veg and roasties - yummmy! My hubby cooks it (I prepare the veg and clear up after) and it tastes delicious!

We just have 5 of us here and its lovely, cannot wait till Christmas Day!

Just 4 of us & I've bought the poshest chicken ever - superdelux! Have bought a turkey breast the last few years - butterflied it out, filled it with bread stuffing, sausagemeat stuffing and fresh cranberries, rolled it back up and wrapped it in bacon then roasted - it slices beautifully - but this year I just want a nice chicken. With yorkshires :-D

AllIWant nope - don't like turkey roast at all actually...but do love turkey curry a' la Bridget Jones :)
We tend to have either duck (French style with orange and cognac) or goose with cherries and red cabbage (DH is German) but this year as DD finally eating with us, making very simple roast chicken Italian-style (garlic, lemon,rosemary) which she loves too, with loads of small roasted potatoes and shallots, with red cabbage and apple on the side and fine green beans.
Has to be best M&S shortcrust pastry mince pies and brandy cream for pud though though fully intended to make my own this year again, and failed

Yorkies, Roast potatoes, roast parsnips... anything that is cooked in goose fat, the goose fat is a must!

chicken with yorkshires sounds fab Flanelle - bit like chicken pie!

was your posh bird one of those Bresson (?spelling?) ones? curious :)

even though I'm not a turkey fan, yours sounds really appealing.

No, not one of those .... so there's a POSHER chicken than mine out there somewhere?

Roast potatoes, stuffing & good gravy & pigs in blankets...ooh & roast parsnips! Could live without the turkey!

Really looking forward to Brandy sauce with my pud, got a huge pot (can't make it like my mums so had to buy) and I'm the only one who likes it!

Chestnut stuffing
Just that.
Delish cold the next day as well.

stuffing and roast parsnips.

also love turkey moistmakers (a la friends) the day after...

Flanelle
apparently some bloke on the telly (one of the Roux brother, or sons, I think) was banging on about it the other night and I was thinking you might be a posh bird with another posh bird
mine never gets much posher than Waitrose, or local butcher