What would you leave out of your Christmas dinner?

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I was debating this with a friend last night... If you had to leave out one element from your Christmas dinner, what would it be?

Choices are: Turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, brussels sprouts or gravy.

I love sprouts, so I'd get rid of the stuffing.

We don't have pigs and blankets. We have sausages and bacon separate and I really don't like the bacon swirl things

Pigs for me. Though the kids would riot...

Stuffing. Bleurgh horrible stuff.

I love shredded sprouts fried in olive with bacon and chestnuts. It's my favourite bit!

@MrsWhites
Hear hear!
And I'd also want parsnips, carrots and bread sauce.

How can you even ask this question?! Nothing can be left out - it’s like asking which one of your children you want to leave out of Christmas.

Turkey

I love sprouts! If we were having a Traditional Christmas dinner I wouldn't leave anything in your list out.

Bread sauce - that can definitely go! Wet white, gloopy bread - just why?????

I always thought I was the only one! Love the pigs, hate the blankets!

Red cabbage….absolutely revolting!

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None of them, they are all lovely!

Parsnips, on the other hand...😷

I don’t eat animal products so an easy choice. But I also hate stuffing so that can go too.

Pigs in blankets are not essential to my mind, all the others are. Stuffing in particular, we have a homemade one only at Christmas and it is what turns the dinner from a regular roast to the Christmas roast.

Turkey, ide rather have more pigs in blankets, we always have beef or pork but I still do pigs in blankets

Sprouts. 2nd choice would be turkey. Just pigs in blankets, various forms of potato and non-sprout veg would do me nicely.

Gravy.

Give me all the carbs and veg. The turkey can do one.

Roast potatoes. Mashed potatoes are superior and both together on the plate is too much. They'll suffice for leftovers though.

Pigs in blankets and sprouts are a once a year thing here so need to be included for tradition.

My grandmother forgot the gravy once. It was grim.

I have never had pigs in blankets, so happy to ditch those. In normal circumstances I don't like sprouts, but somehow they just work with turkey, so I will keep them Stuffing i can take or leave.

Pigs in blankets. Salty and fatty.
Love turkey and sprouts.

Sprouts and Christmas pudding

I would be happy to get rid of the roast potatoes! Controversial I know. Love sprouts.

I couldn't possibly sacrifice any of it

I hate bread sauce though. Absolutely yuk.

Sprouts. Vile things. My husband loves them, as does the dog. Last year the dog was farting sprouts all the way through Eastenders. I was trying to concentrate on Mick Carter's drowning, she kept putting me off. Sometimes I hate that dog (not really, I loves her).

Love sprouts, could eat just a plate of those on their own. Pigs in blankets can go. They're too salty and it's all too much meat with the turkey and proper stuffing.