Turkey and a Yorkshire? It’s a big fat NO from me.

Sago

Grunty

Article 2, section 4, paragraph 1 of the Official Christmas Dinner Act 1994 states:

"All Christmas dinners must comprise of the following: roast turkey, roast potatoes, honey roast parsnips and carrots, pigs in blankets, red cabbage with apple, cauliflower au gratin, cranberry stuffing, Yorkshire pudding, cranberry sauce and gravy. Mashed potatoes are an optional extra."

Brilliant!

I don’t do them with Christmas dinner, but that’s largely because it’d be just another last minute thing to have to do. I keep Christmas dinner fairly simple, less faff and stress.

But I don’t have any objection in principle - if that’s what anybody likes - as long as I don’t have to provide it!

I agree Sago in our house anyway, I’m not fussed about Yorkshire at the best of times, they take up space where I could fit more veg or meat.
MrJ likes them with beef, so they live in the freezer.

I'd much rather have Yorkshire pudding than turkey. We'll have Yorkshires, but beef or lamb.

So I need to know, Grunty, what is the penalty for providing no a) red cabbage, or b) cauliflower cheese?
The only veg you get here are roast potatoes and parsnips, carrots and sprouts. More room on the plate for pigs in blankets - I have masses all ready to go in the freezer!

Don’t like Turkey - for me, Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes etc etc . I will have YP with anything 😋

Hang on a mo! Does no one else make bread sauce apart from me!

No bread sauce for our family no one likes it but Yorkshire’s as many as they can get. It’s not just for beef it’s for any roast dinner. It may not be PC but who cares it’s what we like.
Happy Christmas whatever yours is like.

Grandma, where are the Yorkshire puddings?? Ha ha

Ladyleft Mum where is the bread sauce?? I cook to please!! ha ha

Ladyleftfieldlover

Hang on a mo! Does no one else make bread sauce apart from me!

I don’t. The only person in our family who ever liked it was my father, and he used to make it himself.
Each to their own, though!

No Yorkshire puddings for us and like LLFL has to be homemade bread sauce

The whole point, I suppose, is to eat the things you like. I feel that Yorkshire pudding (my mum always made one big one) only goes with beef, but I wouldn't turn it down if offered it with other meats.

On the eating things you like, that means no carrots (don't like them cooked) and possibly no parsnips (DH will just about eat them honey roasted), no cauliflower au gratin (meal in itself) and no gravy (makes stuff soggy) or mashed potato. So our Christmas dinner will have lots of sprouts, red cabbage, roast potatoes (DH would eat a plateful quite happily) and pigs in blankets. I would probably add a few of our "dislikes" if we were having guests, though!

So I need to know, Grunty, what is the penalty for providing no a) red cabbage, or b) cauliflower cheese?

The penalty is, I believe, 40 years of peeling, boiling and eating sprouts for every meal. Personally, I wouldn't risk it!

Only with roast beef!

Definitely Yorkshires here.

No Turkey for me but yes a big fat Yorkshire always, wouldn’t dream of ever having a roast of any hue without a yorky
Having it only with beef is very old school

I m the only one in the family who makes bread sauce the grandkids love it they said they ve never met anyone amongst their peers who has ever heard of bread sauce

Homemade bread sauce is just delicious, mines in the freezer.

My miserable mother used to buy a sachet of chemicals that turned into a glue that vaguely resembled bread sauce when you added milk.

No for me there’s enough on the plate.

The examples given of an ideal Christmas dinner seems very light on green vegetables to me.
Where is broccoli and/or cabbage as well as the ubiquitous sprouts, which I love?

As far as Yorkshires go, I never did them with turkey in all the years I cooked at Christmas.

These days though as others cook I will have what I’m given!
If someone has gone to the trouble of cooking Yorkshires I will have one !

We are all eating out this year so I will see what appears. We’ve got a choice of turkey or another meat plus fish as well as a vegetarian option.

With you all the way, Sago.
And I’ve just put pancetta on my shopping list - I always put chestnuts in with the sprouts, but this year there’ll be pancetta too!
So thanks for your post!!

Definitely not!

DD will be cooking and fortunately she agrees with me that Yorkies are for roast beef only. The DGCs, all in their mid to late twenties always threaten to throw toddler style hissy fits as they would happily have them with all things roasted. 😂

FannyD

With you all the way, Sago.
And I’ve just put pancetta on my shopping list - I always put chestnuts in with the sprouts, but this year there’ll be pancetta too!
So thanks for your post!!

I parboil the sprouts on Christmas Eve (saving the water for the gravy of course)and refrigerate then just pop them in a frying pan with the pancetta and chestnuts.

Sago

Grunty

Article 2, section 4, paragraph 1 of the Official Christmas Dinner Act 1994 states:

"All Christmas dinners must comprise of the following: roast turkey, roast potatoes, honey roast parsnips and carrots, pigs in blankets, red cabbage with apple, cauliflower au gratin, cranberry stuffing, Yorkshire pudding, cranberry sauce and gravy. Mashed potatoes are an optional extra."

Brilliant!

Totally agree apart from cauli. Also , a tad off I make chestnut stuffing .
No chance of mash , that is for Boxing Day.
So, does that mean I only get a fine, or imprisonment ?

I always serve mini yorkshire puddings with Christmas Dinner as the GC love them.

Oh yes lots of yorkshire puddings , but no bread sauce 🤮