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

Yorkshire pudding with beef for us.
Except if guests (DGC) request it with anything else. I’ve only been asked for Yorkshire’s with fish once, but when my DGS discovered there was no gravy he said he’d rather not bother thank you.
So little bother to give so much pleasure, I really don’t mind.

But there’s no rules re cooking Have what you fancy
Who the heck originally said NEVER have a Yorkshire with anything but beef and why or ‘Never have mint sauce with anything but lamb’ what rubbish who makes up these rules
If you like it have it with whatever meat or non meat you want

That's how my m.i.l. always served them sodapop and they were fabulous, never had better.

I like my yorkshires the old fashioned way as a starter with proper gravy.

Yorkshire puds with beef, lamb and pork but never with turkey or chicken and for the life of me, I've no idea why

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."

Clearly not official, as no-one official would say "comprise of". Dinner comprises the following, or Dinner consists of the following, or Dinner is composed of the following.

Yorkshire with Xmas dinner? Whyever not?!

This official Christmas Dinner act does not apply in our area. Sprouts are compulsory here and red cabbage does not appear.

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."

We abide by that Act too Grunty. We also have leeks - and the mashed potato must be made, even if not eaten on the day, so that bubble and squeak is available on Boxing Day.

My Hampshire grandson was horrified that I did not include yorkies when it was my turn to do Christmas dinner
I have included them ever since!!!!

I have been out for two Christmas lunches within the last week or so. The vegetables included Brussels sprouts and red cabbage. Why!? They are my least favourite vegetables and seem to be ubiquitous wherever I go. They won’t be on my Christmas table!

Should my lot want Yorkshires (probably will) at the last minute, it’ll be curtesy of my Aunt Bessie!!

Yorkshire pudding with beef in our house.

I wonder if there's such a thing as a Nouvelle Cuisine Christmas dinner?

Chicken and Turkey- bread sauce and stuffing
Beef - horseradish sauce and Yorkshire pudding
Lamb - mint sauce
Pork - apple sauce.

I don’t like to mix them.

So, does that mean I only get a fine, or imprisonment ?

Probably just a fine hazel93; or a suspended sentence at the most!

I'm with you on that Yorkshire puddings should only be with beef and we do not like to include it in a traditional Christmas dinner, but some of our family do like to include it, so we are flexible to please them, but we choose not to have it for ourselves.

Yorkshires with our dinner, always.
Whether is turkey, chicken or a vegetarian ‘this isn’t chicken’ roast.
Am from Lancashire and despite the war of the roses we always serve Yorkshires with a roast dinner, they’re delicious, so why not?

No yorkshire puds with our Christmas dinner. We have them usually with beef and lamb roasts only but grandchildren love them so I do make and exception for them 😂
I usually make a batch of Yorkshire puds and freeze them and get out and re heat as needed so much easier.

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

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

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 ?

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.

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. 😂

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!!

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.