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Traditional Christmas dinner

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aprilrose Sun 13-Oct-19 05:24:43

I am not big on starting new discussions but this topic has exercised my thought recently.

I have been asked to my works Christmas meal - one at a restaurant/hotel. Its around £0 a head but when I got to see the menu I declined.

Now people think I am antisocial but I declined because the menu was awful. There was nothing on it I could eat. Even the Christmas turkey had to have some concoction put over it. The starters were full of things I would never eat in a million years. I thought it might be a ne off but it seems that all meals out now have these modern twists and differences.

What happened to the turkey with sage and onion stuffing , roasts, brussels and carrots with some nice meat gravy. More, what happened to a traditional Christmas pud, or even a cheese ( Cheddar or Stilton for me) and biscuits option?

My work ( as in management) put on a dinner in the canteen just before Christmas - one we get subsidised - and thats still traditional but hotels and resturants seem to have gone mad for anything but .....

I have a bigger problem than it just not being traditional. I get a lot of indigestion these days and I have found much of it is in the fancy sauces, trimmings and all manner of things "modern" in the shops. I have started ( late I know) to make my own food - plain and simple. But Christmas dinner has always been something to look for ward to, traditional and not adulterated!

Is this twist on a theme stuff with all manner of things brought in from elsewhere common now or just where I live? Am I doomed to be forever at home for Christmas with no parties to go to?

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Urmstongran Sun 13-Oct-19 14:39:41

Love that GG13! Ooh I could just pull up a chair and sit quietly .... I love a roast dinner.

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aprilrose Sun 13-Oct-19 17:33:13

BlueSaphire, as I explained way back, ll those spicy foods , pasta and garlic give me very bad indigestion. I dont eat any of them for that reason. I have had far too many nights with reflux and heart burn to want to do it again.

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Sara65 Sun 13-Oct-19 17:39:19

M0nica

A bit like my late mother in law, whatever you served up, she’d look at it and say, well I don’t like it, but I’ll eat it, so complimentary!

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wildswan16 Sun 13-Oct-19 18:33:15

The last time I had a "works do" Christmas dinner it was totally ruined by garlic. It is the one thing I really cannot stand the taste or smell of. Why is it necessary to put garlic in roast potatoes, or anything else?

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rockgran Sun 13-Oct-19 19:38:03

I'm vegetarian but I agree that there are too many additions to plain food. I rarely get a vegetarian dish that hasn't been spiced up with chilli (which I hate). There are many side dishes in a Christmas meal - they don't all have to be fancy. party

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ccamelia Tue 19-Nov-19 04:00:03

Hey guys, this is Cynthia

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