What Is Your Favourite Christmas Food?

Mary_Scope

It's the most wonderful time of the year….FOR FOOD!!!

Lets talk about the iconic christmas dinner..

Do you have the traditional turkey? Gammon? Beef? Or maybe a vegan/veggie alternative? We have a lot of family coming around this year so I'm cooking all 4 in my house! Wish me luck!!

What about the side dishes? Do you keep it classic with roast potatos and honey glazed parsnips or do you enjoy a modern twist with cauliflower cheese?

And the controversial brussel sprout! These are 50/50 in my family, personally I am a big fan of the tiny cabbage.

And what about the picky bits for grazing on throughout the festive period? This is my favourite christmas food - olives, baguette, dips, crisps, crackers.

I am doing the big Christmas food shop tomorrow and I will be buying olives to enjoy with my feet up while watching the Gavin and Stacy Christmas Special on Christmas Day!

What are some of your favourite Christmas Foods? And what do you have on your Christmas dinner?

Sandy_123

We are having turkey and lamb for Xmas dinner with all the trimmings

durhamjaide2001

we are having turkey ham and a beef wellington this year with all the trimmings and my favourite part of a Christmas Dinner is Yorkshire puddings

Mary_Scope

That sounds very tasty @Sandy_123. A Yorkshire pudding on Christmas dinner sounds absolutely delicious @durhamjaide2001

Wibbles

I love pigs in blankets - decent quality sausages and free range bacon !!

And Sprouts cooked with bacon bits and walnuts !

michael57

i would be just as happy with beans on toast garnished with a sprig of holly to each there own tho absolute waste of money when there are people starving in the world

noman

Whatever jumps out at me when I open the freezer draw!

noman

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/957065#Comment_957065

Im with you on that one fella😎

Starman

I guess it's nice if you have a choice, sadly as we all know there will be many who don't have that option.

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/957097#Comment_957097

damm that 2 tins now haha

Hopeless

I don’t like Christmas food!

teuchterlass

Food to me is something to keep my engine running and topped up - don't particularly think about what I eat other than - no anchovies please.

Grab first thing out fridge or freezer, quite often i'll make soup too

Bluebell21

Turkey and ham with all the trimmings for Christmas dinner.

birdwatcher

Does chocolate count?😁

I'm so funny about what I will and won't eat . If I make the effort on Christmas day it might be quorn chicken breast, stuffing , three, possibly four sprouts, carrots I'm not sure about yet. Probably roast potatoes. No gravy or sauces.

I did use to like pigs in blankets and am pretty sure I've got some vegan sasuages in the freezer. But that's a lot on one plate for me. The flip side is that my dog would happily eat all that apart from the stuffing😁

JessieJ

My favoutites are, prawn cocktail, homemade not bought, sadly not with dad's wonderful sauce & homemade mince pies, that's mince meat & pastry, but, sadly not with mum's amazing pastry. With those two, I'd be a happy camper. My actual will be prawn cocktail, turkey & a homemade low carb mince pie. There will be all the trimmings though, as there are 12 of us & we're having it on Sunday. Christmas day will be a late buffet so the kids can enjoy their pressies at home first. Of the 12, we have a birthday on the 26th (mum's was then too) & another on the 27th.