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Rate My Plate|Christmas '24

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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    PaddyP17 said:
    Jessie said:
    Is it a tradition to eat potatoes, carrots, beans and bacon during Christmas in the UK?😅 To be honest I'm surprised to notice a lack of vegetable varieties and... no one had any kind of fish? Shrimp/prawns? Etc. Seeing these pictures I'm confident you'll be blown away by how many different kinds of delicious foods we have here in China if you ever come for a visit🤣
    Christmas dinner is a traditional set of foods, yes - usually some combination of turkey (or another big meat, less commonly - beef or chicken); Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts, pigs in blankets (little sausages wrapped in bacon), cauliflower, broccoli, some form of green bean, parsnips, peas, or other vegetables. 

    For a starter, prawn cocktail is something some people do, while others will have canapés such as a salmon mousse blini or similar, so there is some fish there. But this is more based around tradition which is why on Christmas the vegetables are all so similar!

    We're not spoiled for choice in the UK - this is a snapshot of what is traditional on one day of the year.
    We call em amuse bouche down our ends.
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,769
    edited December 2024
    Bit late but this was yesterday's Xmas plate.
    Goose this year, which was absolutely amazing. Homemade stuffing at the bottom which is a meal in itself.

  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,969
    I was thinking about Christmas dinner tradition, and the least traditional element is probably the turkey. The really traditional bird is probably goose. And the Johnny-Come-Lately American impostor cranberry sauce would have been redcurrant jelly, which is still popularly served with lamb or game (I had it with my venison yesterday)
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    Gribbo said:
    PaddyP17 said:
    Jessie said:
    Is it a tradition to eat potatoes, carrots, beans and bacon during Christmas in the UK?😅 To be honest I'm surprised to notice a lack of vegetable varieties and... no one had any kind of fish? Shrimp/prawns? Etc. Seeing these pictures I'm confident you'll be blown away by how many different kinds of delicious foods we have here in China if you ever come for a visit🤣
    Christmas dinner is a traditional set of foods, yes - usually some combination of turkey (or another big meat, less commonly - beef or chicken); Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts, pigs in blankets (little sausages wrapped in bacon), cauliflower, broccoli, some form of green bean, parsnips, peas, or other vegetables. 

    For a starter, prawn cocktail is something some people do, while others will have canapés such as a salmon mousse blini or similar, so there is some fish there. But this is more based around tradition which is why on Christmas the vegetables are all so similar!

    We're not spoiled for choice in the UK - this is a snapshot of what is traditional on one day of the year.
    We call em amuse bouche down our ends.
    What did they call em when you lived in France mate? 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    MrOneLung said:
    Gribbo said:
    PaddyP17 said:
    Jessie said:
    Is it a tradition to eat potatoes, carrots, beans and bacon during Christmas in the UK?😅 To be honest I'm surprised to notice a lack of vegetable varieties and... no one had any kind of fish? Shrimp/prawns? Etc. Seeing these pictures I'm confident you'll be blown away by how many different kinds of delicious foods we have here in China if you ever come for a visit🤣
    Christmas dinner is a traditional set of foods, yes - usually some combination of turkey (or another big meat, less commonly - beef or chicken); Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts, pigs in blankets (little sausages wrapped in bacon), cauliflower, broccoli, some form of green bean, parsnips, peas, or other vegetables. 

    For a starter, prawn cocktail is something some people do, while others will have canapés such as a salmon mousse blini or similar, so there is some fish there. But this is more based around tradition which is why on Christmas the vegetables are all so similar!

    We're not spoiled for choice in the UK - this is a snapshot of what is traditional on one day of the year.
    We call em amuse bouche down our ends.
    What did they call em when you lived in France mate? 
    Hors d"oeuves 😉
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    What part of a horse is his doeuves?
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    D’oeuves is French for ‘Fuck Pots’ I think. 
    My O’Levels were a while back, so I could be wrong though?
  • CL_Phantom
    CL_Phantom Posts: 5,513
    edited December 2024
    Jessie said:
    Is it a tradition to eat potatoes, carrots, beans and bacon during Christmas in the UK?😅 To be honest I'm surprised to notice a lack of vegetable varieties and... no one had any kind of fish? Shrimp/prawns? Etc. Seeing these pictures I'm confident you'll be blown away by how many different kinds of delicious foods we have here in China if you ever come for a visit🤣



    Just for you, Noche Buena in Spain (celebrated on the 24th)



  • Heres my husbands effort. It looked so lovely. I managed the pig in blanket, a roastie, a few sprouts & a bit of turkey before I had to stop. I'm as sick as a dog. Feck 🤧😷🤢🫣
  • Jessie said:
    Is it a tradition to eat potatoes, carrots, beans and bacon during Christmas in the UK?😅 To be honest I'm surprised to notice a lack of vegetable varieties and... no one had any kind of fish? Shrimp/prawns? Etc. Seeing these pictures I'm confident you'll be blown away by how many different kinds of delicious foods we have here in China if you ever come for a visit🤣

    I think one of the fortunate things about living in London is that you can eat out at a restaurant specialising in food from probably 90% of counties in the world (and even restaurants specialising in specific regions of countries) within an hour or two radius.  I have always thought it would be good one day to start at A and eat the alphabet... Like Angola, Botswana, Cambodia, Denmark etc.... it would take a few years but we quite fun.
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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,850
    Heres my husbands effort. It looked so lovely. I managed the pig in blanket, a roastie, a few sprouts & a bit of turkey before I had to stop. I'm as sick as a dog. Feck 🤧😷🤢🫣
    You like a big sausage do you?
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,107
    Heres my husbands effort. It looked so lovely. I managed the pig in blanket, a roastie, a few sprouts & a bit of turkey before I had to stop. I'm as sick as a dog. Feck 🤧😷🤢🫣
    Probably the sprouts. 😀

    [Get well soon]
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,769
    edited December 2024
    Jessie said:
    Is it a tradition to eat potatoes, carrots, beans and bacon during Christmas in the UK?😅 To be honest I'm surprised to notice a lack of vegetable varieties and... no one had any kind of fish? Shrimp/prawns? Etc. Seeing these pictures I'm confident you'll be blown away by how many different kinds of delicious foods we have here in China if you ever come for a visit🤣
    Christmas eve was our fish course, to help prepare for the big day.
    Scottish langoustine from the west coast, and traditionally smoked haddock from Grimsby.
    Xmas day has to be a roast in our house. Perhaps fish for starter, but main meal a roast of some kind with all the trimmings.
    Usually rib of beef, a turkey or a goose.


  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    KFC is the traditional Christmas Day meal in.......... Japan, according to a quiz me and the Mrs played last night.

    I won 22 - 18
  • Gribbo said:
    KFC is the traditional Christmas Day meal in.......... Japan, according to a quiz me and the Mrs played last night.

    I won 22 - 18
    Comes up regularly on quiz questions that one 
  • Gribbo said:
    KFC is the traditional Christmas Day meal in.......... Japan, according to a quiz me and the Mrs played last night.

    I won 22 - 18
    Sounds like you were winging it.
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,107
    Off_it said:
    Heres my husbands effort. It looked so lovely. I managed the pig in blanket, a roastie, a few sprouts & a bit of turkey before I had to stop. I'm as sick as a dog. Feck 🤧😷🤢🫣
    You like a big sausage do you?
    Enough of your chat up lines!
    😉
  • Leftover/turkey sandwich day today, better than the actual roast for me!!
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,420
    edited December 2024
    As someone that couldn't cook until I started to learn around this time last year, I surprised myself with today's efforts. 
    Not a huge fan of veg except the frozen mixed, but it's a start. 

  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    T_C_E said:
    As some that couldn't cook until I started to learn around this time last year, I surprised myself with today's efforts. 
    Not a huge fan of veg except the frozen mixed, but it's a start. 

    A truly heroic effort and I salute. Small thing: you are allowed to take it out of the oven tray before serving 
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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    Gribbo said:
    KFC is the traditional Christmas Day meal in.......... Japan, according to a quiz me and the Mrs played last night.

    I won 22 - 18
    Sounds like you were winging it.
    Won by a leg
  • My observation is that too few people are cooking their potatoes to the crispiness desired to my taste.

    My wife's dinner was sumptuous. Sorry there's no photo. I went without breakfast and I was hungry.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    My observation is that too few people are cooking their potatoes to the crispiness desired to my taste.

    My wife's dinner was sumptuous. Sorry there's no photo. I went without breakfast and I was hungry.
    You ate the photo too?
  • 8 pages and not one bottle of ketchup or HP on the plate. I also noticed a lot of gravy, northerners. 
  • 8 pages and not one bottle of ketchup or HP on the plate. I also noticed a lot of gravy, northerners. 
    I make both observations correct, ketchup and HP is for children while a good quality gravy (not Bisto) is a must 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    8 pages and not one bottle of ketchup or HP on the plate. I also noticed a lot of gravy, northerners. 
    Have to admit I like a bit a brown sauce on my roast . 
  • T_C_E said:
    As someone that couldn't cook until I started to learn around this time last year, I surprised myself with today's efforts. 
    Not a huge fan of veg except the frozen mixed, but it's a start. 

    Looks good. Potato's much better than most on here. I'm afraid that veg is minus points tho. Sweetcorn on a roast is criminal.


  • T_C_E said:
    As someone that couldn't cook until I started to learn around this time last year, I surprised myself with today's efforts. 
    Not a huge fan of veg except the frozen mixed, but it's a start. 

    Looks good. Potato's much better than most on here. I'm afraid that veg is minus points tho. Sweetcorn on a roast is criminal.


    Definitely, @DaveMehmet could probably tell you about sweetcorn & a spit roast.
  • Jessie said:
    Is it a tradition to eat potatoes, carrots, beans and bacon during Christmas in the UK?😅 To be honest I'm surprised to notice a lack of vegetable varieties and... no one had any kind of fish? Shrimp/prawns? Etc. Seeing these pictures I'm confident you'll be blown away by how many different kinds of delicious foods we have here in China if you ever come for a visit🤣

    I think one of the fortunate things about living in London is that you can eat out at a restaurant specialising in food from probably 90% of counties in the world (and even restaurants specialising in specific regions of countries) within an hour or two radius.  I have always thought it would be good one day to start at A and eat the alphabet... Like Angola, Botswana, Cambodia, Denmark etc.... it would take a few years but we quite fun.
    There's a blog waiting to happen
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Numbers said:



    When the electric carver goes on the blink and you have to resort to a pair of tweezers!