Christmas dinner is a very traditional meal, roast meat, usually turkey, with a range of seasonal vegetables such as sprouts, carrots, parsnips, peas or beans, and gravy, pigs in blankets. Roast potatoes are practically obligatory. Of course people tweak the variety according to their own preferences, but the meal itself is as traditional as it gets, hence the apparently limited range. It's essentially a fancy Sunday roast that just about all of us were brought up with. We have 364 other days for different things. Boxing day is always my favourite, with cold meats left over from Christmas, smoked trout, ham, cheese, pickles salad and baked potatoes. In the limbo period before new year with the remaining turkey we'll make curries and pies until it's all gone. By which time even the dog won't touch turkey...
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.
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)
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?
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?
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 🤧😷🤢🫣
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.
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 🤧😷🤢🫣
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 🤧😷🤢🫣
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.
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 🤧😷🤢🫣
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.
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
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.
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.
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Of course people tweak the variety according to their own preferences, but the meal itself is as traditional as it gets, hence the apparently limited range. It's essentially a fancy Sunday roast that just about all of us were brought up with. We have 364 other days for different things.
Boxing day is always my favourite, with cold meats left over from Christmas, smoked trout, ham, cheese, pickles salad and baked potatoes.
In the limbo period before new year with the remaining turkey we'll make curries and pies until it's all gone. By which time even the dog won't touch turkey...
Just for you, Noche Buena in Spain (celebrated on the 24th)
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.
[Get well soon]
I won 22 - 18
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Not a huge fan of veg except the frozen mixed, but it's a start.
My wife's dinner was sumptuous. Sorry there's no photo. I went without breakfast and I was hungry.