Christmas dinner is disgusting – I refuse to eat it
Christmas dinner is disgusting – I refuse to eat it
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‘Opinionated.’. No-one likes to define themselves by a single word, but I reckon if you were to ask people to sum me up with just one adjective, that one would be the most common. Since I could talk, I’ve been bending the ears of anyone who will listen to give my view on the issues of the day.
But no one comment can quite silence a room, stop people in their tracks, and leave me on the receiving end of angry glances quite like this one. I hate Christmas dinner. There, I said it. Never liked it – in fact the classic components of a festive feast are some of my least favourite foods in the world.
Turkey – chicken’s drier, blander cousin – is grim, and the fact I hate the gravy that typically drowns it is one of my bigger culinary controversies. Cranberry sauce is effectively jam, therefore has no place outside of a sandwich; pigs-in-blankets include bacon, Britain’s most overrated ingredient; and stuffing is just unpleasant.
I’ve slandered sprouts more than anyone, and I stand by a recent claim I made that roast potatoes are simply ‘chips for cowards.’. On turkey, at least, I’m not alone, with a 2020 YouGov poll showing that only around half of Brits would consider it part of their ideal Christmas dinner.
A more recent survey by Sainsbury’s found that Gen Z, in particular, are turning their back on the bird, with 77% of those aged 18-25 saying that they’ll forgo turkey this festive period. I always knew the kids were alright. Among the popular meat alternatives to that paltry poultry are beef, chicken, goose, and ham, with more and more people opting for a vegetarian option, too.
