Why do people eat such disgusting for at Christmas?
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Turkey. The cheapest meat you can buy. Dry as a piece of sandpaper, little flavour, cheap meat alternative to chicken. Apart from Christmas it's only ever eaten when people either can't afford chicken or want to save money so shove it in a curry where it's easy to disguise it's total lack of taste and difficult to tell what you're eating. If it's so nice then how come for the majority of the year people eat chicken or beef?
Mince pies. Horrible things. You need to wash them down with a gallon of fluid because they're so dry they make your to lip stick up and cold pastry is just discussing and it sticks to the roof of your mouth. You can buy these all year round but most people don't. Not surprising really.
Mulled wine. Tastes like cheap red wine that's gone sour that someone has thrown a load of cinnamon in to it to disguise how horrible it is but hasn't actually made it any more palatable. Another Christmas drink that you can buy or make all year round but once Christmas is finished nobody is seen dead drinking the stuff.
Brussel Sprouts. Nasty bitter tasting things which most people serve aldente or in other words, not cooked. I don't know anyone who actually likes them and all they do is give you chronic wind and stinky farts.
Christmas pudding. Like mince pies but without the pastry. Again you need a gallon of custard to get it down your throat and disguise some of the disgusting flavour. It's like eating spiced clay. Some sick bastards put brandy sauce on it which in itself is the devil's sperm. I fail to see how that would make it any more palatable.
Egg not or advocaat. Truly revolting egg yolk based drink that resembles drinking your own saliva.
Baileys. Like drinking coldn milky coffee that sometimes just tipped a vodka in it, only if that really was the case you'd triple the alcohol content. One of the few alcoholic drinks that you can give the kids all night and they will never get so much as tipsy. Why do people drink this stuff?
Bowls filled with walnuts. Again, never at any other time of year would you be arsed to sit there cracking these things open and making a right mess all over the place just so you can nibble on a dry unsalted bit of squirrel food. Surely it's a lot easier to just buy a nice bag of peanuts or cashews. The fact that these things always get thrown away after Christmas because nobody bothers to eat them is a good indicator of how much people actually like them.
Why on Earth do people eat and drink such disgusting stuff at Christmas? If this stuff was so delicious then how come you never see anyone eating or drinking it at any other time of year?
Mince pies. Horrible things. You need to wash them down with a gallon of fluid because they're so dry they make your to lip stick up and cold pastry is just discussing and it sticks to the roof of your mouth. You can buy these all year round but most people don't. Not surprising really.
Mulled wine. Tastes like cheap red wine that's gone sour that someone has thrown a load of cinnamon in to it to disguise how horrible it is but hasn't actually made it any more palatable. Another Christmas drink that you can buy or make all year round but once Christmas is finished nobody is seen dead drinking the stuff.
Brussel Sprouts. Nasty bitter tasting things which most people serve aldente or in other words, not cooked. I don't know anyone who actually likes them and all they do is give you chronic wind and stinky farts.
Christmas pudding. Like mince pies but without the pastry. Again you need a gallon of custard to get it down your throat and disguise some of the disgusting flavour. It's like eating spiced clay. Some sick bastards put brandy sauce on it which in itself is the devil's sperm. I fail to see how that would make it any more palatable.
Egg not or advocaat. Truly revolting egg yolk based drink that resembles drinking your own saliva.
Baileys. Like drinking coldn milky coffee that sometimes just tipped a vodka in it, only if that really was the case you'd triple the alcohol content. One of the few alcoholic drinks that you can give the kids all night and they will never get so much as tipsy. Why do people drink this stuff?
Bowls filled with walnuts. Again, never at any other time of year would you be arsed to sit there cracking these things open and making a right mess all over the place just so you can nibble on a dry unsalted bit of squirrel food. Surely it's a lot easier to just buy a nice bag of peanuts or cashews. The fact that these things always get thrown away after Christmas because nobody bothers to eat them is a good indicator of how much people actually like them.
Why on Earth do people eat and drink such disgusting stuff at Christmas? If this stuff was so delicious then how come you never see anyone eating or drinking it at any other time of year?
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I am partial to a bit of Bailey's over the winter period, but strangely don't touch the stuff any other time of year. What's not to like about a creamy whiskey combination?
I completely agree about all the rest. Turkey resembles the sole of a well worn slipper to me, and mince pies are the work of the devil.
Not sure you are making/buying mince pies and Christmas pudding right either.
End of thread.
You're not cooking your Turkey right if it's dry and tasteless.
I adore sprouts and eat them all year round when I can.
Baileys is very much alcoholic and certainly gets you drunk. It's lovely over ice and equally as nice served warm. It's not made with vodka either btw.
Mulled wine is delicious.
Conclusion: OP, or whoever does the cooking for him, is not a very good cook.
Agree with you on Eggnog though, horrible stuff.
I am reminded of the turturkeykey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkqXBLS4hYw
Although a bird in a bird in a bird would be a turturturkeykeykey
Turkey is not dry if cooked properly.
Baileys Is delicious over ice and is drunk all year as far as I know.
Mince pies are not dry when eaten with cream.
I'm really not surprised by this miserable thread. Always one to spew his hatred to someone, something, or somewhere. Bet it's a Merry Christmas in The Wizard household.
2shy, we tried a five bird roast the other week. Was nice but I couldn't distinguish between the meats and the clementine stuffing was quite overpowering. I wouldn't buy one again I doubt.
Mince pies are only dry if they are shop brought. I can make very light and tasty mince pies.
Baileys I am not fond of.
Walnuts tend to be rather old fashioned. I am not fond of nuts. Although maybe a nice pistacchio ice cream once in the summer.
I adore brussel sprouts. I have them several times a year I love making them holy on Christmas Eve with the little crosses.
Christmas pudding I have to buy tiny ones as one big one is too much but a little one is just right and I like to make my own custard.
Mulled wine I can do without. Not something I have tried but then it is alcohol and I am not fond of it.
I suppose it is easier to cook and have a choice of 3 different meats and save space. Mind you, I don't like duck or turkey.
Nonsense, it is considerably more expensive than Chicken, at any time of year, and has far more flavour then chicken. Also, if its cooked properly it is not dry.
More nonsense, considering the amount of fluid and juice from the fruits - very unlikely to be dry and none of the ones I have are dry.
Bitter?? Have you ever actually tried them?!?!
It just sounds and looks so damn freaky though!
Cheap mince pies are awful but invest a little more to get truly tasty ones.
A good mulled wine is a true pleasure and a real festive delight.
A decent Christmas pudding helps round of the meal, along with some chocolates and another glass of wine.
Turkey also needs careful cooking and needs to be quality. Hence if eating out I avoid it. TBH I do prefer a decent chicken or duck.
Mince pies, xmas pud and mulled wine - again they need to be decent quality else they are pretty foul. I'd rather something lighter than xmas pud so I can leave room for plenty of cheese 'n port:D
I think with mulled wine its like cooking with wine - if the wine's too nasty to drink, don't cook or mull it!
I do cook all the above for other people and never had any complaints, serve with a couple of bottles of nice wine. That is what Christmas Dinner is all about.
:D:D I agree!