Christmas food that you hate

Cissy Fairfax · 19-12-2012, 21:10

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Is Christmas pudding the same as Christmas cake except with the cake extras like marzipan and icing?

Well, the ones I've eaten are so far apart theyre not even comparible. Like comparing the taste of a Christmas pudding to a Christmas cracker.

Xmas pud (and I've had one just now) is wonderful, beautiful combination of fruit tastes, piping hot, drenched in cream. Phenomenal food.

The Christmas cakes I've eaten, even before the woeful marzipan and icing, are drab, dry and pretty tasteless. Bit like wedding cakes some of them, which is the one food at a wedding everybody leaves, apart from if you were lucky enough to get a bit of cherry.

obsoletecheese · 19-12-2012, 21:12

Christmas pudding is what I hate the most at Christmas!

benjamini · 19-12-2012, 21:16

So who actually eats xmas pud and cake.? The majority here hate them. Is it just a tradition?
I think its just to much stodge after a big meal and we are doing it a disservice.

Roxocube · 19-12-2012, 21:19

I don't understand the lack of love for marzipan. It's the best bit of the cake

yum!

thoughtcriminal · 19-12-2012, 21:35

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Originally Posted by benjamini

So who actually eats xmas pud and cake.? The majority here hate them. Is it just a tradition?
I think its just to much stodge after a big meal and we are doing it a disservice.

I love it. Best bit of the dinner for me. Big dollop of brandy butter on it and lots of double cream.

NorthernNinny · 19-12-2012, 21:59

Traditional christmas dinner , because i'm a vegetarian. Christmas cake,Christmas pudding,mince pies.

Yuk. The christmas tipple more than makes up for it though.

benjamini · 19-12-2012, 22:05

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Originally Posted by thoughtcriminal

I love it. Best bit of the dinner for me. Big dollop of brandy butter on it and lots of double cream.

If there is one thing I dislike more than xmas pud its that revolting brandy butter. I hate alchol in food.

Fibromite59 · 19-12-2012, 23:48

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Originally Posted by Bedlam_maid

Agreed. It's all gross. Pork and apple sauce, tukey and cranberry, duck and orange. bleurghhhhh!

And then there's lamb and redcurrant jelly and sometimes duck is put with cherries. All a bit strange, although I have to admit to loving cranberry or apple sauce. When you think about it people put tomato sauce on all kinds of savoury foods and tomatoes are a fruit.

benjamini · 19-12-2012, 23:49

Pork and apple, mmmm, love it.

Nickelback · 20-12-2012, 00:00

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Originally Posted by benjamini

So who actually eats xmas pud and cake.? The majority here hate them. Is it just a tradition?
I think its just to much stodge after a big meal and we are doing it a disservice.

I just can't eat dried fruit it, when i was little my mum popped a sultana in my mouth and i just spat it out, nothing could make me eat it ...

TelevisionUser · 20-12-2012, 00:09

Christmas food that you hate

Over-boiled Brussels sprouts.

LaceyLouelle3 · 20-12-2012, 00:09

I am shocked how many people don't like Christmas cake

nethwen · 20-12-2012, 22:34

Ooh, I love Christmas food. Christmas cake, Christmas pud with lashings of cream, mince pies, Christmas dinner (except for the meat, and I dislike bread sauce) and anything else Christmassy. Yum.

turquoiseblue · 20-12-2012, 22:38

Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk.

benjamini · 20-12-2012, 22:44

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Originally Posted by turquoiseblue

Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk.

Love trifle, without the sherry.

Fio Montoya · 20-12-2012, 22:48

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Originally Posted by turquoiseblue

Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk.

I only like trifle without the sponge in, which then of course means it's not a trifle

stupidwheelie · 20-12-2012, 22:52

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Originally Posted by benjamini

Pork and apple, mmmm, love it.

That's my Christmas dinner

Studmuffin · 21-12-2012, 01:17

The sausages wrapped in bacon things (I can't remember their name)
Carrots (I hate them not just this time of year)
Christmas cake and Christmas pudding
Trifle (sponge yuk, jelly yuk, custard yuk. All together yuk yuk yuk)

Fibromite59 · 21-12-2012, 01:41

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Originally Posted by turquoiseblue

Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk.

I would find it difficult to know what is worse ... Trifle Yukkkkkkkk ... or Christmas pud Yukkkkkkkkkk again.

We usualy have an assortment of different ice-creams to choose from and mince pies if anyone wants them.

norbitonite · 21-12-2012, 07:07

Love all of it - preparing it, cooking it, eating it. Love it all.

Can't manage any Christmas pud or Christmas cake on the day itself, though, and don't like cream on anything.

norbitonite · 21-12-2012, 07:30

Deleted - duplicate post.

fatsi · 21-12-2012, 09:10

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Originally Posted by benjamini

Love trifle, without the sherry.

My Mum has all the family over at some point over Christmas and lays on a big buffet. Some like trifle with sherry, some without. Last year my Mum decided that she would make 1 big trifle but only pour the booze over half the sponge fingers in the dish while layering it all up. She then made an "S" on the top half with sherry in with raspberries so she would know the difference as she preps everything the day before.

Little did she realise what would happen whilst it was sat in the fridge

ScotchMisst · 22-12-2012, 11:12

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Originally Posted by ninjahandfriend

Years and years ago someone tried to get me to eat duck with plums. As if.

"Mince meat" used to be meat, in medieval times, meat with fuit in it...sweetmeats....

(disgusting!)

MJsDirtyDiana · 27-12-2012, 23:30

Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, Brussels sprouts, turkey and mince pies

Starfire Belle · 28-12-2012, 03:17

I hate mince pies, Christmas pudding and Christmas fruit cake . All thoroughly disgusting I can't take all that dried fruit and sickly sweetness

19-12-2012, 21:10	#151
Cissy Fairfax Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 7,351	Quote: Originally Posted by grotbags1 Is Christmas pudding the same as Christmas cake except with the cake extras like marzipan and icing? Well, the ones I've eaten are so far apart theyre not even comparible. Like comparing the taste of a Christmas pudding to a Christmas cracker. Xmas pud (and I've had one just now) is wonderful, beautiful combination of fruit tastes, piping hot, drenched in cream. Phenomenal food. The Christmas cakes I've eaten, even before the woeful marzipan and icing, are drab, dry and pretty tasteless. Bit like wedding cakes some of them, which is the one food at a wedding everybody leaves, apart from if you were lucky enough to get a bit of cherry.

19-12-2012, 21:12	#152
obsoletecheese Inactive Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 14	Christmas pudding is what I hate the most at Christmas!

19-12-2012, 21:16	#153
benjamini Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hebrides Posts: 28,153	So who actually eats xmas pud and cake.? The majority here hate them. Is it just a tradition? I think its just to much stodge after a big meal and we are doing it a disservice.

19-12-2012, 21:19	#154
Roxocube Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 164	I don't understand the lack of love for marzipan. It's the best bit of the cake yum!

19-12-2012, 21:35	#155
thoughtcriminal Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 990	Quote: Originally Posted by benjamini So who actually eats xmas pud and cake.? The majority here hate them. Is it just a tradition? I think its just to much stodge after a big meal and we are doing it a disservice. I love it. Best bit of the dinner for me. Big dollop of brandy butter on it and lots of double cream.

19-12-2012, 21:59	#156
NorthernNinny Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Manchester Posts: 15,099	Traditional christmas dinner , because i'm a vegetarian. Christmas cake,Christmas pudding,mince pies. Yuk. The christmas tipple more than makes up for it though.

19-12-2012, 22:05	#157
benjamini Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hebrides Posts: 28,153	Quote: Originally Posted by thoughtcriminal I love it. Best bit of the dinner for me. Big dollop of brandy butter on it and lots of double cream. If there is one thing I dislike more than xmas pud its that revolting brandy butter. I hate alchol in food.

19-12-2012, 23:48	#158
Fibromite59 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 16,684	Quote: Originally Posted by Bedlam_maid Agreed. It's all gross. Pork and apple sauce, tukey and cranberry, duck and orange. bleurghhhhh! And then there's lamb and redcurrant jelly and sometimes duck is put with cherries. All a bit strange, although I have to admit to loving cranberry or apple sauce. When you think about it people put tomato sauce on all kinds of savoury foods and tomatoes are a fruit.

19-12-2012, 23:49	#159
benjamini Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hebrides Posts: 28,153	Pork and apple, mmmm, love it.

20-12-2012, 00:00	#160
Nickelback Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 23,174	Quote: Originally Posted by benjamini So who actually eats xmas pud and cake.? The majority here hate them. Is it just a tradition? I think its just to much stodge after a big meal and we are doing it a disservice. I just can't eat dried fruit it, when i was little my mum popped a sultana in my mouth and i just spat it out, nothing could make me eat it ...

20-12-2012, 00:09	#161
TelevisionUser Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Storbritannia Posts: 28,930	Christmas food that you hate Over-boiled Brussels sprouts.

20-12-2012, 00:09	#162
LaceyLouelle3 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,104	I am shocked how many people don't like Christmas cake

20-12-2012, 22:34	#163
nethwen Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 19,737	Ooh, I love Christmas food. Christmas cake, Christmas pud with lashings of cream, mince pies, Christmas dinner (except for the meat, and I dislike bread sauce) and anything else Christmassy. Yum.

20-12-2012, 22:38	#164
turquoiseblue Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,353	Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk.

20-12-2012, 22:44	#165
benjamini Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hebrides Posts: 28,153	Quote: Originally Posted by turquoiseblue Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk. Love trifle, without the sherry.

20-12-2012, 22:48	#166
Fio Montoya Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 7,041	Quote: Originally Posted by turquoiseblue Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk. I only like trifle without the sponge in, which then of course means it's not a trifle

20-12-2012, 22:52	#167
stupidwheelie Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 18,061	Quote: Originally Posted by benjamini Pork and apple, mmmm, love it. That's my Christmas dinner

21-12-2012, 01:17	#168
Studmuffin Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,251	The sausages wrapped in bacon things (I can't remember their name) Carrots (I hate them not just this time of year) Christmas cake and Christmas pudding Trifle (sponge yuk, jelly yuk, custard yuk. All together yuk yuk yuk)

21-12-2012, 01:41	#169
Fibromite59 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 16,684	Quote: Originally Posted by turquoiseblue Trifle - my wife's parents always do trifle instead of Christmas pud, yuk, yuk and double yuk. I would find it difficult to know what is worse ... Trifle Yukkkkkkkk ... or Christmas pud Yukkkkkkkkkk again. We usualy have an assortment of different ice-creams to choose from and mince pies if anyone wants them.

21-12-2012, 07:07	#170
norbitonite Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,709	Love all of it - preparing it, cooking it, eating it. Love it all. Can't manage any Christmas pud or Christmas cake on the day itself, though, and don't like cream on anything.

21-12-2012, 07:30	#171
norbitonite Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,709	Deleted - duplicate post.

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Christmas food that you hate

21-12-2012, 09:10	#172
fatsi Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,495	Quote: Originally Posted by benjamini Love trifle, without the sherry. My Mum has all the family over at some point over Christmas and lays on a big buffet. Some like trifle with sherry, some without. Last year my Mum decided that she would make 1 big trifle but only pour the booze over half the sponge fingers in the dish while layering it all up. She then made an "S" on the top half with sherry in with raspberries so she would know the difference as she preps everything the day before. Little did she realise what would happen whilst it was sat in the fridge

22-12-2012, 11:12	#173
ScotchMisst Forum Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: SW Scotland Posts: 5,968	Quote: Originally Posted by ninjahandfriend Years and years ago someone tried to get me to eat duck with plums. As if. "Mince meat" used to be meat, in medieval times, meat with fuit in it...sweetmeats.... (disgusting!)

27-12-2012, 23:30	#174
MJsDirtyDiana Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 30,012	Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, Brussels sprouts, turkey and mince pies

28-12-2012, 03:17	#175
Starfire Belle Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 350	I hate mince pies, Christmas pudding and Christmas fruit cake . All thoroughly disgusting I can't take all that dried fruit and sickly sweetness