14th December - You HAVE to include this in your Christmas Dinner!



Two blogs about food in two days... I feel like this supremely cold weather has given me an undesirable bout of hunger, and I'm almost certain, that the 3 stone I lost earlier on this Summer, has now all piled back on, under a mountain of random trips to Sainsbury's for bars of Galaxy, and trips to the kebabby for a soul-warming chilli-soaked doner. Alas, 'tis now hibernation season and I'll be down the gym with the rest of the little rats on 1st January, vowing that this is a 'new year, new me' yaddah yaddah yaddah.




But as I put the finalising touches to our Tesco delivery order for this year's Christmas lunch, there is perhaps one feature of a successful roast which is commonly overlooked. Of course, your Turkey is commonplace (though I've always preferred the wetter cousin, of chicken), and at Xmas, you might even throw in a gammon or lamb, too. And then comes the pigs in blankets, arguably the best part! You'll have gravy, and unless you're fussy, sprouts. Throw in some stuffing, and cranberry - or in my case, mint - sauce. To be honest, when it comes to veg, the more the merrier! Cabbage, broccoli, carrots, and especially parsnips are all firm faves of my own. But when it comes to carbs, the nation is divided. 





Firstly, Yorkshires. They belong on ALL roasts. Don't let the traditionalists tell you that they HAVE to be served with beef, or only on a Sunday afternoon. Furthermore, Christmas Day is on a Sunday this year, so do one if you honestly want to deprive yourself of a few Yorkies. You're diminishing the quality of your life. Roasties are a given, without doubt. But the most controversial view awaits... Which is that you just can't beat a big ol' pot of smooth, buttery mash, too. Slap that it alongside the roasties, double carbs, and then induce yourself into that big lazy food coma for the afternoon to drown out the sound of 'The Adulterer's Speech', or the awful repeats of old films which they lazily throw onto BBC for the day. So there you have it, you heard it here first...




... Mash DOES belong on your Christmas dinner. 

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