The traditional Christmas dinner is being killed off by crazy choices like mushy peas, curry, chips, mac ‘n’ cheese and dollops of mayo and ketchup.
Families across the UK will this year snub the age-old turkey with trimmings blowout by gorging on pickles, baked beans and eggs, researchers found. More than one in 10 will wolf down macaroni cheese on December 25, while one in 20 prefers fries to classic roasties.
A la-di-da 8% cook French-style dauphinoise potatoes, a dish of layered spuds served with cream and garlic. Around 10% of the nation will reach for ketchup or mayo rather than the gravy boat, 5% like hot sauce and almost a fifth plan to serve full-size sausages over pigs in blankets.
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One in five of the 1,000 UK adults surveyed would sooner have a curry than a Yuletide roast. Other foreign cuisines that Brits would rather gobble down include Thai, Italian and Chinese.
A shocking 5% have eggs with their festive feast and almost as many – 4% – admitted adding mushy peas. Some 8% are keen on a crunch, with pickles their go-to veg, and 3% open a tin of beans in place of sprouts. A bonkers 10 respondents reported having chicken nuggets rather than slices of turkey.
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While a Scrooge-like 15% said they’d be happy to skip Christmas dinner altogether.
More than two in five of those polled whack a Yorkshire on their plate – despite a belief held by some that the batter pudding is not part of Britain’s traditional Christmas meal.
One in five Brits spurn any kind of meat and tuck into a nut roast on the big day.
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But a picky 9% confessed to snubbing all types of veg at Crimbo.
Overall, seven in 10 will sit down at the table with their nearest and dearest.
Instantprint which did the study, said: “While most of us load our plates with the usual Christmas dinner staples of roast potatoes, turkey and sprouts, some people take their holiday meals in a whole different direction.”