12 Foods of Christmas

12 FOODS OF CHRISTMAS The average UK household The largest SPENDS £161 on Christmas food & drink PIG IN BLANKET Around 50% of us don't like The world's largest CHRISTMAS DINNER CHALLENGE SPROUTS is 2ft long because we have a gene that makes them taste bitter 300 million contains 25 roast potatoes, a whole turkey, 25 honey roasted carrots, 25 sprouts and 25 broccoli and cauliflower heads MINCE PIES are estimated to be eaten over Christmas The average Christmas dinner contains 956 CALORIES The average person in UK will gain up to 7lbs during Christmas time. You can prepare bottles of MULLED WINE NUT ROAST is the most popular vegetarian alternative to Christmas turkey. Nut roast is commonly made with nuts, legumes and breadcrumbs Before turkey, the traditional Christmas meal in England was a PIG'S HEAD and mustard shead of time and save them for next year, the spices act as preservatives and keep it fresh 23% of people choose CHOCOLATE YULE LOG as a Christmas pudding 61% of people choose to have The world's most expensive CHRISTMAS PUDDING costs e23,000 An estimate of 6.5 million jars of CRANBERRY SAUCE are consumed in UK during Christmas ITURKEY GRAVY with their Christmas dinner During Christmas we THROW AWAY an estimated 2 million turkeys, 5 million Christmas puddings and 74 million mince pies AGA Home to great cooking B f REFERENCES http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/03/gut-busting-guinness-worid- record-breaking-christmas-dinner-contains-an-entire-turkey-and-6000-calories-4891236/ http://money aol.co.uk/2013/12/1world-most-expensive- christmas-pudding-on-sale-for-23-000/ http:/www.veryonesanoriginal.com/destinations/europe/tairmont-st-andrews-scotiand/yule-lo ve-these festive-facts http://www.unilever.co.uk/media-centre/pressreleases/2012pressreleases/mincepies aspK http://www.dailymail.couk/news/article-1342519/Bottle-banks- struggle-post-Christmas-deluge-New Years-Eve-yet hemi http://en wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_roast http//primarytacts.com/3173/brussels-sprouts-tacts-and-information/ http://wwwhuffingtonpost.co.uk/20112/19/christmas-dinner-tacts_n_I57535 html http//www.buzzteed.com/tjelstud/worlds-largest-pigs-in-a-blanketSwhojac http:/Monashton.com/blog/3633/march-3 http://www.britishturkey.couk/tacts-and-figures/christmas-stats-and-traditions htmi http://www.findmeagift.co.uk/christmas-gifts/christmas-facts htmi http://www.slimmingworld.com/news-and-events/news-7ib-christmas.asp http.//www.lovefood.com/journal/opinions/25464/britains-favounite-christmas-lunch