Christmas Banquet

CHRISTMAS BANQUET Christmas is a time of year dominated by FOOD BANQUET IN THE UK ROASTED POTATOES BRUSSELS SPROUTS ROASTED TURKEY 19,000 tonnes of turkey eaten every Christmas in the UK MINCE PIES eat a mince pie on each of the Twelve Days of Christmas will bring 12 happy months in the year to follow 6,000 calories 120,000 tonnes of frost hardy, so would be available fresh even in the hardest winters consumed by an average adult on Christmas day potatoes eaten every Christmas in the UK 2,500 calories recommended GDA The UK spends on food and drink at Christmas per year On average, people gain 2kg400,000 people become sick each year from eating tainted over £1,600,000,000 Xmas Christmas leftovers. TYPICAL BANQUETS AROUND THE WORLD 35,000 tonnes of wine are consumed in the UK during Christmas Roast turkey, parsnips, cramberry sauce and roast potatoes Rouladen (Stuffed beef rells), red cabbage and spetzle or dumplings PARSNIPS are one of our best winter vegetables and bring a wonderful sweetness to the meal PIGS IN A BLANKET small sausages wrapped in bacon. People traditionally serve them Christmas dinner appetizers CHRISTMAS PUDDING £48 million are spent in Christmas pudding in the UK Roast barbecued pork, dhicken and soup Salt ced with saldad made with beets, lettuce and variety of fruits Seafood dishes, soup, reast lamb, or seafood, such as cod or shelfsh Steamed rice served in a bamboo tube and favored with coconut A wish made while mixing the Christmas pudding will come true only if the ingredients are stirred in a clockwise direction A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard According to a study, cooking Christmas dinner is so tricky, it takes us 47 years to perfect The average Brit will gain Hatred of Brussels sprouts is genetic. The gene, carried by 70% of us, make the brain detect bitter flavours up to half a stone over the festive period Turkey, fish or perk with rice, fruit salad or nuts Bobotie: beef or lamb seasoned with onions, apple, milk bread & raisins