Posted on 12/17/2024 3:17:15 PM PST by DallasBiff
But surprisingly, a few of those foods are actually among the most disliked by the younger generations once the festive season rolls around.
A new poll by of 2,000 adults who celebrate Christmas, carried out by Aldi, has found that those born in 1996 or later are apparently “turning their back on” traditional favourites in favour of festive dishes with some sort of “modern twist”.
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Top 10 most disliked Christmas foods
Mince pies – 31% Christmas pudding – 29% Christmas cake – 25% Cranberry sauce – 25% Brussels sprouts – 24% Bread sauce – 22% Chestnuts – 21% Brandy butter – 20% Turkey – 20% Trifle – 19%
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Bloody Brits.
Funny. Love homemade cranberry sauce with oranges. Everything’s good when made with love and caring. It’s the company, in the long run, not the food, great as that is.
For some, high on that list would be Fruit Cake.
There are some very good Fruit Cakes, and others that are almost diabolically bad.
Similar to “Ugly” Christmas Sweaters, which have become quite popular as lighthearted novelty items.
“I got a Christmas Sweater that was SO ugly, that......!!”
Fruitcake saved from last Christmas.
I loved brussels sprouts as a kid, still do. But I don’t think they are considered a Christmas food here.
LOL - no surprise at the number of British foods on this list.
I can’t believe folks don’t like mince pie...
Grilled or pan roasted are nothing like the water logged things I remember as a kid🤣🤣
Sure they are. And they are marvelous roasted in the oven @ 450 for 16 minutes in olive oil, coarse salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne.
It was always treasured from childhood on by my mom. I never did like it. I do think it’s one of those love it or hate it foods.
I just attended a party where a British ex Pat brought mini mince pies and spotted dick. The former - delicious. The latter certainly not bad, but uninspired. I’ll leave the dick to others in the future
With sufficient brandy, their shelf life is indefinite.
CC
I still don’t buy them, fix them or eat them......I grew up on a farm and the only veggies we had were what we grew in a large garden and Brussel Sprouts wasn’t one of those...Plenty of others tho’ that had to be weeded, prepared for canning etc. Our job was done after the picking, shelling peas, cutting corn off cobs etc., then we (kids) could leave the house and the rest was up to our mother. Later it was taking all the jars of canned food down to the cellar..
With bacon!!!
+BACON ! BACON ! BACON ! BACON !!!
The CO of my ship hated brussel sprouts and accused our supply officer of having an entire tank on the ship filled with them.
For the record, I 100% agree with you - hated them as a kid, but like them now if prepared correctly, which is usually the way he describes, minus the last two steps. (That said, I wouldn't complain about the last two steps, either.)
Initially I thought this was just clickbait crap but I shifted my cynicism a bit and saw hate, bad, worst in headlines with the word Christmas attached. In defense sometimes headlines include “or best” but in general leans negative. I think this time period should be positive and hopeful. Kick back with Dean Martin's rendition of ‘Let it Snow’ and just decompress.
yep. Most everything works with bacon.
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