Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
My palate grew out of enjoying pap many years ago, b.

Stuffing (I mean forcemeat ) is useful on those occasions one if forced to suffer turkey. It adds lubrication and flavour to the dry blandness.
Unpopular opinion: Christmas dinner is sh*te.

Is there anyone whose heart doesn't sink slightly as their Christmas plate becomes overfilled and you essentially end up with a plateful of random, overlapping pig and bird flesh, heavy carbs and sprouts slathered in an indiscernible gloop of gravy/bread/cranberry sauce?

No matter how well done the individual elements, they are too many and too incongruent for it to work as a whole. It just becomes a heap of food. I've usually lost my appetite before I've taken a bite of the unholy mess.