The festive period is a time for bonding with family, sharing gifts and creating memories over a delicious Christmas dinner. And with searches for ‘Christmas dinner ideas 2024’ soaring 22%, many people are already prepping for the big day.
However, there are often debates about the Christmas dinner – which is the best trimming? Is goose better than turkey? The list goes on…
With this in mind, a new study by Global Knives has delved into Yorkshire’s Christmas habits, uncovering that roast potatoes are officially the favourite Christmas trimming in the county.
The study by Global Knives asked participants to choose their top five favourite Christmas dinner trimmings to establish a rank of the most to least popular – the results are in…
The results show that roast potatoes won by a landslide, with 1 in 2 (54%) Yorkshire residents considering roast potatoes as their favourite Christmas trimming.
Pigs in blankets ranked in second place, with 38% of the votes – the study actually revealed that 694 million pigs in blankets will be eaten across the UK on Christmas Day, with the average person consuming 10 on the big day alone.
Yorkshire puddings (37%), gravy (37%), stuffing (34%) and turkey (32%) completed the top five. Interestingly, the controversial brussels sprout ranks in 7th place, with 28% of Yorkshire considering this trimming to be one of their absolute favourites.
