On CHRISTmas day when you sit down to your CHRISTmas Family dinner will you have Yorkshire puddings with it.
My pal Gerry in Glasgow says its a no no but for me its a tradition in our house.

Your mate Gerry should get a good kicking for that statement.

No one, including myself, actually eat Yorkshire pudding's as they were initially meant to be eaten.

Which was to fill people up who were poor and couldn't afford much meat.

Years ago, when the meat was cooked on a spit, the batter for Yorkshire Pudding was put underneath and the fat and meat juice dripped onto the batter. Quite often there wouldn't be enough meat to go around so the children would get Yorkshire pudding and gravy as their main meal.

But going back to the original question, should a Christmas dinner include Yorkshire's. Does the inclusion of them only make it a Sunday Dinner with a different meat (turkey, goose ) ?

The difference with Christmas dinner (to me) is roast parsnips, chipolatta's And of course the Christmas pudding, cake and mince pies.

All this about only having them with roast beef is snobbery. It's a bit like wine. Some people go to great lengths to quantify what makes a good glass of plonk. For me theres only one test; do you like the taste of it, yes or no? If the answer is yes then its a good wine, end of discussion.

If you like Yorkshire puddings on your plate then you should have them.

I'm hungry now!

I've just mixed up the batter, for todays Yorkshires. Any roast dinner in our house HAS to have them. All the rest of the Billingham clan would be at my throat if I didn't produce them.

It ain't a proper dinner without Yorkshires IMHO, I also like sliced onion pre-soaked in malt vinegar with my dinners .

I hate cranberry sauce...Apple sauce with every white meat pleez,and yorkshire puds with any meat..

Yorkshire puddings make the meal imho.

Home made ones preferably. No frozen Auntie Bessie bollocks.

You've got to have yorkies....

and pigs in blankets....

and chestnut / sage and onion stuffing.....

Yorkshires are an integral part of any Sunday/Christmas Dinner...!

Even in Qatar the Indian chef provides us with 'Yorkshire' puddings every Sunday lunch time. He doesn't quite get it, but can't believe how much happiness these Yorkshires give to the Englishmen in the desert!