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Player Ratings: What's the best part of Christmas dinner?

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WELL, HERE WE are now. It’s the big day. This year has been a write-off – we all know that. 

But that doesn’t mean we still can’t enjoy a slap-up meal and row about which bit of is best. 

It’s at this point that whoever is reading this must compliment the chef and tell him/her that the turkey “was not dry” and was “incredibly delicious”. Thank me later for reminding you. 

So, for the day that’s in it, we want to know: What part of the Christmas dinner is the best? 

Roast Vegetables

5

Stuffing

5

Red Cabbage

5

Turkey

5

Ham

5

Mash

5

Sprouts

5

Gravy

5

 

Roast Potatoes

5

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    Seán Ryan
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:42 PM

    Wine?????

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    dstaffx
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:49 PM

    @Seán Ryan: 10

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    Diarmuid O Donnchadha
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:02 PM

    @Seán Ryan: Red, Red Wine

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    Jason Byrne
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:44 PM

    The best part for me is when the hall door closes behind the inlaws and the go home.

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    Jason Byrne
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:47 PM

    @Jason Byrne: they go home…. Not the.

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    Tommy Maher
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:13 PM

    When the crane lifts you from the table to the couch

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    Michael Fielding
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:30 PM

    Spiced beef!

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    Oliver Walker
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:33 PM

    Ham. Turkey. White bread. Brown sauce.

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    high ho silver
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:35 PM

    @Oliver Walker: A bit of batch bread

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    SilexFlint
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:06 PM

    No mention of bread sauce? Heathens!

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    páraicS
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:12 PM

    @SilexFlint: Tan

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    Mary Morrisey
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:28 PM

    We eat none of this on Christmas Day. The women in the family went on strike a decade ago. We make a big pot of meatballs Christmas Eve and have the leftovers Christmas Day. Why should we miss out on all the fun, stuck in a hot kitchen cooking and cleaning? Big ham is NYE, with all the usual side dishes. Happy Christmas!

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    Kevin McNally
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    Dec 25th 2020, 11:33 PM

    @Mary Morrisey: weird

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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:15 PM

    It’s all good – even the sprouts! – except not mad about turkey

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    Jim Buckley Barrett
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:25 PM

    @The only INFP in Ireland: its a lovely place but I prefer Greece

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    Charlie
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:59 PM

    Goose!

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    Diar O Doc
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    Dec 25th 2020, 4:13 PM

    Cocktail sausages are a 10 for me

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    Victoria
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    Dec 25th 2020, 5:51 PM

    @Diar O Doc: oh thank you!!me too!!!!

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    Alison Morgan
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:56 PM

    Vegetarian or vegan options??

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    Diarmuid O Donnchadha
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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:03 PM

    @Alison Morgan: Foil Arms and Hog – Brussels Sprouts with bacon gougons!!!!

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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:06 PM

    @Alison Morgan: stuffed cabbage, mashed apples and boiled rhubarb ? No thanks

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    Dec 25th 2020, 4:32 PM

    Vegan wellington and sprouts went down very well for me today

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    Steve T
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    Dec 25th 2020, 4:19 PM

    The coma you fall onto afterwards!!

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    Paul Whitehead
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    Dec 25th 2020, 5:46 PM

    The lamb

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    Jane Alford
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    Dec 25th 2020, 7:55 PM

    Bread sauce, cranberry sauce. Christmas pudding…

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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:43 PM

    Brecit deal done

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    Liam Mc Meel
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    Dec 25th 2020, 2:51 PM

    Human Hungry Hippos is very good

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    Ian Forbes
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    Dec 25th 2020, 4:48 PM

    Whiskey

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    Tracey Keating Coughlan
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    Dec 25th 2020, 6:04 PM

    I said it once …..I’ll say it again…. I’m only here for the beer!

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    Dec 25th 2020, 3:29 PM

    White for me too

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    Dec 26th 2020, 12:47 AM

    Massive shoe horn to prise myself off the chair

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    Dec 26th 2020, 8:05 PM

    The roast onion deserves its own category

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    Dec 26th 2020, 6:22 AM

    I just love all your weird comments, fan of Turkey and bread sauce myself

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    Dec 26th 2020, 8:05 PM

    T

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    Christina Colling
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    Dec 26th 2020, 8:13 PM

    Potatoes croquettes..yummy and home made roasties

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