People are appalled by the number of potatoes in BBC Good Food’s Christmas dinner guide
Sorry to mention Christmas but the good people of BBC Good Food have caused something of a Twitter meltdown with their so-called guide to what to serve for Christmas dinner (or lunch, if you insist on calling it that).
Specifically, the number of potatoes you can expect on the big day, as highlighted by @Alice_Pope on Twitter.
‘I love BBC Good Food magazine but this is just all kinds of wrong, imagine a Christmas with one roast potato each,’ said Alice.
‘Two small or one large potato each is plenty, or increase if you want leftovers.’
And this is exactly what people made of that.
This was written by either
a) a psychopath
or
b) someone in an acrimonious and loveless relationship with no fortitude who is trying to force the other to call for the split.
Or both.
— Matt Gregory (@mrmattkgregory) 24 October 2019
Four to six sprouts per person ew
— Millicent Cooke (@millierosecooke) 23 October 2019
No sprouts
At least 8 potatoes— Sarah Waddington (@sarewaddington) 23 October 2019
Actually a food crime. It’s a 5 roast potato minimum, with the option to have at least 2/3 more from the ‘extras’ bowl.
And no one I know wants one whole parsnip to themselves!
— copycontentwriter (@copycontentw) 24 October 2019
It’s Brexmas
— Louise Okafor (@LouiseOkafor) 25 October 2019
Such was the outrage that BBC Good Food felt compelled to ‘show their workings’ but it didn’t help much.
There’s been some heated Christmas dinner debate today, so here are our workings. Rest assured there are plenty of us in the Good Food offices with giant festive appetites who’d up the quantities too (particularly the gravy) 😉 We love how passionate you all are about potatoes! pic.twitter.com/r6ZukyfQgI
— BBC Good Food (@bbcgoodfood) 24 October 2019
I think they’re going for one potato = four roasties per person…but is that even enough? People really bloody love potatoes
— Alice Pope (@Alice_Pope) 24 October 2019
Look everyone telling me this is totally fine because you get more than one roastie from a potato can stop now
— Alice Pope (@Alice_Pope) 24 October 2019
Christmas is a time of excess and also your roasties are clearly too small
— Alice Pope (@Alice_Pope) 24 October 2019
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And just in case that hasn’t really got you in the festive spirit (of course it hasn’t)
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Source @Alice_Pope H/T Indy100 Images BBC Good Food
