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Christmas Dinners I Have Known but Never Made it With

This is Andy Jaffrey reporting for Sesame Street News:

You know the old adage, “You get what you pay for”? Well, that was not the case with this 4 star offering from UUJ. £3.95 for the christmas meal you see before you, an extra £1.20 and I could have been the proud owner of a bowl of christmas pudding with brandy sauce.

The turkey and ham were perfectly cooked, parcelled together neatly over a generous helping of sausage and sage stuffing. The six sprouts, obscured in the picture, were soft and as tasty as any I have eaten before The creamed potato was as smooth as I could have hoped for, not a lump and with a few large dollops of butter, couldn’t have been tastier. Roasties were spot on, crispy on the outside and well cooked in the middle. Gravy did it’s job perfectly, plenty of it keeping the christmas dinner moist throughout.

So where did the star go missing? It was the carrots, I like carrots cut in to batons and the two big spoonfuls would have gained that star had they not been undercooked. I don’t mind a crunchy carrot, but these were just a little too crunchy. I heard rumours of staff dishing out extra large helpings with just the right amount of sweet talk. My banter which consisted of ‘first of the year and it looks great’ did not do the trick. On reaching the cash desk I was, like everyone else, presented with a christmas card from all the staff at the catering service.

So for those who wish to partake, and I do recommend you do, the christmas dinner can be purchased in canteen C in the student’s union building. Even with a quid for car parking, this dinner will cost you less than a fiver.

— Andy Jaffrey

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