Worst Ever Christmas Foods

Don’t worry. This is not a post about shaming foods or nutrients, like alcohol and sugar, and making you feel guilty about your food choices over the festive season.

We’re not judgmental or make you feel guilty about food at The Healthy Eating Hub. Its not what we do.

This post is a compilation of traditional Christmas foods that are just plain gross. Foods that you know might be served on your family’s table but you avoid it at all costs, simply because you can’t stand it!

To help me put this post together I rallied the troops over on my Facebook page for their worst Christmas foods ever!

Here’s what we came up with:

	Heavenly Mush – My dad’s family (yes, naming and shaming them) used to make this dessert at Christmas and the concept is so gross that I never actually tried it. Regardless, I feel completely justified in my prejudice. It’s fruit salad and mini marshmallows all mixed together with sour cream! Ugh! I can’t even. It’s called Ambrosia Salad apparently.
	Roll Mops – Pickled herring, usually rolled around a gherkin. Ahhhh… Yeah… No thanks.
	Trifle – I’m nervous to include this in the list. Trifle was very polarising in the Facebook thread. Some people love soggy sponge cake with custard and jelly, other people hate it with a fiery passion.
	Sunlit Salad – Jelly with grated carrot and pineapple in it. Ummmm… OK.
	Spinach Dip Cob – I’ve eaten this before and I don’t mind it, but i’ve been to parties where it’s just smelt super awful. Then it repeats on you for the rest of the night. Eeeew. It had its time and that time is over. I haven’t seen it at a party in years.
	Fruit Cake – I’ve always thought it was a shame that the signature dessert of Christmas, especially if you’re of British ancestry, was the one dessert that many people don’t like. I don’t love fruit cake. I’d eat it if I had to, but these days I only eat dessert if it’s 100% friggin delicious. Otherwise, I don’t bother. Dried fruit and glacee cherries just don’t float my boat. Plus I feel like I over-dosed on sultanas as a kid and I really can’t stand them now.
	Candy Canes – Now I’m only listing this because James Kuhn, a previous nutritionist at The Hub, doesn’t like them. I don’t know if many people would agree with him. His words: “Probably the worst candy ever.” He did actually get agreement from someone else on the thread who said they are “like toothpaste dipped in sugar.”
	Aspic – Aspic is a savoury jelly, usually made with meat stock. It’s normally “served” (stored in a tin) with meat. Interesting. Probs not my thing.
	Fruit Mince Pies – This is my hubby, Mr Freeman’s, nomination. Apparently, when he was a kid someone asked him if he wanted a mince pie. Thinking it was full of beef he enthusiastically accepted, only to find it full of mushy, cooked fruit, which he hates. I have to admit, they’re not really my cup of tea either.
	Glacé Cherries – Fresh cherries at Christmas are the best, but these evil, slimy, awful ones are not cool. Some say they taste like children’s panadol. Do not put them in rocky road and then give that to me as a present. Our friendship would not survive that. Try our healthier rocky road instead! It’s SO yum!
	Rolled Processed Meats – Please don’t serve me a roll of salty, processed turkey meat. Not cool. Lets eat the real deal this Christmas. Whole, fresh meat is where it’s at!
	Turducken – To quote wikipedia: Turducken is a dish consisting of a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, further stuffed into a deboned turkey. Outside of the United States and Canada, it is known as a three bird roast. I just feel weird about this, but it does have the potential to be delicious.
	Watermelon, Onion and Tomato Salad with Vinegar Dressing – Thank you to HerCanberra’s founder, Amanda, for this epically gross nomination. Vinegar on watermelon is not my idea of delicious.