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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lucy Mangan

Digested week: Rejoice! A new oven is here before Christmas. Just a pity I can’t cook

A person serving roast chicken at the Christmas dinner
Christmas Day dinner will be served – and there’s not a sandwich in sight. Photograph: Xsandra/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Monday

Yeah, I’m gonna say it – stop with the fetishisation of sandwiches, already! Obviously we’ve had the annual rejoicing over the advent (Ha! See what I did there?) of the Pret Christmas offering and the paler imitations thereafter by lesser chains and retail outlets. Now Harrods is getting in on the act with a £29 version on sale at its steakhouse, the Grill on Fifth. It consists of a burger patty (and listen, let’s get rid of the word ‘patty’ while we’re about it, shall we? Why? Because it’s viscerally hateful, that’s why), roast turkey breast, stuffing, a pig in a blanket, spiced red cabbage, cranberry sauce and turkey gravy.

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