join this WhatsApp community here<\/strong><\/a>. It will keep you up-to-date with news as it breaks and our top stories of the day sent directly to your phone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2018Classic Christmas Dinner\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nAdmittedly, I also don\u2019t do much of the cooking in my house, so I asked my wife – who will be in charge of our Christmas dinner this year – to give me her verdict on each of the options too. The first option ChatGPT gave me was a Classic Christmas Dinner, described as \u201cperfect if you want tradition and comfort\u201d.<\/p>\n
Here is the menu:<\/p>\n
\n- Main:<\/strong> Roast turkey or honey-glazed ham<\/li>\n
- Sides:<\/strong> Garlic mashed potatoes, roasted carrots and parsnips, and Brussels sprouts roasted with bacon or balsamic<\/li>\n
- Sauce:<\/strong> Gravy and cranberry sauce<\/li>\n
- Dessert:<\/strong> Christmas pudding, mince pies, or apple pie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The verdict: <\/strong>This is basically a list of what we have for Christmas dinner every year, and I doubt many people need AI to tell them that turkey followed by mince pies is a good idea for a festive spread. My wife was impressed by this offering – although she did bemoan the lack of roast potatoes, which are a must-have on every plate of Christmas dinner in our household.<\/p>\n\u2018Elegant but not too fussy\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nDescribed as something that \u201cfeels special without stressing you out\u201d, the next option from ChatGPT was somewhat more unusual. Here\u2019s the menu:<\/p>\n
\n- Main:<\/strong> Roast chicken with lemon, garlic and herbs or beef tenderloin<\/li>\n
- Sides:<\/strong> Dauphinoise potatoes, green beans with almonds, and a simple mixed salad<\/li>\n
- Dessert:<\/strong> Chocolate yule log or tiramisu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The verdict:<\/strong> I\u2019m not entirely sure what vibe this dinner is going for – fine dining without the extra preparation? Either way, it failed to impress. As my wife succinctly put it: \u201cSalad has no place on a Christmas menu.\u201d Hear, hear.<\/p>\n\u2018Vegetarian \/ modern Christmas\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nThe third choice from ChatGPT was one for the vegetarian and vegan diners. Here\u2019s what it suggested:<\/p>\n
\n- Main: <\/strong>Mushroom Wellington or roasted squash stuffed with lentils & herbs<\/li>\n
- Sides: <\/strong>Crispy roast potatoes, honey-glazed carrots (or maple for a vegan option), and red cabbage slaw<\/li>\n
- Dessert:<\/strong> Spiced pear tart or vegan chocolate cake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The verdict: <\/strong>As neither a vegan nor a vegetarian, I can\u2019t say with certainty how good of a menu this is. However, we have friends and family members who are vegetarian and love a nut roast for special occasions, so if the roasted squash option was tweaked to be a squash-based roast, this would probably be a solid option that felt a bit more festive.<\/p>\n\u2018Cosy and casual\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nAnd finally, ChatGPT gave me a solution for a \u201crelaxed and social\u201d Christmas – and I immediately knew what my wife would have to say about it. Here it is:<\/p>\n
\n- Main:<\/strong> Baked pasta (lasagne or stuffed shells)<\/li>\n
- Sides:<\/strong> Garlic bread and roasted veggies<\/li>\n
- Dessert: <\/strong>Cheesecake or brownies with ice cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The verdict:<\/strong> I love pasta as much as the next person, but this is a regular weekday meal in my house – and not even a special Friday night one at that. My wife, after pulling a face, branded this option \u201cblasphemy\u201d and I couldn\u2019t agree more – there are plenty of supermarket-bought options that are easy to throw in the oven but still feel a lot more festive than this.<\/p>\nChatGPT ended its list by telling me that it could design a specific Christmas menu and timeline just for me if I gave it some more details – but I think I\u2019ll leave that to my wife for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the traditional to the downright bizarre, here’s what ChatGPT thinks we should all be cooking this Christmas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,35745,786,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-653990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-food-and-drink","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115780018635089177","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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ChatGPT gave me four options for Christmas dinner – and only one mentioned turkey(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n