The island's monks have endured years without luxuries and only recently started to partake of festive roast turkey, explained Brother Robert.

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Roast turkey, potatoes and Brussels sprouts were served to guests at the Pensione Bozzola in Milan on Christmas Day in 1938.

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That definition leaves out such things as open-faced roast beef or turkey sandwiches smothered in gravy that must be eaten with a knife and fork.

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Aside for his service to entrepreneurialism in the U.K., he is also known for coining the catchword "bootiful, " for the television commercials in which he described the succulent nature of his company's turkey breast roast in a thick, Norfolk accent.

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In fact, a sleep-eater hopped up on Ambien would be hard-pressed to taste anything strange in these mouth-watering items: Dreyer's sugar-free ice cream bars for dogs called Frosty Paws, Nestles' prepared stews that come in a Tupperware-like container, or Iams five kinds of savory sauce, roasted turkey, pot roast beef, sizzling bacon, and that old dog favorite, country-style chicken.

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Whereas the ingredients for a traditional Christmas lunch have changed very little turkey, goose, guinea fowl, beef or roast ham followed by a rich fruit pudding, tart or gingerbread, the landscape for wine has been transformed beyond recognition.

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