McCartney enjoyed 'macaroni Christmas'

Paul McCartney has admitted that he once had macaroni cheese for his Christmas dinner.

The former Beatle revealed that during his marriage to Linda McCartney in the 1970s, the vegetarian family would experiment with different foods to replace the traditional turkey meal.

"We had all the trimmings but we needed something to simulate the turkey. So Linda made macaroni cheese. It was good, then she let it stand so it went solid and I was able to slice it," Music News quotes him as saying.

"It kind of worked so we called it the macaroni turkey."

Linda McCartney, who died of breast cancer in 1998, went on to launch a number of meat-free products and recipe books.

"Today we’ve moved on and you can buy the Linda McCartney roast," the singer added.

McCartney recently called for a boycott of McDonalds after a Liverpool branch used a picture of the star in one of their restaurants.