Winter Holiday Food Around the World
Christmas, Hanukkah and New Years traditional foods
Created Date
12.19.19
Last Updated
12.20.19
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Christmas Fried Chicken -- About 3.6 million families from this country eat KFC on 12/24
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Kūčios -- 12 dish feast; no meat / dairy / hot food. Expect herring, smoked eel, breads
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Latkes -- fried potato pancakes cooked in oil (symbolizing menorah that burned 8 days)
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Christmas Goose- stuffed with apples, chestnuts, prunes and served with cabbage/dumpling
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Panettone --cake with candied fruit, chocolate, raisins, and nuts. Served after dinner
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Tamales --corn dough, wrapped in banana leaf/corn husk, steamed. Stuffed with meat
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Christmas Pudding --suet, egg, molasses, spices, dried fruit; set on fire with brandy
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Bûche de Noël --sponge cake and chocolate buttercream, represents yule log
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Kolivo коливо --boiled wheat with sugar and walnuts, similar to pudding
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Melomakarona / μελομακάρονα --Sweet orange-zest cookies soaked in honey, topped w/walnut
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Kołaczki (cookie) --flaky, jelly-filled confection, with dough often made w/sour cream
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Bacalao --salted cod, tomato, ancho chiles, onions, potato and olives
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Saffron Buns --buttery dessert, shaped into an “S” then baked; served by eldest daughter
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Roast Pig --served at Noche Buena w/quesa de bola, pasta, lumpia (spring rolls) & fruit
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Joulupöytä (Food Board) --ham, fish, casseroles, mushroom salad, pickled herring, stew
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Fruitcake --eaten but usually gifted dessert of fruits and nuts; display of wealth
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