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