Christmas Meal

       Christmas dinner is a meal traditionally eaten at Christmas. This meal can take place any time from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day itself. The meals are often particularly rich and substantial, in the tradition of the Christian feast day celebration, and form a significant part of gatherings held to celebrate Christmas. In some cases, there is a ritual element to the meal related to the religious celebration.

The actual meal consumed varies in different parts of the world with regional cuisines and local traditions. In many parts of the world, particularly former British colonies, the meal shares some connection with the English Christmas dinner involving roasted meats and pudding of some description. The Christmas pudding and Christmas cake evolved from this tradition.

In countries without a lengthy Christian tradition, such as Japan, the Christmas meal may be more heavily influenced by popular culture.

Different countries’ Christmas Meal

Portugal

The main course of Portuguese Christmas dinner is roast cod, a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. It is said that because Portuguese Catholic ancestors were asked to fast and not eat meat during major religious holidays, many people began to eat salted cod, with cod with eggs, potatoes, and vegetables.

In addition to the roast cod dish, there are various desserts for dinner, such as fruit cake, sponge cake, cheese, and sausage. The other is to drink good wine.

Australia

The tradition of Christmas in Australia is to eat barbecue. The traditional Australian barbecue includes steak, sausage, chicken kebabs, and sweet potatoes.

Ukraine

Ukrainian Christmas dinner, the main course is usually dumplings with mushroom soup, preserves and kutia, which is made of different kinds of cooked wheat. Traditionally, there should be 12 dishes, a candle and a twig on a Christmas tree on the table. During the famine, this tradition was modified and twelve ingredients were placed on the table, making it more convenient for small families.

Mexico

Mexicans usually drink Mexican soup, hot drinks, and eat turkey, potatoes roast steak, sweet pasta fried tortillas at Christmas.

Spain

A typical Spanish Christmas table featuring a large number of cold dishes and shrimps. It includes ham, cheese and shrimp. Then noodle soup, followed by saloon steak, orange juice and cheese rolls.

France

The main course is pork and duck and cabbage rolls.

Poland

Eating Polish dumplings is a special tradition in Poland at Christmas. There are two kinds of dumplings, one is cheese and potato stuffing, the other is mushroom and cabbage stuffing.

Argentina

Argentines eat a cold dish called vitelline at Christmas, made of buttered tuna sauce.

Brazil

Brazilians eat Chester this day. It's a special kind of poultry. It looks like a pheasant.

The Philippines

Eat roast chicken, potato salad, lettuce and rice cake.

Finland

Ham, carrots and potato casseroles.

United States

Mainly eat turkey, squid, as well as potatoes and some casseroles with vegetables.

United Kingdom

The main dishes are turkey, roasted nuts, bread, apricots and casseroles.

Some typical Christmas Meal

Seductive chicken roast chicken legs

raw material:

4 chicken legs, 2 sweet peppers (Bell pepper), 1 green pepper, 2 onions, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tsp of dried thyme (Thyme), half a cup of unsweetened white wine, salt and pepper.

Production process:

1. Preheat the oven to 230 degrees Celsius (about 450 degrees Fahrenheit).

2. Cut one chicken leg into two pieces and wipe the surface with a paper towel; cut the green and red pepper into strips about 1 inch wide; slice the onion.

3. Place chicken legs, green peppers and onions in a large baking pan that can be directly heated, sprinkle with olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper, and mix until the chicken and vegetables are evenly spread to the oil and seasonings.

4. Spread the chicken nuggets and vegetables on the baking sheet as much as possible, with the chicken skin facing up; bake in the oven for about 30 minutes; or until the chicken is golden yellow and cooked.

5. Place the grilled chicken and vegetables in a large bowl, add white wine to the baking pan, mix with chicken juice and residual oil, and heat and stir for 1 minute on medium heat to form a sauce. Pour the sauce into the chicken nuggets in the bowl and stir gently.

Fruit cocktail

Material: (6-8 servings):

12 strawberries, 1 grapefruit, 2 kiwis, a cup and a half of white wine, a cup of soda (soda), 3 tablespoons of sugar, and ice.

1. Grapefruit peeled and cut into small pieces for use. The strawberries are washed and cut in half, and the kiwifruit is also peeled and cut into small pieces for use.

2. Dissolve the sugar first with 2 tablespoons of hot water, add syrup, wine, soda (soda) and chopped fruit in the cocktail container, and then add the appropriate amount of ice.

Milky mashed potatoes

250 grams of potatoes, 1 egg, 50 grams of flour, 15 grams of fine onion, 100 grams of vegetable oil, salt, pepper, the amount of butter, a little butter.

1. Wash and peel the potatoes, add some water into the pot, cook on the fire for about 40 minutes, cook until soft, simmer the water, and chop the potatoes into puree. Put the eggs, salt, pepper noodles, flour 25 grams, and mix well.

2. Cut the onion into the end, fry the yellow in the butter, pour it into the mashed potatoes, and mix well.

3. Sprinkle flour on a panel, divide the mashed potatoes into three portions, roll all the flour, use a knife to make two pointed tips, a wide oval shape in the middle, press a knife in the middle, and alternate on the side. Several short lines; leafy.

4. Put the frying pan on the fire, add a little vegetable oil to heat it, put the potato cake into it, and fry it into golden yellow. Then put the code in a frying pan, bake it in the oven for a few minutes, pick up the potato cake, shovel into the pan, and serve. Serve with sour cream or a little butter when eating.

Christmas is coming. Make a big meal and enjoy it with relatives and friends！