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Xmas food fayre from
around the world!
Germany
japan
eastern europe
In many Eastern European
countries it is tradition
to eat a candle lit meal on
Christmas eve, signifying the
end of the pre-Christmas fast.
The meal consists of twelve
meat-free dishes, representing
the twelve Apostles. Fish
and grains are popular menu
choices but each country has
their own specialities. Poppy
milk, made by repeatedly
soaking and crushing poppy
seeds over several days is a
popular accompaniment.
Fish dishes tend to include
herring or
carp and
are often
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by pickled
mushrooms,
fried
potatoes or
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meal to share a typical Dutch
Christmas tradition is to cook
‘gourmet’. Throughout the evening
individuals cook and season their
own food in a small frying pan
in front of them to create their
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Germany is well
known for its
Christmas food,
perhaps thanks
to the growing
popularity of
German markets
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Candy
down the UK. As
well as gingerbread, wurst
and lebkuchen, Germany is
also home of the candy cane.
It is said that a choirmaster
had sugar sticks made to
keep children quiet during a
Christmas Eve service back in
the 1600’s. They were made to
look like a shepherds crook,
and were originally plain
white. The red stripes and
peppermint flavour was added
sometime later as popularity
grew and candy canes spread to
America via German immigrants.
Denmark
Norway &
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King Cake
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in Portug
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Christmas
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a French
recipe,
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