There are many delicious foods about Christmas Eve in foreign countries, and the customs are different.
1. Britain-Roast Goose
Britain should be the most orthodox country and the country with the longest history. Many people will say that foreigners must eat turkey on Christmas Eve, but this is not the case. In Britain, a must-eat dish on Christmas Eve should be roast goose. Do you remember the little match girl? There is a scene in it, which is about roast goose. In addition to roast goose, English people will also eat some ham, salmon, vegetable salad, pudding, cocktails and so on, which are rich and delicious.
2. French-French Trunk Cake
French people like to eat all kinds of cakes, and Christmas Eve is no exception. On this day, people will make some cakes with the theme of "trunk" and give them to relatives and friends with some Christmas elements. Some people will give "trunk cakes" to their lovers to express their love.
At dinner, the French usually choose meat as the main course, with cheese, tomatoes, radishes, jelly and cabbage rolls as the side dishes, and "trunk cake" as the dessert.
3, Romania-Luo Songtang
Romanians also eat a lot, the main course is sausage, pork, chicken or fish, plus some soups, such as Luo Songtang or meatball beetroot soup, and the dessert is sponge cake.
4. Portugal-jiaozi
Most Portuguese people believe in Catholicism, and they don't eat meat on Christmas Eve. Generally, they will choose pumpkin cake, pumpkin jiaozi, and some vegetables, potatoes, eggs, etc. Besides these, they will also have wine and various desserts on Christmas Eve.
5. Australia-Australia BBQ
Australia is in the southern hemisphere, and it's just summer there on Christmas Eve, so on holidays, Australians will choose outdoor barbecue more often. There are also many barbecue dishes, such as steak, chicken kebabs, potatoes, sweet potatoes and various vegetables.
6, Denmark-almond cake
Danes eat a special kind of pudding on Christmas Eve, and put an almond in the middle of the pudding. This almond is called "lucky almond", which will bring good luck to those who eat it.
The Danish staple food is roast suckling pig or roast goose or roast duck, but there is no roast turkey. The main dishes are potatoes, sweet potato soup or thick broth. Finally, it is essential for Danes to spend Christmas Eve with all kinds of Christmas liqueur or beer, but these wines are very low in alcohol content.
7. Ukraine-jiaozi
Like New Year's Eve in China, Ukrainians want to eat jiaozi on Christmas Eve. Ukrainian jiaozi is bigger than our jiaozi, and it has a semicircle or a circle. Dumpling stuffing is also different from that in China, including fruit stuffing, vegetable stuffing and cured meat stuffing. When they make dumplings, they always add some cream, and when they eat jiaozi, they also dip it in cream, which is very different from ours.
8, Italy-candied fruit, almond
There is no red meat in the menu on Christmas Eve in Italy, and fish is usually eaten. Italians will eat some candied fruit, hot chocolate or cakes made of almonds after mass on Christmas Eve to celebrate Christmas.
9. Russian-Russian herring
Dinner on Christmas Eve in Russia usually includes noodles, pork, cheese, tomatoes, salad and sausages. Among them, olive salad and herring are essential. Besides, Russians also drink champagne or beer to celebrate.
1, the United States-the United States baked corn porridge
Americans eat more things on Christmas Eve, such as turkey, various pies, almond cakes, fruit cakes, etc., and one of them is baked corn porridge. This kind of baked corn porridge is very sweet and delicious with some cream and various fruits on it. Some families will also use roast beef or ham instead of roast turkey.
11. German-German gingerbread
The most special food eaten in Germany on Christmas Eve is "gingerbread", which is different from other countries. It is a soft gingerbread. Traditional gingerbread is made of honey and pepper. It tastes sweet and spicy. Nowadays, gingerbread is generally improved. There is a thick layer of icing on the outside of the cake, and some walnuts and almonds will be added to it to make it taste richer.
In addition, the packaging of gingerbread is very exquisite and beautiful, and some of them are kept as collectibles.