1. Britain-Roasted Turkey
Although Britain is known as the "gourmet desert", its Christmas dinner is quite rich, which usually includes roast turkey, Christmas pudding, dry pot pie, etc., among which roast turkey is the most representative. According to legend, the custom of eating turkey at Christmas in Britain has a history of hundreds of years. The most classic way is to stuff a large number of ingredients such as celery, onions and potatoes into the belly of the turkey, rub spices on the surface, pickle it and bake it in the furnace.
The prepared turkey is fragrant and attractive. The chicken skin looks shiny but not cracked. The chicken is tender, smooth and delicious. When eating, it is sliced into thin slices, sprinkled with special marinade and sprinkled with a little salt. It is very satisfying to eat with side dishes.
2, the United States-smoked ham
In the United States, smoked ham is a necessary hard dish on the table for Christmas family reunion. Smoked ham is usually baked from the hind legs of a whole pig, and the surface is often cut into a diamond mesh, and then coated with a sauce with honey. After the production, it is golden in color, with great visual impact, fresh and delicious taste, and it combines color and fragrance. Smoked ham is usually sliced when it is eaten, which is convenient for eating.
In addition to eating smoked ham, roasted turkey and corn porridge are also indispensable delicacies, among which this corn porridge is very different from that in China. Americans will add various fruits to the corn porridge, which shows that it is coated with a thick layer of cream and baked in the oven. After being baked at high temperature, the corn porridge tastes sweet, rich and layered.
Chinese food is also loved by Americans because of the introduction of China culture. On Christmas Day, eating Chinese food has become a "new tradition" for Americans to celebrate Christmas.
3. France-Trunk Cake
France, which is famous for its delicious food, of course, also needs various traditional foods on Christmas Day, such as the famous foie gras, truffles and various cakes, which constitute a rich Christmas feast in France, among which trunk cake is an indispensable delicacy. French life is romantic, and the origin of food is also very romantic. According to legend, once upon a time there was a young man in France who couldn't afford a Christmas present because he was poor, so he picked up a piece of wood in the forest and gave it to his beloved girl, which not only won the girl's heart, but also made him successful in his career from then on, so later people made the cake into the shape of a trunk, which meant good luck and smooth progress in the new year.
4. Germany-Ginger Cake
Germans attach great importance to Christmas. On this day, people will prepare a rich meal to celebrate the arrival of the festival. Ginger Cake is a famous Christmas food in Germany, which is an ancient dessert between cake and sorbet. It is said that it originated from Grimm's fairy tale "Candy House". At first, ginger Cake was only added with honey and pepper, and it tasted sweet and slightly spicy.
In addition, Germans will add citrus, vanilla, cinnamon and sugar to red wine to make a glass of red wine hot drink. Snowflakes are floating outside, and drinking hot red wine and eating ginger cakes inside is relaxing and beautiful.
5. Denmark-crispy roast pork
As the hometown of Andersen, Denmark began to prepare for Christmas in December. Even if the snow is flying, it will not affect the Danish people's enthusiasm for festivals. The exquisite and unique Christmas decorations in the streets and lanes make people feel like they have entered the fairy tale world. Of course, there is also a rich Christmas dinner on Christmas Day, in which crispy roast pork is the most famous traditional Christmas food in Denmark. The whole piece of pork with skin is selected, sprinkled with coarse salt, roasted and spiced, which tastes crisp and delicious, and is very popular among local people.
There will be another almond pudding as dessert after tea. People will hide a whole almond in the pudding, and the luckiest person will be the one who eats that almond. Not only will they get a special gift, but they will also indicate good luck and everything will go well in the coming year.
6, Finland-Salmon
In fairy tales, every Christmas, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is dressed in red, and Santa Claus with a white beard walks into thousands of households and puts gifts into their Christmas stockings while people are asleep. It is said that Finland is the first country in the world to welcome Santa Claus to settle down in real life, and with its special geographical location, Finland is recognized as the hometown of Santa Claus.
In this grand festival, Finns use roast ham, salmon, yellow mustard and bread as the main course of Christmas. Salmon is a classic first dish in Finnish Christmas dinner, either roasted or pickled. The process is simple but it highlights the original flavor of salmon, and it tastes tender, smooth and delicious.
7. Japan-fried chicken
There is also a Christmas tradition in Japan. It is said that there was no turkey in Japan in the past, and foreigners living there used fried chicken instead of turkey every Christmas. Later, famous fast food fried chicken shops at home and abroad used this as marketing and launched an advertisement of "KFC for Christmas", gradually forming the custom of eating fried chicken at Christmas in Japan.
8. China-Apple
After Christmas was introduced to China, it was also very popular with people, but it had no cultural connotation and foundation, and of course there would be no corresponding holiday food. However, taking advantage of China people's habit of using food names to symbolize good meanings, China merchants invented a Christmas food-Ping An Fruit. In fact, Ping An Fruit is a beautifully packaged apple. Because the apple's "apple" is homophonic with the "ping" on Christmas Eve, it means peace and security, and it is very popular among young people.