List of Christmas dishes

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Czechoslovakian Christmas cookies (vánoční cukroví)
Czechoslovakian Christmas cookies (vánoční cukroví)

This page is a list of Christmas dishes as eaten around the world. These items are traditionally eaten at or associated with the Christmas season.

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[edit] Australia

[edit] Belgium

  • Cougnou (with various like cougnolle), sweet bread in the form of the infant Jesus[2]

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Canada

[edit] Chile

[edit] Czech Republic

Christmas cookies (vánoční cukroví)
Christmas cookies (vánoční cukroví)

The traditional meal (served as the dinner on the Christmas Eve) consists of fish soup and fried fish (most often, carp) served with potato salad. It should be the first food consumed that day.

Before the Christmas holidays, many kinds of sweet biscuits are prepared.

[edit] Denmark

Main article: Cuisine of Denmark
Danish Christmas meal
Danish Christmas meal

[edit] Finland

Main article: Cuisine of Finland
see also Joulupöytä
  • Freshly salted salmon (Graavilohi)[6]
  • Karelian Hot Pot (Karjalanpaisti)
  • Reindeer (in northern Finland) (Poro)
  • Karelian pasties (Karjalanpiirakka)
  • Rosolli salad of pickled herring and boiled vegetables (Rosolli)
  • Christmas ham with mustard (almost every family has one for Christmas) (Joulukinkku)
  • Turkey (Kalkkuna)
  • Assortment of cheese, most commonly bread cheese (Leipäjuusto) and Aura (Aura-juusto)
  • Christmas bread, Swedish-like sweet bread (Joululimppu)
  • Cold smoked salmon (Kylmäsavulohi)
  • Carrot Casserole (Porkkanalaatikko)[6]
  • Potato Casserole (Perunalaatikko or tuuvinki)[6]
  • Lutefisk and white sauce (Lipeäkala)[6]
  • Rutabaga casserole (Lanttulaatikko)[6]
  • Mixed fruit soup or prune soup (Sekahedelmäkiisseli, luumukiisseli)
  • Rice pudding or rice porridge with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with mixed fruit soup (Riisipuuro)
  • Glogg or mulled wine (Glögi)
  • Christmas beer (Jouluolut)
  • Home beer (non-alcoholic beer-like drink) (Kotikalja)
  • Red wine (Punaviini)
  • Marski's Tipple (akvavit, vermuth and gin) (Marskin ryyppy)
  • Milk (Maito)
  • Sour milk (often drunk by older people)
  • Coca Cola (often drunk by children)
  • Prune jam pastries (Joulutortut)[6]
  • Gingerbread,[6] sometimes in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man (Piparkakut)
  • Coffee (Kahvi)
  • Chocolate (given as presents, eaten in-between meals, not during them) (Suklaa)

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Guatemala

  • Tamales
  • Ponche (Christmas fruit punch served hot with lots of fruits)
  • Pavo (Turkey)
  • Buñuelos (Fluffy sweet dessert made with corn with maple syrup)
  • Chicken (Prepared with different stuffings and accompanied with various side dishes such as salads or rice)
  • Chuchitos
  • Fish (Prepared with different spices and side dishes based on rice and coconut, very typical of the northern areas of Guatemala)

[edit] Italy

Main article: Italian cuisine

[edit] Japan

  • Christmas cake - Different from a UK Christmas cake or American fruitcake, the Japanese Christmas cake is usually sponge cake frosted with whipped cream, and topped with strawberries.

KFC chicken IS a traditional Christmas meal in Japan. Roast Chicken from the supermarket is also considered a Christmas meal in Japan.

[edit] Jewish American

[edit] Lithuania

12-dishes Christmas Eve Supper plays the main role in Lithuanian Christmas tradition. Thus the traditional dishes are served on December 24th.

  • Poppy milk (aguonų pienas)
  • Slizikai (šližikai')
  • Auselės (Deep fried dumplings)
  • Herring with carrots (silkė su morkomis')
  • Herring with mushrooms (silkė su grybais')

[edit] Mexico

  • Ensalada de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Salad)
  • Bacalao (Clipfish or Cod Fish)
  • Romeritos (Small green leaves of a particular type mixed generally with mole and potatoes. Generally accompanied with "tortitas de camarón" (shrimp bread).)
  • Pavo (Turkey)
  • Tamales (Some Mexican families, particularly in the northern part of Mexico and southern American states have tamales only at Christmas eve instead of the typical Bacalao, Romeritos and/or Turkey. This is a sign of less Spanish heritage.)
  • Ponche (a hot, sweet drink made with apples, sugar cane, prunes and tejocotes. For grown-ups, ponche is never complete without its "piquete" - either Tequila or Rum -)

[edit] New Zealand

  • Pavlova
  • Sausages
  • Ham
  • Turkey
  • Strawberries
  • Christmas Pudding
  • Christmas Mince Pies
  • Wine (often Lindauer)
  • Chocolates

[edit] Norway

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Poland

See also: Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper

[edit] Puerto Rico

[edit] Romania

  • Piftie (pork- and cow-based aspic, with pork meat, vegetables and garlic)
  • Cârnaţi (pork-based saussages)
  • Tobā (various cuttings of pork, liver boiled, diced and "packed" in pork stomach like a salami)
  • Sarmale (rolls of cabbage pickled in brine and filled with meat and rice, see sarma)
  • Cozonac, sort of Romanian equivalent of panettone

[edit] Serbia

Main article: Serbian cuisine

[edit] Spain

  • Turron
  • Churros
  • Yema - Egg-based dessert
  • Mantecados & Polvorones - crumbly cakes
  • Langostinos - shrimp cocktail
  • Esparragos blancos - White asparagus

[edit] Sweden

[edit] United Kingdom/ Ireland

Main article: British cuisine

In the United Kingdom, what is now regarded as the traditional meal consists of roast turkey, served with roast potatoes and parsnips and other vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, a heavy steamed pudding made with dried fruit, suet, and very little flour. Other roast meats may be served, and in the nineteenth century the traditional roast was goose. The same carries over to Ireland with some variations.

[edit] United States

Roast turkey
Roast turkey

See also: Thanksgiving (the dishes tend to be similar)

[edit] Venezuela

  • Hallaca
  • Pan de jamón (ham-filled bread)
  • Cabello de ángel
  • Dulce de Lechosa

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