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Christmas Recipes
The children always look forward to receiving gifts, while
grown-ups probably look forward to preparing and eating Christmas
food the most. As it is, we all exert much effort to plan
and prepare good food during Christmas. All recipes must be
tasty and there must be enough of everything.
During Christmas, a whole nation eats the same food. People
cook according to the same Christmas recipes and end up with
the same table decorations. It is, after all, a time for observing
traditions. In the USA, they serve turkey and/or ham. It is
placed in the middle of table; thus, it also functions as
an amazing table decor. Many people in England do the same.
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However, even though traditions with regards
to Christmas recipes are great, they are not the same across
States.
• Hawaii blesses us with Turkey Teriyaki marinated
and cooked in an outdoor pit.
• New England has Lumberjack Pie (a mashed potato crust
filled with meat, onion, and cinnamon)
• Pennsylvania Dutch serves Sand Tarts (thin, crisp
sugar cookies)
• Louisiana's treat is Creole Gumbo. It can include
ham, veal, chicken, shrimp, oysters, and crabmeat.
• North Carolina features Moravian Love-Feast Buns (faintly
sweet bread of flour and mashed potatoes)
• Baltimore serves Sauerkraut with their Turkey (which
includes apples, onions, and carrots)
• Southern states have Hominy Grits Soufflé and
Whiskey Cake (with one cup of 100-proof whiskey.)
• New Mexico has Empanaditas -- little beef pies with
applesauce, pine nuts, and raisins
• Virginia gives us oyster and ham pie
At the same time, each family often has its own personal
Christmas recipe which all members prefer. Sometimes, the
turkey is stuffed with something very special or the potatoes
need to be prepared in a special way on this particular day.
You will see the big differences if you examine what the
different nations eat for Xmas. In Mexico, the menu mostly
consists of fruits, nuts, and salad. In the Czech Republic,
they eat carp, and in France, the Christmas recipes consist
of both foie gras and lobster.
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Sweet stuff
Christmas food is about more than just the hot main dish.
Besides the savory dish, Christmas recipes include lots
of cakes, pies, sugar, and candy are also important.
The 1796 book, ”American Cookery”,
considered to be America’s first cookbook, shows that
Americans have had a sweet tooth for a long time. One of
the holidat recipes goes like this:
Christmas Cookey
"To three pound of flour, sprinkle a tea cup of
fine powdered coriander seed, rub in one pound of butter,
and one and a half pound sugar, dissolve one tea spoonful
of pearlash [a rising agent] in a tea cup of milk, kneed
all together well, roll three quarters of an inch thick,
and cut or stamp into shape and slice you please, bake slowly
fifteen or twenty minutes; tho' hard and dry at first, if
put in an earthen pot, and dry cellar, or damp room, they
will be finer, softer and better when six months old."
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Did you know that....
America’s first recipe for Christmas cakes dates
back to 1796.
In Australia, the turkey is eaten cold.
In the old times, sugar was very expensive; therefore,
Christmas cakes were a luxury.
In Denmark, they put hot porridge outside for the
pixies on Christmas Eve.
The first gingerbread man is credited to the court
of Queen Elizabeth I, who favored important visitors
with charming gingerbread likenesses of themselves.
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