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What food to eat on Christmas Eve

In foreign countries there are a lot of food on Christmas Eve, customs are different eat different.

1, Britain-roasted goose

The United Kingdom should be the most orthodox country to spend Christmas Eve, but also the country with the longest history. Many people will say that foreigners must eat turkey on Christmas Eve, in fact, it is not so. In the United Kingdom, a dish that must be eaten on Christmas Eve should be roast goose, do you remember the little girl selling matches? There is a scene in it that talks about roast goose. In addition to roast goose, the British will eat with some ham, salmon, vegetable salad, pudding, cocktails, etc., hearty and delicious.

2, France - French tree trunk cake

The French like to eat all kinds of cake, Christmas Eve is no exception. On this day, people will do some "trunk" theme of the cake, with some Christmas elements, to give friends and relatives. Some people also give "tree trunk cake" to their lovers to express their love.

At dinner, the French usually choose meat for the main course, with cheese, tomatoes, carrots, jelly and cabbage rolls as side dishes, and a "tree trunk cake" for dessert.

3. Romania - Borscht

Romanians also eat hearty meals, with sausages, pork, chicken or fish as the main course, plus soups such as borscht or beet soup with meatballs, and sponge cake for dessert.

4, Portugal - dumplings

Portuguese people, most of whom are Catholic, do not eat meat on Christmas Eve. Instead, they usually have pumpkin cake and pumpkin dumplings for dinner with some vegetables, potatoes, eggs, etc. In addition to this, they also have wine and various desserts on Christmas Eve.

5, Australia - Australia barbecue

Australia in the southern hemisphere, Christmas Eve when they are there is exactly the summer, so over the holiday, the Australian people will choose more outdoor barbecue. There are a lot of barbecue dishes, such as steak, chicken kebabs, potatoes, sweet potatoes and all kinds of vegetables.

6, Denmark - almond cake

Danish Christmas Eve will eat a special pudding, in the middle of the pudding to put an almond, this almond is known as the "lucky almond", will bring good luck to those who eat it.

The Danish staple food is roasted suckling pig or roasted goose, roasted duck, not roasted turkey, and the main dishes are potatoes, beet soup, or bouillabaisse. Last but not least, the Danes have a variety of Christmas Eve wine or beer, but these wines are very low.

7, Ukraine - dumplings

The Ukrainian Christmas Eve, and China's New Year's Eve, is to eat dumplings. Ukrainian dumplings are larger than ours and come in semicircular or round shapes. Dumpling filling is also different from ours, there are fruit filling, vegetable filling, and marinated meat filling. They add some cream to the dumpling filling and dip the dumplings into the cream when eating them, which is very different from ours.

8, Italy - candied fruit, almonds

Italy Christmas Eve menu is not red meat, usually eat fish. Italians celebrate Christmas Eve with candied fruit, hot chocolate, or a cake made with almonds after mass.

9, Russia - Russian Herring

Russian Christmas Eve dinner is usually pasta, pork, cheese, tomatoes, salad and sausage. One of the essentials is olive salad and herring. Apart from that, Russians also celebrate with champagne or beer.

10, the United States - U.S. baked polenta

Americans eat more things on Christmas Eve, turkey, a variety of pies, almond cake, fruitcake, etc., which has a more distinctive is the baked polenta. This baked corn porridge, put some cream and various colors of fruit on top, eat very sweet and delicious. Some families will also use roast beef or baked ham instead of roasted turkey,

11, Germany - Germany gingerbread

Germany Christmas Eve to eat the most special one of the food is "gingerbread", this "gingerbread" and other countries. This "gingerbread" is different from other countries, it is a kind of soft gingerbread. Traditionally, gingerbread is made with honey, pepper grains, eat sweet and spicy. Nowadays, all gingerbread is usually modified with a thick layer of frosting on the outside of the cake, and some walnuts and almonds will be added inside for a richer taste.

Additionally, the packaging of gingerbread is also very delicate and nice, and some of them are also kept as collectibles.