What custom food do you eat at Christmas?

Christmas has changed from an initial religious festival to a worldwide festival. On this day, it has become common to have a big meal, give gifts to each other and get a red sock to wait for Santa Claus. So do you know what people usually eat at Christmas?

1. Turkey

The custom of eating turkey at Christmas has a history of more than 300 years. From a nutritional point of view, turkey is big and fleshy, delicious, nutritious and low in cholesterol, so it makes sense for westerners to like to eat turkey. In the United States, the whole chicken is eaten, and the turkey is stuffed with various materials and baked in the oven. After cooking, the whole turkey will be served, and then the roasted turkey will be cut with a knife and fork and enjoyed together. In Britain, a large number of fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, celery, onions and chestnuts, are usually stuffed into the belly of turkeys and then coated with various spices. After cooking, the whole turkey will be served, and then the roasted turkey will be cut with a knife and fork and enjoyed together.

2. Christmas cake

Cake is an indispensable food in peacetime and festivals, and Christmas is not to be missed. Chocolate flavor is one of the main flavors of Christmas cake. At this moment, almost every family will make chocolate cakes. People often make Christmas cakes novel and beautiful. Pour the words "Merry Christmas" with cream or jam on it and insert special Christmas candles around it.

3. Christmas pudding

Christmas pudding is a holiday food for Christmas. Today's Christmas pudding comes from traditional Christmas food, milk, porridge and dried fruit pudding. Therefore, although there are no plums in Christmas pudding, it is also called dried fruit pudding and has become a new member of Christmas dishes. Traditionally, when Christmas comes, every family member will make a Christmas pudding to symbolize unity and harmony. Everyone will make a silent wish while stirring the dough, and finally a coin will be hidden in the dough.

In Denmark, when Christmas dinner begins, people must eat an almond pudding before they can start eating other things. If anyone can eat the only intact almond, he will be the luckiest person in the coming year. Usually, adults will put this almond in the youngest child's bowl to make them happy.

4.gingerbread

The most famous traditional Christmas food in Germany is gingerbread. There are two English versions of gingerbread: Gingersnap, which literally means ginger+thin and crisp cake; The other one comes from German and is called Lebkuchen. In a word, gingerbread is a shortcake for Christmas, usually made of honey, brown sugar, almonds, candied skin and spices.