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Christmas is fast approaching and for people all over the world, this heralds the arrival of long-held food traditions. But just what counts as ‘traditional’ can be markedly different from one part of the globe to another.
KFC’s official explainer details that a foreign customer came to Tokyo over the Christmas period and ended up in KFC on Christmas Day as they were unable to find roast turkey. Allegedly, someone from the sales team heard the customer’s remark about eating fried chicken for Christmas and turned it into a marketing opportunity.
In fact, the Spanish were said to have introduced more widespread consumption of pork to the Philippines as a means of encouraging the adoption of Christianity in the country, one of many moves that was successful, as the country now has a 90% Christian population. These days, a whole adult pig is utilised instead and is rotated over an open charcoal grill until the skin puffs up and crisps up beautifully. The pig is then whipped out to dazzle guests present for the hearty Christmas Eve meal.
The idea is simple: customarily seven different fish dishes are prepared for Christmas Eve although modern adaptations also include crustaceans and shellfish on the festive menu. Some popular menu items include baccala , shrimp cocktail and stuffed calamari in tomato sauce.In the United Kingdom, Christmas pudding harks back to medieval times when it started its life as a plum pottage served at the start of the meal.
In the UK, Christmas pudding is normally made five weeks before Christmas and modern variants typically include raisins, dried currants, sultanas, walnuts, cinnamon and mixed spice, alongside traditional baking ingredients like flour and baking powder. The magic ingredient? Brandy – lots of it, which gives this steamed pudding a rich, flavourful punch.To the whole world, the culinary symbol of Christmas is almost definitely a big, fat burnished golden turkey.
The turkey meanwhile was introduced to England in 1526 by landowner William Strickland and was a hit with upper-crust Britons. In the 19th century, Charles Dickens wrote about roast turkey in his classic novel A Christmas Carol, published in 1843. Tamales and tamale-making parties are part of Mexico's culinary culture come Christmas. — MARISA LEON/Unsplash
In Ethiopia, Christmas is celebrated in January after 40 days of veganism and is marked by doro wat, which is a spiced chicken stew. — SENGIBYCHEFCOCO/Instagram Sopa de galets is a Catalonian Christmas soup made up of large pasta shells, broth, meatballs and vegetables. — Filepic In Goa, the pork stew of sorpotel is a Christmas staple that is made up of pork pieces cooked in a vinegar toddy. — KUNAL VIJAYAKAR/Instagram
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