*Edited to add the winner! Congratulations to Margaret Chan! Please send me your mailing address at marthnickbeads@gmail.com. What fun it was to read about everyone’s holiday food!*
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Today’s prize is a My Latte bead. All prizes will be shipped by Ohm Beads and the winners will be chosen at random. Each giveaway will be open for about 24 hours. Let’s have some fun! To enter, just leave a comment telling us about a holiday food from your country!
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it Is difficult to choose a particular “Canadian” holiday food because so many of our traditions originate elsewhere. I really look forward to seeing all the Italian Christmas treats arrive in a nearby store in Ottawa but I love simple panettone the most.
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Diane, I was also thinking as a Canadian what food I’ll say. I’ve always seen those panettones in the grocery stores at this time of year but have never bought one before. Maybe I will this year!
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You totally need to buy a panettone Martha
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Mmmm… Pandoro!
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May not be a standard holiday food but we do ham with raisin sauce gravy. I had a few disappointed kids at Thanksgiving, I didn’t make ham. I told them they will get it on Christmas. I don’t do any heritage cooking. I use to make Danish cookies, but that’s been years since I’ve done those. Maybe this year.
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I’m from Italy and my special Christmas holidays food is… lasagna lasagna and lasagna again 🙂 with something of chocolate at the end… if there are some place again in our stomach!!!
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My husband would like to celebrate with you! He loves lasagna!
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I’m from South Korea and we eat Tteokguk(sliced rice cake soup) to celebrate the New Year.
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I was thinking of the same dish! 😂
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The “Russian salad “: peas (what are they called when they are from a can?), boiled eggs, potatoes, carrots, add ham/meat/chicken, fresh cucumber and preserved cucumber, mayonnaise! It HAS to be on every New year table in Russia. But here it is called Olivie.
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I would just call them green peas? Interesting dish!
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Happy Beadmas, dear Martha! I’m not really sure if it is a traditional Russian dish, but roast duck is what we typically have on our festive table for New Year. And another dish (which btw I don’t seem to like)) is called “holodets”. To describe it, this is a kind of gelly made of boilt meat with spices. Served cold!
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Hmm, not sure I’d like the second dish either! 😀😘
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Most people do 😂 it is just my poor description 😂
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😂😂😂😂😂
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Polish.. hard to say just one but pieroges….
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Nothing says Christmas like Pigs in Blankets! 🙂
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😂👍🏻
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I live in New England. I can’t think of anything typically American at Chritmas. We have roast beef for dinner and mince pie for desert. We do not make the green bean casserole or sweet potato marshmallow sides that are thought of as American.
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Happy Beadmas, Martha!
Typically we have a larger dish at Christmas in Germany. That varies from familiy to family. We will have some “Hasenrücken” (back of a hare).
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As we celebrate Chanukah, my family has passed down my grandmother’s recipe for potato latkes (pancakes) for 3 generations now. Grandma used to come to our house and cook up a huge batch. The delicious smells would waft down the street and all the neighbors would come by for some of Grandma Fay’s wonderful latkes, and to listen to her stories about life here in America after she moved from Russia at a young age at the turn of the 1900’s. ❤ Now my husband makes them for us.
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I’m originally from Ohio in the United States, but I can’t think of a specific food for the holiday meal. That being said, there were some things my Mom made at Christmas time either for parties or because I pestered her into making them. She made a homemade Boursin cheese dip that is just delicious and she would make “bourbon dogs” which are the quintessentially American hot dogs sliced up and cooked in a bourbon/ketchup/brown sugar sauce. It may sound disgusting, but they’re tasty little tidbits that always remind me of home at Christmas time.
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My dad used to make something similar!
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I will go with a Yule log. Cake ( I want to say chocolate although I never actually mAde it myself) yummy cake that looks like a log 🙂
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We are from Ohio- USA and though many traditional dishes: ham, cheese potatoes, baked beans etc we always have Gingerbread Cake for dessert – served warm right out of the oven with whipped cream- YUMMY!!
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I will be there for dessert
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Our favourite dish that we make for Christmas morning is called the Christmas Morning Wife Saver from the Best of Bridge cookbook. It’s a casserole that you make the night before then bake it in the morning and is layers of bread, eggs, ham and cheese. Delicious!
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I am a Chinese from Singapore. Chinese has many festive food and one of my favourite is the “zong zi” or rice dumpling which we make and eat when we celebrate the Dragon Boat festival on the lunar 5th month. It is essentially glutinous rice with savoury ingredients such as pork, shiitake mushrooms, chestnut and dried shrimps, all wrapped in bamboo leaves into a pyramid shape. The leaves give the rice a distinct fragrance. The beauty of preparing this festive food is that many family members will gather together – some will prepare the Rice, some will fry the ingredients and the more skilled ones will wrap the dumpling into the perfect pyramid shape. It is quite a laborious process but it is a perfect family bonding activity and a food prepared with so much love ❤
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I love how it involves many people making it! 💕
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USA here! Most of our food comes from around the world so I’m just going to say rice cake soup. Koreans have it every New Year’s. Wiki says “The dish consists of a broth with thinly sliced rice cakes. It is tradition to eat it on New Year’s Day because it is believed to grant the consumer good luck for the year and gain a year of age. It is usually garnished with thin julienned cooked eggs, marinated meat and roasted seaweed.” Truth be told, it’s a popular comfort food and I’ve eaten way more bowls of it than my actual age so I must be thousands of years old according to the rice cake soup meter. 😂
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My family emigrated from Puerto Rico, Ireland and Italy to the Bronx, NY, so we had an amazing mix of foods at the table each year that I took for granted growing up (I can barely boil eggs). My mother’s family were half from Puerto Rico and women would traditionally make Pasteles, which can be described as something like a tropical potato dough stuffed with pork and sweet peppers. They would shape and wrap the gel-like dough in banana leaves and hold them together with rope, until they resemble a wet burrito of sorts and were ready for cooking. I remember they used to take hours to prepare. Us kids used to think they were gross looking (green and leafy) until we got older and appreciated the lost skill and sweet/savory taste when you cut into them. So many strange goodies at our table growing up, lasagna next to pasteles and Irish cream. What a delicious mix!
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When I think of Christmas food traditions desserts come to mind first ( dinner could be turkey, ham, roast beef or even that Goose my husband talked me into one year that only he and my dad really liked) I always made a gingerbread house growing up ( my best friend’s mom was Swedish) we made 2 kinds of shortbread, whipped and regular ( my dad’s side is Scottish), and Christmas pudding ( my mom’s side is English ). My mom doesn’t make the pudding any more and I doubt I will take it on. It’s too late this year anyways. 🇨🇦
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My sister started a Christmas morning tradition a few years back using the remaining beef tenderloin from Christmas Eve dinner. She makes Eggs Benedict with English muffin, slice of beef tenderloin, asparagus, poached egg, Cointreau candied bacon as garnish and hollandaise sauce. Not really sure if its so American but it is delicious! Happy beadmas to all 🌲
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Here in Hawaii we have a Luau. One of the many different dishes served is Kalua pig, cooked in a underground oven called a Imu. The celebration includes lots of music and Hula dancing. 🌴
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Awesome! One of the songs I’m rehearsing with my Primary classes for our Christmas concert is called ‘Christmas in Hawaii’! The little girls are going to wear flowers in their hair and it will be very cute. We researched what Hawaiians eat at Christmas so it’s nice to hear from a real one!
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Holiday food in America includes food from many nations. I like to make delicate Swedish rosette cookies. They’ve especially been fun to bring to school events.
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I’m from Italy and, apart from the already cited Panettone, we have a lot of holiday’s food. One of my favorite is Tortellini, and I think that maybe many of you know what I’m talking about: a kind of fresh pasta filled with parmesan, prosciutto and meat, and I assure you that they’re soooo good! We have a lot of culinary traditions, so if you want to come and visit me, you’re welcome! ❤️ Just a tip for the Panettone: before eating it, leave it in a warm place or heat it gently in the oven for a few minutes: its wonderful smell will fill your house and it will be more fragrant 😉
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I make French toast with mine on Christmas morning 😂
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Wonderful idea!!! 😍 I might do the same this year! 😉
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New England here. Growing up the tradition was French Canadian meat pie for Christmas eve. Turkey Christmas day. One of my favorite things is making Christmas cookies. (actually eating them is my favorite!)
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We have tortiere Christmas Eve too
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We are having tourtière for dinner tonight!
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Typical holiday food for us in the UK is Turkey with all the trimmings, roast potatoes, parsnips, Yorkshire pudding, stuffing and bread sauce and if you’ve got any room for pudding mince pies or Christmas pudding.
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In Italy we have Panetone or Pandoro. A sweet light cake with lots of sugar on it, the one that looks like snow 🎅.
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I just bought this because of you 😜
In Holland we mostly go out to dinner or have a big feast at home. Being together is what is really important, and cuddling with my 2 nieces!
Good luck everyone!!
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has to be fruitcake!!!
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I’m from the UK and I will say mince pies! Also cheese footballs, so bad but so good and only available at Christmas! 😂
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Fish pie, my mom makes it very taste)
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Panettone is a typical Italian Xmas food, we use to have it plain or with cream and chocolate 😉😍😍😍
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As American, I’ve been exposed to a variety of foods, but my favorites are Basler Lackerlis and Buche de Noel. My Dad’s side of the family is of Swiss descent and my grandmother always made Basler Lackerlis at Christmas. I’ve made them too. They’re a honey and spice cookie with candied fruit, walnuts and a Swiss meringue frosting. The Buche de Noel is for my French companion. He has passed, but I love to make a Buche at Christmas in his rememberance. Plus, they’re really delicious.
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Here in Catalonia we do ” canalons” ( meat with bachamel cream in a roll of pasta) for our festivities 😊. Also a Chrismas Soup on 24th December Night.
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Dressing..as opposed to stuffing(in the bird) but on the side of the meat. It’s made with cornbread and meat. You add cooked cornbread and shredded/ torn meat (for us it’s usually a chicken) and the broth then bake it. Eggs( boiled), celery and/or onions can also be added before cooking depending on preference. Served at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter! It takes a bit to make but so good! (Southern USA)
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Good idea, Martha!
I am half British and American. As I have lived in both, I will share one from each. Even in the United States, I have kept the tradition of homemade sausage rolls alive by creating my own lean British style of sausage. My husband loves them. On the American side, it’s not the holiday season without Molasses Spice cookies. They are worth it for taste and smell both!
I have reallt enjoyed reading these!
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It’s making me hungry!
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New Year’s Eve in Russia is a salad Olivier, Mandarins and Champagne))))
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I like holiday booze after long retail shifts! 😂 Haha. Just kidding, sort of.
I like mashed potatoes!
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Maya I am laughing so hard right now
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I don’t know if they are distinctly Canadian, but one thing that always reminds me of the holidays are Nanaimo bars (which, I just looked up and they are named after the city of Nanaimo, BC so they must be Canadian!). My grandmother made them every year when she came to visit us for Christmas.
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Our Holiday Dinner is always a big “Asado” ( meat in the oven with carrots, onions, potatoes, spices,,, mmm yummy). I’m brazilian and I live in Spain. Here is famous also lake Paella ( rice with seafood).
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Halupki from Poland! We grew up with this dish and it’s one of my favorite comfort foods.
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Eggnog is a big drink for the holidays here in the US. yuck! I prefer hot apple cider.
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Duck with apples in mustard sauce
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I’m from New England and the food that most consistently reminds me of Christmas is the crab meat and English muffin hors d’oeuvres that were my grandmother’s recipe. They make an appearance at every holiday party.
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Hmmm, a holiday dish that is uniquely American. That’s is actually a great question. I’m going to say pumpkin pie for dessert. Perhaps pecan pie. These deserts don’t seem to be on menus across the world? I’m assuming they are uniquely American ?
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In Barcelona we use to do Sopa de Galets
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Hola from Spain! I like to cook the Turkey with roasted potatoes and spycy sauce. Superb!
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Stoccafisso con patate la Vigilia…tortellini in brodo per Natale…lenticchie a Capodanno!😜😊
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Family + friends plus Pasta Salad & “Dorada Fish” 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
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I do “zarzuela” is a fish and seafruits ( prawns,,,) in a tomato and brandy sauce… Supergood!
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I’m from a large Italian family. For the holidays we would all get together at whoever’s house it was going to be and everyone brought their signature dish. So it wasn’t one particular food, it was alot of food! Eating all day long!
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We love to do a special lasagne with vegetables.
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I am laughing so hard right now 😂
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This was for Maya 🤦🏻♀️
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USA: I come from a long line of fruitcake eaters during the holidays. Most fruit cake aren’t appealing. I have switched to Porter Cake which is actually Irish but so much better. It is fun to make and I candy my own fruits.
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I’m American but our family incorporates traditions from our Italian heritage for our Christmas Eve dinner. We have a version of the Feast of Seven Fishes where seafood and hand made pasta are the stars of the meal. These days we can also usually find Panettone in stores which is also a special holiday treat!
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Christmas is the time of year where my family bakes pies, apple being the main flavour, but since the start of the tradition we have also made cherry and blueberry and even lemon meringue.
We take an entire day to roll out the dough and bake create the outer crusts and end up with 8-12 pies to eat and gift.
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A holiday food in France? There are so many. For me Foie Gras is a must-have during Christmas but we also have “La Bûche de Noël” which is basically a cake in the form of a tree log. And nowadays you can have it as ice cream in the shape of a log.
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I’m from Austria and a really good food is “Sachertorte” You have to try it, if you will visit vienna!
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I hope to go this summer!
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Well as another Brit, I can’t believe that my fellow islanders haven’t mentioned home-made Christmas cake. A dark, rich fruit cake made by your mum or grandma about a month before Christmas, with sherry or rum (my family is West Indian) poured over it on a very regular basis. I always remember that whenever you opened the door to the cupboard where the baked cake was kept, the alcohol fumes would knock your head off 😄
And then finally if you were lucky, before Christmas Day they would let you help cover it with marzipan and then white royal icing 🎄
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I live in the USA and eggnog comes to mind when I think of Christmas. Yummy but not very healthy.
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I am from Belgium, we do not have a special meal for the holidays but we love chocolade! Also a drink called “jenever” brings the holiday spirit to town. Those two combined make a perfect christmas for me! 🙂
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One of my favorite holiday treats is Buckeye candy. My grandmother always made them (though at other times of the year too). I usually make a batch around the holidays. Grandma’s recipe, which I use, calls for peanut butter balls made of peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar and butter, dipped in chocolate. They’re delightfully decadent and quite popular wherever they’ve been shared.
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One of my favorite holiday treats is the pizzelle! My in laws introduced me to them many years ago and I continue to look forward to them every year! They have an old fashioned pizzelle waffle iron and literally hold it over the stove to cook each one. It is a lot of work but they taste amazing!!
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Traditionnal dessert in France for Christmas is the Bûche de Noël (Chrismas log). it’s a rolled cake designed to look like a piece of wood 🙂
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There’s lots of foods we eat for Christmas. Besides the traditional roasted turkey and baked ham, we have tamales, and posole, and in recent years carnitas! I also enjoy the Swedish foods my husband’s family prepares. I make lasagna or baked mostaccioli with meatballs. There’s always something yummy to eat, and everyone is always welcome to come over and eat and eat with us.
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I will drink cola de mono or monkeys tail, the name has nothing to do with the drink (which is a relief) it is just a house made drink similar to baileys made with milk, coffee and pisco.
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Hello, one of our family traditions is lots & lots of cookies. Any & all types, sugar cookies, nut cups, peanut butter kisses, pizzelles, finska pinnars, kolacki! The list goes on! Merry beadmas to all, thank you & good luck❣️
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Hi Martha! I am in the USA as well. It was traditional for my mom to make mince pie, fruit cake, and decorative sugar and spritz cookies for the holidays!🎄🎅😍
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Hello Martha! My holiday food is heavily influenced by my religion, and potato latkes are always my favorite! Even though I know I could make them anytime of the year, it makes it special when we only eat them during the holiday season.
This is so much fun reading about other peoples traditional foods from here in the USA, and also around world!
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Hello Martha! Holiday season is here! I am from Malaysia! For Christmas holiday season we don’t really have our own tradition food, usually we will have turkey with sides like pasta, mashed potatos and veges and of course not to miss out my mom’s homemade special lemon pie as dessert. But if you said during Chinese New Year holiday season, we have our traditional dish we called “Yee Sang” a prosperity toss of Cantonese style raw fish salad which is a must on every meal if possible throughout the 15days of Chinese New Year holiday season. It is also my favourite food!!
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In Malaysia we just just so many holidays!
For Chinese New Year, we have pineapple tart, pistachios, layer cakes, mandarin oranges, sweet and sour pork, fish and prawns. All in abundance to usher in the Chinese New Year.
For Eid for the Muslims we will have savory and spicy beef, mutton or chicken rendang served with ketupat or lemang (glutinous rice in bamboo and coconut milk cooked over charcoal or fire)
And for Christmas and Easter, my mom in law bakes the most heavenly fruitcake.
Instead of Choc and Flower, my husband gave me home made fruitcake when he was vying for my attention before we started dating. 😍
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Being Indian and in a multiracial country in Malaysia. This treat for Christmas requires no cooking and different and unique. Sweet Avalu is made from soaked avalu for about 20 minutes and drained then mixed with chopped vellam, grated coconut, chopped almonds, raisins, a teaspoon of ghee, salt to taste and a pinch dried ginger powder mixed with cardamom powder for smell. This is an ancient traditional Indian recipe which is very good for health for both adults and children.
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I’m in the U.S. so, like the others, I can’t think of anything of anything that doesn’t originate somewhere else. One thing that we always have around the holidays (besides ham or turkey) is potatoes cakes. My MIL always makes them from the leftover mashed potatoes. I’m still trying to get the hang of it, but haven’t quite made it yet. 😊
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My family holiday food is home made cherry cheesecake with graham cracker crust. My grandma made this for every Thanksgiving and Christmas and it is amazing. We’re in the US.
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Our holiday dish is Pineapple Sheet cake delicious moist recipe from Kauai, Hawaii, USA where my husband was born, and his mother before him – growing up climbing banyan, breadfruit, and monkeypod trees. It’s absolutely delicious! Moist and dense like a pineapple combo between a yellow cake and pound cake.
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