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RUITF AKEC
FRUIT CAKE
100
TEA
ATE
100
What is a Latke?
A) A cinnamon drink
B) A potato pancake
C) A lemon treat
A potato pancake!
A latke (Yiddish: לאַטקע latke; sometimes romanized latka, lit. "pancake") is a type of potato pancake or fritter in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah. Latkes can be made with ingredients other than potatoes such as cheese, onion, carrot, and zucchini.
Why we eat fried food for Hannukah:
100
TRUE OR FALSE:
Candy canes were originally straight
TRUE!
Candy canes were originally straight. The curve was added to represent the Shepard’s cane and if you turn it upside down, it’s the letter J for Jesus. They were also originally all white.
200
CAKESPAN
PANCAKES
200
NEGGGO
EGGNOG
200
TRUE OR FALSE:
Japan likes to indulge in KFC for Christmas
True
Party bucket of KFC = Christmas dinner in Japan! And why not? It’s crowd-pleasing, tasty, and great for sharing.
The tradition began after a marketing campaign in the 1970s that popularised KFC as the go-to food for Christmas – including a santa hat-wearing Colonel Sanders! We definitely wanna give this one a try, but it doesn’t have to just be on Christmas… in all truth, fried chicken will be pretty popular in the early hours after New Year’s Eve, too.
Results: 80% reckon Japanese KFC festive extravaganza is the best Christmas food
200
Gingerbread houses were first created in which country:
A) Germany
B) France
C) Poland
Germany!
The tradition of making gingerbread houses originated in Germany in the early 1800s and was popularized by the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. In the story, two children find a house made of bread and decorated with sugar in the forest. Later versions of the story changed the house to be made of gingerbread instead of bread
300
ANDYC ANCES
CANDY CANES
300
TOH HOCCOLTAE
HOT CHOCOLATE
300
Which country do you think serves "Julesild herring" as key part of their Christmas time meal?
A) Japan
B) Denmark
C) Mexico
Denmark!
Whether it’s pickled, smoked or fried, herring is on the menu in Denmark 365 days a year. But Christmas calls for a special kind. Served as a starter during julefrokost (Christmas lunches enjoyed throughout December between friends, family and colleagues), julesild herring is pickled and spiced with cinnamon, cloves and sandalwood. It’s best eaten with a wedge of rugbrød (Danish rye bread) and a spoonful of homemade remoulade. Save a little room for the accompanying gravlax and cured meats, too, though.
300
Where does Eggnong come from?
A) Spain
B) Japan
C) Britain
While culinary historians debate its exact lineage, most agree eggnog originated from the early medieval Britain “posset,” a hot, milky, ale-like drink.
A posset was originally a popular British hot drink made of milk curdled with wine or ale, often spiced, which was often used as a remedy.
By the 13th century, monks were known to drink a posset with eggs and figs. Milk, eggs, and sherry were foods of the wealthy, so eggnog was often used in toasts to prosperity and good health.
Eggnog became tied to the holidays when the drink hopped the pond in the 1700s. American colonies were full of farms—and chickens and cows—and cheaper rum, a soon-signature ingredient.
400
PPEEPRTMIN
PEPPERMINT
400
ARMW ILKM
WARM MILK
400
Catfish, collards, and macaroni are all signature dishes in which holiday celerbation:
- Kwanzaa
- Hannukah
- Christmas
Kwanzaa gets its name from the Swahili (East African) phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest." It started in the late '60s as a holiday of cultural affirmation inspired by sub-Saharan African harvest festivals. Over the decades, as the holiday entered the African-American mainstream, African foods got less emphasis, and celebrants increasingly turned to more familiar foods of the African diaspora. Catfish, collards, and macaroni and cheese all began showing up on Kwanzaa tables, as did jerk chicken, gumbo, accras (Caribbean fritters) and feijoada — foods of the Atlantic rim expressive of the geography of the African diaspora.
400
Hot Chocolate comes from:
A) China
B) Mexico
C) Canada
Chocolate's popularity began in ancient Mexico and Central America, where the cacao tree grew wild. The Maya and Aztec peoples prepared a hot, bitter drink with cocoa beans.
500
ARSHMMELLWOS
MARSHMELLOWS
500
RIISH OFFECE
IRISH COFFEE
500
Which country serves Bibingka (a doughy rice-flour cake incorporating coconut milk, butter and eggs) on Christmas eve?
A) France
B) Canada
C) The Phillipines
The Phillipines!
Eaten for breakfast after Misa de Gallo (Midnight Mass) on Christmas Eve, bibingka is a doughy rice-flour cake incorporating coconut milk, butter and eggs. The most luxurious versions come topped with melted cheese, salted duck egg and a generous sprinkling of grated coconut. It’s traditionally cooked over hot coals, in a clay pot lined with banana leaves, but you can easily cook this salty-sweet cake in a domestic oven using a cake tin.
600
HRISTSAMC OOKCISE
CHRISTMAS COOKIES
600
ULLDEM INEW
MULLED WINE
700
INGERGBREDA OUSHE
GINGERBREAD HOUSE
700
HRISTCMAS UNPCH
CHRISTMAS PUNCH