Christmas culinary facts

1.In traditional European Christmas baking is widely used ginger.

2. In Tibet the New year it is customary to bake cookies and hand them out to passers-by. The more you give - the richer you will be.

3. In Brazil, the main meal of the day is lentil soup as lentils symbolizes wealth and prosperity.

4. In Scandinavia "happy" new year's dish is rice porridge. In porridge put almond nut - whom he will fall, he will be doubly happy.

5. In France, the new year's table, in addition to the traditional roast Turkey, still eat oysters, foie Gras and cheese.

6. The Italians put on a festive table nuts, lentils and grapes are symbols of longevity, health and well-being.

7. In nineteenth century England there was a charitable society, which distributed the flour, sugar and raisins to the poor for cooking Christmas pudding.

8. In Holland for the New year eating donuts, because the ring is a symbol of the full cycle and the end of the year.

9. Girls new year's eve writing on the bulbs names of possible candidates for the hand and heart. The bulbs are placed in water - with whose name the bulb will sprout, and wait for the offers of marriage.

10. In Greece, the head of the family new year's eve out on the street and smashes the wall of the pomegranate fruit - if grains scattered in different directions, then the New year will be happy.

11. In Poland for the holiday buffet is served donuts with jelly, called "paczki".

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