[Lifestyle] Goose in Germany, tamales in Costa Rica: What people around the world eat on Christmas

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This Christmas, make sure you try some of these!

Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated across the globe. And it is one which is centered around important food traditions that have lived through generations on family dinner tables. But to equate this global holiday with just eggnoggs and roast turkeys would be overlooking the many exciting traditions that people around the world practise. From fried chicken in Japan, ham in Sweden, lamb in Iceland to the Stollen in Germany and the tamales of Costa Rica, here’s a round up of how the dinner tables look across the world on this Yuletide feast. Fried chicken in Japan

Christmas wasn’t traditionally celebrated in Japan, so when KFC opened in the country in the ’70s, and they offered a Christmas “party barrel” inspired by America’s classic turkey dinner, it soon became Japan’s Christmas tradition. After it blew up, Christmas orders at KFC had to be booked two months in advance. Feast of the Seven Fishes and Panettone in Italy

When it comes to Italy, its many regions practise different culinary traditions when it comes to the Christmas dinner. It can be said the Feast of the Seven Fishes, which comprises seven different fishes cooked in seven different ways, is one of the grandest. While the fish can differ, calamari and salted cod are a must. To sweeten the palette, there’s the inimitable panettone which is a sweet bread packed with sultanas, raisins and candied peels that the whole family shares during the Christmas feast. Christmas goose and Stollen in Germany.

link : https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/christmas-goose-germany-tamales-costa-rica-christmas-7668779/