In Venezuela the Christmas dish consists of Hallacas (like tamales but more elaborate); Ensalada de Gallina (with potatoes, carrots and diced apples with mayonnaise); Pernil de Cerdo and Pan de Jamón.
The hallaca is the main part, and as such the tastiest and my favorite, both to eat it and to make it, which is not at all easy since it requires the help of the whole family.
Often a BBQ; lamb, fresh sweet corn and a side of fresh salads, just picked tomatoes etc. Then topped off with pavlova.
Carp with potato salad.
The salad is my favorite, we always make loads of it and eat it for several days.
Eating the same for several days is a universal Christmas tradition.
Tamales on Christmas eve has always been a tradition.
Beer. Drinking it.
My countries Christmas dish is Frankfurters and potato salad. Yep. Really sad. My favourite part is that I cook something entirely different for my family. Real food.
The UK has turkey with all the trimmings. Roast potatoes, stuffing, Yorkshire pudding (oven cooked pancake mix), roast parsnips, carrots, Brussel sprouts, beans, pigs in blankets (sausage wrapped in bacon). Usually served with gravy and cranberry sauce.
My favourite is usually stuffing or pigs in blankets. Turkey is usually just worse chicken and roast potatoes need to be just right.
Beans?! Thats a new one to me!
Like green beans. Not baked.
…oh, thank god! 😅
Sounds like a real banquet!
It’s traditionally a massive meal in the UK. Good could of days worth of calories.
My grandmother is Venezuelan, I used to love Hallacas every christmas, sadly it’s been years since we’ve made them on Christmas.
My wife’s traditional christmas food is chili-o dip, something her mother made every year, slightly harder to make since the seasoning blend is no longer made but I stocked up on it a long time ago.
Other than that we make zucchini bread, black walnut icebox cookies and my mom makes some actually pretty good fruit cake. Oh and traditional Czech fruit kolaches!
