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In Venezuela, the Christmas dish consists of chicken salad, pernil or black roast, ham bread, and the popular hallaca.
The way the hallaca is made can vary, but in the end, it comes to the same thing. A pie filled with meat: beef, pork, chicken, all that stewed with a sauce that contains countless ingredients depending on the region of the country. The ingredients can be olives, capers, potatoes, eggs, fried bananas, chickpeas, tomatoes, paprika, garlic, onions, and whatever comes to mind for the one who is cooking it.
All this is transformed into something delicious, which is the hallaca. It is accompanied by a good piece of leg or black roast, or baked chicken. In addition, it is accompanied by a delicious chicken salad and what for me is the best of all: ham bread.
The ham bread is prepared with a filling that includes smoked ham, olives, bacon, and raisins. Some people put cream cheese on it, I don't like it with that, and it is bathed with egg white and diluted paper to then go to the oven. It also changes its preparation or ingredients depending on the region of the country or the person who prepares it.
I am a ham bread lover; I may lack everything else, but ham bread never.
In the picture is one that my daughter-in-law prepared, which is the best thing I've ever tasted and weighs a kilo and measures half a meter, all for me alone.
I wish you a merry Christmas.
That is a lovely dish
In my culture, we have various traditional dishes for the holiday season. But one common dish you will always find during the holidays, both at home, at night bars, or even high-end restaurants, is "Isi ewu," meaning goat head. Many people believe it's the sweetest part of goat meat, and honestly, I think so, too!
It's a very delicious dish that's often served in a wooden mortar, as shown in the picture. The mortar gives it a really traditional feel, added with the leaves and local spices used in the preparation. This dish is usually served with palm wine or alcohol, as preferred. Personally, this meal gives me hope that culture is still alive and upholding it continues from the little things like making our traditional meals always available during every holiday period.
PS: Picture is from my teacher, who's a chef.🥰
Wow oooo, this looks delicious, what about Nkwobi? You didn't show us..ooo.
Haha. I could only share one meal. I bet you can do Nkwobi for us.😂
This is original Igbo!😂
It is!😂 I see your name is Mfon. You're from the South.
Uno de los más tradicionales en estas fechas es la Hallaca , se elabora con harina de maiz y diversos tipos de carnes en un guiso de sabor extraordinario, todo esto va envuelto en hojas de plátano y se cocina en agua, luego simplemente se retira la hoja y está listo para comer
Wow, it looks beautiful just like what we do in my country known as "Asuru-asu oka" . It's made from corn starch, a corn meal sort of. Very delicious if you add enough ingredients to it. Take care and enjoy.
Hi 😊, it's delicious! The filling varies slightly depending on the region of the country where it's made, but each version is very good. Greetings from Venezuela!
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For these Christmas holidays here in Venezuela we have a traditional dish that is very good and is prepared in every house for December 24th, which has salad, ham bread, meat, hallaca and a glass of soda, being the perfect combination and most desired by all Venezuelans.
Enjoy your dish
Hello, greetings to all. The traditional Christmas dish in my country, Venezuela, is hallaca, accompanied by chicken salad, potatoes and carrots, with slices of bread with ham and pork leg, which can also be substituted with chicken or roast beef.
Unfortunately, not everyone today has the privilege of eating such a complete dish; some can only eat hallacas with ham bread or simply hallaca alone.
The important thing is to try to maintain the tradition of hallaca, which gives that special touch to Christmas dinner, when the whole family gets together and enjoys the moment.
All this is accompanied by sparkling wine, white or red wine, cream punch, or simply a soft drink or natural juice.
Here is a photo of the famous hallaca.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/17873729766221829/
It looks very tasty, I know it will really be.😋😋.
If so, it's exquisite. The hallaca alone, without the other accompaniments, is divine, because it's stuffed with a stew of beef, pork and chicken and lots of seasonings, and it's also stuffed with potatoes, eggs, onion, paprika, olives, capers and prunes. It's delicious.
In Venezuela, we have a traditional Christmas dish that pays homage to our European, African, and Native American roots, known as hallaca, which is a pigmented corn flour cake wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in water, filled with a stew made from beef, chicken, pork, and vegetables, to which olives, capers, raisins, and other ingredients depending on the region of the country.
This is accompanied by pan de jamón, which is a baked bread stuffed with smoked ham, bacon, olives, and raisins, as well as a salad made with chicken or hen and smoked pork leg.
The preparation of hallacas is a ritual in which families assign tasks and responsibilities to each member in the complex process of making this dish, which is usually eaten at Christmas.
Hola, en diciembre se acostumbra a comer lechona, tamales, natilla (sabor a arequipe, coco, tres leches y maracuyá) y buñuelos.
Dejo esta imagen de facebook que muestra más
Among the sweet dishes enjoyed during the Christmas season is the black cake, made with candied fruits macerated for a year in wine or rum, and some even macerate them for up to 20 years. This cake is very similar to a wedding cake, featuring candied fruits and some nuts, and is decorated with a glaze of powdered sugar and lemon juice.
While living in Cuba, the quintessential Christmas dish was roast pork. However, that changed when I came to live here in Spain, where roast turkey is the most common Christmas dish. Nevertheless, my family and I make both dishes, interchangeably.
Oh, I really do love roasted turkey! It's a very tasty protein when prepared well. Compliments of the season, rib.🤗
Enjoy the both dishes.
Hello!
Talking about traditional dinner dishes for any significant occasion, like Christmas in Cuba, always leads us to a menu that's a recurring theme in every Cuban's wish list. It's roast pork as the main course, rice with black beans (or "arroz moro"), yucca with mojo sauce or fried, and fried plantains.
To be honest, right now, this remains just a wish for many Cubans here due to the high prices of each ingredient. But hope springs eternal as long as there's a smile on our faces.
Adoro la carne de puerco asada 😋
¡Es exquisita!
¡Gracias por tus letras!
Un deseo para muy pocos cumplidos. Conozco a varias familias que han comido pollo durante varios fines de años
Benditos quienes tengan al menos pollo... ¡Benditos los que puedan sonreír!
In every country, the economy is very tight but somehow, God will provide for people to still enjoy the season.
Take care.
Thank you!
Have a great day!
Rollade or as the english call it roulade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roulade
As example of traditional meals in my country I can name salads, pork, or oranges as a desert
Beautiful foods, enjoy.!
hallacas, acompañadas de una rica ensalada de papas,zanahorias con un aderezo de mayonesa y mostaza, con un una buena rodaja de pernil horneado ademas de un buen pan de jamón hecho por mi querida madre.
Qué es una hallaca
hola, la hallaca es una comida tipica de Venezuela.Es una masa de harina de Maiz,que se exteiende sobre hojas de platano. se rellena de un picadillo o guiso de carne de res y carne de cerdo, aceitunreas, pasas, alcaparras y algunos vegetales, luego se amarra y se poen a hervir durnate unos 40 mintos, Toda una delicia.
It's very simple, since the typical Christmas dish in my country is the same for all holidays throughout the year: roasted pork leg or whole pig, rice and beans, yucca with mojito (or tostones), and tomato salad. You can add anything else to this, but this menu will always be the basis of the entire celebration.
Yes, this is the eating and enjoying season to the extent that some people do eat some types of food that is not agreeable with their body systems, thereby becoming sick.
Others can over eat because of how tasty the food appears 😄😋😋,
we rather take time and take it easy this time around.!!
It's simple: the typical Christmas dish in my country is the same for the whole year: roasted pork leg or the whole pig, rice and beans, yucca with mojito.
You can change the pork for a other roast animal (chicken, fish, turkey, lamb, and so on)
Es sencillo, pero sabroso!
Please, if I may ask, where's your country?.
We mostly eat rice, stew and chicken or any other types of meat. Some goes as far as using fish. Just any kind of protein anyone can afford is ok, in my own country, Nigeria.
But during this winter holiday, we will be craving rice as if we had never tasted it before.😂😂,
I understand though, that's the spirit of Christmas 🎄 🎄 🎄, love and sharing.!!
In Cuba, the quintessential dish is pork in any of its forms (roasted, stewed, fried, and so on). Depending on what's available, you might cook a whole pig, a suckling pig, or just a cut (leg, shoulder, rib, etc.) or other cuts of meat.
And, of course, it's served with root vegetables, especially yucca with plenty of mojito.
It's delicious.
Hello everyone, glad to join you. Well, the first big holiday in winter in Ukraine is Holy Supper. The traditional dish is kutya. It is a symbol of the beginning of the Christmas holidays and the reunion of the whole family at one table. Traditionally, there should be 12 different Lenten dishes on the table, but the main one on the table should be kutya. As a rule, it should be prepared by the head of the family. The main ingredients of this dish are wheat, poppy seeds, honey, dried fruits, nuts, sugar and a little water.
Wow, this is a different one altogether. Traditions are very different from one country to another country. Traditions are beautiful. Take care.
Am from the south south region of Nigeria, and we have different delicacies that make different occasions. For the Christmas season tge one that stands out the most is known as afia efere with pounded interpreted as white south and rounded yam. It's a nice delicacy, and everyone within and region and even visitors enjoy it once it's served
I know your people has some rich different types of food, enjoy.
I love to cook myself Navy Beans for the festival season.
It is not like you would imagine but a nice well done Bean pie to bring joy to the younger faces.
Peace
Hand made pounded yam, with nice egusi soup with slices ponmo inside and goat meat
In my country our Christmas dish is hallaca, ham bread, chicken salad, pork leg and for dessert a papaya sweet
Los venezolanos celebramos una cena en familia en donde es tradicional tener hallaca, pernil o cochino, ensalada de pollo, pan de jamón. Nuestra hallaca es comparada a veces con un tamal. Pero siguiendo la historia de su creación fue el resultado de una mezcla indígena, africana y venezolana. Un guiso de carne dentro de masa de maíz, envuelto en hojas de platano ahumadas previamente y cocinadas en agua. No se siente una mesa completa sin estos ingredientes. Y a mi no me puede faltar un postre como el quesillo.
In my family, which has roots in Sweden, a traditional winter dish we always look forward to is Janssons Frestelse. It's a creamy potato and anchovy gratin that's surprisingly delicious! Thinly sliced potatoes are layered with onions, pickled sprats, breadcrumbs, and cream, then baked until golden and bubbly. The combination of the creamy potatoes, the salty fish, and the crispy breadcrumbs is just incredible. It's a hearty and comforting dish that's perfect for a cold winter Christmas evening.
Our food is hallaca, a delicious bread with roasted pork and lots of ham bread with raisins. So good!
There's a drink we call kunu it's made with guinea corn. When the family have come together during the festive period, this drink keeps us together
Here in Argentina it's always summer during the Christmas holidays, but our culture has always led us to eat a lot of sweets (something we're used to in winter). Pan dulce (sweet bread) has also become traditional here, but between the dishes (Russian salad, Vitel Toné, piononos, and stuffed tomatoes), there are some really delicious meals.
I don't have any pictures right now, but traditionally a hallaca accompanied by ham bread and chicken salad is the most traditional thing we can share at Christmas with family and friends.
Undoubtedly, hallacas are the most traditional, made with pork, although we also prepare them with chicken, and in different states of the country, the filling can be whatever you can think of.
I am a Nigerian, from the,Calabar decent. There are so many dishes which we enjoyed in our culture during this season. Let me tell you about one.
Goat Meat Pepper Soup
This is very delicious and give the scent of an African he goat. It is a watery soup that is usually eaten with boiled yam or rice. In fact, you can eat it with whatever you please.
To prepare this, first chop the goat meat in sizeable pieces, wash them and then you put it on the fire to cook. You will need to add the ingredients.
The Ingredients:
Water
Scent leaf
Goat meat
Pepper
Seasoning
Salt
Dry fish
Bhapa Pitha is a traditional winter/holiday dish in your culture. You can search for a picture of it in google.
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