Besides exchanging gifts and getting alongside the people we love, Christmas is also that time of year when special recipes are made. Particular number of foods which may have a 'Christmas feel' about them, often creating lots of holiday nostalgia. Christmas fun have been carried down for centuries but where did it all get started exactly?
A fun Xmas food is the much-loved gingerbread house. Kids appreciate it and decorating the gingerbread house is a Christmas tradition shared in many households. Gingerbread men were highly popular in Elizabethan England, as women prepared the dessert to depict their husbands, as a sign of understanding. They were made with flour, butter, ginger, cooking soda, ground cloves and cinnamon for flavor, with the addition of glucose and molasses for sugariness. But, it was the German bakers that created the gingerbread house for the first time for Christmas celebrations and is believed to come in around the same period as Martin Luther started the tradition of having romantic Christmas trees. After the Brothers Grimm released their famous Hansel and Gretel story in 1812, the tradition of making gingerbread houses exploded around the globe.
Candy canes are another type of special food that is carefully linked to the special event of Christmas. It is said that this custom originated in Germany around 70 when the children in a local church charger received white candy in the condition of the shepherd's crook in order to keep them quiet during the service. At the start of the 20th century, a candy manufacturer in Indianapolis thought about adding peppermint flavor to candy canes and using red beating to make them more attractive. These sweets are still highly popular during Christmas, being used as a treat, for designing gingerbread houses, or even for decorating the Xmas tree.
Buche de Noel and also the Christmas Log, as many understand it, is a special type of wedding cake that is baked for Christmas in particular. This is believed that the tradition of getting this pastry is closely linked to the burning of the Yule log, which came about centuries ago, although no-one knows for sure when the preparation of this type of cake began. If we have a look at the constituents, it is very likely that the Holiday Log started out appearing someplace in the 19th 100 years. The cake's recipe includes eggs, sugar, flour, dissolved butter, chocolate butter cream, instant coffee, and hot water. It can be decorated with candied cherries, green sugar, and various candies.
Eggnog is still one of the most popular traditional Christmas liquids, also being among the oldest. How old is eggnog? Some assume that the first recipe for eggnog appeared in the sixteenth century, but under titles like "posset" or "Syllabub". The first written songs of eggnog appeared only in those days, making reference to the 'milk punch' that was ready two centuries back, an indication that the beverage began to be appreciated on a bigger scale. Eggnog is made out of eggs, eau-de-vie, rum, milk, and white sugar. Naturally, the formula can vary according to each person's personal tastes.
These hearty foods are testament to the frosty environment from which they originate. In Australia, with long hot summers, the Christmas Day cooking has developed into an outside barbeque, often with salads and cold beverages. In any event, Xmas food is all about showing family and honoring!
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