We have a fairly reliable menu for Christmas: onion soup, roasted chicken, roasted vegetables and Christmas cake. Deviations are rare, which cannot be said for other parts of the world. In the following, we reveal to you the 5 most unusual Christmas dishes that find their way onto plates elsewhere.
Let's check The 5 most unusual Christmas dishes, which find themselves on a festively covered table in faraway corners of the world.
1. Mopane: roasted caterpillars (South Africa)
In South Africa, Christmas is not complete without roasted caterpillars. While most of the flickering "harvest" is dried and stored for the winter, they treat themselves for Christmas dinner freshly baked caterpillars.
2. Kentucky Fried Chicken: fried chicken (Japan)
In Japan, Christmas is rarely celebrated. Thanks to a Japanese KFC commercial celebrating Christmas, however, on December 25, most Japanese, regardless of their religion (Japan is dominated by Shintoism and Buddhism), choose to bucket of fried chicken.
3. Mattak and kiviak: raw whale blubber and fermented birds (Greenland)
In Greenland, Christmas is celebrated with traditional Inuit dishes, which are rarely seen outside the Arctic. Mattak – the raw skin of the bowhead whale – is served diced, while kiwiak – the fermented bird – is served straight from the seal's skin after seven months of fermentation. We do not recommend watching the video for anyone with a sensitive stomach.
4. Smalahove: roasted lamb's head (Norway)
Lamb is a popular meat that is served almost everywhere in the world. However, in Norway they are not only excited about legs and ribs, but treat themselves to a special specialty for Christmas dinner. Norwegians prefer to see a whole on a Christmas plate lamb's head.
5. Janssons frestelse: fish gratin (Sweden)
Janssons frestelse is a crispy fried fish gratin, which the Swedes prepare from potatoes and fish (anchovies, sardines and trout dominate the recipes these days).
