I'm afraid Bulgaria has nothing traditional for Christmas, but we do have an Orthodox traditional dinner for the previous day (Christmas Eve) - vegan loaf called "pitka", which has a coin, baked in. The tradition says the person who's loaf piece contains the coin will be the provider over the next year. The loaf is cut by the oldest person, as he/she represents the family wisdom. We also have "postni sarmi" - sauerkraut leaves, stuffed with rice and spices. The drink is a compote, made of dried fruits, called "oshav". The table has to contain an odd number of meals and we usually extend the dinner enough to say "Merry Christmas" at midnight and have a glass of wine. And Christmas carollers will be on our door around that time, to make it feel more of special night 😊
Traditionally here we have 12 dishes which represents 12 apostles- Dishes should be meatless but not everyone follows that nowdays 🤷🏻♀️. At home we serve of course pierogi (obvious with me😂) with sauerkraut and mushrooms, red borscht with uszka (kind of small dumplings) some people serve mushroom soup. Cabbage with spilt peas, vegetable salad, lazanki, bigos, carp/ herrings or other fish, dried fruit kompot (kind of drink served cold or warm) some liqueurs etc. Everything depends on household and their traditions
Cakes: makowiec (poppy seed cake), pierniki (gingerbread cookies), keks (fruit cake), sernik (cheesecake). Before family sit down together to celebrate they go share opłatek (wafer) and wish eachother best of luck, lots of health,love sort of stuff.
The polish Christmas seems to be so magical. I didn't know there is a lot of various meals. Are there common ingredients used for Christmas with the others European eastern countries?
Here it's turkey. Ours is a breast crown covered in bacon. We celebrate on Christmas day unlike the French which I believe is christmas Eve. It's a propper feast😁😜
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I'm afraid Bulgaria has nothing traditional for Christmas, but we do have an Orthodox traditional dinner for the previous day (Christmas Eve) - vegan loaf called "pitka", which has a coin, baked in. The tradition says the person who's loaf piece contains the coin will be the provider over the next year. The loaf is cut by the oldest person, as he/she represents the family wisdom. We also have "postni sarmi" - sauerkraut leaves, stuffed with rice and spices. The drink is a compote, made of dried fruits, called "oshav". The table has to contain an odd number of meals and we usually extend the dinner enough to say "Merry Christmas" at midnight and have a glass of wine. And Christmas carollers will be on our door around that time, to make it feel more of special night 😊
This sounds very Christmassy and so amazing.
For me roast goose is the best tradition.
You're quite right. I can't have a good Christmas dinner without foix Gras, which made of goose.
With my family our Christmas meal is breakfast, so everything for breakfast is available.
Traditionally here we have 12 dishes which represents 12 apostles- Dishes should be meatless but not everyone follows that nowdays 🤷🏻♀️. At home we serve of course pierogi (obvious with me😂) with sauerkraut and mushrooms, red borscht with uszka (kind of small dumplings) some people serve mushroom soup. Cabbage with spilt peas, vegetable salad, lazanki, bigos, carp/ herrings or other fish, dried fruit kompot (kind of drink served cold or warm) some liqueurs etc. Everything depends on household and their traditions
Cakes: makowiec (poppy seed cake), pierniki (gingerbread cookies), keks (fruit cake), sernik (cheesecake). Before family sit down together to celebrate they go share opłatek (wafer) and wish eachother best of luck, lots of health,love sort of stuff.
The polish Christmas seems to be so magical. I didn't know there is a lot of various meals. Are there common ingredients used for Christmas with the others European eastern countries?
Hmm....it is really hard to say ☺️, but I believe that Slavic countries have so much in common
Here it's turkey. Ours is a breast crown covered in bacon. We celebrate on Christmas day unlike the French which I believe is christmas Eve. It's a propper feast😁😜
The traditional turkey is often replaced by a roast chicken in my family. About we have the Christmas eve and the Christmas day on the 25th December.