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Questions I
- Which traditional German bread is associated with Christmas?
- Kentucky Fried Chicken meals have become a nationwide tradition in which country: Japan, Mexico or the United States?
- What name is given to the festive tradition of small sausages wrapped in bacon?
- The swede is a root vegetable that originated as a cross between which two other vegetables?
- Which traditional Christmas breakfast cocktail is made of two parts champagne to one part orange juice?
- What type of pastry is used for profiteroles?
- Traditionally eaten at Christmas, name the Madeira cake topped with a thick layer of chocolate and decorated with marzipan fruits?
- Historians generally believe that what steak dish is named after Arthur Wellesley?
- Popular in German-speaking countries, what is Gluhwein?
- Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management has a famous recipe for Christmas pudding. What is Mrs Beeton's first name?
- Which type of Italian sweet bread is associated with Christmas?
- By what name would English speakers know buche de Noel?
- Bernard Matthews Foods Ltd which specialises in turkey products have their headquarters in which English county?
- Which English monarch was nicknamed "the pudding king" after it was rumoured he had requested plum pudding at a Christmas banquet?
- Served at Christmas in France a marron glace is a candied what?
Answers
- Stollen
- Japan
- Pigs in blankets
- Cabbage and turnip
- Bucks Fizz
- Choux
- Tunis cake
- Beef Wellington (Arthur Wellesley is the Duke of Wellington)
- Mulled wine
- Isabella
- Panettone
- Yule log
- Norfolk
- George I
- Chestnut
Questions II
- What type of cherries are known as "cocktail cherries"?
- Celebrated on Christmas Eve, the Feast of the Seven Fishes originated in which country?
- Market Drayton in Shropshire is known as the home of which food product?
- What sort of food technique is chiffonade?
- Which spirit is traditionally added to butter and served with Christmas pudding?
- Joulutorttu is a Christmas pastry originating from which country?
- A new cultivar called 'Student' was developed of which root vegetable in 1859?
- On which day of the week is Christmas pudding traditionally made?
- In Tudor times, which bird was put back together after cooking to impress guests at a Christmas banquet?
- Which alcoholic drink often forms a gauze-like film called beeswing on the sides of its bottle?
- Apparently, storing what alongside a Christmas cake in a container keeps it moist?
- In Hungary, the main Christmas dish is called Fisherman's soup. What fish is it made from?
- Which traditional Italian sweet bread, typically a Veronese product, is traditionally shaped like a frustum with an eight-pointed star section?
- What are you enjoying if you are eating 'March Bread'?
- Before turkey, the traditional Christmas meal was a pig's head smothered in what?
Answers
- Maraschino cherries
- Italy
- Gingerbread
- Slicing (thinly sliced)
- Brandy
- Finland
- Parsnip
- Sunday
- Peacock
- Port
- An apple
- Carp
- Pandoro
- Marzipan
- Mustard