For many people, sometimes, the most important part of Christmas is the food.
In Catalonia, there is a different food for every pointed day. On Christmas day, on 25th of December, the people start the meal eating canopés or little tapas dishes before the escudella. The three-part dish, is carn d'olla, that includes botifarra sausage and a grant meatball, wich were used to make the soup. Next, is roasted poultry such as capon, turkey or chicken. The dessert consists in torró, and tube-shaped biscuits, and of course, it's all accompanied by several glasses of cava.
The next day, on Sant Esteve, people usually eat canelons.
On New Year's Eve, the people eat 12 grapes accompany of the 12 strokes of midnight for good luck in the next year.
The last day is el dia de Reis, and the special food of this day, is kings' cake. Hidden within the cake is a king and a butter bean. Who extracts the butter bean, must pay the kings' cake the next year, and who extracts the king, will have good luck throughout whole year.
This new is extracted from the magazine Resident Costa Brava, December 2007, nº28.
NEW VOCABULARY LEARNED:
troughout: per tot.
tube-shaped biscuits: neules.
giant meatball: pilota.
butter bean: fava.
In Catalonia, there is a different food for every pointed day. On Christmas day, on 25th of December, the people start the meal eating canopés or little tapas dishes before the escudella. The three-part dish, is carn d'olla, that includes botifarra sausage and a grant meatball, wich were used to make the soup. Next, is roasted poultry such as capon, turkey or chicken. The dessert consists in torró, and tube-shaped biscuits, and of course, it's all accompanied by several glasses of cava.
The next day, on Sant Esteve, people usually eat canelons.
On New Year's Eve, the people eat 12 grapes accompany of the 12 strokes of midnight for good luck in the next year.
The last day is el dia de Reis, and the special food of this day, is kings' cake. Hidden within the cake is a king and a butter bean. Who extracts the butter bean, must pay the kings' cake the next year, and who extracts the king, will have good luck throughout whole year.
This new is extracted from the magazine Resident Costa Brava, December 2007, nº28.
NEW VOCABULARY LEARNED:
troughout: per tot.
tube-shaped biscuits: neules.
giant meatball: pilota.
butter bean: fava.
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