Christmas food in Latvia. In Latvia they eat the main Christmas family meal on the 25th of December. A traditional Latvian Christmas dinner usually consists of 12 different dishes. Some of the most classic Christmas food in Latvia include roasted pork, carp, boiled or roasted potatoes, grey peas, stewed sauerkraut, pig snout, gingerbread, and ...

2024年12月23日 · On the Saturday before Christmas, you must eat nine times, bring hay indoors and keep it there over the three celebration days. Put some hay on the table, too, and god's gifts [food] on the hay. At Christmas, make kūķi or zīdenis (gray peas, beans, barley, smoked pork) with half of a pig's head inside; the mother of the house hands out a ...

2022年12月21日 · In Latvian folklore, the number nine is sacred, symbolizing cyclicity and the passing of time. It figures in the traditional calendar as there were nine days each week. Some sources, however, mention twelve foods, and it is difficult to confirm traditions as they could vary from household to household. (Top, from left) Barley porridge with bacon.

2016年12月14日 · Typical Latvian Christmas foods include such international classics as pork roast, carp, boiled or roasted potatoes, gingerbread and sweet rolls. But there are also unique local specialties like grey peas with bacon, stewed sauerkraut or pig snout.

2022年11月24日 · Typical Christmas dishes are pork roast, sauerkraut, boiled grey peas (so there are no tears in the new year) and broad beans, fish (its scales dried and carried around in the wallet to attract money), white bread and salt (for blessing), beer, …

2024年8月24日 · Christmas Food in Latvia. Latvian Christmas food blends German, Scandinavian, Baltic, and Russian cuisines. An all-time Latvian staple is grey peas with onion and bacon, commonly served at traditional restaurants. However, locals rarely eat …

2024年12月20日 · Although Christmas cuisine varies from region to region (see below), there are some general rules for serving a festive table. Traditionally, guests are served nine courses—as folklorist Aida Ranzane explains, this is because the number 9, like the number 12, has a mystical meaning in popular proverbs and sayings, and means “many”.

2019年12月18日 · A Latvian Christmas would be incomplete without the smell and the taste of štovēti kāposti. Usually served alongside boiled potatoes and pork roast, this dish is a staple of most families’ Christmas feast. And, of course, every family has …

"This is a wonderful Christmas cookie which my family prepare every year -- it's from an old Latvian cookbook, and I guarantee that Recipezaarians will love it! In Latvian it's called piparkukas (pi-pahr-koo-kuhs)"

Latvians celebrate Christmas on the 25th but you might open presents on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day, and you might have to say a poem by the tree to get it!. There’s a special Christmas dish consisting of peas with pork sauce, bacon rolls, small pies, and gingerbread.