圣诞美食大不同：各地“圣诞大餐”一览

圣诞节就要到了，除了吃火鸡，你还知道哪些有特色的圣诞大餐吗？今天我们就来看看世界各地颇具特色的圣诞美食。

While most Americans will be feasting on traditional roast dinners and sipping egg nog come Christmas, other countries around the world will be enjoying their own - very different - culinary customs.
　　大多数美国人在圣诞期间会吃烤肉、喝蛋酒，而其他国家也有自己独特的圣诞大餐。

【欧洲圣诞大餐】

Southern Italians opt for a traditional "feast of the seven fishes" which includes calamari, anchovies and creamy baked eels.
　　意大利南部居民会吃传统的"七鱼盛宴"，包括鱿鱼、凤尾鱼和奶香烤鳗鱼。

For the Brits, it's all about turkey, and Christmas pudding. It is a custom to hide a coin inside, and then coat the rich dessert with brandy and set it alight.
　　英国的圣诞大餐主要是火鸡配圣诞布丁。英国人除了吃火鸡和圣诞布丁外，还有在里面藏一块硬币，并且将布丁浸在白兰地中点燃的习俗。

Similarly, in Sweden, it is a Christmas tradition to serve rice pudding with a hidden almond submerged in it. The person who gets the almond is then rewarded with a prize, and - as legend has it - good luck for the next year.
　　瑞典也有类似的传统：在大米布丁中撒入杏仁粒。谁能吃到这个杏仁粒就会得到一份奖品，传说这代表着明年有好运。

Christmas dinner in France is usually enjoyed shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve, and will comprise such fine fare as oysters, lobster meat and foie gras.
　　法国人通常会在平安夜午夜后不久享用圣诞大餐，包括吃牡蛎、龙虾和鹅肝酱。

[圣诞美食这么说]
　　turkey: 火鸡
　　calamari: 鱿鱼
　　anchovy: 凤尾鱼
　　creamy baked eel: 奶香烤鳗鱼
　　oyster: 牡蛎
　　lobster: 龙虾
　　foie gras: 鹅肝酱
　　Christmas pudding: 圣诞布丁
　　almond: 杏仁
　　rice pudding: 大米布丁

【亚洲圣诞大餐】

In India, meals often include aromatic Biryani with lamb, mutton or chicken; followed by cake or kheer, a milky rice pudding.
　　在印度，这顿大餐常常包括香喷喷的比尔亚尼菜(羊肉米饭或鸡肉米饭)、蛋糕或奶味香米布丁。

While in Japan, it's all about the KFC bucket.
　　日本人主要会购买肯德基"假日庆祝桶"。

Kentucky Fried Chicken has been customary in Japan ever since the American fast-food giant launched a 'Kentucky for Christmas' marketing campaign in 1974.
　　自从美国快餐巨头肯德基于1974年在日本推出"圣诞餐"以来，"圣诞节吃圣诞餐"已经成为日本的习俗。

The fried chicken meal - which comes with cake and champagne and costs around 3,336 yen - is so popular that many fans order it months in advance to avoid the two-hour waiting lines on Christmas Day.
　　这顿"圣诞餐"包括炸鸡、蛋糕和香槟，售价大约3336日元。它风靡全日本，许多当地居民为了避免圣诞当天排两个小时的队，提前数月就下订单。

In the Philippines, Christmas dinner usually comprises crunchy suckling pig and queso de bola, edam cheese coated in red wax.
　　在菲律宾，圣诞大餐通常包括酥脆的烤乳猪和干酪球，干酪球通常使用伊丹奶酪做成(也称为红波奶酪）。

[圣诞美食这么说]
　　Biryani: 印度比尔亚尼菜
　　rice pudding: 香米布丁
　　suckling pig: 烤乳猪
　　queso de bola: 干酪球
　　edam cheese: 伊丹奶酪
　　kheer: 香米布丁

【非洲圣诞大餐】

South Africans grill turkey and butterflied legs of lamb on the 'braai' barbecue for an alfresco Christmas lunch.
　　南非人圣诞节吃户外午餐，在便携式烤肉架上烤火鸡和切片羊腿肉。

In Ethiopia, a spicy chicken stew called doro wat is usually served with sourdough injera flat-bread. A Ghanaian Christmas dinner also includes stew, usually served with toasted maize porridge.
　　埃塞俄比亚人在圣诞会选择辣味炖鸡，也称为鸡肉煲，配酵母英吉拉松饼(埃塞俄比亚的一种干薄松饼)。加纳人的餐桌上也会有炖汤，通常配烤玉米粥。

[圣诞美食这么说]
　　spicy chicken stew: 辣味炖鸡
　　doro wat: 鸡肉煲
　　toasted maize porridge: 烤玉米粥
　　injera: 英吉拉松饼

【美洲圣诞大餐】

Although turkey is on the menu in many countries, it is served in different ways. In Argentina, for instance, they serve it with pork and veal, while Brazilians enjoy it with rice and salad, and Peruvians eat it with roast potatoes and apple puree.
　　许多国家的圣诞餐桌上都少不了火鸡，但吃法却有不同。比如阿根廷人配猪肉和小牛肉，巴西人配米饭和沙拉，而秘鲁人配烤土豆和苹果泥。

However, pork tamales are served on Christmas Day in Costa Rica, while Canadians nibble on "chicken bone candies ".
　　哥斯达黎加人的餐桌上少不了玉米粉蒸肉；加拿大人则会在圣诞吃"鸡骨糖果"。

【澳洲圣诞大餐】

Seafood crops up on the menu in several countries, particularly those with warm December climates. Australians typically enjoy barbeque-sizzled shrimp; while Fijians chow down on banana-leaf wrapped fish.
　　很多国家尤其是12月气候温暖的国家会吃海鲜。澳大利亚人是典型的"烤虾控"；而斐济人会吃香蕉叶包裹的鱼。

【圣诞也能吃素食】

Bulgarians stick to a healthy vegetarian dinner, and Christians in Egypt go vegan; both for fasting reasons.
　　在圣诞期间，保加利亚人坚持健康的素食，而埃及的基督教徒则选择全素食，均与斋戒有关(圣诞节之前，埃及基督徒有43天的斋戒日)。

【那么……遥远的南极洲呢？】
　　Yes we can: Those confined to boats in the Antarctica can expect tinned vegetables for Christmas.
　　"是的，我们hold得住"——身在南极洲的人只能在船上过圣诞，他们能吃到罐头蔬菜。

[圣诞美食这么说]
　　pork: 猪肉
　　veal: 小牛肉
　　roast potato: 烤土豆
　　apple puree: 苹果泥
　　tamale: 玉米粉蒸肉
　　chicken bone candy: 鸡骨糖果
　　barbeque-sizzled shrimp: 烤虾
　　tinned vegetables: 罐头蔬菜

【最不同寻常的圣诞食物】

Perhaps most unusual of all, head to Greenland and you'll find natives ringing Christmas in with kiviak: the raw flesh of Arctic birds which have been fermented for months in the hollowed-out body of a seal - beaks, feathers, feet and all. For those who want to dodge the seal-encased bird carcass, there's mattak: chunks of whale blubber.
　　最不同寻常的圣诞食物当属格陵兰岛的"海雀"餐(kiviak)。当地人把生海雀肉(包括鸟喙、羽毛、鸟爪)塞到中空的海豹皮中发酵数月。不想吃海豹皮包裹海雀肉的人还可以选择吃块状鲸脂(mattak)。

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