What does the New Year have for dinner? Favorite New Year dishes of different countries

Under the chimes, many of us make a cherished wish, many dream of making a fabulous trip to their beloved country. And what if to realize this dream you just need to decorate the New Year's table with a dish from this country? Personal Tourist Guide decided to make a brief excursion to the New Year tables of other countries to help the hostess impress their guests.

An interesting tradition exists in Spain: during the battle of the clock, you need to have time to eat 12 grapes, and you need to take them one at a time, not a handful. Each grape symbolizes 1 of the 12 months of the coming year, and if you have time to eat all the grapes, then the most cherished desire will be fulfilled. Therefore, if you want to visit Spain during the New Year holidays, immediately buy grapes - suddenly you will not get it!

The main dish of the New Year's table in Greece is vasilopita - a cake with currants and nuts, it is decorated with patterns from dough and baked with a coin inside. The coin is a symbol of happiness in the New Year. If you were absent when cutting the vasilopita, that piece of yours will be stored until you arrive (if you are away for a long time, your piece will be frozen), in any case you will have a chance to get your piece of happiness. If you get a lucky coin, you should put it in your wallet, and you can be sure that the money in it will never run out. Useful tradition, isn't it?

At the festive table in Germany, you will definitely taste fish (carp or herring), apples and nuts. It is easy to guess that the fish symbolizes wealth, because its scales are like coins, some Germans even believe that if you carry a few scales from the New Year fish in your wallet, it will attract financial benefits. The apple carries the meaning of knowing good and evil in the coming year, and by eating nuts, you will cope with any difficulties of the coming year. Not bad, but it won’t be easy not to lose your wallet.

It’s hard to imagine Japan’s New Year’s table without mochi – round rice cakes that are symbols of wealth and prosperity. Mochi can be given to family and friends, most importantly, do not forget to warn them about the wishes of the cakes you cook - especially if friends are not familiar with the Japanese tradition.

In Italy, for a New Year’s dinner, you will be sure to put a plate with lentils and jumpone in front of you. Lentils are considered a symbol of luck, wealth and prosperity in the New Year - the more lentils you eat, the richer you will become. Giampone - a symbol of abundance - is a pork leg stuffed with sausages and sausages - the fatter the leg, the better. Hardly any of your friends surprised friends with such a dish. Maybe you will try this culinary delight first?

One of the most beautiful and unusual traditions of decoration of the New Year’s table, in my opinion, exists in Austria. On the Austrian festive table, the most prominent place is occupied by a milk pig, which symbolizes good luck in the New Year. In order for luck to accompany in all endeavors, you must necessarily eat at least a piece of the head of a pig or part of the pig snout. The piglet company consists of green peas so that money is kept in the house, and horseradish so that health does not fail in the new year. The hosts decorate the table with figures of pigs and piglets. They even have a special saying: "Participate in the pig's happiness." In Austria, the New Year coincides with St. Sylvester’s Day, its symbol is the four-leaf clover, which brings good luck and happiness, it can also be seen on the New Year’s table made from ice cream. Happy Austrian people! Surely, after such preparations, luck will not pass by their houses.

New Year’s Eve is a magical holiday, so whatever you cook this night, I wish your dish was the most delicious. And let all your dreams and desires come true after the chime fight! Happy New Year!

Jamila Baisikin