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Is there a specific type of food that Frenchmen serve around Christmas and New Year's Eve?

In the US, most people eat ham for Christmas and drink spiced eggnog. What about in France?

Posted - December 12, 2018
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  • 6098
    How do you know that?  Who said that?  I have never had nor prepared either of those for Christmas.  Never. 
      December 12, 2018 4:37 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Andouilette is a delicacy often served on festive occasions.
      December 12, 2018 4:56 AM MST
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  • 34272
    I don't know about France but in Czech, they eat carp. 
      December 12, 2018 5:01 AM MST
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  • 1893
    Smoked Carp is found in most Germanic and Central European countries.  It is used on fasting days, say like Christmas Eve.  In Scandenavia they use Lutefisk.  IMO both are disgusting.  Growing up in a household with Norwegian and German heritage I suffered through both "delicacies".  The Doc and I have promised they will never ever appear inour lives as we move forward and our children will never suffer as we did as children
      December 12, 2018 1:19 PM MST
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  • 22891
    not that i know of
      December 12, 2018 9:23 AM MST
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  • 44608
    You should already know the answer, since you are from France.
      December 12, 2018 10:03 AM MST
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  • 17596
    Lobster seems to be a must for Frenchies. 

    Ham has never been cooked by me at Christmas.  Stick to what you know.
      December 12, 2018 11:13 AM MST
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  • 2658
    Yule Log cake is a traditional Christmas cake in France -  In America, the fruitcake is traditional.
      December 12, 2018 12:21 PM MST
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  • 1893
    Depends on where in France you are.  In Alsace you will find a lot of traditional German foods common, Brittany & Normandy seafood, Burgundy pates, Langudoc spice beef & Red Wine, Provence spiced fruits and fowl, Loire Boar, and in the Savoy Fondue. 

    There are so many variations from village to village, region to region,  as to make a monolithic one size fits all next to impossible.  The US is more monolithic choice.

    I do love from the Champagne Region Christmas eve Quail or Squab served in Plum Brandy to break the fast of the preceding day.  Think anywhere around Rhiems going over toward  the Lorraine and Alsace.  Oh yeah the Franks were a Germanic tribe who crushed the remaining Gauls and Romans
      December 12, 2018 1:26 PM MST
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  • 3523
    Here's a site with 10 French holiday dishes.  The roast goose sounds good to me.

    https://www.thespruceeats.com/french-christmas-recipes-1375385
      December 12, 2018 10:22 PM MST
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  • Not sure what is the traditional French holiday meal.  My favorite Frenchman has never told me.  Though he did say that on New Year's Eve they eat 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight as fast as possible for good luck:)
      December 13, 2018 1:21 AM MST
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  • 16779
    Cheese and cold soup. That's all year round.
      December 13, 2018 3:37 AM MST
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  • 44608
    Remember this stuff?

      December 13, 2018 7:40 AM MST
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  • 16779
    Unfortunately, yes. Made from bleached frogs, like everything else the cheese-eating surrender monkeys scoff.
      December 13, 2018 9:23 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Escargot ....They are very hard to catch if you're drunk....:(
      December 13, 2018 8:31 AM MST
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