France
- oysters
- foie gras
- smoked salmon
- crêpes (Brittany)
- chapon (roasted chicken)
- dinde aux marrons (chestnut-stuffed turkey)
- ganzeltopf (goose) (Alsace)
- bûche de Noël.
- kouglof (Alsace)
- thirteen desserts (Provence): The thirteen desserts are the traditional Christmas dessert in the French region of Provence. The Christmas supper ends with 13 dessert items, representing Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles. The desserts are traditionally set out Christmas Eve and remain on the table three days until December 27.
- walnut
- quince cheese
- almond
- raisin
- calisson of Aix-en-Provence
- nougat blanc
- nougat noir au miel
- apple
- pear
- orange
- winter melon
- fougasse (Provençal bread)
Read more about this topic: List Of Christmas Dishes
Famous quotes containing the word france:
“America was too big to have been discovered all at one time. It would have been better for the graces if it had been discovered in pieces of about the size of France or Germany at a time.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“The anarchy, assassination, and sacrilege by which the Kingdom of France has been disgraced, desolated, and polluted for some years past cannot but have excited the strongest emotions of horror in every virtuous Briton. But within these days our hearts have been pierced by the recital of proceedings in that country more brutal than any recorded in the annals of the world.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)