Christmas drink Bashny.Net

Christmas and New Year - a time we spend with family and friends at the holiday table, bursting with the favorite foods and beverages. And how will this festive meal, largely depends on the country in which we find ourselves. Every culture has its own traditional Christmas dishes and drinks that must be on the holiday table.

And of course, no Christmas celebration is complete without wine or beer. However, some countries prefer to mostly (or exclusively) seasonal drinks during the Christmas holidays. For example, creamy eggnog - favorite beverage of Americans and Canadians, and like him a drink based on cream and use in Latin America, including Puerto Rico, Chile and Mexico.

In the Nordic countries, Sweden and Finland in particular is popular glogg, or hot wine (also known as mulled wine) is drunk throughout the whole of December. Species hot wine quite a lot in Europe, and all of them are made on the basis of red wine, changing only the spices. The traditional German mulled wine, in principle, the same alcoholic glogg, but without the addition of raisins and almonds.

And if you meet the New Year in Jamaica, then forget about the characteristic of the warming winter drinks. Jamaican Christmas drink made from hibiscus petals, which locals call the sorrel and sugar, fresh ginger, lime juice and dark rum.

Mulled wine or glyuvayn - Germany, Austria





Mulled wine or hot wine - a popular warming drink in Germany and Austria, created on the basis of red wine with various spices: cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and bitter orange. However, supplements can vary depending on the country and the personal preferences of the cook.

Wassail or Christmas punch - Great Britain



The British tradition of wassailing and wishes of health has its origins in the 1400s. Yuletide celebration also includes drinking hot cider on the basis of ale, and the name in Old English Wassail means "be healthy". Even though the tradition of Christmas Yuletide is outdated, but the drink is still relevant for England (especially when raising a toast to the health).

Cola de Mono - Chile



Literally cola de mono means "monkey's tail". This reminds the Chilean drink eggnog and drinks cold. Creamy is made from a mixture of vodka Chilean aguardiente (sometimes it was replaced with rum or brandy), milk, coffee, nutmeg, vanilla, cinnamon and clove.

Glogg - Scandinavia



Glogg - a Scandinavian version of the German mulled wine. In Sweden and Finland, this drink is an alcohol-based red wine, and soft, made of black currants and grape juice. Glogg served hot; as additives used cinnamon, cloves, orange, a pinch of raisins and almonds.

Eggnog - USA, Canada



It is not known exactly who invented this drink, but the truth is that it is a favorite cocktail in the United States and Canada. The combination of milk, eggs and sugar with bourbon, rum, brandy, and any alcoholic beverage for every taste - a very copious meal for the holiday table.

Stamp Navideño - Mexico



If you happen to see the New Year in Mexico, it is most certainly try a hot toddy - Ponche Navideño, which is often sold on the street. Probably there is no right recipe of its preparation, but it is known that the drink mix comes from sugar cane, apples, pears, citrus fruits, raisins, prunes and Mexican hawthorn (local fruit known since the days of the Aztecs). For adults punch add tequila, brandy and rum.

Fruit Punch - Guatemala



As in Mexico, Guatemala New Year is celebrated with a glass of punch. Traditionally on Christmas Eve Guatemalans enjoy the night Buena (noche buena) - fruit punch made from a huge amount of fruit and dried fruits, such as raisins, prunes, dried apricots, apples, pineapple, papaya and spices - cinnamon, cloves, allspice and peel orange. If you want something stronger, then add the rum drink.

Poppy milk - Lithuania



In Lithuania, according to tradition Christmas drink made from poppy seeds. In appearance it resembles the almond milk, and it includes ingredients such as poppy seeds, water and honey. Poppy milk (lit.. Aguonų pienas) is one of 12 Lithuanian Christmas dishes.

Kokichi - Puerto Rico



There are many ways to cook Kokichi, but mainly in the rich in ingredients Christmas drink (Puerto Rican eggnog) add spiced rum, condensed milk, coconut milk, coconut cream, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. Creamy Kokichi served chilled.

Sorrel Punch - Jamaica



Christmas in Jamaica - the sun, the sea and the beach, there is no need to drink warming drinks. Instead, sorrel is served at Christmas punch, made from hibiscus leaves (sorrel), sugar, fresh ginger, lime juice and rum. It is worth noting that local Jamaican sorrel - it is not something familiar to us bitter green plant.

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