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User:Jun-Dai/Food Calendar

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2023 Calendar edit

January edit

  • 1 Jan
    • Ozoni (お雑煮)
      Meant to be the first meal of the new year, it's a simple soup with mochi in it
    • Osechi-ryori (御節料理) (Japanese New Years' Feast)
      Part of the Japanese new years' tradition — osechi is a feast that is meant to be prepared ahead of time, with lots of dishes that are auspicious for the new year
      • Kamaboko (fish cake - represents happiness)
      • Kazunoko (herring roe — represents fertility)
      • Takenoko (bamboo shoot - represents wealth)
      • Renkon (lotus root - represents the wheel of life)
      • many others
    • Cotechini con lenticchie
      Cotechini sausage with lentils is eaten on New Year's Day in Italy, because lentils—due to their shape—are 'credited' with bringing money in the coming year.
    • Vasilopita
      Greek New Year's bread
    • Twelve Grapes
      A Spanish tradition of eating twelve grapes, one for each of the bells as the clock strikes midnight
    • Black bun
      One of the common items to bring in Scotland when first-footing on Hogmanay
  • 6 Jan
    • Galette des rois for Epiphany, and many variations
      A pastry with frangipane filling, with a small choking hazard (e.g., a little ceramic king) placed inside — whoever finds the choking hazard is king for a day
      • Spanish (roscón de reyes), German, Portuguese, English (Twelfth Night Cake), etc., variations abound
  • 7 Jan
    • Nanagusa-gayu (七草粥) for Nanakusa-no-sekku (七草の節句) on Jinjitsu (人日)
      A rice porridge made of seven weeds for the seventh day of the new year
  • 11 Jan
    • Kagami mochi (鏡餅) or Iwai-zake (祝い酒) for Kagami biraki (鏡開き)
      Kagami mochi is an ornamental dessert made from two round pieces of mochi, one piled atop the other, that have been made a few days before the new year. By 11 Jan, it will have dried out and cracked, and you are meant to crack it open (without use of a knife)
      It is also traditional to crack open a wooden sake cask with a mallet
  • 15 Jan
    • Chakarai pongal (சர்க்கரைப் பொங்கல்) for the eponymous Thai Pongal festival (தைப்பொங்கல்) - observed at the start of the month Thai according to the Tamil solar calendar - tends to be 14 or 15 January
      The pongal that has been offered to the deities is then given to cattle , and then shared by the family. Festive celebrations include decorating cows and their horns, ritual bathing and processions.
  • 22 Jan
  • 25 Jan

February edit

  • 1 Feb
    • Chinese New Year, day 1 - movable - 21 Jan to 20 Feb
      lighting a fire and using knives are taboo, so food is generally to be prepared the day before
  • 3 Feb
    • Setsubun (節分)
      throw some beans off the balcony / out the window
      • Ehomaki
  • 14 Feb

March edit

  • 1 Mar
    • Shrove Tuesday - movable - 3 Feb to 9 Mar
      also known as Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday
      • Pancakes of various forms. Pancake breakfast (pancakes are a good way to use up butter, milk, and sugar, as one is meant to give up rich foods for Lent)
  • 3 Mar
    • Samgyeopsal Day

April edit

November edit

TODO edit

[WIP] Table Format edit

Food Start Date End Date Culture Description
Ozoni (お雑煮) 01-01 01-01 Japanese Meant to be the first meal of the new year, it's a simple soup with mochi in it
Osechi-ryori (御節料理) 01-01 01-01 Japanese (Japanese New Years' Feast) Part of the Japanese new years' tradition — osechi is a feast that is meant to be prepared ahead of time, with lots of dishes that are auspicious for the new year

Contains

  • Kamaboko (fish cake - represents happiness)
  • Kazunoko (herring roe — represents fertility)
  • Takenoko (bamboo shoot - represents wealth)
  • Renkon (lotus root - represents the wheel of life)
  • and many others
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