User:Jun-Dai/Food Calendar

= 2023 Calendar =

January

 * 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
 * Chinese New Year's Eve - movable - 20 Jan to 19 Feb
 * Reunion dinner
 * Jiaozi, eaten at midnight
 * 25 Jan
 * Burns supper — a feast held on Burns Night
 * An evening that typically involves bagpipes, reading Robert Burns' poetry (particularly sco:Address to the Haggis), eating, drinking whisky, and everyone singing Auld Lang Syne
 * Haggis
 * Neeps and tatties
 * Cock-a-Leekie Soup
 * Other Scottish food in general
 * Whisky

February

 * 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
 * Buddha's delight
 * Mandarin oranges
 * Lots and lots of things
 * 3 Feb
 * Setsubun (節分)
 * throw some beans off the balcony / out the window
 * Ehomaki
 * 14 Feb
 * Valentine's Day
 * Chocolates in various forms

March

 * 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
 * See Samgyeopsal. Due to the three-layer form of pork belly, it is celebrated on 3/3.

April

 * 7 Apr
 * Western Christian Good Friday - movable - 20 Mar to 23 Apr
 * Hot cross buns
 * Passover Night (Christian) - movable
 * Pesaha appam
 * 9 Apr
 * Western Christian Easter - movable - 22 Mar to 25 Apr
 * Casatiello
 * Colomba di Pasqua
 * see Category:Easter bread
 * 14 Apr
 * Eastern Christian Good Friday - movable - 2 Apr to 6 May
 * 16 Apr
 * Eastern Christian Easter - movable - 4 Apr to 8 May
 * Paskha
 * Kulich
 * Makovnik (also at Christmas)

November

 * 2 Nov
 * Día de los muertos
 * Pan de muerto
 * Calavera

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 * Moon cakes / mid-autumn festival
 * Thanksgiving
 * Christmas
 * Christmas Dinner
 * Christmas pudding
 * Mince pie
 * Panettone
 * Tangyuan (food)
 * Passover
 * Qatayef
 * Thandai for holi
 * Modak for Ganesh Chaturthi
 * Sadya for Onam
 * Htamanè for Tabodwe