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Kutia or kutya (Belarusian: куцця; Russian: кутья; Ukrainian: кутя ⓘ) is a ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians and some Catholic Christians predominantly in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, but also in parts of Lithuania [1] and Poland during the Christmas – Feast of Jordan holiday season or as part of a funeral feast.
Doughnuts filled with jam (Polish: pączki, Ukrainian: пампушки, pampushky) are served for dessert in Poland and western Ukraine, but in Lithuania sweet dishes are not common, as they are believed to be inappropriate for the solemn atmosphere of the evening. Traditional Ukrainian Sviata vecheria meal. Jacques Hnizdovsky Christmas card.
Traditional Ukrainian Christmas festivities last from December 24 to January 6, the date of the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, which known in Ukraine as Vodokhreshche or Yordan, [12] according to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), [13] the Catholic Church (including Latin and Ukrainian Greek Catholics [14]), and most Protestants.
As in many other European countries, Ukrainians have their main festive meal on Christmas Eve rather than 25 December. Dinner traditionally consists of 12 dishes, one for each of the disciples.
Food is also an important part of the holiday, and the traditional Greenland Christmas dinner features some meats that may seem unusual to the rest of the world, including mattak (made of whale ...
Whenever the festivities begin, it's traditional to delay eating Christmas dinner until the first star in the sky is spotted. Caroling in the streets and Vertep, the Ukrainian puppet theater, are ...
Smetannyk, a traditional Ukrainian dessert. Kutia: traditional Christmas dish, made of poppy seeds, wheat, nuts, honey, and delicacies. [16] Kyiv cake: creamy dessert consisting of two layers of meringue with hazelnuts and a buttercream filling. Medivnyk or medovyk: honey cake. Molozyvo: dish made by baking a beestings and egg mixture.
France. The French enjoy their lavish holiday meal on December 24, says Francois Payard, the renowned pastry chef who grew up in Nice. Locals sit down for dinner around 8 p.m., he says, and savor ...