Venezuelan Food:

Christmas Edition
What do we make for Christmas?
In my culture, we have very delicious
meals that we cook for Christmas.
What makes it so special is that you
get to eat it once a year, it is rare
when a family cooks these meals any
other time of the year.

These foods have

historical
background, and they
are highly influenced
from other South
American cultures

Remember that South

American countries
consume a lot of
animal protein, so
expect the meals to
have lots of meat!
What do we make for Christmas?
The main dish from our culture
during Christmas, is the "hallaca"!
It is similar to a tamale. The main
difference is that it is covered with
plantain leaves and then it is slowly
cooked.
"Pan de jamon" is our next dish, it
is a giant bread that has lots of
ham, cream cheese and bacon.
We also like to add capers and
raisins.
It is very crunchy!

Pernil is a big piece of pork, it is Ensalada de gallina is

roasted in the oven and it takes hours our salad. Every
to get it done. It is very popular in Christmas meal has a
South America and many other salad right? So this is
countries have it for Christmas too! our version! We even
put apple in there!

As you can see, we eat a lot of protein!

But of course we include vegetables,
fruits, and healthy fats.
 History

Pan de Jamon was

Like every other discovered in a
venezuelan bakery, in
culture, we have the
Caracas in 1905. Its
history of our food popularity was
coming to our country. massive! Now, it is a
Christmas dish.

In the 15th century,

indigenous tribes used Ensalada de gallina
plantain leaves to slowly hasn't been around
cook their meals. Since for a long time, since
we have indigenous
there is no exact time,
background, this food
many people believe
has been around for
that it has been
quite a long time.
around since the
1940s

It is believed that pork has been around

since the Roman Empire, it is enjoyed in
many countries of the world. Its preparation
method hasn't changed that much.
 Other stuff that is eaten

Grapes are eaten a

Here I will show you lot during
other foods that are
Christmas, it is
eaten, but aren't
necessarily special
used because of its
in Christmas symbolic meaning
with the holiday.

Whole hazelnuts
are eaten a lot too.
They become
really cheap during
this time, so
people buy a lot.