My son recently completed a project for his world history class. The students were to pick a country and study the culture and make a presentation on Power Point about the country. One of the options that he and his group came up with was to serve food that was from that country to go along with the presentation. We were searching the net for recipes and really couldn't find one that the recipe was Americanized - meaning some of the spices and ingredients were impossible to find in our bodunk little community - when I thought to ask a member from Pixies, osuche, for a Hungarian recipe....lol too bad his country was Turkey! Anyway, before I realized that I had asked about the wrong country - she had PM'd me a recipe for Plum Cakes. The recipe sounds so good that I am going to make it for our Christmas family gathering. Oh, thanks to osuche and the links she found for me, we did find recipes for his project (BTW he earned an A - thanks osuche!!!)

I started thinking (dangerous - I know) that it would be interesting since Pixies is an international forum to see if anyone would like to post a recipie or two that is traditional or a favorite served at holiday gatherings in the area in which they live. Even in the US foods served can be vastly different from one region to another. I thought it would be neat to fix something out of the ordinary for our Christmas meal.

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