What royals eat at Christmas? What dishes prefer and why everything must be perfect, said former cook the Queen.
Christmas dinner in Sandringenskom Palace - winter residence of the Queen goes differently than usual royal meal.
Dinner is served in the state dining room table served gilded silver George IV.
Dress code black-tie - men in tuxedos, the women in long dresses, made to wear jewelry and awards.
festive dinner menu is made according to old traditions in French only. Dinner - a buffet of 12-20 dishes.
All meals are prepared by the chef, but each guest needs to bring something of themselves to the festive table: sweets, desserts, snacks, salad or a fruit basket. So, Prince Charles always brings them grown plums from his garden in Gloucestershire.
Preparations for Christmas dinner a former royal chef has called "military operation", which occupies a few months: "I remember when we brought a dozen boxes of pears, so we chose 12 of them ideal. The ingredients must be of superior quality only. "
Since the Christmas holidays royal family meets in the country, the church attendance mandatory item of the holiday program.
After a Christmas church service the royal family goes to the table, where they will "A huge amount of food," including two dozen turkeys (weighing 13 kilograms), boar's head, foie gras and pudding.
English pudding for the royal banquet preparing for 3-4 weeks before the holidays, because he needs to mature.
In Anglican churches pronounced a special prayer that is familiar to the manufacture of Christmas pudding.
The name can be translated as the Sunday pudding or zameshivatelnoe.
Traditionally, the pudding was added various objects (coins, buttons, rings, bone), which symbolized something to the finder.
Christmas is the most important holiday of the English, when the whole family gets together at one table, and king, is no exception.
She is known to most, so the traditional Christmas turkey in English baked in several instances - namely, 24 turkeys will be prepared by chefs Her Majesty.
Usually a turkey do with vegetables and cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon, which are called pigs in Blankets or pigs in blankets.
It is interesting that the first piece of turkey always cuts off the chef, and then gets out of the hands of the Queen a glass of whiskey.
By the way, she always takes care of his servants, and be sure to prepare each a small gift, including pudding.
In the Queen's traditional Christmas menu also includes shrimp, lobster and vegetable side dishes (parsnips, carrots and Brussels sprouts). Her Majesty loves the festive table to taste some chocolate and cocktails based on gin.
Interestingly, the royal family has its own customs and traditions. So before and after lunch, all must be weighed. This strange tradition of about 100 years, it has been preserved in order to find out whether all the guests were well fed after dinner.
Queen personally weighs the selected guest on vintage scales with little weights.
During dinner, the adults of the royal family and their guests can afford a bit of alcohol. For example, Queen Elizabeth II prefers cocktail Zaza, Prince Charles, - cherry brandy, and grandchildren - the local cider.
Children of Prince William and Kate Middleton eat separately, although the menu differs only by the size of portions and fewer spices.
Special dishes are prepared even for the royal corgis, which does not deprive the care of life, and even more so - on Christmas Day.
Especially Corgi Elizabeth II adore British scones - small English muffins for breakfast.
Here and celebrate in the royal family, everything, including the Corgi.
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