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Subject: Bûche de Noël/Kerststronk Wed 23 Dec 2020, 15:16
I first thought that it was a typical Belgian tradition/custom but now I see also in France and my example seems to come from MM's Southern France, as I seem to distinguish in the language?
Deel van de Belgische eetcultuur Bijna 6 op de 10 Belgen zetten elk jaar een kerststronk op het menu. Het is een jaarlijkse traditie die we graag in stand houden, ook al zijn andere desserts soms even lekker, goedkoper of origineler. Maar liefst 65% vindt dat dit nagerecht bij een traditioneel kerstdiner hoort, en bijna 70% ziet de kerststronk als deel van onze eetcultuur. Anderzijds zien 2 op de 10 Belgen de kerststronk graag eigentijdser en staan 7 op de 10 Belgen open voor nieuwe verrassende smaken, ingrediënten, vormen of texturen.
Part of the Belgian foodculture. 6 on 10 Belgians: on the menu. 65% find it normal for a traditional Christmas dinner, 70% see it as part of our Belgian food culture. 20% want it more modern and 70% want some new tastes, ingredients, forms and textures...
Perhaps these 70% modern ones want it the industrial way? "45 km/28 miles Yule log... https://www.hln.be/video/kanalen/actua~c443/series/nieuws-video~s1966/45-km-aan-kerststronken-bakken-dat-ziet-er-zo-uit~p187969 I saw it on television and there I saw the machine that made the several layers, each time another nozzle above the conveyor belt, each time laying nozzle after nozzle a new layer on the passing "bûche". And I suppose what one sees on the video in my link are rectangle"bûches" made of different layers but not in a "rouleau"...
My question to MM and perhaps already answered: Is it the same tradition in France? And to Dirk Marinus my Dutch expat friend, and how is it in the Netherlands? (you don't believe it, but I don't know it. And living only a few miles from the border) And of course also a question to all the regulars from the British Isles...
Edited once to eliminate the mentioning about laziness.
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