Holiday Food Crossword
Across
- 5. This popular holiday pie uses specific nuts native to North America.
- 7. A soft, pear-shaped fruit with sweet, dark flesh and many small seeds; eaten fresh or dried
- 9. In the movie Elf, Buddy ate this food topped off with maple syrup, chocolate syrup, M&Ms, marshmallows and a chocolate fudge Pop Tart
- 10. These peas are eaten on New Year’s Day to represent good luck.
- 11. Another name for filbert nuts
- 13. This candy, which first appeared in Germany around1670, is often used to decorate Christmas trees
- 16. A glossy brown nut produced by a large European tree that may be roasted over an open fire and eaten
- 21. The slightly sour liquid that is left after butter has been churned can be used in baking or consumed as a drink
- 22. These popular greens are eaten on New Year’s Day symbolizing good fortune
- 24. Gold foil-wrapped disc-shaped chocolates made to look like money, traditionally given to children during Hanukkah
- 25. This fruit is traditionally placed inside Christmas stockings
Down
- 1. This thick dairy cream has a higher fat content and is less sour that conventional sour cream
- 2. These Hanukkah staples are made from shredded potatoes, eggs, flour or matzo meal, and baking powder and fried in oil until golden brown and crispy
- 3. This type of cookie is used to build small houses decorated with frosting and candy
- 4. This blend of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, orange rind, and nutmeg is simmered with wine or apple cider for a warming holiday beverage
- 6. An orange-sized fruit with a tough reddish outer skin and sweet red gelatinous flesh containing many seeds
- 8. The dried flower bud of a tropical Indonesian tree, used as a pungent aromatic spice in holiday baking and decorating
- 12. This cooking ingredient is butter that has been clarified, impurities skimmed from the surface, and the clear liquid fat was reserved
- 14. This Christmas cookie is also known as Russian tea cakes, Mexican wedding cookies, or butterballs
- 15. This traditional Jewish stew is typically made from carrots (or other root vegetables) and dried fruits such as raisins or prunes
- 17. This sweet, hay-like spice, whose measurements are known as “threads,” is the most expensive spice in the world
- 18. Also known as Bûche de Noël, this dessert is named after the ancient winter solstice custom of burning a log to celebrate longer days
- 19. This dense sweet bread, baked with fruits and nuts, began in Roman times as an energy bar made to sustain soldiers in battle
- 20. This type of Italian sweet bread was invented in Milan and particularly popular at Christmas in Italy
- 23. In A Christmas Story, the family ate this dish instead of turkey for Christmas dinner