Orgy of Christmas TV movies, gift marathon, XXL feasts for a week… Your obstacle course at the end of December is finally over. Enough to ask yourself once again THE question that (does not) annoy: are the end-of-year celebrations definitely “too much”? During this period of excess, 20 minutes got into the kitchen with a series of papers on the theme of overdose. Did you miss it? Don’t panic, we’ll summarize it all for you.
#1 – “No pleasure without a price to pay”… The story of your biggest end-of-year feasts
Yes, yes, inflation, tight budgets, all that, all that… Nevertheless, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are for many uncategorized passes in terms of gastronomy. What were your biggest party orgies? How did they end? (less suspense on this question). Our readers tell us… Orgies to find here
#2 – We started with Monsieur Preskovich’s Kloug recipe
This year again, it didn’t fail: for New Year’s Eve dessert, in the middle of the table, sat Tata Suzanne’s eternal chestnut log. So you made yourself a promise: next year, we’ll do something else. And why not the explosive Kloug from “Santa Claus is trash”?…. A recipe to discover here
#3 – Adolf Frederick of Sweden, a king’s feast and then leaves
Legend has it that in February 1771, Adolf Frederick of Sweden’s eyes were bigger than his stomach. After gobbling down caviar, sauerkraut, lobster, herring and cabbage soup, he tackled his favorite dessert: semla. A brioche filled with almond paste, served at the time in a bowl of hot milk. The king is said to have taken it 14 times before dying of digestive problems… A sordid news item to discover here
#4 – Mariah Carey and her “All I Want for Christmas”, an empire in danger?
We love to hate her. She it is All I want for Christmas is you, Mariah Carey’s Christmas song, which has returned every year for five centuries. Hundreds of millions of streams, millions of income for the American diva, the machine is well established. But now Brenda Lee and her song Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (from 1958) begins to squat under the tree. From there to saying goodbye to Mariah? A battle of chefs to read here
#5 – The Top 5 American specialties that make us nauseous
The United States is THE country of gastronomy (joke). And improbable recipes, each more sickening than the last. Would you like some fried butter? Or Jello salad? Our Top 5 American culinary atrocities
#6 – Are you a fan of raclette? Prove it ! (but not at the table)
At breakfast, at altitude, with your partner, in your pajamas, on the sly… There is neither time nor place to eat raclette. As long as you respect the rules of purists: cheese, cold meats, wine, vegetables and potatoes. Do you pride yourself on being the king/queen of raclette at the table? Prove it with our quiz! The questions that smell like cheese are here.
#7 – How to survive after a heavy meal?
You came, you swallowed, you survived. But did you have the right cards in hand to overcome overly copious meals? Should we lie down after the orgy? Go run to get it all out? Add a layer to put the previous ones to sleep? Bet on betaine citrate? All the answers to read here