Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas (2012)

Re:Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christma... by baby on Friday December 25, 2015 @06:05AM (#10790946)

Wow, always figured it was the same everywhere. Here in France we have "buche de noel" which means "log of Christmas" because it's a cake shaped like a log.

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Re:Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christma... by Avshalom on Friday December 25, 2015 @06:24AM (#10790974)

We do have 'yule logs' which wikipedia tells me are broadly the same cake (chocolate sponge cake rolled up around frosting) but I don't know that it's really all that common.

US Christmas is stereotypically endless cookies, with gingerbread and cinnamon rolls coming in strong. In general though I think the culinary traditions aren't really unified enough to be worth talking about.

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Re:Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christma... by dorfsmay on Friday December 25, 2015 @09:55AM (#10791353)

Except for eggnog!

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Re:Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christma... by dplgk on Friday December 25, 2015 @08:19AM (#10791148)

I totally forgot I learned about buche de noel in French class about 20 years ago. Thanks for the flashback.

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Re:Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christma... by baby on Friday December 25, 2015 @05:18PM (#10792528)

I find the thought that we have a lot of seasonal cakes amusing. You can find "Galette des rois" around january only, "bugnes" around march I think, "papillotes" and "buches" for Christmas...

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