QUIZ - The end of the year holidays are soon back.

Despite the tables being somewhat reduced due to the coronavirus, traditional Christmas recipes will, of course, be on the menu.

While waiting for this moment of conviviality, Europe 1 invites you to test your knowledge of holiday dishes through this quiz on French gastronomy.   

Foie gras, turkey with chestnuts without forgetting the log for dessert.

These dishes are often found on the tables on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Other foods specially selected for the end-of-year celebrations are also often present, such as oysters, lobster or even snails.

But are you knowledgeable about the origin and production of these local products?

Discover through this quiz the history of these recipes, but also many anecdotes. 

  • Turkey with chestnuts is a staple of the holiday season.

    But where does it come from?

  • Which traditional holiday season dish has seen its recipe greatly evolve over time?

  • The oyster, one of the stars of end-of-year meals, has been on the menu for many years.

    It was tasted in an atypical way in the Middle Ages.

    How? 'Or' What ?

  • The French are the world's largest consumers of fresh oysters with around 2kg per year per capita.

    But which country produces the most in the world?

  • Where does the tradition of the log, this flagship Christmas dessert come from?

  • Tasted on simple bread or spiced bread, with a little onion confit or fig jam, foie gras is an inseparable element of the end of year celebrations.

    When and by whom did it arrive on the tables of Europe?

  • Originally, caviar is a specialty that comes from the Caspian Sea.

    But which country produced the most caviar in the world in 2019?

  • What is the party product that the first filmed commercial was promoting?

  • Today, we eat the snail with parsley butter.

    A very different recipe than before.

    How was it cooked under the Roman Empire?

  • Where does the name of the scallop come from?

  • What is the difference between a vol-au-vent and a bite to eat?

  • Lobster is probably the most prestigious of crustaceans.

    What was he nicknamed a little over a century ago?

  • The truffle, a luxury ingredient, is a fungus that grows underground.

    When picking it, you must be accompanied to be able to spot it before digging.

    Which animal is the best truffle hunter?

  • The Christmas period is also synonymous with nostalgia.

    A confectionery largely embodies it: it is barley sugar.

    But why was it invented?

  • In which French city were the papillotes, the most famous Christmas chocolates, created?

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