What is your favorite dish on the traditional Christmas table? We asked our readers.
One Christmas dish became an undisputed favorite. RIITTA HEISKANEN
We asked the readers of Iltalehti to reveal their favorite traditional treats for the Christmas table. We received a total of 3015 responses to the survey.
The overwhelming favorite Christmas food is Christmas ham, chosen by 38 percent of the respondents. In second place are graiva fish, which were chosen by a good 23 percent of the respondents. The third place is taken by the classic and favorite box option for many Christmas tables: the lantu box (a good 7 percent of the respondents).
Many people’s Christmas table includes the season’s traditional cookies, i.e. Christmas peppers, and a selection of different cheeses. Polina Niemi
On the other hand, the least popular individual Christmas treats from this list were Christmas peppers, Christmas cake, Christmas table cheeses and rosolli. Iltalehti readers don’t like these very much.
THE FACTS
This is how the traditional Christmas dishes fared (from most popular to least popular):
1. Christmas ham
2. Gravel fish
3. Ball box
4. Rotten
5. Potato box
6. Rice porridge
7. Something completely different from those listed
8. Turkey
9. Carrot box
10. Whitefish
11. Mushroom salad
12. Christmas tarts
13. Herrings
14. Rosolli
15. Cheeses on the Christmas table
16. I don’t like any of these traditional Christmas foods
17. Christmas ticket
18. Christmas peppers