Good food makes up for dull celebrations
November 16th 2007 13:40
They had St Martin's Day celebrations in Germany a few days ago. I seriously don't get the point. The entire event consists of hordes of school children parading down the streets in the evening and holding lanterns, only to congregate around some bonfire in the end and sing songs. Hooray. At least if the lanterns were interesting-looking and creatively decorated it would be semi-fun to see, but no -- they are practically identical.
From my point of view, the whole thing is even more pathetic than Halloween, because at least on Halloween you get to dress up in costumes. And speaking of Halloween, I was actually told by my boyfriend that St Martin's Day does also involve children going from house to house and asking for candy, but somehow I didn't see any of that myself -- all I saw a crowd of kids taking up the entire sidewalk.
This charming spectacle caused nothing but irritation in me. I was trying to get to the supermarket to buy something (and the supermarket is only five minutes away), but I was forced to slowly squeeze through a flood of little kids and be really careful not to get my eye poked out by their big lanterns. *Sigh*
And where does food come into all this? Well, you see, another St Martin's Day tradition is eating goose. And goose is not something you eat everyday, even in funny European countries like Germany. And goose is good. In fact, yesterday evening I ate goose for the very first time in my life. The restaurant we were at served it in a honey-based glaze and accompanied by potato dumplings and red cabbage. It was very delicious.
Therefore, St Martin's Day has mostly redeemed itself in my eyes. For a great food lover like myself, a memorable culinary treat makes up for pretty much everything.
Guten Appetit!
From my point of view, the whole thing is even more pathetic than Halloween, because at least on Halloween you get to dress up in costumes. And speaking of Halloween, I was actually told by my boyfriend that St Martin's Day does also involve children going from house to house and asking for candy, but somehow I didn't see any of that myself -- all I saw a crowd of kids taking up the entire sidewalk.
This charming spectacle caused nothing but irritation in me. I was trying to get to the supermarket to buy something (and the supermarket is only five minutes away), but I was forced to slowly squeeze through a flood of little kids and be really careful not to get my eye poked out by their big lanterns. *Sigh*
And where does food come into all this? Well, you see, another St Martin's Day tradition is eating goose. And goose is not something you eat everyday, even in funny European countries like Germany. And goose is good. In fact, yesterday evening I ate goose for the very first time in my life. The restaurant we were at served it in a honey-based glaze and accompanied by potato dumplings and red cabbage. It was very delicious.
Therefore, St Martin's Day has mostly redeemed itself in my eyes. For a great food lover like myself, a memorable culinary treat makes up for pretty much everything.
Guten Appetit!
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