New Year many people call favorite holiday: to prepare for it in advance, choosing the gifts and picking up the outfit. No less carefully thought out menu and a festive meal: food of the new year should be more than just tasty, but also elegant, creates a wonderful mood and atmosphere of a winter fairy tale.

Making New Year's table

Preparing for the New Year is traditionally paid a lot of time: from the beginning of December shops renew its product range and offer customers a luxury Christmas decorations and accessories to decorate the table. It is not enough to lay a nice tablecloth and spread out on a table Christmas toys - every dish on the menu must correspond to the festive atmosphere.

Delicacies and tasty dishes have long been no surprise. Today, in order to cause gasps of admiration guests, the hosts must be able to intricately decorating dishes. Thanks to spectacular decor, even the usual salad "Olivier" seem surprising new dish, so it is worth spending time on mastering techniques decorating dishes.

The food decor is nothing complicated, just needed a little experience and, of course, accuracy. Careless decor is rather mocking smile than admiration. In addition, you will need artistic taste and sense of proportion: sometimes a couple of sprigs of dill and a few pieces of vegetables look far more attractive bulky edible decorations that only hinder is. It should also be remembered the ancient rule that, for decoration of dishes Decoration of dishes: a spectacular submission   used primarily those products, of which the dishes are prepared, or in harmony with them to taste.

New topics

On New Year's table any relevant reminder of the winter and, in fact, the New Year holidays. It is dressed up a Christmas tree, Father Christmas (Santa Claus), the Snow Maiden, snowmen, garlands and balloons, bullfinches, icicles, snowflakes. In most cases, only a schematic image of all these elements in order to give the table a festive, Christmas feel.

For example, the image of a Christmas tree can be made from fresh greens, cucumbers, lettuce and kiwi. Jewelry useful pieces of colorful vegetables - sweet bell peppers, tomatoes, carrots, beets. For sweet "Christmas trees" can be made of candied fruit decorations or candy. Snowmen can "mold" of the cheese salad, feta cheese, ice cream or cream. Graceful snowflakes beautifully decorate cakes, cookies and cakes.

To decorate savory good use of mayonnaise and sauces. If desired, they can embellish artificial or natural food dyes. Desserts good decorating syrups, ointments, icing and marzipan figures.

Symbol of the year

According to the Chinese calendar, the New Year does not begin the first of January, but later. Nevertheless, the astrologers claim that the influence of the new year begins a few months before its occurrence, which means that the symbols of the Chinese New Year will be on the table is not superfluous.

You can put on the table figurines, symbolizing the coming year, but you can prepare meals in the form of a "master" of the year. For example, put the salad on a platter in the form of a snake, or a tiger head dragon decorate a dish of snacks Low calorie snacks   armpits of boiled eggs and rabbits vegetables. It is permissible to use the image is not the patron saint of the year as such, but some of his "special signs". For example, in the Year of the Horse would be appropriate to make a salad or a cake in the shape of a horseshoe, in the Year of the Rabbit - a carrot, and in the year of Mouse - a piece of cheese. This solution is optimal for those who are not ready to spend hours on the creation of complex portraits of the "owners" of the year.

The choice of dishes on the Chinese calendar

Patron of the coming year on the Chinese calendar, in most cases determines the composition of the menu. It is believed that if we can please the "boss" of the year, the whole year will be happy. But if the table will be unsuitable food, the success of the next twelve months can be forgotten.

In most cases, to please the tastes of the patron saint of the year is easy: you simply have to remember what to eat this or that animal, and include his favorite dishes in the New Year's menu. At the same time, it is desirable to avoid the dishes from "relatives" the patron saint of the year.

• In the year of Mouse on the table need to find a place for cheese, cereal dishes (suitable, for example, cookies) and baking;
• In the Year of the Ox will be not out of place on the table, any dairy products, as well as all kinds of vegetable dishes. Meat dishes is better not to abuse, much of the beef dishes all the more necessary to give up;
• In the Year of Tiger, on the contrary, it should be on the table as many meat dishes. Poultry and fish - is also the perfect choice;
• In the Year of the Rabbit will be a wonderful treat a variety of vegetable salads Vegetable salads: the generous gift of nature . It will please the patron of the year and carrot cake or even cookies in the shape of carrots. But from the dishes of rabbit have to abstain;
• In the Year of the Dragon, it is desirable to give preference to fish dishes. You can and should prepare spicy dishes;
• In the year of the Snake to the table serves poultry and eggs. Ornaments in the form of snakes, too, will be superfluous;
• In celebration, the horses should give preference to plant products. Greens in the menu should be more. Refuse to be from horse meat specialties;
• In the year of Sheep should also bring to the table more vegetables and greens. Cake in the form of a lamb, too, like the patron saint of the year, which can not be said about the lamb dishes - it is better not to eat;
• In the Year of the Monkey, you can have everything. It is advisable to have on the table a vase with fruit;
• In the year of the Rooster will have to give up the dishes from chicken meat. Cereal food will be very useful;
• In the year of the Dog at the table served meat dishes, including vegetables;
• Encountering year Cabana, do not cook pork. No other restrictions - pig is omnivorous, which means that the table can be food for every taste.

Maria Bykov

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