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- Food Trivia: Food and Polish wedding : In Poland, the sharing of bread, salt and wine is an important feature of weddings. The parents of the newly married couple will present them with rye bread, lightly sprinkled with salt, and a glass of wine. The bread represents the hope that the bride and groom will never go hungry. The salt is a reminder that life may be difficult at times, but that they will learn to cope. The wine symbolizes the desire that the couple will never go thirsty, and that their lives will be filled with health and happiness.
- Food Trivia: Food in Peru : Food in Peru is generally much spicier than its neighbouring countries. So much so that a local restaurant serving traditional dishes is called "Picantería". If you are worried about it you can always order your chilis on the side.
- Food Trivia: Food on walls in Netherlands : An interesting way to get takeaway food in Holland is from the wall. There are snack bars that have rows of little windows where you slot in a coin and choose what snack you would like to takeaway.
- Food Trivia: Guinness : Ireland's most well-known drink is Guinness. Guinness is a dark, heavy beer with a good half-inch creamy head. Its particular taste and texture depends on how it is stored and poured.
- Food Trivia: Hard-Boiled Egg as wedding symbol : At the wedding reception, it is a marriage custom in Malaysia, for each guest to receive an artistically decorated hard -boiled egg, which represents fertility.
- Food Trivia: In Sudan, Africa : In a Sudanese home, a guest is first offered tea or a fruit drink, a refreshing and symbolic gesture to welcome someone after a "long journey".
It is called in Korea as Oiljang (Five-Day) Markets where Korean people would traditionally go to pick up day-to-day items, such as clothing, agricultural and marine products, and many more and enjoy traditional delicious foods. Oiljang Markets are held every 5 days and are full of lots of exciting activities and scenes.
- Food Trivia: Loaf as wedding symbol : in Bulgaria, during the wedding reception, the groom’s mother feeds the newlyweds a sweet honeyed cake and wine and wishes them a long and sweet life together. She then holds a loaf of freshly-baked bread over her head and invites the couple to each pull one end of it; whichever one gets the bigger piece will have the biggest role in the new family.