The video compares traditional holiday foods in America (Christmas) and China (Chinese New Year). The host prepares and tastes dishes from both cultures, including:
American dishes:
- Christmas ham with a honey-mustard glaze
- Potato salad with eggs, pickles, and bacon
- Canapés with melon, mozzarella, and prosciutto
- Christmas cake with candied fruits and nuts
Chinese dishes:
- Crispy carp with a sweet and sour sauce
- Yushan salad with daikon radish, cabbage, carrots, and pickled jellyfish
- Tiao Tzu dumplings with a pork filling
- Caramel nyangau dessert with banana leaves and rice flour
The host compares the dishes and declares a tie, with two dishes from each culture being tastier. The American Christmas cake and potato salad are preferred, while the Chinese carp and dumplings are deemed more delicious.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The main dish on the American Christmas table is Christmas ham.
2. The Christmas ham is made from pork ham, marinade, water, salt, sugar, cloves, dried onions, cumin, parsley, garlic, orange zest, and orange juice.
3. The marinade needs to cool, and then the ham is filled with marinade using a syringe.
4. The ham is then baked in the oven for 4 hours at 180 degrees.
5. The American Christmas salad is potato salad, which consists of potatoes, eggs, pickles, red onion, bacon, mayonnaise, mustard, and salt.
6. The Chinese New Year's main dish is fish, specifically carp, which is cooked in a sweet and sour sauce.
7. The carp is prepared by cleaning, cutting, and filleting it, and then coating it with starch and frying it.
8. The Chinese New Year's salad is Yushan salad, which consists of daikon radish, purple cabbage, carrots, cucumber, pomelo, chuka, pickled jellyfish, ginger, and salted salmon.
9. The American Christmas snack is canapés, which consist of melon, mozzarella balls, prosciutto, and spinach.
10. The Chinese New Year's appetizer is Tiao Tzu dumplings, which are made from flour, water, and a filling of minced pork, oyster sauce, chicken broth, sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, salt, and Chinese seasoning.
11. The American Christmas dessert is Christmas cake, which is made from butter, sugar, honey, vanilla, eggs, flour, nuts, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger.
12. The Chinese New Year's dessert is caramel nyangau, which is made from rice flour, Chinese red sugar, and banana leaves.
13. The Chinese typically drink green tea during the New Year's celebration, while Americans drink Coke.