Ma kēlā me kēia lā hoʻomaha, ua loaʻa iaʻu nā noi he nui no nā meaʻai no ka pāʻina "HōʻailonaʻEnelani o kaʻEhiku Fishes". Manaʻo kekahi kekahi i ka mea e hōʻike ana nā kīʻaha likeʻole. He mau nīnau paʻakikī kēia e pane aku ai no ka mea e maʻa ke kaʻa i kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale aiʻole i kaʻohana a me kaʻohana, aʻaʻole kekahi o nā puke kiko'īʻItalia i hoʻohui i kekahi mea nui i kekahi papaʻaina Noel.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka "ʻAina o nā Fishes Fitu"ʻaʻole kahi tradition o Italia, akā he meaʻItalia-ʻAmelika. ʻOiaiʻo ka poʻe Italia heʻai i nā iʻa iʻa a me nā iʻa eʻaiʻia no kaʻeleʻele no ka Mele Kalikimaka (La Vigilia di Natale),ʻaʻohe wahi ma Italia kahi "ʻehiku iʻa".
ʻO ke kumu o ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka iʻa, ma kekahiʻaoʻao, he mea maʻalahi ia:ʻO kaʻeleʻele no ka Mele Kalikimaka he mea nānā pono i ka hua'ōlelo leʻa , kahi lā o ka hōʻoleʻole kahi iʻaeʻia ai e ka Ekalesia Katolika kaʻaiʻana i kaʻiʻo. ʻOiai uaʻano maʻalahi ka mālamaʻana i kēia kūlana i kēia manawa,ʻo ia ka mea e'ākoakoa ai nā mea a pau i ka makai iʻa i ka lā Kirihimeli, aʻo ka mea puke kahuʻItalia nāna i kākauʻo Livio Jannattoni e hāʻawi i ka hōʻailona maikaʻi o nāʻaha kanaka a me kā lākou mau keiki e holo ana ma waena o nā pūpū o nāʻeleʻele nā papaʻaina a me nā meaʻono'ē aʻe i nāʻeke iʻa iʻa Roma ma nā makahiki 1920, ko lākou mauʻaʻahu nani a me nā kāmaʻa maikaʻi eʻokoʻa ana i ke anu, nā paʻakai, a me nā mea mahiʻai.
E'ōlelo anaʻo Naples ma kekahiʻaoʻao, kākauʻiaʻo Carola Francesconi ma La Cucina di Napoli, "ʻO ka hebedoma ma mua o ka hoʻoholoʻana e pili ana i nāʻahaʻaina Kalikimakaʻekolu,ʻo ka Mele Kalikimaka, ke Kalikimaka a me ka Prima Festa (ka 26th). kahiko ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe a pono e komo pū me: "
- ʻO ka Sauteed broccoli rabe (i kapaʻiaʻo Christmas Broccoli)
- ʻO kahi koho o: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio , Linguine ma Anchovy Sauce, aiʻole Vermicelli a iʻole Spaghetti alle Vongole (me nā kīpaka a me nā'ōpiʻa) e like me ka papa pasta.
- ʻO nā'eleʻa momona a puhiʻia paha (ke poʻokela ) i ukaliʻia e nā iʻa iʻa'ē aʻe i kohoʻia,ʻo ia hoʻi, ma muli o kaʻaiʻana o kaʻahaʻaina, mai ka haʻahaʻa baccalà i kahi iʻa iʻa i hoʻomoʻaʻia aiʻole i nā mea'ahuʻahu nani a iʻole i ka ula.
- ʻO ka caponata di pesce e hoʻoulu ai i nā kīʻaha nui.
- Nā meaʻoliʻoli Kalikimaka, e like me: hōʻailonaʻike (hoʻopihahalaha , nā huaʻona o marzipan ) , a me nāʻano kuki he nui, e like me: susamielli (cookies like almond), rococò and mustacciuoli . Aʻo ka hopena, nā hua maloʻo (lā, nā fiku, nā hua'ōlelo, a me ka collana del prete (' āpana kahuna).
ʻO ka papa inoa o ka lā Mele Kalikimaka, kona mau māmala'ōlelo,ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī - ka pīpī kalo , ka lasagna a me ka timpano, nā iʻa - iʻa no ka poʻe makemake a me kaʻele aiʻole ka pipi, caponata , a me ka meaʻai. ʻO ka mea wale nō e pono ai no kaʻahaʻaina o ka lā Mele Kalikimaka he papahana .
ʻO ka haʻahaʻa pahaʻo ia ka hapakolu o nāʻahaʻaina, i ka lā 26 o Dekemaba, aiʻole Santo Stefano, kahi e hoʻomaka ai kekahi poʻe me ka tagliatelle me ka lālā i kapaʻia e ka ricotta, aʻo nā mea'ē aʻeʻaʻole.
ʻO kahi mea nui e nānā e pili ana i nā manaʻo papahana a Mrs. Francesconi,ʻaʻoleʻo ia e wehewehe i ka nui o nā pāla e mālamaʻia - e loli ana kēia ma muli o ka helu o nā mea meaʻai.
ʻO kekahi,ʻo ia wale nō kāna e'ōlelo nei i nā pilikino mele Kalikimakaʻo Neapolitan wale nō. ʻO ka kūʻai aku i kēia manawa he mana ikaika, a ma kēia manawa, i ka hoʻohuiʻana i nā meaʻahaʻaina Neapolitan kahiko, ʻikeʻia paha eʻoe ka panettone (mai Milan mai) a (mai Verona) paha, a hiki paha iā ia ke pale (kahi hua nui mai Siena mai i nā manawa Medieval ) i lawelaweʻia ma hope o kaʻahaʻainaʻo kaʻApaʻEleʻele Neapolitan kahiko.