Our ancestors on this day baked a wholea pig, put a dish in the center of the table, and the owner of the house with his own hand had to break off pieces from it and give it to the household. And one of the smallest members of the family by tradition at this time climbed under the table and there quietly pohryukival like a pig. But all this happened in the evening, and the morning of the holiday began with a special treat - "crosses", a small lean cookie. He was eaten on an empty stomach and washed down with holy water. After the "crosses" followed by baked pancakes or pancakes on honey. It was believed that the more they eat, the more money the next year promises.
A photo: Weheartit And the eve of Baptism (January 18) is called Christmas Eve (the same way, Christmas Eve is also called). In memory of the fact that the Savior has sanctified water with his baptism, this holiday is the consecration of water in temples and reservoirs. It is believed that it has a great healing power and is able to protect a person from disease, misfortune and failure. It is customary to drink it (preferably on an empty stomach), wash it with children and wash by yourself. And in order to save the house from evil forces, sprinkle the corners of the dwelling and the courtyard with the consecrated water. On Christmas Eve, on the eve of the Feast of Baptism, a fast is established. On this day, eat a special dish - osovo, cooked from boiled grains of wheat, nuts and honey. Baked pies are baked on a Christmas Eve and a hot compote made from dried fruits and berries is brewed. Recipe No. 1. Sochi It should be: 1 glass of wheat grains, 100 g of vegetable oil, 100 g of walnut kernels, 50 g of poppy, 50 g of pitted raisins, 2-3 tbsp. spoons of honey, sugar. We take: 1. Peeled wheat grains are washed and cooked until ready. 2. Cool, add a little sugar and honey. 3. Poppy pour steep boiling water and hold for about 10 minutes. Then drain the water. 4. Filled in this way, poppy in small portions put in a mortar and crush until soft. The ground poppy is added to the wheat. 5. Steam the raisins with boiling water. We let it swell, after which the water is drained and the raisins are transferred to the rest of the ingredients. 6. Peeled nuts slightly fry in a pan and also add to osovo. 7. Sochovo carefully mix and serve to the table. Recipe No. 2. Cookies "crosses" It is necessary: 250 g of wheat flour, 1 egg, 125 g of butter, 65 g of sugar, 1 glass of cognac or rum, salt and vanillin to taste. 1. From these products mix the fresh dough. 2. From the test, we form small sausages, which we put on top of each other, so that they turn out small crosses. 3. Spread on a greased baking sheet and bake in a hot oven until ruddy. ** Unfilled, cracked or burnt crosses, according to the belief, can not be served to the table. It is believed that this promises illness and setbacks. Such crosses our ancestors carried to the yard and fed to the birds. Recipe No. 3. Piglet with stuffing It is necessary: a piglet of a suckling pig (1.5-2.5 kg), 1 kg of crumbly buckwheat porridge, 300 g of fresh mushrooms, 3-4 onions, 100 g of vegetable oil, salt and black pepper to taste. In addition: needle, thread, food foil. We take: 1. Prepared piglet from the outside and from inside rubbing salt and black pepper. 2. We prepare the filling: chopped onion in a vegetable oil, separately fry the chopped mushrooms. Mix with crumbly buckwheat porridge, add salt to taste. 3. Poultry carcass loosely fill the filling through the incision in the abdomen. We sew it with an ordinary tailor's needle. 4. Piglet grease with vegetable oil and put on a baking sheet back up, legs bend inward. Ears and a pin are wrapped with foil, so as not to burn. 5. Bake in a preheated oven to a light golden color. Recipe No. 4. Lenten patties: for the dough: 800 g of wheat flour, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, 20 g of dry yeast, 2 tbsp. water. For the filling: 350 grams of pearl barley, 800 g of mushrooms, 2-4 onions, vegetable oil. We take: 1. Mix the flour, sugar, dry yeast, salt and vanillin. 2. We pour cognac into warm boiled water. On this water we knead the dough. 3. The mixed dough should be left in a warm place for 20-30 minutes, until it fits, then knead the dough and let it come back up again. 4. Prepare the filling: pearl barley cook until ready, but do not digest. Mushrooms boil. If, then they must be washed beforehand and only then boiled. Prepared mushrooms cut into small pieces and a little fry in a pan with chopped onions. We combine mushrooms with pearl barley. 5. From the finished dough we pick off small pieces. From each piece roll a cake. In the center of each flat cake we put stuffing and we form pies. 6. Bake in a hot oven on a greased baking sheet.
