ABSTRACT
Each Christian feast is not only characterised by a specific liturgy, but also by a wide variety of secular rituals which, from a lay perspective, could be even more significant. The majority of these rites have already been the object of detailed study by folklorists, but the dining habits which accompany them have been studied with much less rigour, in some cases, not at all.1 Nevertheless, the food eaten at such festivals, as well as the times and forms of these feast-days in the Christian calendar are visibly different from one region to the next, and they have also been transformed over time. This paper will discuss that variety and some of the specific transformations.
