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Caribbean: A rich black cake baked with dried fruits and rum is especially popular on the islands of Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia. The recipe, handed down from mother to daughter. It is considered a "pound" cake with the recipe calling for a pound each of flour, dark brown sugar, butter, cherries, raisins, plus a dozen eggs and flavorings. The dried fruits are soaked in rum and kept in a crock anywhere from two weeks to six months. Czech: Friends would sneak into the bride's yard to plant a tree, then decorate it with ribbons and painted eggshells. Legend said she would live as long as the tree. Brides in the countryside carry on the very old custom of wearing a wreath of rosemary, which symbolizes remembrance. The wreath is woven for each bride on her wedding eve by her friends as a wish for wisdom, love, and loyalty.
加勒比地區(qū):在巴巴多斯,格林納達(dá)和圣盧西亞,用干果和朗姆酒制作的味道濃郁的蛋糕十分常見。蛋糕的制作方法,由母親親手傳給女兒,并且各自對其加以修飾。人們把這種蛋糕叫作“一磅”蛋糕,因?yàn)橹谱鬟@種蛋糕需要面粉、棕糖、黃油、糖霜櫻桃、葡萄干、李子、紅醋栗各一磅,加上一打雞蛋和調(diào)味品。制作蛋糕的干果要在朗姆酒中浸泡并在瓦罐中保存兩個(gè)星期至6個(gè)月。 捷克共和國:朋友們溜進(jìn)新娘的院子去種一棵樹,然后再用彩帶和彩繪的蛋殼將樹加以裝飾。傳說新娘將與這樹活得一樣長。鄉(xiāng)村的新娘還保留著佩帶迷迭香花環(huán)的古老習(xí)俗,以表懷念之情?;ōh(huán)是在婚禮前夕由新娘的朋友編織而成,它象征著智慧、愛情和忠誠。