lunch at home for 9 out of 10 Italians
Take the race to the stove with the Italians who will spend almost three hours (2,8) inside kitchen to prepare the Christmas tables which over nine out of ten (91%) chose to consume at home or with relatives or friends. This is what emerges from a Coldiretti/Ixe’ analysis which shows that a 9% has chosen to spend the most important party of the year at restaurant or in farmhouse.
Among those who will take care of lunch, 89% will prepare the meal themselves – specifies the Coldiretti – with a return to do-it-yourself driven by different motivations with Italians, especially young people, who are gratified in the kitchen and the kitchen and good food which establish themselves among the new generations as primary leisure, relaxation and personal affirmation activities. But there is also a 6% who will order everything from take awaywhile the stop 5% he will rely on the dishes brought by relatives or friends. However, the spread of the Australian flu doesn’t seem to be able to curb the desire for a return to culture sociability of the holidays, testified by the fact that the average number of people at the table dates back to this year eightone more than last year and four compared to Christmas 2020 when the lockdown and the restrictive measures had imposed precise limits also in hospitality and attendance.
There average expense for Christmas at the table is of 106 euros per familyonly 6% less than the holidays of 2021. Lo bubbly wine is confirmed as the inevitable product for over eight out of ten Italians (84%) together with local fruit in season (90%), while the Panettone with 78% beat by measure in preferences the Pandoro firm at 74% even if as many as 51% also choose i local traditional desserts. Particular attention is placed in the search for ingredients as demonstrated by the presence in the farmers’ markets of Campagna Amica for the preparation of zero kilometer menu.
The tables are enriched above all by the typical regional products of the occasion and the most popular – concludes Coldiretti – are the Panone di Natale in Emilia Romagna, u piccilatiedd in Basilicata, gingerbread in Umbria, Franz’s pizza in Molise, lu rintrocilio in Abruzzo, pabassinas with sa sapa in Sardinia, carbonata with polenta in the Aosta Valley, pangiallo in Lazio, carteddate in Puglia, dumplings in Trentino, brovada and muset with polenta in Friuli, quazunìelli in Calabria, pandolce in Liguria, pizza de Nata’ in the Marches, the buccellati in Sicily, the capon broth in a cup in Tuscany and the reinforcement salad in Campania.
Territorial and economic differences divide Italians in terms of spending but the choices at the table however help to bring them together, according to Coldiretti/Ixe’. The 92% of citizens will buy for the holidays especially Italian productsbetween 53% who will do so above all because they are better and 39% who see as a priority supporting the economy and employment in their country.