A truly global feast: map your Christmas lunch

You probably know this one. Turkeys are native to North America and they were first brought back to this country from New England after the Pilgrims had established themselves there in the 17th century. Eating turkey on Christmas Day is a much more recent tradition – they started to replace goose in the 19th century. ry. Frankly I think we should have e stuck with the latter. Cranberries ies – which are also native to New England, were probably first today, try the markets at Flagey on Saturday and Sunday morning or Châtelain on Wednesday. You can get there and back in a day from London on Eurostar (eurostar.com). Wild varieties were indigenous to the whole of Europe and Asia. But I’m going to give this one to Germany, becau because the Roman Empe Emperor Tiberius accep accepted part of a tribut tribute due to him from that country in the fo form of parsnips – so 2 2,000 years ago it seem seems that the Germ Germans had maste mastered the art o of its c cultivation. I a admit to being slightly hazy on the bes best place to buy them now, but a apparently the vegetable market at the appropriately named Marketplatz in Stuttgart is a good one and has been going since 1304 (Tue (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mor mornings; stuttgart-tourist.de). Sir Francis Fr Drake and Sir Walter

Raleigh are traditionally given credit for bringing back potatoes from the Americas – although there is no conclusive evidence which confirms how and when they first arrived. Like Paddington, they come originally from Peru, however, though many varieties have obviously been developed since and roasting them with meat seems to be a British tradition. Thankfully there is plenty more to see in Peru than tubers. Telegraph Travel’s Ultimate Itinerary picks out the highlights: telegraph.co.uk/tt-peru. Saturday 23 December 2017 The Daily Telegraph The wild carrot is native to Europe and red and yellow varieties were developed many centuries ago. But the orange cultivar which adds colour to our Christmas plates was first produced in the Netherlands in the 17th century. For a list of the best open air vegetable markets in the Dutch capital Amsterdam, see amsterdam.info/markets; get there from several different UK airports via klm.co.uk.