Where's everyone from? (And food too!)
Menecairiel
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So...where's everyone from? And...what food native to your country is your downfall?
...yes, I am asking the question! Country, town, doesn't matter! More about where on the planet and the age old question: what is your favourite native food? Having watched too many cooking shows when on holiday, I watched Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (and if you can eat and watch that, you're pretty much immune to weird stuff!)
I'll start!
I am originally Norwegian, but with a Dutch background as well and currently living in England! As such, I have had to list 3 things I loooove that are native to where I feel most comfortable...
Norway: Brunost! That's a brown cheese traditionally made with goat/cow milk. It tastes like caramel with an aftertaste of mild goat's cheese. It's very Norwegian and I love it. It's also 46 calories per slice...and when I have it on bread, I have butter and about four slices of it. Ergo...I try and cut down. Massively!
The Netherlands: Broodje Kroket. Kroket is basically this lovely croquette filled with a white ragu and then deep fried...yep, deep fried. Best served with mustard on white bread...
England: Steak and Ale Pie. Yes, we are saying pastry, ale, fatty stewing meat that fall apart...and one pie from the shop I love is...my entire day allowance of calories! And then some!
Now, I do have brunost in the fridge but I will limit myself to having it on toast with two thin slices. As for the rest? Well, hardly going to Holland anytime soon, and I am avoiding the dutch pub in Soho/Chinatown (London) like the devil because one sniff and I will buy and eat it.
As for the pie? I will just avoid going into that shop until I have reached my target, and even then I have a mantra...."do not eat the whole pie!!!!!"
...yes, I am asking the question! Country, town, doesn't matter! More about where on the planet and the age old question: what is your favourite native food? Having watched too many cooking shows when on holiday, I watched Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (and if you can eat and watch that, you're pretty much immune to weird stuff!)
I'll start!
I am originally Norwegian, but with a Dutch background as well and currently living in England! As such, I have had to list 3 things I loooove that are native to where I feel most comfortable...
Norway: Brunost! That's a brown cheese traditionally made with goat/cow milk. It tastes like caramel with an aftertaste of mild goat's cheese. It's very Norwegian and I love it. It's also 46 calories per slice...and when I have it on bread, I have butter and about four slices of it. Ergo...I try and cut down. Massively!
The Netherlands: Broodje Kroket. Kroket is basically this lovely croquette filled with a white ragu and then deep fried...yep, deep fried. Best served with mustard on white bread...
England: Steak and Ale Pie. Yes, we are saying pastry, ale, fatty stewing meat that fall apart...and one pie from the shop I love is...my entire day allowance of calories! And then some!
Now, I do have brunost in the fridge but I will limit myself to having it on toast with two thin slices. As for the rest? Well, hardly going to Holland anytime soon, and I am avoiding the dutch pub in Soho/Chinatown (London) like the devil because one sniff and I will buy and eat it.
As for the pie? I will just avoid going into that shop until I have reached my target, and even then I have a mantra...."do not eat the whole pie!!!!!"
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Oh wow, Brunost sounds amazing!
I'm from Australia.....I have so many favourite foods, most of them aren't native, but I have to say I really love Kangaroo. It's really lean meat, tastes a bit more tough in texture. Really great with cranberry sauce. My dad always cooks it on the BBQ, I haven't found a way to cook it quite as well myself yet, but someday :P
Haha most Aussies I've met don't really like it......something about not wanting to eat an animal on our coat of arms :P0 -
What a coinsidence!
I'm a dutchy living in Norway :P
I really miss the Frikandel... *drools* And will never pass by the chance to have one whenever i'm back in NL.
As for Norwegian food.. tho they may not be traditional norwegian foods I've fallen for kebabs (which you find on every corner anywhere :P) and don't mind "taco fredag" either
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Atlanta, GA in the US.
the Southern US (Southeastern, really) is notorious for frying EVERYTHING. We are the same part of the country that created Fried Oreos, Fried Snickers Bars and Fried ________.0 -
I like in Maryland, USA. There isn't much as far as weird foods. Summer here is all about blue crabs, tomatoes, corn on the cob, and beer.
We have scrapple though which is pretty heart clogging as far as breakfast meats go. And we eat soft crab sandwiches.. mmm.
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I'm from Delaware, USA. I think we're just famous for scrapple... which is basically all the left overs from pigs, scrapped up and cooked into some disgusting, slimy, packaged up gray blob. People love it, I won't touch it. But if you wanna go off what the USA is famous for, Big Macs, Whoppers, and Fries! Again... stuff I don't really like.0
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I'm Mennonite background, my ancestry is German, but they lived in Russia for a while. My downfall would be zwibach. It's a bread roll that kind of looks like a snowman, only with two balls. The secret to making them is knowing how to get them to rise just right, it has to rise twice before being baked. Whenever my family was together my grandma would have to make at least 3 batches because we ate so much. There is a running joke in the family that if you eat too many you start to look like a zwibach, hence why I'm here. :laugh:
Another would be borscht. My family makes a chicken borscht, beets optional. I always beg my mom to make this for me when I visit, only she always forgets the beets. :sad: Now I kind of wish it was soup weather.0 -
Small town Iowa here. (USA, midwest)
So many things that are so good but not exaclty native. My favorite meal would be mid summer.Grilled steaks, perferably from a local cow (like your own or in our case a neighbor raised them), and fresh sweet corn. Never better than going to the field and picking it an hour before you cook it and eat it!0 -
I am from Newfoundland, Canada....
My husband and I discussed this topic this past weekend... Fish-n-Brewis is a traditional Newfie meal that I LOVE.... but will not be eating it anytime soon in the traditional way... It's salted cod fish, potatoes, hard bread, onions smothered in molasses and pork fat scrunchions!!! So YUMMY but sooo high in calories and sodium!!!!0 -
Oh yes, the lovely frikandel! How much I treasure you
But I also love apenkoppen drop (monkeyheads liquorice). There's absolutely no nutritional value in there, only chemicals, but gooood tasting chemicals.
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Lots of dutchies0 -
Small town Iowa here. (USA, midwest)
So many things that are so good but not exaclty native. My favorite meal would be mid summer.Grilled steaks, perferably from a local cow (like your own or in our case a neighbor raised them), and fresh sweet corn. Never better than going to the field and picking it an hour before you cook it and eat it!
MMMM..... Love fresh sweet corn!!!0 -
I'm from Paris, France. As a vegetarian, I find a good portion of foods my country is famous for to be outright repulsive.
Case in point - foie gras. Whenever I see that stuff, I want to cry for what those poor animals had to go through in order to satisfy someone's palate.
What I do like are the breads and the desserts. I could drown myself in crepes,croissants and eclairs!0 -
I dont even know how to answer the question "where ya from". My mom is Greek, my dad is Italian, I was born in Albania. Ive lived in all 3 countries. Greek is my favorite food in the whole world...
I live in US now, food in US is ok. My down fall is chocolate.0 -
I'm from New England--born and raised, but my parents were French-Canadian, so many of my comfort foods are of that tradition: crepes with maple syrup, baked beans, cubed pan-fried potatoes called pommes rissolees, and tomato-rice soup.
I became 100% vegetarian, and mostly vegan, almost 40 years ago, so I've expanded what I consider to be regional favorites to include Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, Mexican and Italian. YUM!0 -
I am from Southwest Louisiana. Everything here is deep fried and covered in sugar. It's a wonder I don't weigh 600 pounds. LOL0
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I like in Maryland, USA. There isn't much as far as weird foods. Summer here is all about blue crabs, tomatoes, corn on the cob, and beer.
We have scrapple though which is pretty heart clogging as far as breakfast meats go. And we eat soft crab sandwiches.. mmm.
No, you only think there is no weird food, since it is "normal" to you. A whole crustacean battered and deep fried placed on a sandwich is pretty effing weird to me. And don't get me started on how weird/gross cheese is if you really think about it (or try making it yourself).
I don't know that I have a lot of downfall foods, other than vegan baked goods. Oh, and I eat a lot of tofu, usually broiled plain, which other people think is a tad odd.
I'm veg*n now, but back in my flesh eating days I tried gumboots, which are a crustacean that lives on the side of rocks (think about eating a mouth full of salty, briney, rubber band), and seal oil.0 -
Detroit, MI. We love our coney dogs. Lafeyette Coney Island has the best. Big hot dog smothered in chili and onions.0
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I live in Northeastern part of Wisconsin, USA and while not native to our area, we're known for Bratwaurst in our state. And I LOVE brats (you expected me to say Cheese, didn't you? ) Especially now that football season is upon us. 0
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Born & raised in Texas... TEX-MEX!!! cheesy, saucy, spicy deliciousness. nom nom0
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Born & raised in Texas... TEX-MEX!!! cheesy, saucy, spicy deliciousness. nom nom
Amen! Born and raised in Austin and love pretty much anything on the Chuy's menu, especially the Chuychanga!0 -
I like in Maryland, USA. There isn't much as far as weird foods. Summer here is all about blue crabs, tomatoes, corn on the cob, and beer.
We have scrapple though which is pretty heart clogging as far as breakfast meats go. And we eat soft crab sandwiches.. mmm.
No, you only think there is no weird food, since it is "normal" to you. A whole crustacean battered and deep fried placed on a sandwich is pretty effing weird to me. And don't get me started on how weird/gross cheese is if you really think about it (or try making it yourself).
I don't know that I have a lot of downfall foods, other than vegan baked goods. Oh, and I eat a lot of tofu, usually broiled plain, which other people think is a tad odd.
I'm veg*n now, but back in my flesh eating days I tried gumboots, which are a crustacean that lives on the side of rocks (think about eating a mouth full of salty, briney, rubber band), and seal oil.
The picture of that sandwich makes me feel sad. One day, we were beach strolling and came upon a molting crab. The poor thing looked so vulnerable, so we stuck around like labor coaches, and when the crab had fully molted, we made sure it found a good hiding place among the sea lettuce. So that's my association to the subject of crab.0 -
I'm from Louisiana.
The food anywhere else in the world SUCKS.0 -
Atlanta, GA in the US.
the Southern US (Southeastern, really) is notorious for frying EVERYTHING. We are the same part of the country that created Fried Oreos, Fried Snickers Bars and Fried ________.
Knoxville, Tn in the U.S.
DEEP FRIED TWINKIES!!!!!
They've also deep fried BACON on occasion...and....AND....Macaroni and cheese!!!!!0 -
Another Dutchie here !!
I actually don't care for a Broodje Kroket that much, but I LOOOVVVEE stroopwafels...
Yummmm... KEEP THEM AWAY FROM ME:noway: !!
PS: about 155 cals per piece and it's never just one... *sigh*...0 -
Texas here!
Tacos, Tacos, Tacos!0 -
I'm from Glasgow in Scotland. My country has a reputation for deep frying everything in batter and binge drinking. This includes battered pizza and chocolate bars, I kid you not.0
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I'm from Maine, USA, and my downfall is by far Whoopie Pies!0
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Russian - hearty borscht, pelemeni, perogi, delicious chocolate, venigrette, homemade kompot...oh man don't get me started.0
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Born & raised in Texas... TEX-MEX!!! cheesy, saucy, spicy deliciousness. nom nom
And don't forget the barbeque....anything slathered in sauce and thrown on a grill is what we Texans love (or this Texas girl!).0 -
Maryland, USA
My local faves -- Scrapple... Berger Cookies...
Cant get the picture of the cookies to work... darn. LOL here's the website - http://www.bergercookies.com/0 -
I live in England. My father's Austrian and we lived in Vienna for a few years when I was growing up. I haven't been back for a few years but when I do go, I have to have wiener schnitzel (but made with pork, not veal) with kartoffelsalat and a couple of ice-cold beers!
As for English food - it's not native but it's become a British institution - it has to be curry. I'm clever with my calories to ensure I can go out for a curry once a week and I'm currently addicted to the local restaurant's naga special chicken curry - usually with saag daal and a naan bread.
I'm also a bit of a cheese freak - we've got a fantastic cheese shop in the village which I have to avoid for the most part but I go and stay with a friend every few months so I'll stock up on local cheeses before I go and we'll spend the weekend eating our own bodyweight in cheese and washing it down with copious quantities of red wine! That has to be a very occasional treat though :-)0
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