FOOD! Favorite domestic and foreign dish?

[jandros]

I can't believe that nobody talks about FOOD on this site! So, name your favorite food here! Or pick a category, and name several favorites:

Favorite local food

Favorite food from another country

Favorite pastry or bread

Favorite dessert or sweet

Favorite drink, with or without alcohol

So I'll start!! ..... just give me a minute to think about it .....

[jandros]

My favorite local food: This is from southeastern U.S., but the ABSOLUTE BEST is within 1 hour of my home ... BBQ Pork! Barbequed pig, roasted on oak wood for hours, and then chopped, NOT sliced.

Favorite food from another country: Chicken marsala!

Favorite pastry/bread: Turkish Ekmek! (do I spell it correctly??)

Favorite dessert: Tiramasu! ......... and cheesecake ..... and chocolate covered almonds ...... and ...... oooooh man, I can't make up my mind .......

Favorite drinks: Pepsi! And Tecate!

Et tu? ...

[jandros]

I understand that some of my choices above will be repulsive to some readers ... sorry

[Jester]

Chinese Food

Or Burger King if I fancy a take out.


Jandros - ever thought about just editing your original post instead of doing three seperate ones?

[jandros]

Originally Posted by Jester

Jandros - ever thought about just editing your original post instead of doing three seperate ones?

No, didn't think of it. Thanks!

Where are you from, if I may ask?

[Tahira]

HI Jandros,

I agree with you with Tiramisu, but it maust be made with a typical italian recipee. (I hope I wrote it right).

My mom´s Galaktoboureko (greek pastry) is the world´s best!

As I live in germany I have to say that german sausages and different kind of breads are very very very good. We have ahuge variety of them.

I don´t have special wishes concerning drinks - pure cold water on a hot summer day can be very fulfilling.

...now I am hungry....

Tahira

[jandros]

Tahira, yes, hungry!!!

I love sausages, and my father used to make some of the very best. But my first international exposure was German sausages (and potatoes) in Frankfurt. Delicious!!!

And from Germany to the east: kielbasa, kolbasi, I love all of it! Our local Olive Garden restaurant makes "sausage and peppers rustica", with green, red and yellow peppers (the large bell peppers, not hot) ...... oh my God ..... I usually have it with a big glass of cool water and lemon

Tiramisu ... I never spell it correctly, so thank you ... strangely, the best that I've ever had is prepared by a friend from Iran, who owns a great Italian restaurant in Dallas, TX. His tiramisu is so light, you have to really pay attention as you eat it!

[Tahira]

Kolbasi, is originally an hungarian kind of sausage. But I love it, too.

The "true" tiramisu is made with fresh eggs and mascarpona (a white cheese which comes close to the cheese you use in american or german cheesecake)

When you have been to Germany didi you try then Sauer*****? I like it very much as well. It´s a heaavy food for wintertime. I know that we germans are called the "*****s" by foreign pople when they talk bad about us.

So, where are all the our other members? For talking about food.

I remember we discussed once greek food in the "greek section" of this forums.

bye-bye, Tahira

[Tahira]

mmmhhh? I don´t know why the computer made some ***** by itself in my writings above.

It was not anything bad.....

?????

[Jester]

Originally Posted by jandros

No, didn't think of it. Thanks!

Where are you from, if I may ask?

Manchester

It's an industrial city from the North West of England.

[jandros]

Originally Posted by Tahira

mmmhhh? I don´t know why the computer made some ***** by itself in my writings above.

It was not anything bad.....

?????

I'm sure the computer has good intentions, even if they're misplaced ... I know what you wrote, and yes, it's very unfortunate that some people use it as a slur.

Yes, I tried it, because it seemed to me that I couldn't eat one without the other, and so I ate a lot of sausage and Sauerkrowt and potatoes. It was in November, so it was great, perfect! My mother also had a very good recipe for it, but of course the original German is the best.

I also love a Reuben sandwich: Rye bread, corned beef, sauerkrowt, swiss cheese, and gourmet mustard. It's heavenly

Yes, we need more comments from others! Or you and Jester and I will just sit here and get fat, all by ourselves ....

[Jester]

Chinese food is fried and pretty low in carbohydrates (unless you eat only rice and noodles... you're getting fat on your own.

[jandros]

Certainly Jester, but then you can blow all of the benefits at Burger King in 10 minutes

New category? Favorite "health food" .....

An hor d’oeuvre platter of uncooked broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots

[Tahira]

Generally I like chinese food, too. But I found out that many restaurants use some additional "stuff" for the taste and from these I get very heavy stomache ache. So I avoid going to chinese restaurants.

Thank good I do not have to care about low carb food. I can eat a lot without getting fat. I hope this lasts for a long time...

[Layla]

Favorite local food - i like fried potatoes with Kotlett and a cabbage salad

Favorite food from another country - lasagna and Sfeha (Arabic food)

Favorite pastry or bread - flat bread

Favorite dessert or sweet - burma (Arabic)

Favorite drink, with or without alcohol - i like juices (all kind)

Well, this is only a very minimal list. There are so may wonderful cuisines in this world. The thing is that i haven't had the chance to try something from all of them.

[istanbulgal]

Originally Posted by Layla

There are so may wonderful cuisines in this world.

You're right Layla.

For me, from what I have so far tried:

Food: Hungarian Goulash, Turkish fish & salads, Chinese stir fries, Italian fettucine al pesto.

Dessert: baklava (whether Turkish or Greek, it does not matter!), Italian Tiramisu (had best one in Istanbul), Hungarian cholocate cake x 6 layers!

[jandros]

In the U.S., monosodium glutomate (MSG) is often added to Chinese (or Japanese?) food. It enhances flavor....

But .... actually, as I understand, MSG does not directly enhance flavor .... as I understand it, MSG is actually a drug (not an herb or food product) which makes one THINK that the food tastes better ..... or something like that.

Anyway Tahira, I can certainly understand it might not agree with your tummy.

I love Seschuan (spelling?) with nuts and stuff

Hungarian goulash! It's been so long, I forgot about it ..... I am soooo hungry .....

Istanbulgal: Layla mentioned juices. In Turkey, there are fruit juices in bottles? Thick, heavy .... I used to love them! What are they called??

[Adrienne]

Favorite local food - the serbian meal named 'sarma'.. it's delicious

Favorite food from another country - anything italian.. I love pasta in very possibe way

Favorite pastry or bread - I dont eat bread..

Favorite dessert or sweet - hmmm any cake with fruit, especially cherries

Favorite drink, with or without alcohol - orange juice.. Some nice fruit coctail also


I'm not the one who really likes to eat that much, but I like to cook for others (:

[jandros]

Adrienne ...... ..... I see you everywhere ..... you're even in my dreams! ...... I can't live without you, not another day ......... my heart aches for you, my darling ........

... I'm joking, please don't kill me

Sometimes I like to cook, but then it takes 2 days to clean the kitchen.

[Adrienne]

Hhahahah you frightened me for a moment JK

well I like to cook too, but i hate the part of cleaning the kitchen

[jandros]

I think I should be more careful .... if someone adds up all of my comments, in every thread on this site, I might get kicked out! And then I would miss all of you, ALL of you, sooooooo much ...

Sometimes I forget that this is primarily a lyrics forum

[Adrienne]

You wont be kicked out, dont even think about it

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Originally Posted by Adrienne

Favorite local food - the serbian meal named 'sarma'.. it's delicious

Here, here Adrienne. We also make "Сърми" There are two types. One covered by a Vine list, and one Covereb by a Cabbage list. Inside we put rice and grounded meat. Looks like that (Don't mind the orange thing that is shown on the picture, I belive thet overdid the red pepper and the rice became orange

[Adrienne]

Lol that definitely doesnt look like the sarma I like

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Originally Posted by Adrienne

Lol that definitely doesnt look like the sarma I like

Yup. Same here That orange thing pisses me off. But that was the closest look alike that I menaged to find. Show up a picture of what you did.

[jandros]

Originally Posted by Zise_ti_zoi

... "Сърми" ... Cabbage ... rice and grounded meat ... the red pepper ... rice

It sounds delicious!!!

English "grounded" ... in this case, just say "ground", which is the past tense for "grind". Grounded means attached to the ground, earth.

In the U.S., we buy a "pound of ground round" ... round steak, which is often used to make ground beef.

[Adrienne]

Zise_ti_zoi this is how it should look http://hometown.aol.de/marijabolta/images/sarma_1.jpg

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Originally Posted by Adrienne

Zise_ti_zoi this is how it should look http://hometown.aol.de/marijabolta/images/sarma_1.jpg

Ooooooo. Adrienne, you in Serbia cook the "Syrmi" that are covered with cabbage list! They are more delicious than the other type.

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Originally Posted by jandros

It sounds delicious!!!

English "grounded" ... in this case, just say "ground", which is the past tense for "grind". Grounded means attached to the ground, earth.

In the U.S., we buy a "pound of ground round" ... round steak, which is often used to make ground beef.

Yeah, kinda messed it. Don't use that verb very often.

[jandros]

Originally Posted by Zise_ti_zoi

Yeah, kinda messed it. Don't use that verb very often.

No worries .... your gift with English makes me even more ashamed that my language skills are so poor!