NationStates Jolt Archive

My current favorite is cassoulet (and I don't mean the kind that comes in cans). Complete with chunks of roast duck, garlic sausages, pork rib meat, and lamb roasted first, and then simmered in white beans with a bit of red wine and spices.

Not really an "American" dish - and really a French one. Still, a good meal to eat, especially since the cold weather is coming up.

Quite good if you have some homemade bread to eat with it.

Do you cook food that isn't "native" to your country or ethnic group? Any favorites?

I cooked lime steak salad last week, from a Vietnamese cookbook. It owned and pwned, heavily.

I almost exclusively eat food that's not native to Britain, cause let's face it, we suck at food.

"Cioppino" - Italian fish stew. Not native to the US, but I'm from an Italian family.

We also do some Roman-style clay pot cooking and I make home-made pizza on a stone too. Lots of Italian food in my house,usually several days a week-more so in the cooler weather.

We also cook in a wok often-stir frys, fried rice. but I wont call it Chinese food, because its more homemade versions of American Chinese food.

I tend to cook a lot of Mexican food, but that's because after I got married we moved within 20 minutes from the border and I learned to cook from my neighbor who was originally from Chihuahua.

I almost exclusively eat food that's not native to Britain, cause let's face it, we suck at food.

Do people really eat haggis?

I almost exclusively eat food that's not native to Britain, cause let's face it, we suck at food.


I know what you mean, I don't agree with you though. Heheheh it seems to me that all that is left of our colonial past is to take food from other places and make it our own.

Back to the original topic though, being that my mothers side of the family come from India, I was reared on Indian food!

I almost exclusively eat food that's not native to Britain, cause let's face it, we suck at food.

Are meat pies British in origin? I've had many of those and always liked them.

And on a cold wet day ,I always enjoy a roast beef with gravy and yorkshire pudding.

Do people really eat haggis?

Yes. It's actually quite nice, if mixed with mashed turnip.

Does Tacos count?

Do chimichangas count? I know my version is very Americanized, but it's my specialty...basically, my recipe usually consists of meat, Mozzarella cheese, and pinto beans mixed in a hot pan and scooped into flour tortillas, which are folded and fried in oil. (I do meatless ones for veggie folks and I usually make no-beans ones because my fiancee hates beans, and my personal favorite meat to use is chicken.)

Other than that, the stuff I usually make is a variant of chicken either fried or doused in something, like Italian dressing or barbecue sauce. And lemme tell you, when chicken in Italian dressing grills, it's not really good for your eyes or nose.

I cook alot of fusion type things...so a thai dish with caribbean seasoning and a french sauce

as for certain regions, I do alot of caribbean and creole foods, a few chinese, thai, and I do a really good indian curry

I tend to cook a lot of Mexican food, but that's because after I got married we moved within 20 minutes from the border and I learned to cook from my neighbor who was originally from Chihuahua.

We cook a lot of Mecian-style stuff too-I love it. Its probably more Tex-Mex by definition, though.

Best Mexican food I've had was at a Mexican wedding in Arizona. a dozen differnt dishes, all somewhat similar, delicious. I love home-made green sauces too.

A lot of curries and italian food.

The curries are hard in that you have to go around the city trying to find a place that sells dark mustard seeds by the pound. And when you get there, it's next door to an indian place that smells divine. So you eat at the restaurant...and when you get home, your curry doesn't taste as good as the one from the restaurant.:(

I almost exclusively eat food that's not native to Britain, cause let's face it, we suck at food.

Traitor!

You can't say that! STEAK AND ALE PIE, MAN!

STEAK AND ALE PIE!

Do people really eat haggis?

Yum haggis! I used to be butcher, hehe and even though I know exactly what goes into it I still love it!

I almost exclusively eat food that's not native to Britain, cause let's face it, we suck at food.

I highly disagree. You guys gave us scones, did you not? And orange marmalade. And...

Traitor!

You can't say that! STEAK AND ALE PIE, MAN!

STEAK AND ALE PIE!

I did say "almost." We are very good at "comfort" food.

I did say "almost." We are very good at "comfort" food.

Yeah good old British stodge!:p

I almost exclusively eat food that's not native to Britain, cause let's face it, we suck at food.

Actually, roasts and yorkshire puddings etc can be nice. But I do like my Maltese food, which is what i cooked yesterday - Rabbit. Much nicer than any other meats I've eaten - but I still have yet to try vension. anyone tried it and like to tell me whether to bother or not?

Traitor!

You can't say that! STEAK AND ALE PIE, MAN!

STEAK AND ALE PIE!

HUZZAH!!!

Actually we have amazing foods....in fact we have more cheeses than the french for example...

Sausages....bacon....roasts....hell not to mention Yorkshire pudding...lots of different and good food...you lot eat crap from the supermarkets....that shit you put in the microwave is not food...its drek.

/good food is one of my passions...sorry but supermarkets are a blight

I'm a cook, down here in Florida - and I tire quickly of what people call "American" food, cause I cook it all day x.x...

If anyone seems adventurous, try this out for size (It's a Trinidad Chicken Recipe, altered a little bit so that you can actually find the ingredients in America ;) )

2 1/2 pounds bone-in chicken

Rub it down with the following mixture:

2 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp sea salt
1 tbsp cayenne pepper
1 .18oz packet Sazon con Azafran

caramelize 2 tbsp white sugar on the bottom of a dutch oven, lay chicken in dutch oven, and cook for 25 min or so covered, then 15-20 minutes uncovered so that the juices cook down.

During the last five minutes, take 3 bok choy stalks, freshly chopped, and cook them with the chicken until they begin to wilt.

REALLY good dish.

Haggis rocks.

Helushki (<please note: when my family cooks it, this is what we call it. it's an eastern european dish, but when I tried to look up a recipe, the closest I could find to this spelling was some sort of cabbage soup. If anyone knows of the dish that I'm talking about, please give me the correct name/spelling)

Thick, heavy potato noodles in cream cheese with bits of bacon.

it tastes incredible, and hits your stomach like a ton of wet cement.

if you don't clean the dishes within an hour, the starch in the noodles mixes with the cream cheese to make the hardest substance known to man.

the stuff can't be good for you, but a decent sized plate will keep you warm for a week.

We cook a lot of Mecian-style stuff too-I love it. Its probably more Tex-Mex by definition, though.

Best Mexican food I've had was at a Mexican wedding in Arizona. a dozen differnt dishes, all somewhat similar, delicious. I love home-made green sauces too.

I make actual mexican food, it's not tex mex at all, I like the Chihuahua style more than the Nogales style though, it's not as greasy.

I have had people come over and eat it and be like "that's not "really" mexican" because they were expecting Tacos and Burritos.


EDIT: I also make Yakisoba for my husband. That's def. not from around here LOL

Rolls. Sushi.

My family ended up with a fascination with sushi introduced by my japanese loving brother. Being me the only one able to cook on a serious note, II was "encouraged" to learn how to prepare it.

It is really easy, after you get the right time and nd amounts needed by the rice. The rest is just assemble.

But well, I can make normal stuff that actually goes from around the world. Risottos, pastas, I can even pull the occassional pizza if I am inspired, although my oven is not a fireplace and the difference is easily noted.

Chinese is a little bit difficult, as you have to learn frypan skills to find the right spot of most dishes, including rice. I have the secret of make bittesweet-tasting sauce mixing ketchup with vinegar and secret ingredients.

What else?, argentinian churrasco, cuban mojito, colombian guasacaca...For us, even hamburgers and hot dogs are exotic food :D

Yes...I eat alot of foreign foods, since most of our traditional stuff looks like this:

http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/iceland/Week4/Week4-Images/3.jpg

I like cooking lots of non-Argentinian meals. I tend to go Chinese or currys and, for dessert, scones and waffles are among my favourites.

I eat a lot of pizza and pasta, but they've become almost traditional meals here, so I wouldn't say they count.

However, I couldn't live without our most-treasured meat and empanadas. :p

Yes...I eat alot of foreign foods, since most of our traditional stuff looks like this:

http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/iceland/Week4/Week4-Images/3.jpg

my general rule is "never eat anything with a face"

exceptions include cartoonish smileyfaces made out of pancakes, bacon, and eggs

http://mrbreakfast.ytmnd.com/

my general rule is "never eat anything with a face"

exceptions include cartoonish smileyfaces made out of pancakes, bacon, and eggs

http://mrbreakfast.ytmnd.com/

Fried chicken ovulations, pig-fat and buttery wheat goo. Only now, it's got a face.

Fried chicken ovulations, pig-fat and buttery wheat goo. Only now, it's got a face.

it's not about the materials involved, it's about the personification of them.

a cartoonish smiling face is a hell of a lot less creepy than a disembodied ram's head.

it's like the thing is watching you eat it...

*shudders*

Yes...I eat alot of foreign foods, since most of our traditional stuff looks like this:

http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/iceland/Week4/Week4-Images/3.jpg

Damn. That's freaky! :eek: What culture/tradition is THIS from anyway?

Do you cook food that isn't "native" to your country or ethnic group? Any favorites?

Curries. Favourite is Aloo Palak I think it's called: a creamy spinach curry which I make a lot hotter than it says in the book.

Lebanese food: falafel, bean salads, fried cabbage and garlic.

Tom Yum soup. Fresh lemon grass, and the whole thing cooked in five minutes.

Of course, I like toast and marmelade, too :)

Damn. That's freaky! :eek: What culture/tradition is THIS from anyway?

It's a burned sheep head from Iceland. In reykjavík, you can get it in a drive-through.

My cooking is always...ambitious. Another word to describe it would be 'interesting'. Interesting like Homosexuality "Oh! You're gay! Cool...thats...interesting". Great to talk about, but not something you'd want to try (though I know you all secretly do).

Interestingly, it is practically impossible for an Australian to cook a meal that isn't from another country. I mean you can count Aussie meals on one hand. Lamingtons, Pavlovas, Damper, upside down pie on mushed peas, and... witchedy grubs. Everything else is borrowed.

Do you cook food that isn't "native" to your country or ethnic group? Any favorites?

I do a range of Japanese foods quite well. Proper good miso soup is trickier than one would think. ;)

My kimchee is coming along - it's not you're grandma's, but it's getting closer.

I picked up some nice tips from an old GF from Shanghai (and I learned a bit about cooking Shanghai cuisine as well).

I won't count Cajun as foreign, seeing as there were enough coon asses (and I used the term loveingly!) where I grew up that I know the good stuff.

it's not about the materials involved, it's about the personification of them.

a cartoonish smiling face is a hell of a lot less creepy than a disembodied ram's head.

it's like the thing is watching you eat it...

*shudders*

True. It won't win any beauty contests.

my general rule is "never eat anything with a face"

exceptions include cartoonish smileyfaces made out of pancakes, bacon, and eggs

http://mrbreakfast.ytmnd.com/

I don't know.....those peas and carrots are perhaps slightly optimistic....

But I'd give it a go....why the hell not....after eating Maccy D's anything else can only taste better...

Anything which is Pasta.

Me and my little brother are experimental chefs by hobby, specializing in Asian cooking, and we love combining the ingredient and techniques from various cultures just for the hell of it. My next big thing will be Itialian pesto sushi.

It's a burned sheep head from Iceland. In reykjavík, you can get it in a drive-through.

Would you like some grated puffin on that?