LionsAndTigers said:

My parents are both from the Dominican Republic.

Sancocho

Pollo guisado

Tostones con salami frito

Locrio de pollo

And you don't go to a Dominican get together without seeing a flan and/or a Dominican cake! Other deserts are coconetes (kinda like a coconut biscuit), habichuelas con dulce (beans in a sweet cream), and dulce de leche

The first two are standard Spanish fare I think. What you call "sancocho" (stew) is what my mom calls "sopa" (soup). I HATED it growing up...I wanted plain old Lipton chicken noodle soup. NOW I crave for it...especially on cold winter days.

Pollo guisado - same thing. I hated it. Mom sometimes had to save some chicken on the side and fry it for me.

Tostones I ate growing up b/c my godmother was Cuban.

Fried salami I ate b/c my mom always "cooked" cold cuts. The concept of eating cold meats never really settled with her. Ham, bologna, salami...it all got heated up on the frying pan before getting put in the sandwich! But I've never had fried Dominican salami.

Is Locrio de pollo what everyone else calls "arroz con pollo"???

AND yeah...Dominican cakes are DA BOMB!!!!

My wedding cake was from a Dominican lady who made cakes out of her apartment...made our engagement cake, my niece's first birthday cake (a four-tiered $150 Cinderella masterpiece 16 years ago) and most of my kids' birthday cakes.

I'm sooooooo hungry now!!!!!!!

Militant said:

Dewrede said:

I love indian food

I wanna make those

I've taught myself how to make all of them over the past few weeks. I'm quite pleased with myself.

Got any recipes ?

Yorkshire Puddings

RicoN said:

Yorkshire Puddings

I had to google that.

I always assumed that they were some type of wet concoction such as Rice Pudding

Basically then it's some sort of biscuit?

PurpleJedi said:

RicoN said:

Yorkshire Puddings

I had to google that.

I always assumed that they were some type of wet concoction such as Rice Pudding

Basically then it's some sort of biscuit?

Nah. It's basically the same as pancake mix, poured into either a large baking tray or muffin pan and then cooked at a high temperature for 1/2 hour. They're yummy with roast beef, roast potatoes, veggies and thick gravy.

Lisa10 said:

PurpleJedi said:

I had to google that.

I always assumed that they were some type of wet concoction such as Rice Pudding

Basically then it's some sort of biscuit?

Nah. It's basically the same as pancake mix, poured into either a large baking tray or muffin pan and then cooked at a high temperature for 1/2 hour. They're yummy with roast beef, roast potatoes, veggies and thick gravy.

It's a giant popover, but cooked with drippings. So therefore...

.. as well as the roast beef dinner there's -

fish and chips

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Bangers and mash

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and for dessert -

Spotted dick (yes, really)

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Bread and butter pudding

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vainandy said:

Mississippi:

Fried Chicken

Fried Catfish

Fried Pork Chops

Fried Okra

Fried Corn

Anything fried.

Mustard, Turnip, or Collard Greens cooked in bacon grease.

String Beans cooked in bacon greese

Fried Cabbage cooked in bacon grease.

Black Eyed Peas cooked in bacon grease.

Anything cooked in bacon grease.

You are Southern!

I could never get with fried corn and the use of bacon grease wears me out.

I have always thought keeping grease out on the stove is digusting.

I wouldn't cook with it which irritated my mother.

morningsong said:

At the moment I haven't the faintest idea so I'll roll with this...

What Is a California Burrito?

There are burritos, and then there are California Burritos. The San Diego staple is not trying to be authentic Mexican cuisine—it's basically meat and potatoes stuffed into a flour tortilla for hungry, sand-crusted surfers. The beast of a thing usually involves carne asada, french fries, a bunch of cheese, salsa fresca and of course guacamole.

[Edited 11/10/11 10:50am]

YES!

Militant said:

A few favorites...

Aloo Bhindi (Potatoes and Okra)

Yellow dal (lentil curry)

Chana Masala (Chickpea curry)

Saag Paneer (Spinach and cheese curry, I'm vegan so I don't eat Paneer but you can simply replace it with Tofu)

Aloo Phalli (Green Beans and Potato curry)

Where's the fried spinach and potatoes? Love it!

Genesia said:

PurpleJedi said:

...and after all that alcohol...EVERYTHING tastes amazing!

True. But even without alcohol, a good fish fry is the food of the gods.

Co-sign

Texas

Sweet Potato Pie

from my mom's recipe files, and

Mom's Homemade Yeast Rolls

SUPRMAN said:

morningsong said:

At the moment I haven't the faintest idea so I'll roll with this...

What Is a California Burrito?

There are burritos, and then there are California Burritos. The San Diego staple is not trying to be authentic Mexican cuisine—it's basically meat and potatoes stuffed into a flour tortilla for hungry, sand-crusted surfers. The beast of a thing usually involves carne asada, french fries, a bunch of cheese, salsa fresca and of course guacamole.

[Edited 11/10/11 10:50am]

YES!

SUPRMAN said:

vainandy said:

Mississippi:

Fried Chicken

Fried Catfish

Fried Pork Chops

Fried Okra

Fried Corn

Anything fried.

Mustard, Turnip, or Collard Greens cooked in bacon grease.

String Beans cooked in bacon greese

Fried Cabbage cooked in bacon grease.

Black Eyed Peas cooked in bacon grease.

Anything cooked in bacon grease.

You are Southern!

I could never get with fried corn and the use of bacon grease wears me out.

I have always thought keeping grease out on the stove is digusting.

I wouldn't cook with it which irritated my mother.

There's an English Fish-&-Chips place in Brooklyn that will deep fry ANYTHING for you.

I saw it on the Food Network (I think) and been meaning to go try it out.

They will even batter & deep fry anything that you bring with you!

free2bfreeda said:

Texas

Sweet Potato Pie

from my mom's recipe files, and

Mom's Homemade Yeast Rolls

I've never had sweet potato pie (don't care for sweet potatoes) but give me some butter & a knife and I will finish off that whole tray of rolls.

PurpleJedi said:

free2bfreeda said:

Texas

Sweet Potato Pie

from my mom's recipe files, and

Mom's Homemade Yeast Rolls

I've never had sweet potato pie (don't care for sweet potatoes) but give me some butter & a knife and I will finish off that whole tray of rolls.

How did you initially eat sweet potatoes?

If you like pumpkin pie, you'll probably like sweet potato pie.

SUPRMAN said:

PurpleJedi said:

I've never had sweet potato pie (don't care for sweet potatoes) but give me some butter & a knife and I will finish off that whole tray of rolls.

How did you initially eat sweet potatoes?

If you like pumpkin pie, you'll probably like sweet potato pie.

My mom puts 'em in stews along with other veggies and I always pick them out.

Something about the sweet, creamy texture. Not what I like in my savory foods.

I also don't really care for pumpkin pie. I also don't like applesauce, but I will eat an entire apple pie by myself.

SUPRMAN said:

PurpleJedi said:

I've never had sweet potato pie (don't care for sweet potatoes) but give me some butter & a knife and I will finish off that whole tray of rolls.

How did you initially eat sweet potatoes?

If you like pumpkin pie, you'll probably like sweet potato pie.

actually, yams also fall under the name of "sweet potato." my mom always purchased the yams. yams are darker than sweet potatos.

so anyway, my mom would either bake them in the oven until soft inside. to serve, she would add butter, a little sugar and sometimes (for me and my sis) cinnamon. (they were served while still in the skins)

for thanksgiving dinner she would peel, cut into cubs and boil in water until tender. next she would drain the water. then add brown sugar and butter. that's how she served it. it was yummy!

another way same as above, only she'd mash the cooked cubed yams then add brown sugar, butter and very little nutmeg and cinnamon. she'd put the mashed yams into a round shaped glass oven cookware. top with minature marshmallows and bake until the marshmallows were brown. (kinda sweet - not one of my favs. however for me it was good in very small portions)

lastly: ( i know it's a lot of info )

the "pièce de résistance" for my yam-able taste buds is the (yam) sweet potato pie. i will not share my mom's recipe here. just let you know around the 2nd week in Nov. i get a few calls requesting (if i have the time) me to bake some extra pies. [i do only if they supply ingredients]

so i do. i enjoy cooking.

my mom's recipe is (as they say) the bomb.

Texas

Sweet Potato Pie

Florida:

Anything fried

Green beans (My grandma made the best green beans ever)

Macaroni & Cheese (Grandma also made the best macaroni ever)

Plantains

Yellow Rice

Ropa Vieja

Empanda

Pulled pork sandwhich

Gator Tail (when made correctly really good. However otherwise it sucks)

Frog legs (never had it, never will)

Beaf Brisket

Key Lime Pie (My favorite type of pie)

Genesia said:

vainandy said:

Mississippi:

Fried Chicken

Fried Catfish

Fried Pork Chops

Fried Okra

Fried Corn

Anything fried.

Mustard, Turnip, or Collard Greens cooked in bacon grease.

String Beans cooked in bacon greese

Fried Cabbage cooked in bacon grease.

Black Eyed Peas cooked in bacon grease.

Anything cooked in bacon grease.

@ alladat.

I have three containers of bacon grease in my frig/freezer right now.

Just like my grandmother used to do.

vainandy said:

Genesia said:

@ alladat.

I have three containers of bacon grease in my frig/freezer right now.

Just like my grandmother used to do.

Mine, too.

I also have lard and goose fat.

Militant said:

A few favorites...

Aloo Bhindi (Potatoes and Okra)

Yellow dal (lentil curry)

Chana Masala (Chickpea curry)

Saag Paneer (Spinach and cheese curry, I'm vegan so I don't eat Paneer but you can simply replace it with Tofu)

Aloo Phalli (Green Beans and Potato curry)

Indian food is one of my favorites. Need some meat dishes up in there too like the Butter Chicken and Chicken 65.

SUPRMAN said:

vainandy said:

Mississippi:

Fried Chicken

Fried Catfish

Fried Pork Chops

Fried Okra

Fried Corn

Anything fried.

Mustard, Turnip, or Collard Greens cooked in bacon grease.

String Beans cooked in bacon greese

Fried Cabbage cooked in bacon grease.

Black Eyed Peas cooked in bacon grease.

Anything cooked in bacon grease.

You are Southern!

I could never get with fried corn and the use of bacon grease wears me out.

I have always thought keeping grease out on the stove is digusting.

I wouldn't cook with it which irritated my mother.

We may not have much in the South but we sure know how to cook and we've got the asses to prove it. We don't do "stuffing" down here either. At Thanksgiving, we do "dressing" with the cornbread and it's gotta be Martha White.

And we'll eat some pig ears in a minute!

Some people from my country, who live on the bloody hills (in the Western part of Austria) eat something that's called Hirn mit Ei, which basically translates as "brains and eggs". Fucking weirdos.

Dave1992 said:

Some people from my country, who live on the bloody hills (in the Western part of Austria) eat something that's called Hirn mit Ei, which basically translates as "brains and eggs". Fucking weirdos.

sorry, aber das ist ein klassiker der wiener küche (siehe sacher kochbuch). ich akzeptiere deine meinung, wenn du es schon gegessen hast - wenn nicht, dann sprichst du wie ein blinder über farben.

[Edited 11/14/11 19:03pm]

You bastards. Especially you Militant. I'm starving now.

I guess the most traditional New Zelaland thing is the hangi. You dig a pit, fill it with volcanic rocks and make a fire, when the rocks are really hot you put baskets of food rapped in wet cloths in and cover it all with banana leaves and then fill in the pit with earth, leave it for 6 hrs and then pull it up for a kai (maori for food or "to eat") It's good for chicken and any meat and kumara (a local sweet potato) and other veges. The food has an earthy steamed taste to it. I like to mix it up though and do fusion by rubbing all sorts of spices into the meat, all spice and thyme is good for a jamaican type flavour or Indian spices. It's basically an excuse for day long get together over lots of beer and weed. AWESOME.

Then for desert we gave the world the pavlova which is not an indigenous but invented here.

ForbiddenFruit said:

Dave1992 said:

Some people from my country, who live on the bloody hills (in the Western part of Austria) eat something that's called Hirn mit Ei, which basically translates as "brains and eggs". Fucking weirdos.

sorry, aber das ist ein klassiker der wiener küche (siehe sacher kochbuch). ich akzeptiere deine meinung, wenn du es schon gegessen hast - wenn nicht, dann sprichst du wie ein blinder über farben.

[Edited 11/14/11 19:03pm]

Really? I clearly remember someone telling me it was from Tirol and typical for that region.

I do not eat meat out of principle and for a good reason, so no, I don't think I am talking about something I have no idea about. It may taste like sweets from Bria Valente's tits for all I know, I still wouldn't want to eat it and still would think it is disgusting, because it's a part of a dead animal (and its fucking brain, for god's sake! The thing that made that animal tick properly!).

My ancestral foods from my parents and life in the deep south- SOUL FOOD

Standard dishes include but are not limited to (from top-bottom)

braised greens, mac & cheese, fried chicken, roast hens, candied yams, buttermilk biscuits, dirty rice, braised ox-tails, black-eyed peas, coca-cola ham, sweet potato pie, coconut cake, pecan pie, peach cobbler, and banana pudding

From the mid-western region in the US where I was born & raised this was the food on every corner of my neigborhood:

corned beef and pastrami sandwiches

pierogies

Polish Boy Sandwich

rugelach

and peanut brittle

Ottensen said:

My ancestral foods from my parents and life in the deep south- SOUL FOOD

Standard dishes include but are not limited to (from top-bottom)

braised greens, mac & cheese, fried chicken, roast hens, candied yams, buttermilk biscuits, dirty rice, braised ox-tails, black-eyed peas, coca-cola ham, sweet potato pie, coconut cake, pecan pie, peach cobbler, and banana pudding

From the mid-western region in the US where I was born & raised this was the food on every corner of my neigborhood:

corned beef and pastrami sandwiches

pierogies

Polish Boy Sandwich

rugelach

and peanut brittle

Now I am positively FAMISHED.