What's your favourite European food ?

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by etoile noir

i went for italian ..... with italian food it's much easier to eliminate the meat and still have a tasty dish

And just how do you cook a proper veal ragu or a bolognesa sauce? :nop


Has anyone tried Dutch food? I tried the panekoek in South Africa and then in Then Netherlands (the latter were obviously not traditional and quite fancy). My two last days there, without much money left, I had to go for some weird stuff that you buy from a machine.

[Ederico]

Italian, and some local Maltese dishes which are also mostly present in Sicily/Southern Italy.

[etoile noir]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

And just how do you cook a proper veal ragu or a bolognesa sauce? :nop

veal ragu? quite franly i don't even know what a veal ragu is! veal is vitello, and ragu is just another word for bolognese really. however since it is something based on veal, no, that i cant do.

however a bolognese is easy as pie - pun intended
you substitute the ground meat with veggie mince. taste it, you might be surprised.

Has anyone tried Dutch food? I tried the panekoek in South Africa and then in Then Netherlands (the latter were obviously not traditional and quite fancy). My two last days there, without much money left, I had to go for some weird stuff that you buy from a machine.

i was recently in utrecht and was invited to a friend's mother's house for a traditional family meal. however since they knew my "tastes", or distates according to you, they made special veg dishes for me.

however i noted that their main meal consisted of at least 3 different types of meat, all cooked at table, fondue style.

i've never been to south africe so i wouldn't know of south african food. but yes, i saw those awful things parading as food that are dispensed from a machine - in amsterdam i think.

[Ederico]

As an example of food that in Malta is quite traditional I refer to braġoli/bragioli and stuffat, plus stuffat tal-qarnit. I am not a big expert in cuisine therefore I cannot give much details. Both dishes are in general meat based.

Braġoli/bragioli:


Looks can be deceiving, hehe.

Stuffat tal-qarnit:



Stuffat means stufato, ergo, stew basically. Stuffat tal-qarnit is octupus stew, but stew with other meat such as beef and pork is also quite common in Malta (or at least at my house, hehe).

[Klov]

Give me a plate of Serrano ham, Manchego cheese, some queen olives and a bottle of Weiss Beer and I will be a happy man!

[anaktas]

Originally Posted by etoile noir

with italian food it's much easier to eliminate the meat and still have a tasty dish

In greek traditional dishes, if you eliminate the meat there is nothing left to eat!

[Quintos]

Spanish ham the best in the world at least to me!!! I like Spanish food LOL more then anything else and not just because I am Spanish I really do love it!!

[etoile noir]

Originally Posted by anaktas

In greek traditional dishes, if you eliminate the meat there is nothing left to eat!

excuse the ignorance, but arent those stuffed vine leaves [sorry but i dont know the proper term] vegetarian? i know they can probably be stuffed with all sorts of meat, however at greek restaurants that i've been to they're usually stuffed with rice. taste nice too.

oh and to mynydd - i think it was you who asked about the roe dip.... its called taramasalata. i love making dips because they're so easy to make.

[Green Nationalist]

When I was in the Czech republic I ate some Saurkraut and Dumplings, it was absoloutly unreal!! ive tried making it here at home since but I cant get it right. I like the Ghurkhins the mainlanders like to use as well. Big slices of beetroot. MM. Im hungry now.

Here in Ireland, you cant beat a big pile of mashed potatos with peas and gravy and fried onions. or4 plain old tea and toast is great too.

Holy smoke Im really hungry now.

[Prussian]

Originally Posted by Green Nationalist

Holy smoke Im really hungry now.

Indeed this thread seems to have that effect, after discussing varieties of Olives with Mynyyd I myself had to run to raid the stock of them I had in the refridgerator.

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by etoile noir

oh and to mynydd - i think it was you who asked about the roe dip.... its called taramasalata.

Yes, that was it, thank you. And I remember that the word that Turks used for it was similar.

i love making dips because they're so easy to make.

Umh.. I never thought that I could make taramasalata.

[Thiudans]

I voted German Polish and Russian. Those make up the cuisines that taste best to my palette and are best for my physical type. The cuisines can also be found in remnants in places in italy and spain and heavily similar in holland, england, scotland, and scandinavia. I didn't see I could have chosen other, I would have said Scandinavian, Baltic and Viennese.

[Bianca]

Originally Posted by Quintos

Spanish ham the best in the world at least to me!!! I like Spanish food LOL more then anything else and not just because I am Spanish I really do love it!!

That looks like prosciutto di Parma, Parma ham, i.e. from Parma Italy.

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Bianca

That looks like prosciutto di Parma, Parma ham, i.e. from Parma Italy.

Italian Prosciutto di Parma is more or less similar to Spanish Jamón Serrano but sweeter to the palate (somewhat watered down for a cured ham).

The star in Spain is the variety known as Jamón Ibérico. Made out of the unique Iberian pork breed, fed with acorns. See more about it in this post: Healthy Hunter-Gatherers Foodstuffs Diet

[Bianca]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

Italian Prosciutto di Parma is more or less similar to Spanish Jamón Serrano but sweeter to the palate (somewhat watered down for a cured ham).

The star in Spain is the variety known as Jamón Ibérico. Made out of the unique Iberian pork breed, fed with acorns. See more about it in this post: Healthy Hunter-Gatherers Foodstuffs Diet

Oh well, I have to taste it then! I could live on Parma ham only!

[Mjölnir]

Originally Posted by Bianca

That looks like prosciutto di Parma, Parma ham, i.e. from Parma Italy.

Ah this one i have taken on my Spain trip two years ago in Barcelona. Great. Very tasty.

M.,

[Gil]

Damn, i'm really hungry:

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