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    Default Name a popular food/dish from your area

    I'm fascinated with culture, I love expanding my palette and trying new foods. So I'd like to hear from folks across the world what some popular dishes are from their area. I would especially love to hear from African Avalonians.

    Please try to keep the foods you post about more or less native to your region without getting too technical. I like Chinese food but it didn't originate in Florida.

    So to kick things off, seafood is very popular in north Florida. Ever since the natives got here humans have been fishing the rivers. We have lots of rivers and fresh fish. Most seafood restaurants around here have extremely fresh seafood that was caught locally. My friend works for a company that gets the fish fresh off the boat. They clean and deliver them to various restaurants. It's not hard to find a restaurant with a deck on the water so you can eat outside and get spectacular views of the sun setting.

    Another common food variety around here is southern comfort food or soul food. This can vary, but common southern comfort foods would be a meat like pulled pork or rotisserie chicken (etc), macaroni and cheese and collard greens. There's quite a bit of variety when it comes to soul food. I absolutely love it.

    So what about you?
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    Default Re: Name a popular food/dish from your area

    Brat
    Sauerkraut
    Stone-ground mustard
    Tomato
    Onion
    Beer
    Chips if you got 'em


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    Default Re: Name a popular food/dish from your area

    Although Romania has access to the Black Sea and are different varieties of food from one region to another, we have a "diet" focused more on meat, especially in very mountainous areas:
    Smoked bean hot soup in bread.



    The "little ones" (beef, sheep and pork, red wine, paprika, thyme, pepper and necessarily garlic), are fried on the grill and are served with fresh bread, mustard and cold beer- (usually cheap)



    "Sarmale" - rolls of sauerkraut stuffed with beef and pork; and onions and paprika, simmered in broth (usually in earthenware pots);it is eaten with hot peppers, polenta and sour cream.

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    Default Re: Name a popular food/dish from your area

    Huevos Rancheros, red or green [chile], or both (called Christmas)

    https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...IQFRML&first=1

    and sopapilla (so-pa-pee-a, translation "little pillow")

    https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...m=IGRE&first=1
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    Salmon dishes, particularly well known for candied salmon in my area:

    'Candied Wild Smoked Salmon is a local specialty from Canada's West Coast
    Candied salmon, sometimes called Indian Candy is brined, sugared and heavily smoked, creating a very flavourful, slightly chewy treat. Candied Salmon is heat processed, so that it will keep without refrigeration
    Simple Serving Suggestions
    Top a bed of greens with candied salmon, broken into bite-sized pieces, or enjoy with fresh baguette and a glass of dry white wine.

    Ingredients
    wild pink salmon, sugar, sea salt, soy sauce (filtered water, certified organic whole soy beans, certified organic wheat, sea salt, brewing starter – aspergillus sojae), spices, natural hardwood smoke'

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    Default Re: Name a popular food/dish from your area

    Quote Posted by Satori (here)
    Huevos Rancheros, red or green [chile], or both (called Christmas)

    https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...IQFRML&first=1

    and sopapilla (so-pa-pee-a, translation "little pillow")

    https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...m=IGRE&first=1
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    Not from my direct area, but from the other end of Canada (which is like a different country, lol) I have to mention the Nova Scotian donair, or "Halifax" donair.

    I love donairs but when I was in Calgary all I ever had were the authentic middle eastern versions (gyros) - which I love. Apparently, quite a few people from back east that are familiar with the "Halifax" donair, don't actually know that its based on a middle eastern style sandwich.

    My buddy from Nova Scotia was out in Calgary visiting, and he once said "too bad you guys don't have donairs out here", to which I responded "what are you talking about there's almost as many mid-east sandwich shops here as there are Timmies." That left him with a puzzled look, as he thought the "donair" was a Nova Scotia invention and didn't realize that it was just a take on an already existing food. (EDIT: well it looks like the "donair" is a Nova Scotia invention, but its based off the greek gyro)

    Anyway, the pizza shop here in my small town makes them - "nova scotia style" and I had one a few weeks ago, and while different from the regular mid east version, equally as good for certain.



    Some history: https://www.foodnetwork.ca/shows/gre...alifax-donair/

    Recipe: https://dishesanddustbunnies.com/mak...alifax-donair/
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    Default Re: Name a popular food/dish from your area

    Padthai is a pasta dish very popular all over Thailand include my area. Also Chinese roasted duck with rice and all sorts of Noodles of course lol


    Quote Posted by Anka (here)
    Smoked bean hot soup in bread.


    Hello Anka, wow this bread with soup is just amazing looks very yummy, never seen anything like this before, if it is easy for you could you please share the recipe?
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    Default Re: Name a popular food/dish from your area

    My three favorite Northern Thai dishes:

    แกงคั่วไก่ Kaeng Tua Kai (Roasted chicken curry)

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    ข้าวซอย Kao Soy

    Northern Thai khao soi is closer to the present day Burmese ohn no khao swè, being a soup-like dish made with a mix of deep-fried crispy egg noodles and boiled egg noodles, pickled mustard greens, shallots, lime, ground chillies fried in oil, and meat in a curry-like sauce containing coconut milk. The curry is somewhat similar to that of yellow or massaman curry but of a thinner consistency. It is popular as a street dish eaten by Thai people in northern Thailand.

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    "Miang Kham" Betel Leaf Wrap เมี่ยงคำ

    Miang kham mostly consists of raw fresh Piper sarmentosum (Thai: ชะพลู, RTGS: chaphlu) or Erythrina fusca (Thai: ทองหลาง, RTGS: thonglang) leaves that are filled with roasted coconut shavings and the following main ingredients chopped or cut into small pieces:

    Shallots
    Fresh red or green bird's eye chili peppers
    Ginger
    Garlic
    Lime (Citrus aurantifolia), including the peel
    Roasted Coconut
    Chopped unsalted peanuts or cashew nuts
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    Quote Posted by palehorse (here)
    Padthai is a pasta dish very popular all over Thailand include my area. Also Chinese roasted duck with rice and all sorts of Noodles of course lol


    Quote Posted by Anka (here)
    Smoked bean hot soup in bread.


    Hello Anka, wow this bread with soup is just amazing looks very yummy, never seen anything like this before, if it is easy for you could you please share the recipe?
    Thanks for the interest palehorse!
    For homemade bread we use quality white flour (500 gr.), Fresh or dry yeast (50 gr.) And hot water-approx. 300 ml, at 30 degrees (for uniform activation of the yeast), mix and leave to rise until the dough rises twice, carefully place the dough in a pot with a lid, preheated, and bake in the oven at 250 degrees the first 30 minutes and 200 degrees the next 30 minutes, without a lid to make the crispy crust. You will get a delicious bread as in the movie below (I'm sorry it has no English subtitles).

    HOMEMADE BREAD - Recipe and tricks for homemade bread(6:46)



    For the bean soup I use smoked meat as in the picture below. It is very easy to make.Well ... my husband does it, he knows what kind of wood is needed for a good taste (Beech for color, cherry and plum for taste), we get the sawdust for free from a wood and furniture factory, near us.





    I buy meat from neighbors, very cheap (sometimes we trade with my vegetables or fruits from the garden); cut the meat, rub with coarse salt and spices (ground pepper, ground fenugreek and any spice you like) and leave it all in a bowl at refrigerator for 24 hours for the meat to extract the necessary spices and salt on its own. They are smoked (in a barrel with fine sawdust underneath, which is slowly ignited.
    and it looks like that(ready in 4-5 hours)



    For the bean recipe:

    Take dried beans (I grow them in the garden and freeze them, because in trade and warehouses they are sprayed against mice and bugs). Put the beans the day before in a bowl of water so that it swells until morning (boiling time and implicitly the gas consumption is shorter). Boil in water for 3 minutes after which that water is thrown away ( for easier digestion).
    I cook it like this:
    In a pot I throw a piece of table butter, chop suitable pieces of meat that I put to fry in the pot, in that butter (just enough to catch a thin crust, maybe only 2 minutes), I add chopped onion (amount after as desired), sweet peppers, parsnips, celery, carrots - all chopped into small cubes, add in that butter and fry until quenched with tomato sauce, a little milk, add spices like paprika powder, pepper , tarragon or bay leaf, add the beans, and bring to a boil (stirring occasionally but slow), hot water is added during boiling.
    When the beans are cooked and soft, the bean soup is ready to be served.
    ...and sprinkle chopped green larch on top.
    Cut a lid from the bread, scoop out the bread with a spoon and place the hot bean soup in it. It is eaten with very hot peppers. It is an extremely nutritious, very traditional meal, usually the Romanians cook it in each house differently, with what they find, but is often actually used smoked pork chop, or homemade sausages

    For a shorter cooking time, you can also use canned beans (which is added at the end, because it is already cooked) and you can use bread (much harder-drier) than that for burgers.


    A small example(not necessarily like soup) with bought sausages and canned beans

    Delicious bean stew with sausages - it conquers you right away!(1:26)



    I wish you good appetite and good health for all!



    Oh your food looks delicious!I could eat all the colors, and I can imagine ... the taste
    I am a born (experienced) gourmet and I have a taste for any good food, sometimes it's hard to take only one bite ...
    Take care!

    (I hope I wrote well in English, if not, ask me, we will find a solution )

    With care,
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    Poutine!

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    Quote Posted by Anka (here)
    Quote Posted by palehorse (here)
    Padthai is a pasta dish very popular all over Thailand include my area. Also Chinese roasted duck with rice and all sorts of Noodles of course lol


    Quote Posted by Anka (here)
    Smoked bean hot soup in bread.


    Hello Anka, wow this bread with soup is just amazing looks very yummy, never seen anything like this before, if it is easy for you could you please share the recipe?
    Thanks for the interest palehorse!
    For homemade bread we use quality white flour (500 gr.), Fresh or dry yeast (50 gr.) And hot water-approx. 300 ml, at 30 degrees (for uniform activation of the yeast), mix and leave to rise until the dough rises twice, carefully place the dough in a pot with a lid, preheated, and bake in the oven at 250 degrees the first 30 minutes and 200 degrees the next 30 minutes, without a lid to make the crispy crust. You will get a delicious bread as in the movie below (I'm sorry it has no English subtitles).

    HOMEMADE BREAD - Recipe and tricks for homemade bread(6:46)



    For the bean soup I use smoked meat as in the picture below. It is very easy to make.Well ... my husband does it, he knows what kind of wood is needed for a good taste (Beech for color, cherry and plum for taste), we get the sawdust for free from a wood and furniture factory, near us.





    I buy meat from neighbors, very cheap (sometimes we trade with my vegetables or fruits from the garden); cut the meat, rub with coarse salt and spices (ground pepper, ground fenugreek and any spice you like) and leave it all in a bowl at refrigerator for 24 hours for the meat to extract the necessary spices and salt on its own. They are smoked (in a barrel with fine sawdust underneath, which is slowly ignited.
    and it looks like that(ready in 4-5 hours)



    For the bean recipe:

    Take dried beans (I grow them in the garden and freeze them, because in trade and warehouses they are sprayed against mice and bugs). Put the beans the day before in a bowl of water so that it swells until morning (boiling time and implicitly the gas consumption is shorter). Boil in water for 3 minutes after which that water is thrown away ( for easier digestion).
    I cook it like this:
    In a pot I throw a piece of table butter, chop suitable pieces of meat that I put to fry in the pot, in that butter (just enough to catch a thin crust, maybe only 2 minutes), I add chopped onion (amount after as desired), sweet peppers, parsnips, celery, carrots - all chopped into small cubes, add in that butter and fry until quenched with tomato sauce, a little milk, add spices like paprika powder, pepper , tarragon or bay leaf, add the beans, and bring to a boil (stirring occasionally but slow), hot water is added during boiling.
    When the beans are cooked and soft, the bean soup is ready to be served.
    ...and sprinkle chopped green larch on top.
    Cut a lid from the bread, scoop out the bread with a spoon and place the hot bean soup in it. It is eaten with very hot peppers. It is an extremely nutritious, very traditional meal, usually the Romanians cook it in each house differently, with what they find, but is often actually used smoked pork chop, or homemade sausages

    For a shorter cooking time, you can also use canned beans (which is added at the end, because it is already cooked) and you can use bread (much harder-drier) than that for burgers.


    A small example(not necessarily like soup) with bought sausages and canned beans

    Delicious bean stew with sausages - it conquers you right away!(1:26)



    I wish you good appetite and good health for all!



    Oh your food looks delicious!I could eat all the colors, and I can imagine ... the taste
    I am a born (experienced) gourmet and I have a taste for any good food, sometimes it's hard to take only one bite ...
    Take care!

    (I hope I wrote well in English, if not, ask me, we will find a solution )

    With care,
    Anca

    Wow thank you very much for all the details, I will show my wife and ask for help
    The smoked meat, that's my weak point, I love that stuff, I could eat only this my entire life, anything smoked is good, sure this dish will be part of our family menu as soon as we master how to make it properly, we have a small recipe book written by hand with food from diverse locations that we tried and liked, and every since in a while we cook it.

    Anka, how do you call this dish in your native language? I like to write it in our book with their original name.

    The Padthai is a national dish, you can find it all over Thailand, sure the most popular dish over here, some folks say the dish is more than 300 years old and was brought by the Chineses, others say the dish was invented during the second war when they had shortage of rice due to the war and very bad flood at the same time, the dictator at the time then start producing the rice noodles because it was more economical than rice to feed the people. But that's the history I heard.
    Basically it takes: rice noodles, eggs, fresh shrimp or chicken, tofu, crushed peanuts, spring onions, grounded pepper, vinegar, palm sugar, dried tiny shrimp (powder or the dried tiny ones), bean sprouts, fish sauce, and Padthai sauce (not sure what is in there but it taste good ) but as you said in your recipe there is variations and some folks use this or that as ingredients, the same applies for Padthai.

    Thanks again
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    The traditional food is Pulpo. it's cooked Octopus with very hot sauce. Not for me as I'm Vegetarian.

    https://images.app.goo.gl/2ZFJfr3aw4c4V5wU6

    Spanish Tortilla with potatoes. my alltime favorite.

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    Percebes. one of the most expensive shellfish due to the danger of getting them

    https://images.app.goo.gl/RCVwbHTZbYNGjz6K9
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    Stuffed Venison Backstrap with walnut, sage and cremini mushrooms: https://tailgatermagazine.com/food-r...emini-mushroom
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    Potato pancakes with nettles in Alsatian (grumbeerekiechle) to which I added nettles


    Normally I cook things that I like that are not really specialties of the region where I live. Tomorrow I'm starting my new spring roll season, it's not Alsatian. Today it was a cabbage stew with carrot, potatoes and a morteau sausage which is not an Alsatian product like sauerkraut, which I do not eat.



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    Veggie Corn Tacos, Chile Rellenos and Enchiladas here.

    In Tsimayo*, New Mexico, all with twists from a varied vegetarian and dairy diet, based on Indian/from India cooking. Although I have cut down on dairy I will add a bit of raw milk cheddar cheese, or other cheeses based on Indian cuisine, to these dishes. Maybe later to cut dairy out altogether.

    This with variants of our own dried chile from here and a touch of roasted green chile that friends somehow see as their duty to give me, so much so I end up giving some frozen bags of green chile away. I occasionally add pinyone/pinon nuts from trips gathering them during the season, but I chop them up finely and add to taste, sometimes roasting them with a little flavor.

    I make a saute'd dish of onions, garlic, mushrooms and other spices, ginger, veg.bullion, cilantro, parsley, turmeric, etc..

    I cook the 3 sister plants together, (pre-soaked beans, steamed corn and squash) as the veggie base, with a little butter added for taste. Add dark green lettuce and olives, then add some more homemade salsa to taste. It's like the tacos can barely hold it all in.

    This basic menu coming from years of having indigenous friends of Tewa, DeeNeh/or Dine/not the N word, San Ildefonso, Apache, Cherokee, Taos, Oke Owingeh, Nambe ..... We've kept the sacred corn from Robert Mirabal and others, as gifts for me and my son in a special place, instead of planting them. I'll get some more when I plant again, as i grew the tastiest corn and summer squash growing up. We all know how much better the food tastes when we grow it, nurture it, ourselves. It tastes better. We eat it a little slower. We are energized by it longer.

    I cook with very little oil, mainly a little coconut oil, or a little cold pressed olive oil. I prefer to use water when pan frying.

    There are so many variants of these dishes that we've done, with additions, but the green and red chiles do make a great difference. I think the key is treating them as special ingredients and not overloading your plate with them, like they do in the restaurants here.

    Because I've taken chili powder for my health and exercise for decades now, it was easy to get into the variation of using native grown chiles in cooking.....even as it took a while to find my heat quotient.


    Here's a bit of some history of our area and what's happening with the food here.....

    The great thing here in the Southwest U.S. is the indigenous restart of their native menus, which are in great contrast to the super UNhealthy, excess use of cooking in oil, i.e. sopapillas, with honey no less, and using white flour for burritos, and sopapillas, etc., which are diabetic disaster recipes, especially for natives.

    If you live in the area or want to see some indigenous cooking shows, the channel FNX, First Nations Experience, gets deep into some native dishes as well as keeping up on health issues concerning access to healthy diets, the do's and don'ts included.


    Hopefully, the state will pass bills to promote the hemp industry, which will include it's introduction into the cooking here. I see the natural growth of that industry as being a missing ingredient in getting more landowners here to grow their own food.

    The majordomos who run the acequia/irrigation systems here, with our community help in the springtime, have been trying to push the growth of a new industry with hemp, which is in context here as it will increase a wide variety of growers naturally including edible foods for home use and sale. It will be beyond the many, many fallow apricot and apple orchards in the area, neglected by each successive generation in the north, which is quite a shame as the apricots could be harvested and dried for sale, or at the least be used to make drinks, liqueurs.

    The new emphasis on growing your own food with some extra for sharing and sales will be welcome. For me it's meeting the cooks with the varieties they share, from here and from all over, just like in this thread.

    The most memorable times this last year of volunteering was getting to have the best vegetarian lunches from different groups, different people, some who are not vegetarians but who did their best in accommodating us. I'd go back to some places, if time permits, just for the food and the hospitality, which is a very accurate way of knowing your services were appreciated and that they shared their best..



    *Yes, it's TsiMayo, the "Beautiful Meadow" in Tewa-THEIR Sacred Site, way before the invaders came. It's NOT Chimayo, "little pebbles, little rocks"....more on that some other time.

    I've lived here for a long time....and "little pebbles" does fit if you live here and are inundated with rocks coming down the unpaved roads that become rivers during heavy rains. Big, soulful difference that has a lot to do with the agriculture here and it's history, which will have some dramatic changes in the near future, especially if we get more local food on the table.
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    I'd have to say pizza, New York style. That's essentially it.

    A century or two ago, the region where I live had huge influxes of Europeans who essentially formed enclaves amongst the rolling hills. Each brough their own food traditions, as well as had Black Americans. Today, with ancestral cultural heritages essentially dissolved, you may still find a local bar, tavern, or church that serves Americanized versions of their traditional foods. I can also say that the Indians and Asians who most recently came to this region do (still) eat traditional foods of their cultures.

    If this region had not been so ecologically devistated by industrialization etc. over the last century, there may have emerged new food traditions of freshwater fish, berries, wild mushrooms, chestnuts, and other nuts. As it is, it's difficult to even find any native American dishes of squash, corn, and beans.
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    Fish n chips - it beat the nazis! :D

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    On a cold day, nothing can beat this..


    snert or dutch-pea-soup



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    Quote Posted by Catsquotl (here)
    On a cold day, nothing can beat this..


    snert or dutch-pea-soup


    I was just thinking about some split pea soup today ... might have to give this one a try ...
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