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Post by AussieMeg on Jan 5, 2020 4:57:56 GMT
About this time last year I posted this thread about a challenge whereby you cook a different country's cuisine every week or two weeks: Cooking My Way Through the Alphabet from A to ZI didn't end up doing it last year, but I mentioned it to DD yesterday and she was really keen. She actually wants to do it every week instead of every two weeks, so we end up going through the alphabet twice. I have decided to start off with Armenian - and as we speak I have pork marinating for the khorovats and a nutmeg cake in the oven. I'm also doing Armenian Rice Pilaf and Boeregs. Thanks to everyone on the original thread, I have a pretty good list already. Does anyone have any other suggestions for cuisines (especially the letters for which I don't yet have at least two options) or suggestions for your favourite dishes for any of these cuisines? A - Armenian, Argentinian B - Brazilian, Burmese C - Cajun, Creole, Cambodian, Chinese D - Danish, Dutch E - Ethiopian, Egyptian F - French, Filipino G - Greek, German H - Hungarian I - Indian, Israeli, Italian J - Japanese, Javanese, K - Korean L - Lebanese M - Moroccan, Mexican N - Nigerian, Nepalese O - Omani P - Persian, Polish Q - Qinghai R - Russian, Romanian S - Scandinavian, Swedish T - Turkish U - Ukranian V - Vietnamese W - Welsh X - Xiaoshan or similar Chinese, Xhosa Y - Yemeni Z - Zimbabwean, Zulu And does anyone else want to try it? Even if you can't commit to doing it every week or two? |
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Post by elaine on Jan 5, 2020 5:05:19 GMT
I = Israeli
There are some good Israeli cuisine cookbooks out there. There are a lot of similarities with Egyptian cuisine. Although, I see you have Jerusalem, so maybe that is what Israeli cuisine is called in Australia.
I may try a few new cuisines this year - It all depends on how much time I have to teach myself some new techniques. I will definitely follow your threads about this - your cooking inspires me.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 5, 2020 5:14:34 GMT
You don't have anything Dutch in there - can go under several options T or N for The Netherlands, D for Dutch, H for Holland ...  I haven't made them myself but there's a Dutch bakery in Malvern that makes oliebollen and they are delicious (sweet, a bit like a heavy doughnut with raisins) I have made boerenkool but not with fresh kale, only with the jars you can get from Aldi when they have Dutch or German produce...so you could keep an eye out for it and keep it until you are ready or have a go at the fresh version. You can buy Rookworst at Aldi all the time. ETA: actually keep an eye on Aldi for when they have specific nationality foods, you could make it easier for yourself & cook that nationality when they have those foods. |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jan 5, 2020 5:15:22 GMT
Dutch. Filipino. Italian. And then I googled, and wikipedia had a list of cuisines that might help you out. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jan 5, 2020 5:24:00 GMT
I = Israeli Although, I see you have Jerusalem, so maybe that is what Israeli cuisine is called in Australia. Thanks Elaine, I am going to change it to Israeli. I think I had added Jerusalem from a suggestion on the other thread. |
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Post by snyder on Jan 5, 2020 5:58:33 GMT
Haitian
Lithuanian
Qatari
Thai Venezuelan
Sound fun and a also a chore. lol Have fun and will look forward to reading about all your food adventures.
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Post by lesley on Jan 5, 2020 10:26:12 GMT
Scottish. Obviously.  |
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Post by gar on Jan 5, 2020 10:34:31 GMT
Scottish. Obviously. And English equally obviously  And I think you should try Sticky Toffee pudding or Spotted Dick for that day  |
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Post by lesley on Jan 5, 2020 10:37:25 GMT
Scottish. Obviously. And English equally obviously And I think you should try Sticky Toffee pudding or Spotted Dick for that day I could just go some Spotted Dick right now... |
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Post by gar on Jan 5, 2020 10:39:14 GMT
And English equally obviously And I think you should try Sticky Toffee pudding or Spotted Dick for that day I could just go some Spotted Dick right now... Ermmm, bit early for me on a Sunday morning |
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Post by silverlining on Jan 5, 2020 22:19:58 GMT
If you want another K, I looked at favorite dishes in Kazakhstan and saw Laghman noodles. I ate this recently at a Uyghur restaurant and it was delicious! The Uyghur people who run the restaurant near me are from China, but there are Uyghur people in several countries. If you want to do Haitian, I recently saw a beautiful video about Haitian Squash soup which is made for new year's to celebrate Haitian independence from France. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i92gcZ_NpN8What a great project! |
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Jan 6, 2020 1:05:25 GMT
No suggestions, just my admiration. Looking forward to reading about and seeing your food journey on the dinner thread.
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Post by KB on Jan 6, 2020 17:52:57 GMT
I just posted something similar without knowing about this thread  Glad Gar pointed it out to me!! Thanks for starting this, I'm doing something just like this for 2020! HERE are my ideas |
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Post by wonderwoman on Jan 6, 2020 18:17:08 GMT
Sounds fun~ I love cooking..
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Post by pjaye on Jan 7, 2020 0:03:12 GMT
I have decided to start off with Armenian - and as we speak I have pork marinating for the khorovats and a nutmeg cake in the oven. I'm also doing Armenian Rice Pilaf and Boeregs. So how was the first dinner? Interested to hear how it went and what you thought of the food. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jan 7, 2020 3:04:19 GMT
I have decided to start off with Armenian - and as we speak I have pork marinating for the khorovats and a nutmeg cake in the oven. I'm also doing Armenian Rice Pilaf and Boeregs. So how was the first dinner? Interested to hear how it went and what you thought of the food. It was really good, and of the four dishes I would make three of them again. Entree was Boeregs Main course was Pork Khorovats & Armenian Rice Pilaf. The rice pilaf was very bland. If I made it again I would put some spices and nuts in it. 
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Post by scrapmaven on Jan 7, 2020 3:07:51 GMT
I love this idea. I'm really looking fwd to some very unique and yummy photos.
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Post by carhoch on Jan 7, 2020 3:10:58 GMT
Switzerland , You could do a cheese fondue or a raclette
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Post by AussieMeg on Jan 7, 2020 3:16:00 GMT
Switzerland , You could do a cheese fondue or a raclette That's exactly what DD wants to do when we get to S! She spent her birthday in Switzerland in November, and went out for fondue and loved it. |
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 7, 2020 3:23:33 GMT
You have to make lumpia for the Filipino week.  If you are looking for a second H country, will Hong Kong work? Kenya for K? I'm looking forward to following your adventure! |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 7, 2020 3:39:19 GMT
It looks delicious - esp the nutmeg cake!
I looked at the recipes, the pilaf is interesting, did you add the noodles too? I haven't seen that before.
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Post by corinne11 on Jan 7, 2020 4:28:14 GMT
Afghani- we love their eggplant/ curry dishes and their charcoal dishes are yummy too. Another vote for Filipino - adobe pork belly or chicken wings. Easy to make and very delicious. In our house we have several cultural backgrounds - Indian/Burmese, Filipino, Welsh and a bit of Australian thrown in as well! My daughter loves experimenting with new dishes so I shall challenge her with some of the ideas in this thread for sure. Corinne |
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Post by joelise on Jan 7, 2020 10:29:34 GMT
What a good idea! I might try doing something like this.
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Glad Gar pointed it out to me!!
