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Ethnic, exotic, regional or road food thread Please, I need my fix. I have searched other forums and they are dead. If you like ethnic or exotic foods, please post here. Got a favorite home town spot? What is your favorite dish? Childhood fave? Guilty pleasure? The more weird or exotic the better! (I have a feeling this thread will die asap) Epi-curious? You can post too. Fast food fanatic? Let's hear your tale. Whatever food you love, let me hear it. Goat? (Lisa?), Lamb? ox? come on y'all! I'll start, like you all don't know... i love "weird" foods. I named Uni after "uni", the BEST thing to eat on the planet. I love jellyfish. Yeah, like you don't wonder what it's like. It's gooooood. :p Don't be scared yall, what's your favorite? |
Well I'm Russian and I live in the Australian outback, when I come here we try all the Aussie bushfood! Witchity grubs etc. Not exactly a 'rare' food but I love kangaroo meat. :) |
Hey, haven't seen you in a while! What's a popular Russian delicacy? |
Yes, I switched to home schooling after incident so I has been very busy! Holidays now! :D When you say delicacy, do you mean something rare and for the wealthy or something my family would make at Christmas? |
Something the family would have at holiday that is special! Whether wealthy or not! for example, for Chinese, we eat shark fin soup, peking duck, honey walnut shrimp. :D |
Well not fancy but I have lots of fond memories of this, and if you EVER in Russia you MUST have! Pelmeni is a very fattening pastry and you cover in topping like home made butter or sour cream. Inside is like dumpling, you have chicken or beef balls. Oh, and fanbcy Christmas treat? Google morozhenoe! YUMMY! Also at Christmas everyone was allowed a glass of brew. |
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Yes. I shared a glass with my brother. Wasn't allowed until was ten, and we only really had few sips each but was tradition in my family, Russian beer really trumps the stuff you get here he he :D What other foods you enjoy? |
I confessed this on another thread yesterday, so I may as well say it here. :rolleyes: I love lamb fries! :D Other than that I'm a pretty boring meat-and-potatoes kind of girl. :p |
We lived in Eritrea in Africa for a few years and I love Eritrean and Ethiopian food. There is a resturant New York City called Queen of Sheba. I love lentils and Eritrea food has a lot of lentil dishes and is spicy which I love. Also the custom is to eat with your hands and scoop the food into a pancake like bread called Injera. imagine having permission to eat with your hands but you only use the right hand as the left is considered unclean:eek: |
I do horrible with trying new meats, something just skeeves me out about it... but I really love sushi and I love eel! I can't think about it when I'm eating it but I do love it. I also love snails (escargo) very yummy! I also eat raw oysters a lot (is that 'exotic'?) and in New England we all eat 'Steamers', which are long-neck clams with big really soft bellies. I live in New England so seafood of any kind is consumed by the tons here! :) |
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I used to eat soft shell crabs, a lot! I loved them. I don't eat them any more because I'm slightly allergic to shell fish now, plus Good Eats, my mom, and my husband kind of spooked me out of them...they really do look like insects. I also used to love oysters and clams, raw or rockerfellered. I used to eat conch, until I saw a live one...:eek: Now, I stick to salmon, talapia, chicken and once in a while, beef. Capt noonie, did I bring back memories when I mentioned jelly fish in the other thread??:) |
Oh, salivate! One of my favorite *all-time* cuisines (always in my top 2, at all times) is East African - either Ethiopian or Eritrean. INCREDIBLE! I could eat it every day. I introduced my sister to it years ago, and then she moved to a small city. She was dying for it soooo badly - that I bought it here, put it in tupperware, and shipped it to her. She said it was the best b-day gift of her life. LOL. |
Oh, salivate! One of my favorite *all-time* cuisines (always in my top 2, at all times) is East African - either Ethiopian or Eritrean. INCREDIBLE! I could eat it every day. I introduced my sister to it years ago, and then she moved to a small city. She was dying for it soooo badly - that I bought it here, put it in tupperware, and shipped it to her. She said it was the best b-day gift of her life. LOL. |
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Welcome to World Spice Merchants and I brought this book on Amazon- A Taste of Eritrea by Oliva Warren. Pretty good recipes and a good fix when I can't get into the city for my fix. |
The most exotic thing I have ate is escargo (snail) It is good |
Okay, so did you really name your girl after a sea urchin? Lol, it's actually pretty cute. Let's see, do people eat stingray? Tried whale? |
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I've always wanted to try conch! Didn't get a chance to when I was in the caribbean. We went on a cruise, and when you get to port you are NEVER hungry! Didn't get to try any of the regional foods there :( Alton Brown turned you off of crustaceans? Well they are like bugs, exoskeletons and all. My dad used to say, whoever was the first person to eat a crab was either very brave, or very hungry. |
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I just looked up on wikipedia:"In cuisines around the Mediterranean, Paracentrotus lividus is often eaten raw, with lemon.......In Chile, it is served raw with lemon, onions, and olive oil.....in Maine, sea urchins are known as whores' eggs. It was formerly a delicacy in the Orkney Islands, used instead of butter (see? I told you guys about the butteryness!)......In New Zealand, Evechinus chloroticus, known as kina in Maori, is a delicacy, traditionally eaten raw......In Japan, sea urchin is known as uni (ウニ?), and can retail for as much as $450/kg.; it is served raw as sashimi or in sushi, with soy sauce and wasabi." I knew they ate uni in the Mediterranean, but didn't know a lot of other cultures did as well! I'm telling you guys, it's good! :) I don't know if people eat stingray, and whaling is illegal now, but I know japanese eat them. |
1 Attachment(s) OMG look what I just found! An uni USB drive! I want I want I want!!!! There's a whole site with all food usb drives!!!! :love: The USB Zone - Cute usb flash drive and innovative usb gadgets. So cute! |
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Hey girl....I'm Indian...from India not Native American LOL:)....let me know if you need any recipes etc Indian.....I LOVE ME SOME INDIAN FOOD!! Although I'm a huge sushi junkie (nothing too exotic, just rolls) and ADORE MEXICAN food too!!!! I don't think I ever make American food...I just realized that right now. Even our BBQ is going to Indian tonight:) Tandoori:)........oh wait, I love Italian as well...I die for Eggplant Parm....I love world cuisine!!!!! Yay!!! Snick & Viv |
I thought I was the biggest curry head on here :D I will take ANY and ALL recipes tips, etc you have to share! I'm working hard at obtaining a curry leaf tree ( Murraya koenigii) I happen to be a huge fan :p Quote:
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Lol!!!!!! You're cute-you curry head. But I have to tell you, Indian dishes consist of a blend of MANY species. Mainly- cumin seeds and powder, coriander, turmeric, cardamom, black mustard seeds, red chili powder ("mirch" not cayanne), bay leaves, and garam masala which is another blend of spices but can be bought already blended. Some people will call this blend a "curry." It's AWESOME!!!!!!! Smiles- Viv |
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Yep! I grind my own ;) I usually do it fresh but occasionally will make a little extra for a quick dish mid week :D I was in a very long term relationship with a guy from Manchester, England so my style of Indian cooking is heavily based on that and my Pakistani friends cooking lessons :p Probably not authentic but I'm willing to learn! I have a few dishes almost perfected :cool: curry goat is the current fave! |
BTW I recently heard I might be able to take the leaf stems from the Murraya koenigii I get at the Indian grocer and root them ~ that's my next project ;) |
One of my favorites is fried or smoked mullet(not the hair,lol). I'm so afraid the way the oil spill is going, any seafood in my neck of the woods is going to be "exotic" because of the lack of availability.:mad: |
I'm afraid the most exotic dishes I had so far were escargots and ostrich. I love Italian food though. But the food I like best is whenever hubby cooks just for me. He makes an awesome salmon and steaks with blue cheese crust are delicious. Gosh, am getting hungry. |
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