cause I’m going to go all ‘Oui Shed’ for the next while going to try making some French food, this is sort of a Salade niçoise, ‘sort of’ because there are lots of opinions of what should and shouldn’t go into one…. .I think this is the nicest salad, the only thing puts me off […]
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In the middle of the gloomy winter of ’21 with nothing to do due to Covid restrictions I decided I needed a project to cheer myself up. So I thought I’d cook my way around the world alphabetically. I’m not giving recipes, more thoughts and whatever else the food sparks in my mind. I may […]
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Another terrible looking photo of my lunch…. this was an attempt at riz gras (‘fat rice’) for Burkina Faso. It’s actually pretty much the same idea as the galinhada for Brazil, a one pot chicken and rice thing This isn’t quite right as I left my tomato puree down at the shop, so it’s not […]
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Bulgaria next on cook around the world and these are *supposed to be* mekitsi, a sort of fried yoghurt-dough doughnut….(a Bulgarian Gravy ring? Except not a ring) It pretty similar to naan bread except they would be baked while these are fried.
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Something that I would enjoy doing and was also worthwhile doing. I enjoy cooking and reading recipe books, I enjoy maps as well. So I thought that I would attempt to cook my way alphabetically around the world and map as I go along.s Which is what lead me to try and cook seswaa, a […]
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This is an attempt at galinhada, ‘galinha’ is Portuguese for hen(chicken).I think.It’s a bit like a less fiery jollof rice which I’m sure I’ll be trying with some of the West African countries. I should stress that with these recipes I’m in no way claiming that I’ve made it the right way, I just give […]
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I’m moved on to Belgium on my eat and map my way around the world challenge.Surveying the dregs of the cupboard and fridge I decided to have a go at Carbonade flamande, a Flemish recipe with beef, onions and beer. There is a bit of thyme as well which I can just about manage to […]
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Next stop cooking around the world is Bangladesh and this is a masoor dal…daal….dhal…..red lentil soup, or curry (eating it with some roti but go with rice)Just about the right dish for light dinner on a stormy night like tonight. ‘Next to soya beans, lentils have the highest protein content of all vegetables (just on […]
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Bahrain next on cooking around the world, I was going to get a cup of coffee and work out what to make. Then one of the first things I saw on a page about the national cuisine was Arabian coffee….so this is an attempt. It’s got saffron, cardamon and rose water in it…I’m not sure […]
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Into the B’s in cook around the world and this is an attempt at peas and rice from The Bahamas. I wasn’t going to find pigeon peas around Knocknacarra so used black eyed beans instead…*sorry, I’m a chancer*. This is nice, I think it will probably pop up again for some Caribbean countries so I […]
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