What food do people enjoy in your area

[57UniRider]

What are some of the favorite foods where you live?
Things that people in other parts of the world might not think they would enjoy.

For instance, in Southwest Louisiana, people enjoy boiled crawfish (or crayfish). They look like little lobsters and are boiled with hot seasonings in a big pot (say 5 gallons of water) with potatoes and corn on the cob (in the same pot of spicy boiling water). We enjoy these tasty treats from about January to May.

Here's a picture of some crawfish fun.
What types of food do people enjoy in your neck of the woods?

[Zzagg]

Oysters, snails, foie gras, magret de canard (duck meat)...

[krjames]

That and soybean stew, vegetables mostly uncooked, grilled pork and beef. Oh and chilli peppers, lots of :)

[thieum]

That and soybean stew, vegetables mostly uncooked, grilled pork and beef. Oh and chilli peppers, lots of :)

I LOOOOOVE Kimchi !!! It can be hard to process though, a little harsh on your stomach.

[Alucard]

Our regular diet consists of..in no particular order

K.F.C
Roast chicken, yorkshires and veg
Fish and Chips
Picnics on the beach
Anything out of the cupboard in a jacket spud

So I guess there is nothing there that anyone wouldn't enjoy, except maybe K.F.C.?

Never tried crayfish, but adore corn on the cob.

PS. That's a big plate. Do you eat all of it?

Alucard.
(though twice about posting this, then though..oh what the heck... :) .)

[57UniRider]

That's a big plate. Do you eat all of it?


YES!
We eat the whole platter full and go back for seconds!
You don't eat the shell. That's my niece just playing around as though she is going to eat the whole shell and all. You eat the tail meat after you pull the tail off and peel it.

Lots of people call these things mud bugs, because they burrow into the mud. Rice farmers often sell crawfish in their off season, because crawfish thrive in the flooded rice fields.

YUM!

I LOVE KFC, but I don't get it very often.

Zzagg, what is foie gras?

[Casper]

I like potatoes, mexican food, looove meat, kapsalon and cheese on my bread

[thieum]

Foie gras is a French delicacy. Goose or duck liver marinated and served as pâté. People love it.

[Into the blue]

Marmite, but only when I'm drunk.

[aarons]

I LOOOOOVE Kimchi !!! It can be hard to process though, a little harsh on your stomach.

That's cabbage in general, right? It helps keep the bed warm at night.

[thieum]

That's cabbage in general, right? It helps keep the bed warm at night.

It's fermented and stuffed with red pepper.

[thieum]

Marmite, but only when I'm drunk.

You have marmite every other night ?

[Doug]

another fermented food.........Kefir

every morning

[wobbling bear]

Oysters, snails, foie gras, magret de canard (duck meat)...
zzagg you forgot:
veal head in "gribiche sauce" http://www.kuisto.fr/recettes/photos/Za3nd39pOwY_036.jpg,
"sweetbread" (no relation to bread!)http://cdn-elle.ladmedia.fr/var/plain_site/storage/images/elle-a-table/recettes-de-cuisine/ris-de-veau-normande/48215-1-fre-FR/ris-de-veau-normande_large_recette.jpg, ....

and so many delicacies that have no name :p

in my home region we eat :

garbure (duck soup) http://www.artvillage.fr/medias/009076_c.jpg,
millas (flour baked with goose fat)http://encreviolette.unblog.fr/files/2008/03/milla1.vignette.jpg (you need to inherit a special ADN to like that :eek:)
and croustade http://img.750g.com/galaxie/123/11712/4439/croustade_aux_pommes_du_sud_ouest.jpg

[Heretical Rants]

I've been eating mostly lettuce, apples, cookies, and hate recently. Maybe some chicken and rice thrown in. I'm not sure what would be considered typical around here. Steak and hamburgers seem to be popular, and a lot of people have instant ramen for lunch.

I could really go for some duck right now, but decent duck meat cannot be obtained for a reasonable price within five hours of travel via any means. There's not any good seafood, either, being basically as far away from anything resembling ocean as is physically possible.


This thread makes me want to teleport to Spain to grab some squid pizza for lunch and then teleport to France for some duck for dinner.

[Fatlazypig]

Chickens feet
Pigs intestines
Ducks tongues
Cuttle fish beak
Chickens testicle

Basically any and every part of any animal that stands with its back to the sky. Lots of it sounds (and often tastes) disgusting

I have tried them all.
Not all stayed down.

[Borges]

What are some of the favorite foods where you live?
Things that people in other parts of the world might not think they would enjoy.


Salmiaklakrids (Ammonium licorice). Bitter-sweet licorice flavored with ammonium cloride.

And there's "remoulade", which is a kind of pickles-mayonaise-vegetable-sauce, without which one can't propperly enjoy fried fish and/or chips. And it HAS to be the right kind. The French or Louisiana versions, with raddish and chilli and whatnot, will not do at all.

[rob1]

Chickens feet
Pigs intestines
Ducks tongues
Cuttle fish beak
Chickens testicle

Basically any and every part of any animal that stands with its back to the sky. Lots of it sounds (and often tastes) disgusting

I have tried them all.
Not all stayed down.

they sound very full of fat hope you eat the good bits as well how do you chew a cuttle fish beak:eek:

[Zzagg]

zzagg you forgot...All the good cheese and, as you mentionned hundreds of local dishes.
Around here (on the steps of Britany) we're kinda fond of crêpes (thin and large pancakes, mostly stuffed with sugared things) and galettes (the same but made out of black wheat, better with salted stuf)

[Zzagg]

Foie gras is a French delicacy. Goose or duck liver marinated and served as pâté. People love it.marinated!!!:eek:
you must be joking, right?

[JJuggle]

GMOs and plenty of them!

[Zzagg]

GMOs and plenty of them!Yummy!
Om nom nom.

[johnfoss]

Mexican food, of course!

But there's also lots of options for sushi. Life is good.

[scott ttocs]

+1

Oh, and Indian Food, Thai Food and many other yummie unAmerican dishes are common in this area.

I am not sure what I would consider local food; perhaps in-and-out (a burger place) qualifies. Oh, and of course a California Roll (sushi with avocado) is local. :)

Scott

[thieum]

marinated!!!:eek:
you must be joking, right?

It's marinated in wine or armaniac/cognac, salt and pepper, and cooked in the oven, in the marinade.
So yeah, I'd call that marinated.

[wobbling bear]

It's marinated in wine or armaniac/cognac, salt and pepper, and cooked in the oven, in the marinade.
So yeah, I'd call that marinated.
I'll wish that the holy inquisition springs back to life :eek: [this will kill the subtler fragrances!]
(philistine cooks use also jelly: they should be beheaded and then hanged :mad:)

[harper]

(philistine cooks use also jelly: they should be beheaded and then hanged

How does this work, exactly? I thought the head was necessary to keep the noose from slipping off the neck.

[Zzagg]

How does this work, exactly? I thought the head was necessary to keep the noose from slipping off the neck.WB wasn't aware that it's strictely forbiden to pop a joke around here.

I'll have a talk with him, be sure things will be quickly fixed.

[aarons]

Oh, and Indian Food, Thai Food and many other yummie unAmerican dishes are common in this area.


Those are American food. American food can be anything.

[Alucard]

Hi Guys,
It's FRIDAY, and where I come from, it can only mean one thing.................
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Fish'n' Chips. :D :D. :D :D:D :D:D:D.

[rob1]

Hi Guys,
It's FRIDAY, and where I come from, it can only mean one thing.................
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Fish'n' Chips. :D :D. :D :D:D :D:D:D.

oh yes fish n chips then 2 hours wishing you hadnt you forgot the loaf of bread :D

[Alucard]

oh yes fish n chips then 2 hours wishing you hadnt you forgot the loaf of bread :D

That is so true!

[wobbling bear]

How does this work, exactly? I thought the head was necessary to keep the noose from slipping off the neck.
the expression is common slang in computing parlance ....
(nothing is impossible in hackerdom :p)

[Sanne.Kj]

Salmiaklakrids (Ammonium licorice). Bitter-sweet licorice flavored with ammonium cloride.
I agree!! Salmiaklakrids rulez! :D


Marinated hering on black bread (made of rye) is a typical Danish lunch dish.
52278

Rye bread is really something you miss when you are abroad, except in Germany, where they have lots of good bread. Not even in Sweden you can get decent bread, their "rye bread" is simply too sweet.

Best regards,
Sanne

[BillyTheMountain]

(philistine cooks use also jelly: they should be beheaded and then hanged :mad:)

Thanks for bringing in the important distinction between the philistines and those who enjoy great food:p