Recommend a recipe!

[apple_pathways]

Bah, I keep meaning to make this post and forgetting to do it!

So, for my Food & Culture class I have an assignment to prepare a recipe for a food that is new to me from a culture that is not part of my ethnic background. Here are some of the guidelines:

This project will provide you with an opportunity to prepare and try one new food that you have not previously integrated into your own diet and that is not a part of your cultural background.

Select a culture that is being studied in this course other than one that is a part of your own cultural background.

Using your textbooks and other resources provided to you through this course, e.g. "Notes" links; or a cookbook that contains recipes from the culture that you selected, locate a recipe that you find to be appealing and that you are willing to prepare and consume.

The only problem with this assignment is that I'm a bit of a foodie and have sampled and incorporated into my diet A LOT of foods from different cultures! I've regularly consumed organ meats, exotic vegetables, and just about everything that swims in the sea (tentacles, anyone?). I have ghee, tahini, tamari, oyster sauce, and sumac powder in my cupboards right now.

So, I'm asking for some suggestions for recipes that I could use to fulfill this assignment. To help out, my ethnic background is German and Polish, so those are out. I'm fairly familiar with a lot of different cultural foods, but just throw some suggestions at me! I don't mind if the dish is fairly confidant, as I love to cook.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

ETA:

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Um, AO3 darling...I WROTE that adult content!

Comments

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Ha, you're like me when I'm trying to describe the Polish food my grandmother used to cook! I know how to say it, but I can't for the life of me spell anything in Polish. (Except pierogi and golabke.)

I had to do some quick googling to get some examples of Scandinavian foods to see if I've tried any. I've had some, but not a lot. Some of the dishes (the cabbage, the potatoes, and the pickled beets) are very familiar and similar to Polish or German foods.

What's your favorite recipe of your gradmother's? You don't have to go out of your way for me, but I do love to expand my culinary horizons. I can always look up a recipe for whatever you recommend.

[middlegirl.livejournal.com]

Definitely the lefse. I love to treat it a bit like a crepe and roll it up with butter and sugar (10 seconds in the microwave to warm it up and it's heavenly), but it's also good dipped in Swedish meatball gravy.

It's a bit time-consuming to make, but so, so very good.