Recommend a recipe!
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apple_pathwaysBah, 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!
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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:
From AO3: This work potentially has adult content. If you proceed you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.
Um, AO3 darling...I WROTE that adult content!
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Date: 2010-10-17 11:56 am (UTC)I don't know how to make Haggis, but that would be good, if you could get your hands on a sheep's stomach.
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Date: 2010-10-17 05:36 pm (UTC)I looked up Andijviestamppot and had a confusing time trying to figure out they meant by "Chicory". It turns out chicory is a big genus. The species used in the recipe is Cichorium endivia, which I know as endive. What I think of as chicory is Cichorium intybus. It grows by roadsides all over the U.S. and has extremely tough leaves you wouldn't want to eat. (The root is often roasted and steeped to make a coffee substitute, though; in New Orleans they add the root to their coffee to enhance its flavor. Their cafe au lait is AMAZING!)
I am definitely going to try that dish sometime though.
I am having too much fun researching all the recipes everyone is suggesting! You might have noticed, I'm a huge geek who loves collecting information.
Oh, and I just googled Donau Welle, and it looks SO GOOD! Talk about food porn! I would love your recipe, if you're willing to share!
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Date: 2010-10-17 08:05 pm (UTC)I translated the Donau Welle recipe for you:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/db462x
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Date: 2010-10-17 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-17 09:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-17 08:13 pm (UTC)Here's one I made earlier. ;)
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Date: 2010-10-17 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-17 09:24 pm (UTC)It takes about 48 hours to make a proper Donau Welle, what with the cooling times. My mother lets the cake cool overnight before she makes the pudding mixture and the chocolate layer.
I think the next time we're making one will be around Christmas. It serves about 36 people and it's HUGE. I should really take a photo next time.
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Date: 2010-10-17 10:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-17 10:51 pm (UTC)