National Culinary Masterpieces bordering on the Unknown

[The_root_of_all_evil]

one word: pierogi (PL)

I looked this up:

Pierogi or vareniki are half circular dumplings of unleavened dough, stuffed (singularly or in various combinations) with mashed potatoes, cheese, farmer's cheese, bryndza, cabbage, sauerkraut, meat, mushrooms, or other savory ingredients depending on the cook's personal preferences.[1] Dessert versions of the dumpling can be stuffed with a fresh fruit filling, such as cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, peach, or apple; stoned prunes are also sometimes used.

Mashed potatoes mixed with farmer's cheese and fried onions is a popular filling in Poland and Ukraine. In Poland this variety is called Ruskie pierogi.[2] A popular filling for pierogi in Canada is mashed potatoes mixed with grated cheddar cheese.

Hrrrrm...sounds tasty indeed.

 

[syrinx black]

Chicago has great foods of all kinds.. But I'd have to say our best-known is deep-dish pizza and hotdogs. Delicious.

I agree with the deep dish pizza! I played at a music conference at the Chicago Hilton last year with a wind band and to celebrate we all got deep dish pizza, stuffed ourselves stupid and then had a snow fight. I spent only a few days in that lovely city, some of the food was brilliant I'd have to say. Some of it was a bit so-so, I did miss Australian food.

I had a two week craving in America for cherry ripe. I couldn't get one until I got home! Couldn't find them anywhere in America. Everyone should go have a cherry ripe they are damn good. Also any self respecting Greek/Australian is a yeeros/doner kebab/gyros connoisseur. If you have not gone out at 2 am for your post-booze kebab you simply have not lived. For those that don't know what a yeeros is, wiki it and then eat one, you won't be disappointed if you order properly. If you don't get chicken or sweet chili sauce it generally ends up fine.

Beer batter fish and chips is always good stuff, also when cooking seafood on the bbq just pour a bit of beer on it, it tastes really good. I don't know whether that is just my weird family or it is an Australian thing.

Also I love vegemite, black stuff that looks like grease and is really salty but I love it. I have it with avocado on toast because thats the way I roll.

 

[Hawgh]

Denmark;
warm liver paté with crunchy bacon on rye bread. - a fantastic breakfast, lunch, dinner & snack.
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Rice Pudding, with cherry sauce. - generally served as a yuletide dessert, damn tasty.
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Leek & potato soup with bacon & white(or garlic) bread. - nutritous & warming, hard to find a balance between bland & salty in the dish.
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Asparagus soup with white bread. - healthy & nutritios.
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Fried eel. - sorta like chicken wings, except healthier.
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Æbleflæsk roast pork slices cooked with apples, served with potatoes and parsley sauce. - salty, but delicios.
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Strong/old cheese of various names. - strong cheese is good cheese, once had one that dissolved in a single week after leaving it's protective wrappings.
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Schnaps. - in my opnion a horrid drink, but many swear by it.
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Smørrebrød(rye bread and toppings) of any variety. - surprisingly healthy varieties exists in spite of it's popularity.
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Beer. - available in both quality & quantity, can't remember any names, but a barkeep will usually be able to give you a recommendation. The good bars are located in basements.

 

[Shirahime]

You have created something entirely new, "Pornkin" it is on the internet is designed to cause desire in any man and I cant have it! The definition of pornography!

I am now having the sort of tracle based fantasies no married man should have

Cake-based pornography.

Haha! I quite like the sound of that for some strange reason. XD

On the topic of food though. Apparently the first ever chippy was in my hometown. Yay. Not only that but we created the best food coupling ever; chips with gravy. It's a concept that the Scottish can't get their heads round as said by my friend Darren. Who then said it should be chips with salad cream. That's just disgusting.

And oh! How I do crave a Declerks Muffin!

 

[Ixus Illwrath]

or NCMU for short.

Given that there's people from all corners of the globe, what one NCMU of yours would you recommend they HAVE to try, and what NCMU would you like to try that someone else may have ate?

For me, the sheer awesomeness of PROPER cheese on toast, with a little bit of Worcestershire Sauce.
Imagine toast, with a layer of melted goo that tastes of win, with an epic tang.

But I've never tried Gatorade...what's it like?

Where could you POSSIBLY live that doesn't have Gatorade or another brand of the same thing?

and what is proper cheese? I'm from Wisconsin, now... so tread lightly.

 

[Ixus Illwrath]

Denmark;
warm liver paté with crunchy bacon on rye bread. - a fantastic breakfast, lunch, dinner & snack.
----
Rice Pudding, with cherry sauce. - generally served as a yuletide dessert, damn tasty.
----
Leek & potato soup with bacon & white(or garlic) bread. - nutritous & warming, hard to find a balance between bland & salty in the dish.
----
Asparagus soup with white bread. - healthy & nutritios.
----
Fried eel. - sorta like chicken wings, except healthier.
----
Æbleflæsk roast pork slices cooked with apples, served with potatoes and parsley sauce. - salty, but delicios.
----
Strong/old cheese of various names. - strong cheese is good cheese, once had one that dissolved in a single week after leaving it's protective wrappings.
----
Schnaps. - in my opnion a horrid drink, but many swear by it.
----
Smørrebrød(rye bread and toppings) of any variety. - surprisingly healthy varieties exists in spite of it's popularity.
----
Beer. - available in both quality & quantity, can't remember any names, but a barkeep will usually be able to give you a recommendation. The good bars are located in basements.

Tell them the truth, tell them how much you love lutefisk and how wrong you are for doing so!

 

[SargentToughie]

I'm currently looking in that strange and forign place known as my fridge... where only the most obscure of food survives...

what is this?

Three day old pizza, from Pizza hut?? Hell yes!

A delacy in my home

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

or NCMU for short.

Given that there's people from all corners of the globe, what one NCMU of yours would you recommend they HAVE to try, and what NCMU would you like to try that someone else may have ate?

For me, the sheer awesomeness of PROPER cheese on toast, with a little bit of Worcestershire Sauce.
Imagine toast, with a layer of melted goo that tastes of win, with an epic tang.

But I've never tried Gatorade...what's it like?

Where could you POSSIBLY live that doesn't have Gatorade or another brand of the same thing?

and what is proper cheese? I'm from Wisconsin, now... so tread lightly.

Leicester, England. Never even seen any Gatorade apart from in vending machines in London.

Proper cheese is something with bite and flavour. Not that awful PVC substitute you Americans have.

On second thoughts..this has changed my mind...http://www.wisconsincheese.com/isapi/isapi.dll

You do know real cheese! Hoorah!

@ SargentToughie : Best Breakfast in the world is cold pizza and flat lager. Breakfast of champions.
Someone said I was weird for having a kebab for breakfast though.

 

[Ixus Illwrath]

or NCMU for short.

Given that there's people from all corners of the globe, what one NCMU of yours would you recommend they HAVE to try, and what NCMU would you like to try that someone else may have ate?

For me, the sheer awesomeness of PROPER cheese on toast, with a little bit of Worcestershire Sauce.
Imagine toast, with a layer of melted goo that tastes of win, with an epic tang.

But I've never tried Gatorade...what's it like?

Where could you POSSIBLY live that doesn't have Gatorade or another brand of the same thing?

and what is proper cheese? I'm from Wisconsin, now... so tread lightly.

Leicester, England. Never even seen any Gatorade apart from in vending machines in London.

Proper cheese is something with bite and flavour. Not that awful PVC substitute you Americans have.

On second thoughts..this has changed my mind...http://www.wisconsincheese.com/isapi/isapi.dll

You do know real cheese! Hoorah!

@ SargentToughie : Best Breakfast in the world is cold pizza and flat lager. Breakfast of champions.
Someone said I was weird for having a kebab for breakfast though.

Word, give gatorade a try, though... we've pretty much replaced water outright with it in the US as the sole sports hydration drink

 

[SargentToughie]

@ SargentToughie : Best Breakfast in the world is cold pizza and flat lager. Breakfast of champions.

oh... my god... that cries to be made into a photoshop picture

Too bad I suck at photoshop... any takers?

 

[Shirahime]

Best Breakfast in the world is cold pizza and flat lager. Breakfast of champions.
Someone said I was weird for having a kebab for breakfast though.

I beg to differ.

Cup of coffee and a fag. Maybe a bag of Wotsits if you're hungover.

 

[Anarchemitis]

one word: pierogi (PL)

I looked this up:

Pierogi or vareniki are half circular dumplings of unleavened dough, stuffed (singularly or in various combinations) with mashed potatoes, cheese, farmer's cheese, bryndza, cabbage, sauerkraut, meat, mushrooms, or other savory ingredients depending on the cook's personal preferences.[1] Dessert versions of the dumpling can be stuffed with a fresh fruit filling, such as cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, peach, or apple; stoned prunes are also sometimes used.

Mashed potatoes mixed with farmer's cheese and fried onions is a popular filling in Poland and Ukraine. In Poland this variety is called Ruskie pierogi.[2] A popular filling for pierogi in Canada is mashed potatoes mixed with grated cheddar cheese.

Hrrrrm...sounds tasty indeed.

I love perogis, esecially with some Mennonite Farmer's sausage and whipped cream.

@ SargentToughie : Best Breakfast in the world is cold pizza and flat lager. Breakfast of champions.

oh... my god... that cries to be made into a photoshop picture

Too bad I suck at photoshop... any takers?

Once I get my compy fixed.

 

[Easykill]

Pierogi or vareniki are half circular dumplings of unleavened dough, stuffed (singularly or in various combinations) with mashed potatoes, cheese, farmer's cheese, bryndza, cabbage, sauerkraut, meat, mushrooms, or other savory ingredients depending on the cook's personal preferences.[1] Dessert versions of the dumpling can be stuffed with a fresh fruit filling, such as cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, peach, or apple; stoned prunes are also sometimes used.

Mashed potatoes mixed with farmer's cheese and fried onions is a popular filling in Poland and Ukraine. In Poland this variety is called Ruskie pierogi.[2] A popular filling for pierogi in Canada is mashed potatoes mixed with grated cheddar cheese.

Mmm... I don't get to eat them often enough, they're delicious.

 

[TheBadass]

i am a londoner, jellied eels, theres nothing like it.

There's probably a reason for that.

 

[Ixus Illwrath]

For the record, none of you eat anything as disgusting as Balut.

 

[electric discordian]

You have created something entirely new, "Pornkin" it is on the internet is designed to cause desire in any man and I cant have it! The definition of pornography!

I am now having the sort of tracle based fantasies no married man should have

Cake-based pornography.

Haha! I quite like the sound of that for some strange reason. XD

On the topic of food though. Apparently the first ever chippy was in my hometown. Yay. Not only that but we created the best food coupling ever; chips with gravy. It's a concept that the Scottish can't get their heads round as said by my friend Darren. Who then said it should be chips with salad cream. That's just disgusting.

And oh! How I do crave a Declerks Muffin!

Now I am imagining chip barms served in a small french cafe beset by Nazi's...

It is I Declerk.

Chips and Gravy chips and mushy peas, hmmmmm mushy peas.

I had the greatest mince and onion plate pie in history yeaterday, it was extremely nice.

Oh and I really shouldnt admit this but the nicest meat I have ever had was veal. I doubt I would eat it again as when I ate it I didnt understand what it was.

Cake based pornography sounds like a great title for a concept album. Hmmmm thinks

 

[Hawgh]

Denmark;
warm liver paté with crunchy bacon on rye bread. - a fantastic breakfast, lunch, dinner & snack.
----
Rice Pudding, with cherry sauce. - generally served as a yuletide dessert, damn tasty.
----
Leek & potato soup with bacon & white(or garlic) bread. - nutritous & warming, hard to find a balance between bland & salty in the dish.
----
Asparagus soup with white bread. - healthy & nutritios.
----
Fried eel. - sorta like chicken wings, except healthier.
----
Æbleflæsk roast pork slices cooked with apples, served with potatoes and parsley sauce. - salty, but delicios.
----
Strong/old cheese of various names. - strong cheese is good cheese, once had one that dissolved in a single week after leaving it's protective wrappings.
----
Schnaps. - in my opnion a horrid drink, but many swear by it.
----
Smørrebrød(rye bread and toppings) of any variety. - surprisingly healthy varieties exists in spite of it's popularity.
----
Beer. - available in both quality & quantity, can't remember any names, but a barkeep will usually be able to give you a recommendation. The good bars are located in basements.

Tell them the truth, tell them how much you love lutefisk and how wrong you are for doing so!

That's Norway

 

[DannyDamage]

I'm a Yorkshire (England) guy and I'm going to obviously push YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS!

With a pint of gravy inside......mmmmmMMMMMMmmmmmmmMMMMMM

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

That's one thing that I think no-one outside England understands. Mushy Peas.

Well, that and Black pudding.

 

[Shirahime]

Now I am imagining chip barms served in a small french cafe beset by Nazi's...

It is I Declerk.

Chips and Gravy chips and mushy peas, hmmmmm mushy peas.

I had the greatest mince and onion plate pie in history yeaterday, it was extremely nice.

Oh and I really shouldnt admit this but the nicest meat I have ever had was veal. I doubt I would eat it again as when I ate it I didnt understand what it was.

Cake based pornography sounds like a great title for a concept album. Hmmmm thinks

Well I'm making a prober meat and tater pie tomorrow with shorcrust pasty ont top, serve it the roper Lancashire way too with pickled beetroot. Apparently we're having people round for dinner tomorrow night so it's just an excuse for me to start drinking early. XD

EDIT: To Root; I've never been a big fan of mushy peas with anything else, but I do like them when I get fish and chips. Plenty salt and vinegar on them an all.