What is/are your region's speacial food/s ?

@zabawaus (1730)
United States
August 28, 2007 7:21am CST
There are lots of people from all around the world here. So i am wondering some spacial food receipts . You don't have to describe all detailed but what is is made of and what does it go good with? In my country Turkey people like to make lots of spicy food. Well i have to admit that i love spicy food too. And one of the famous food in here is Karniyarik which close meaning is chasm. We need eggplant for this food. All eggplants fries in vegetable oil and open a big chasm on all eggplants. And fill it with roasted ground meat, onion, green peppers and some other spices like red pepper, black pepper, salt and a little garlic. and put it oven to bake. And it is ready to eat. Just enjoy. If you want to make it without meat you can use olive oil and should be served cold.
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@ahmadpk48 (228)
• Pakistan
28 Aug 07
in PAkistan baryani is mostly popular or mostly fried things liked chapal kabab and another thing nihari
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@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
29 Aug 07
Baryani hmm never heard before. But in Turkey, kebab is famous too. Wondering if we are naming same things kebab. We have meat kebab, chicken kebab, Adana kebab, Urfa kebab , eggplant kebab even vegetable kebab. I want to learn more about Pakistani kitchen too. I guess there are a lot of spicy food in the kitchen right?
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• Pakistan
31 Aug 07
On Eid-ul-Azha mostly we eat halim ....its like a past of meat and daal.....we have also chapal kabab in this and we say chicken kbab as tikka boti
@tuffy999 (794)
• Philippines
28 Aug 07
the philippines is composed of several provinces, and pratically in every province there are specialties, like for the bicol region they're known for hot and spicy foods and use a lot of coconut in their cooking; laguna is known for their pastries like buco pie; ilocos region is known for their vinegar out of sugarcane and their ilocos longganiza (sausage), the visayas is known for their chicken inasal (chicken barbecue) and in mindanao their fish products. i can go on and on but the most popular is the chicken pork adobo.
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@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
29 Aug 07
I for sure one day will visit Philippines. But i scare to turn back with a big fat belly :) Thanks for your answer
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@kalav56 (11464)
• India
29 Aug 07
WOW!!U.S, New England, Pakistan, Phillipines , India -amazing mix here. Indian food has immense variety and involves a bit of labour too. Sambar is a gravy that is made of Dhal and sambar powder, turmeric, vegetable and tamarind water. A slightly diluted version is the delicious rasam which most people drink like soup. Steaming hot rice with sambar, rasam, a vegetable fry and some greens, papad ,curds, make a complete simple South Indian Meal. A north Indian plate boasts of pooris or chapathis made of wheat flour along with appropriate side vegetable dishes, dhal, curds, etc. They make a variety of dishes using Paneer[broken milk]There is a mind-boggling variety of Indian food items. I am speaking from the mere vegetarian angle. You ask people who specialise in non-veg, I am sure they will also come out with a similar answer. Basically, there is plenty of combination, and labour.
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@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Hi kalav, Thats the one of the good parts of mylot. You can find any person from anywhere in the world and share stuff or learn about anything you are curious about. This may be a real good information exchange. It is also great to learn new recipts .India kitchen sounds real delcious. Thanks for your share.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
28 Aug 07
there are many traditional popular food here in the philippines. here in our town, our specialty is buko pie. from the sound of it you'll know its a pie. ^__^ the fillings are coconut meat with sugar and a little water. its just like apple pie but its a little less sweet. ^__^
@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
28 Aug 07
Here in my country there are all kind of countries kitchens (Chinese, Italian, American, Japanese, Mexican etc.. And there is also one Thai and they use coconut with everything and i tried almost every kind of food they are making i have to admit that coconut goes great with meat. Thank you secretbear :)
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
28 Aug 07
Hello!Here where i live it is french speaking place(im english though)It seems to be the recipe/food called "CI-PATE".It is a blend of diced potatoes,cubed beef,cubed chicken,cubed pork.Mixed all together in a roaster pan with salt,pepper,shortening and allspice seasoning.And adding a soft thick pie crust on top of it.My boyfriends family even cooks this for x-mas.Thats why i cant wait to go to my moms for noon on x-mas day just to eat the turkey!He,He!
@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
28 Aug 07
:D turkey meat is favorite in Turkey too :D And the food you described sounds great. I will ask my mother in law to do it. She is American and she may be able to do it . Thanks for sharing :)
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@r3sunz (17)
• United States
28 Aug 07
Yum! That sounds delicious. In my area of the US there are alot of people of German descent that are called Pennsylvania dutch. They make pies with molasses called shoe fly pie (not a favorite). Pork and saurkraut (shredded cabbage that is sour) over mashed potatoes is another popular dish. Of course if youre closer to Philadelphia you have the Cheesesteaks!
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@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
28 Aug 07
I love cabbage anything with cabbage can be my favorite. Thanks for sharing r3sunz :)
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@pendragon (3350)
• United States
28 Aug 07
I m in the NorthEastern US,(New England), and the specialty here is seafood.Lots of Lobster and Crab, Scallops,clams, shell fish, scrod.There's nothing like it, my absolute fav dinner comes from the sea!
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@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
29 Aug 07
Yes I've heard before that New England is famous with its seafoods. For me seafood is totally a different culture. which fish can be eaten in which season. How to cook them Which spice is goes good with which fish. Cooking styles. I really want to learn a lot about seafood. I hope books will help me. Thanks for your answer.
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@no_chao (548)
• Philippines
29 Aug 07
wow....that's something....i think i have to try one of that... here in philippines we eat rice in every meal. so viand is the one that completes the meal.... we have our very own chicken tinola and pork and/or chicken adobo.... yummy both... tinola is a chicken dish with soup....it's a staple of filipino cuisine and its basically a ginger chicken stewish soup.you should try this http://www.montefin.com/diet/low-carb-recipes/filipino-pinoy-chicken-tinola.html its great while the adobo is a dish which can be chicken or pork. this dish is an original filipino recipe which became famous in San Francisco, USA. It doest spoil right away... you can see details here http://members.aol.com/Rgyang/adobo.html goodluck.. ^_^
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@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Hi no_chao , Thank you very much for these useful internet sites. I will check now.