Your Country's Gastronomy

[Elika12]

this thread is to show the gastronomy from your country

Rules:
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you also need to put the name of it in the original language and in english

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Arroz de Pato (rice with duck)

[mangaluva]

Delicacies of Scotland. You might not want to look at them while you're eating them.

Haggis (sheep guts minced up and boiled inside the stomach)  :

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Fish & chips (a heart breakfast, lunch and dinner for any student)  :

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Mince and tatties (mushed up meat and mushed up potatoes)  :

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And the pride of Edinburgh, the deep-fried Mars Bar (yes, really. Though most chippies will deep fry just about anything, including pizza, vegetables and apples)  :

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[ranger]

gastronomy...??

what the...

oh, like food? ok.

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lol how much more american can you get?

btw, scottish food looks good

[Yardbird]

Example

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Arroz de Pato (rice with duck)

It's like a pizza Lol

Well, here's the tipical plate in Brazil:

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Rice, beans, potato chips and steak

[Holmes]

Argentina ...

Best meat! - Asado

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You´d call it barbecue, but it´s no the same.
                  - Choripan 

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A sandwich made of vegetables (tomatoes and lettuce) and sausage.
                 

[Akonyl]

I have trouble whenever people make these kinds of topics, because aside from hamburgers, I can't think of any food that's really distinctly "American".

[scineram]

I have trouble whenever people make these kinds of topics, because aside from hamburgers, I can't think of any food that's really distinctly "American".

Apple pie and the childhood obesity it leads to?

[Akonyl]

I have trouble whenever people make these kinds of topics, because aside from hamburgers, I can't think of any food that's really distinctly "American".

Apple pie and the childhood obesity it leads to?

perhaps, but that's one of those things that I feel has been around longer than the United States, I feel like that came from England or something.

[NotSoFluent]

perhaps, but that's one of those things that I feel has been around longer than the United States

Yeah, it's been around much longer.  It's only because our obesity rate is bigger in modern times that "herp derp fat Americans" became a meme.  It's more or less regulating what you eat, especially since a lot of stuff has preservatives now.

Anyway, since The United States is a melting pot (a mix of many different cultures, creeds, and backgrounds), it's hard to pinpoint an exclusive food. Some just evolve from the many different cultures that reside here.

Even though the 50 states are all part of one country, they all have their own sort of culture/cuisine/accents that is exclusive.  A cheese-steak in Philadelphia isn't going to be the same as a cheese-steak in Nevada.  Some foods are regional/local like "Chicago style" and "New York style" pizza...things like that.  Add the heterogeneous society to the vast size; landmark cities/states in the US have unique trends in food.  

Fast food chains are just a generalized generic food.  I personally only eat out at Burger King once every two months.  That aside, there are actually a good many American foods out there; you just have to go by region/state/city.

Pork and beans is pretty national, so I can start with that.

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Cheese-steaks  (okay, this is a Philly denizen thing.  Most cheese-steaks outside of Pennsylvania/New Jersey don't usually look like this at all.  It's Philadelphia's best known food.  Also, never bring up the "Geno's or Pat's" argument with locals.)

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Pumpkin pie (Usually served during fall and winter for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Best eaten in small slices.)

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Crab cakes (Especially if you live in Maryland, crab meals are very common.  I had a crab/lobster cake with an egg yolk in the middle while down in Baltimore.  It was heavenly.)

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Those are just a few of my favorites.  Hell...there's actually a lot more:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Am ... n_cuisines

So...tl;dr: You just have to look around moar when it comes to America.  There's more to the 50 states than cruddy fast food chains.

[Elika12]

i gonna put portuguese christmas deserts that are delicious

"rabanadas"

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"Bolo Rei"in english is King Cake

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"Mexidos"

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"Aletria"

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[NotSoFluent]

i gonna put portuguese christmas deserts that are delicious

"rabanadas"

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The Rabanadas look really tasty.  What are they made of?  They sort of remind me of cinnamon buns.

[Elika12]

i gonna put portuguese christmas deserts that are delicious

"rabanadas"

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The Rabanadas look really tasty.  What are they made of?  They sort of remind me of cinnamon buns.

a special bread called "cacete", milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon
and you put a sauce that as water, sugar, orange, crust and porto wine

[mangaluva]

Can't forget the Christmas pudding! Soak it in whiskey and set it on fire to cook:



Fun fact: Christmas puddings and mince pies are technically illegal in the UK, due to an anti-christmas decree set by Oliver Cromwell in 16-somethingsomething that was never officially repealed.

[Yuki]

Well, I'm American, but I'll share some of my ethnic food--Jewish food

Hamentashen

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they're cookies filled with stuff like poppy seeds and jams, eaten on the holiday of Purim

Sufganiyot

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donuts eaten on Hanukkah

mmm...desserts... 

[Chekhov MacGuffin]

gastronomy...??

what the...

oh, like food? ok.

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lol how much more american can you get?

btw, scottish food looks good

I have trouble whenever people make these kinds of topics, because aside from hamburgers, I can't think of any food that's really distinctly "American".

Let's go Southeastern US cooking! Someone needs to stop perpetuating the myth that America is all fast food. Americans generally think fast food is icky too. We make some killer homecooked stuff!

Shrimp and Grits. Hell yes. Cheese and grits in the morning is also excellent.

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Barbecue. Varies by region and even within states.

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Corn bread (homemade please!) or hushpuppies

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Okra - underloved slimy vegetable, my family likes to add some tomato paste. Also used ads a thickener in gumbo

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Mashed potatoes and gravy - anyone else like to put peas in theirs?

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Sweet potato topped with marshmellows. Also called marshmellow and yams. It sounds strange but very tasty.

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There are various lovely dishes that you can make with fish that you can catch like catfish stew or grilled rainbow trout. If you like hunting (not my cup of tea but I have relatives who do), there are some lovely venison and quail dishes to be had.

Coleslaw and corn on the cob with butter are popular as side dishes.

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Hoppin' John - popular at New Years!

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Brunswick stew

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Wild picked blackberries and raspberries. Collect them yourself. They are better that way!

Key lime pie. King of pies in my book.

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Ambrosia - lovely especially when you picked the oranges yourself

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Sweet iced tea. I don't like it, but everyone else seems to. If you ask for tea in the southeast you will almost always by default get sweat tea. You have to specifically ask for hot tea if you want that sort!

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I forgot an obvious one that is general rather than southeastern: Popcorn. It's extra Amercian since it was invented by the Native Americans. Besides the butter and salt sort, there are many other types like kettle corn and caramel corn.

The stereotypical American schoolkid's lunchbox item is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Apparently it's also popular in the UK, Canada, Australia and N.Z too.

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