Our Djiboutian meal was Skoudehkaris, Laxoox and Djibouti Banana Fritters with Date Caramel. Skoudehkaris is a lamb and rice dish with tomatoes and cardamon. The cardamon gave it a nice flavor. It was delicious wrapped in the Laxoox. Laxoox is a flat bread with yeast in it, oxymoron? They taste […]
Our Danish meal consisted of Smoked Salmon Smørrebrød, Danish Meatballs (Frikadeller), Danish Caramelized Potatoes (Brunede Kartofler) and Danish Apple cake (Æblekage). The Smørrebrød was smoked salmon, cucumber, red onion, dill and lemon on cocktail rye bread. Delicious little appetizers! The Danish meatballs were made with ground beef and pork, rye […]
Our Czech Republic meal was Spicy Kielbasa Buns (Klobasneks), Dill Pickle Soup, Czech Shopska Salad (Sopsky Salat) and for dessert Sweet Prune Buns (Kolaches) and Apricot Kolaches. The Kielbasa buns and Prune and apricot Kolaches were made using dough from a Czech Kolache recipe. I was excited the dough worked […]
Our Cyprus meal was Ofto Kleftiko (Roast Lamb), Briam (Mediterranean Roast Veggies), Afelia Potatoes (Red Wine Potatoes) and Firikia Glyko (Brandy Apples). Rob liked the lamb but I thought it was a little gamey, maybe just not cooked right. The veggies were potato, zucchini and eggplant layered with a tomato […]
Our Côte d’Ivoire meal consisted of Smoked Turkey with Egusi Sauce, West African Shrimp Avocado Boats, brown rice, plantain chips and Fruit Salad Cote d’Ivoire. Eguisi sauce is pureed pumpkin seeds, onion, garlic and tomato paste mixed with cooked diced up turkey thigh. We ate this over brown rice. It […]
Our Croatian meal was Croatian Pasticada (Beef Stew), Gnocchi, and Croation Krostule (Sweet Pastry Knots). The “stew” was beef roast cooked with parsley root, carrots, celery root, plums, figs, apples, red wine, cooking chocolate, mustard, bay leaf, thyme and rosemary. When done, the roast was removed, cut in the pieces […]
We made our Costa Rican meal back in early December. I am behind on posting global meals because we’ve been busy with foster puppies, planning for vacation, and work gets in the way a lot too ;). The meal was Heart of Palm Salad, Costa Rican Pork Tamales, Rice and […]
Our latest African meal was a combination of foods from Comoros, Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We made Grilled Lobster Tail, Vanilla Shallot Dipping Butter, African Rice and Beans, Congolese Mushrooms with Fresh Lemon Juice and Caakiri (couscous pudding) with pineapple. This was the first time […]
Our Columbian meal was Cazuela de Mariscos (Seafood Stew), Colombian Arepas, Salpicón de Frutas (Colombian Fruit Cocktail) and Colombian Refajo (beer with pop). The seafood stew was a delicious blend of shrimp, littleneck clams, and swordfish in heavy cream and coconut milk topped with cilantro and parsley – a new […]
We had a great time with Rob’s daughter Tegan, making our Chinese meal of Pot Stickers, Shrimp Fried Rice, Orange Chicken and Matcha and Strawberry Bubble (Boba) Teas. A couple months ago Tegan showed us how to make Pot Stickers. She can make them a lot quicker than Rob and […]
