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Be Healthy while Enjoying a Great Meal with Healthy Appetizers
Appetizers are given first in full course dinners. This is given to stimulate people’s appetite before the main dish is offered. Usually, silverwares aren’t needed when eating appetizers as they are finger-foods. There are a number of healthy appetizers out there that you can try out. Individuals who plan to lose weight will certainly benefit from this. Having such foods clearly helps the body to stay healthy. Read the rest of this entry »
Bean Sprout Rolled Beef
Beef can be easily cooked into a delicious meal without having that much ingredients. You can easily make steak with only salt and pepper to taste. This is because beef itself is already packed with enough fat to cook itself, which gives it that meaty distinct flavor. That is why the United States of America is the top producer of beef in the whole world. Surprisingly enough, they are not the top consumers of beef in the world. The country that consumes the most beef per year would be Luxembourg. They consume an average of 300 lbs of beef per person a year, now that is a lot of beef.
Beef is a type of meat that can be cooked using a grill, oven, stove, steam, frying and almost virtually any type of cooking style you want to cook it with. This versatility has led so many countries to choose it over pork, not to mention it has a high level of protein as well. The high content of protein found in beef is the reason why it is celebrated in most of the countries for many years. Many beef cuts can be enjoyed through different cooking styles. Read the rest of this entry »
Ich Bin Ein Berliner
On June 26, 1963 US President John F. Kennedy came to West Berlin to give what we now look back to as one of the most famous political speeches of the 20th Century underlining US support for West Germany. Read the rest of this entry »
French Onion Soup
Now, I know there are many ways to make a French onion soup – obviously some gastronomes would insist there is only one – and perhaps there is – but I like to be open minded about the way food is prepared. Like most of us amateur chefs, I hardly ever follow recipes and much prefer to put my own twist on it. Read the rest of this entry »
Grilled Sardines, Portugese-style!
Ok so we all love a barbeque. This is something I think we can all agree on. Even if you’re not a fish fan, chances are you probably like barbequed fish because it kind of tastes like chicken. Here is how to make the most amazing Portuguese sardines (sardinhas in both the Portuguese and Brazilian-Portuguese language) in the world – they taste nothing like tinned Portuguese sardines by the way so don’t fear.
German Street Food
We all know what street food can mean – dodgy pad thai’s on the Koh San Road, warm sushi rolls on the streets of Sydney, hot dogs in New York – in Hamburg – it is the curry wurst. Read the rest of this entry »
Romanian Cuisine!
The cuisine of Romania may not be one that everybody is familiar with, but regardless of its popularity, it is a tasty favourite of many. The core dishes of Romania have evidently been heavily influenced by the Ottoman cuisine as well as taking inspiration from other countries like Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Germany. The Romans also had a notable effect on Romanian cuisine, being especially renowned for introducing a cheese and pastry dish as well as millet porridge. They also had a big influence on the wine and beer production in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Who’s for Fish Salad?
Schmandheringsalat, a typical German dish, prepared and preserved in the home, is a great addition to any table, without breaking the bank.
Schmandheringsalat is just one example of the many compound German words that join together to provide not just a name, but an entire description of the dish. Schmandheringsalat, in the German language literally means German Herring Salad or ‘Germanherringsalad.’
It’s a nice cultural touch, if a little long-winded, but it’s often good to know upfront exactly what something entails, like Oberammergaueralpenkräuterdelikatessenfrühstückskäse, a deli-style cheese with mountain herbs from Oberammergau, usually eaten for breakfast. Read the rest of this entry »
Imam Bayildi (Stuffed Aubergine): The Best Turkish Meal of All Time
A thousand years ago, a Turkish priest (imam) was served something on a plate which was so delicious he could not stop eating. He ate so much his belly grew to the size of a table and he fainted (he Bayildi’ed), and that’s where the name of the dish comes from. Imam for priest and Bayildi for fainted in the Turkish language.
Another folktale suggests he fainted because of the cost of the ingredients, namely oil. It’s true, the dish is oily, but it is one hundred per cent truly delicious. There are many ways to prepare Imam Bayildi, but I will share with you my own personal (non-vegetarian), favorite way. Read the rest of this entry »
What is the Way to a Zambian’s Heart?
Nshima. That is the way into a Zambian’s heart. The staplefood of all Zambians. Nshima in the Chichewa language basically means cornmeal grown from maize flour and is known locally as mealie-meal. Zambians cannot live without it. In fact, any meal that does not contain nshima is considered to be a mere snack. Personally, I sometimes think that about meat. Read the rest of this entry »
Lingo Lunch 