Poll
Question:
Whose national cuisine reigns supreme?
Option 1: English food
votes: 7
Option 2: Scottish Food
votes: 2
Option 3: Irish Food
votes: 9
Option 4: Scandinavian food (rotten fish)
votes: 7
Option 5: Russian slop
votes: 9
Just curious.
Potted meat
A best of the perceived worst? If done right, Irish or Russian...leaning more towards russian.
Is this thread a joke? :mad:
I vote for Crimean cuisine. By which I mean Russian cuisine, of course. :)
Quote from: Caliga on June 23, 2014, 05:28:27 PM
I vote for Crimean cuisine. By which I mean Russian cuisine, of course. :)
:yeahright: There is only one vote for Russian cuisine.
So you limit the Scandinavian cuisine to rotten fish? Or does it include the New Nordic? (A buzzword that is now thoroughly killed after Carlsberg released a shandy under that name).
These places are all known for strong alcohol that kills your taste buds so you can get the food down. :hmm:
The only way to win is not to play.
Pass the haggis.
Hot pocket
English heart attack inducing breakfast is awesome so I say:
King George and old England forever!
Judging by the poll results, a lot of us are still bitter about The Exodus 11 years later.
Scandinavian for the Swedish meatballs and pfefferkuchen. Unless you're limiting it to rotten fish, in which case I boycott.
:lol:
Scandinavia has more to offer than rotted fish.
Swedish meatballs, Danish Christmas duck. Traditional folksy food here in Norway is cod, herring, lamb and lots of pork.
Consider the Norwegian potato ball, which is mashed potato with bacon or salted side of pork boiled or fried. Cod is probably the best fish there is, and a filet of cod with chopped almonds, melted butter and a boiled egg served with potato, aspargus and carrots is nothing but lovely. In the northern parts, they skip the butter and use bacon and bacon fat.
And you can't go wrong with a whale casserole or steak of elk.
I had elk steak at a Scandinavian restaurant in Wisconsin. The potato ball sounds good.
Quote from: Norgy on June 23, 2014, 06:53:46 PM
:lol:
Scandinavia has more to offer than rotted fish.
Swedish meatballs, Danish Christmas duck. Traditional folksy food here in Norway is cod, herring, lamb and lots of pork.
Consider the Norwegian potato ball, which is mashed potato with bacon or salted side of pork boiled or fried. Cod is probably the best fish there is, and a filet of cod with chopped almonds, melted butter and a boiled egg served with potato, aspargus and carrots is nothing but lovely. In the northern parts, they skip the butter and use bacon and bacon fat.
And you can't go wrong with a whale casserole or steak of elk.
I had some potato balls the other day. Faboo.
I recall that there is a very famous restaurant in Denmark.
What is the deal with Swedish meatballs? What makes them Swedish?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 23, 2014, 07:18:46 PM
What is the deal with Swedish meatballs? What makes them Swedish?
I'm guessing the seasoning and sauce? Plus they often come with lingonberry jam.
What is this post? None of those qualify. Only French & Italian in the West and Indian & Chinese in the East are worth mentionning - *snif* <_<
G.
Grallon sez: enchiladas are for the proles.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 23, 2014, 07:18:46 PM
What is the deal with Swedish meatballs? What makes them Swedish?
They are rancid?
Most stoopeed poll human eyes have ever seen.
I refuse to post here.
A man of principles.
It's pretty hard to tell british isles food apart except for a few oddities. British food doesn't deserve the injustice it gets however. It's not one of the worlds best, it doesn't belong with Italian, Chinese, etc... But it is solidly second division
Sweden does have some pretty nice things. If you want bad then look to the Dutch
Quote from: Grallon on June 23, 2014, 07:52:15 PM
What is this post? None of those qualify. Only French & Italian in the West and Indian & Chinese in the East are worth mentionning - *snif* <_<
G.
I could quibble in the west, but in the east? No Thai, Vietnamese, or Japanese?
I really don't get the love for French food
I'm going to stand up for Russian / Ukrainian cuisine.
Look, it's not the best in the world (that may just belong to Italy), but it has it's gems.
Starting with the strictly peasant cuisine, dishes like borscht, pyrogies, and holopchies are good, healthy and tasty stick-to-the-rib types of food. Nothing wrong there. Even if you move up to fancier meals you have dishes like beef stroganoff or chicken kiev.
Quote from: Grallon on June 23, 2014, 07:52:15 PM
What is this post? None of those qualify. Only French & Italian in the West and Indian & Chinese in the East are worth mentionning - *snif* <_<
G.
I presume you mean the westernized Chinese offering you get in Europe or Canada, not the traditional Chinese home cooking as done in mainland CHina?
Russian food is horrible. "Is this meat or fish? Maybe."
I had the best shish kebab ever in Crimea. So I voted Russian :ph34r:
Quote from: Tyr on June 23, 2014, 08:44:09 PM
British food doesn't deserve the injustice it gets however.
If you want bad then look to the Dutch
I don't know, Dutch food is completely uninspired and bland, but it has never made me sick like the greasy stuff I've been served in Britain.
Russian. though Norgy's cod dish sounds lovely.
Cornish Pasty.
Can I assume everyone has already heard the joke about the Irish 7 course dinner?
7 pints of Guinness?
Six pack and a potato.
Norgy invoked cod so some Portuguese people may have to side with Norway on this one. At least, there's good fish there. :)
Quote from: The Brain on June 24, 2014, 12:49:36 AM
Russian food is horrible. "Is this meat or fish? Maybe."
Bear steak with vodka.
The Irish don't drink Coors Light.
They are uncivilized.
I like the Russian appetizers (Zakuski) and their grilled meats. Their "Salad" of a potato in mayonnaise was a little weird, and their deserts were far too sweet for me.
The only Scandinavian country I've ever been to was Denmark. CB and I went to a restaurant where the menu consisted of herring prepared eleven different ways. I did like the smørrebrød; unfortunately I can't find that sort of bread here in Florida.
Quote from: Savonarola on June 26, 2014, 03:04:50 PM
I like the Russian appetizers (Zakuski) and their grilled meats. Their "Salad" of a potato in mayonnaise was a little weird, and their deserts were far too sweet for me.
The only Scandinavian country I've ever been to was Denmark. CB and I went to a restaurant where the menu consisted of herring prepared eleven different ways. I did like the smørrebrød; unfortunately I can't find that sort of bread here in Florida.
In August Princesca and I are gonna be in Jersey and she found this Danish bakery and cafe in Red Bank we'll probably stop at on the way down from Newark. They have smørrebrød.
Quote from: Savonarola on June 26, 2014, 03:04:50 PM
Their "Salad" of a potato in mayonnaise was a little weird,
That's Oliver salad. :mad:
:hmm: I think I've had that. Isn't it tater salad with hard boiled eggs and some extra stuff like broccoli in there?
Sounds a lot like potato salad. :unsure:
If I'm thinking of the same thing, it is... it's just tater salad with extra crap thrown in there.
There are as many recipes as there are Russians.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2014, 03:32:49 PM
Sounds a lot like potato salad. :unsure:
It is essentially potato salad. The Spanish make a variation called Ensalada Rusa.
Quote from: DGuller on June 26, 2014, 03:21:52 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on June 26, 2014, 03:04:50 PM
Their "Salad" of a potato in mayonnaise was a little weird,
That's Oliver salad. :mad:
So good you'll pick a pocket or two for it!
(I think it's usually transliterated as "Olivier" salad.)
:mad: It was a typo.
By the choices, fucking none of those. Peasant foods all.
Surprise you didnt add the Hungarians and their shit beet stew or whatever they call it.
Mmmmm. Goulash.
Quote from: 11B4V on June 26, 2014, 05:19:21 PM
By the choices, fucking none of those. Peasant foods all.
Man, most of what we think of as high-quality today started as peasant food somewhere before the time of refrigeration.
All kinds of charcuterie like Jamon Iberico, salumi, cassoulet, wurst, Smithfield hams, etc.
And the undesirable parts of things that were left over after the good stuff was sold like brisket for BBQ, which is now ironically a highly desired cut.
Quote from: 11B4V on June 26, 2014, 05:19:21 PM
By the choices, fucking none of those. Peasant foods all.
Surprise you didnt add the Hungarians and their shit beet stew or whatever they call it.
While goulash is indeed awesome, it would only be even awesomer with beets. :mmm:
Quote from: Savonarola on June 26, 2014, 04:01:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2014, 03:32:49 PM
Sounds a lot like potato salad. :unsure:
It is essentially potato salad. The Spanish make a variation called Ensalada Rusa.
Ensaladilla rusa (for some reason we use the diminutive form).
Quote from: Iormlund on June 30, 2014, 02:08:42 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on June 26, 2014, 04:01:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2014, 03:32:49 PM
Sounds a lot like potato salad. :unsure:
It is essentially potato salad. The Spanish make a variation called Ensalada Rusa.
Ensaladilla rusa (for some reason we use the diminutive form).
Mea culpilla.
;)
Quote from: Iormlund on June 30, 2014, 02:08:42 PM
Ensaladilla rusa (for some reason we use the diminutive form).
Argies have that stuff. Mayonnaise :x
Quote from: Savonarola on June 26, 2014, 04:01:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2014, 03:32:49 PM
Sounds a lot like potato salad. :unsure:
It is essentially potato salad. The Spanish make a variation called Ensalada Rusa.
IME, the Greeks call root vegetables slathered in mayo a "Russian salad." Quite popular too; I guess it must be nice to take a break from all that fresh produce and delicious grilled meats, and have something just straight-up nasty for a change of pace. :)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcallumeatstoronto.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F02%2Ffast-food-in-america.gif%3Fw%3D652%26amp%3Bh%3D412&hash=c22bcef6964340450bf38d9b37fcb24f4aab06f7)
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 30, 2014, 06:54:47 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on June 26, 2014, 04:01:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2014, 03:32:49 PM
Sounds a lot like potato salad. :unsure:
It is essentially potato salad. The Spanish make a variation called Ensalada Rusa.
IME, the Greeks call root vegetables slathered in mayo a "Russian salad." Quite popular too; I guess it must be nice to take a break from all that fresh produce and delicious grilled meats, and have something just straight-up nasty for a change of pace. :)
:mad: