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The national dish in Germany is pickled cabbage. Usually with meat like sausage and maybe with potato salad
As a german i don't eat pickled cabbage (Sauerkraut) that often, but it is a delicious meal :)

What is your national dish? If i may ask.

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I think it will be pasta with pesto.

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About Food : Volkswagen, known for its cars, also produces another product in larger quantities each year, which is .... sausages, sold mainly in Germany and Poland.

An avocado has more than twice as much potassium as a banana .

Feijoada has its roots in the era of slavery in Brazil. Originally, it was made by slaves with leftover meat that the planters did not consume, such as pig feet, ears and tails.

did you know that Spam is plant-based? It's true. It came from a meat-packing plant. LMAO!

Well, the most significant contribution of Polish culture to the international cuisine is sauce à la polonaise. It's simply bread crumbs browned in hot butter. You pour it over cooked vegetables.

You need to try Polish Pierogi :D

Traditionally considered peasant food, pierogi eventually gained popularity and spread throughout all social classes, including the nobility. Cookbooks from the 17th century describe how during that era, the pierogi were considered a staple of the Polish diet, and each holiday had its own special kind of pierogi created. They have different shapes, fillings and cooking methods.

I can't cook but I want to share about one of Indonesain cuisine: Nasi Gudeg.
Nasi Gudeg is literally rice with Gudeg. Gudeg is sweet food made of unripe jackfruit, coconut milk, and some spices. There are variations among Indonesian places, but I love the original one from Yogyakarta. It is mostly served with sambel goreng krecek, and at least one of chicken, egg, tofu, and tempeh in fried, opor, or bacem version. For vegetarian version, you can drop sambel goreng krecek, chicken, and egg. I personally choose to have sambel goreng krecek, tofu, and tempeh bacem, in addition to Nasi Gudeg itself. Though, rice with Gudeng only is still a Nasi Gudeg for me. I believe that sambel goreng krecek, opor, and bacem are also Indonesian.

Interesting fact about food. Did you know if you don't eat...there's a high chance of death! And this phenomenon is found to be the case in many species regardless of where they originate from!
Also if you write a recipe book on cannibalism it would be called a NecroNomonom

The French Wikipedia describes pancakes as "thick crêpes".
The English Wikipedia describes crêpes as "thin crêpes".

Both pancakes and crêpes lovers think this is blaspehmy (and they're right)!

The spanish discovered the hot chocolate in mexico, the mayans invented it. :)

A food fact? Hmm... Recently someone told me that a broccoli contains more protein per calorie than a steak and that kinda blow my mind xd

The sandwich got its name from John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who would request his meat to be served between two slices of bread. This allowed him to continue playing cards without getting his hands dirty.

Vietnamese people love "pha lau", a type of hot pot that uses all the organ of a cow (lung, kidney, liver, tripe…), which is especially popular among young people in Vietnam

I'll talk about a food on Brazil called Pão de Queijo, that could be translated as Cheese bread. The thing is, it's not a bread, it's main ingredient is cheese.
It is a delicacy originating from Minas Gerais, widespread throughout Brazil. Although there is no record of the exact place and time of its creation, there is a consensus that it originated in Minas Gerais in the mid-18th century.
In mid-2023, it was voted one of the best foods in the world by a foreign gastronomy website, ranking third in the breakfast category.
Pão de queijo, so called, appeared in Minas Gerais around 1750. At this time, the state's agriculture began to specialize in the production of milk and its derivatives. Due to its geographic distance from the coast, the state of Minas Gerais consumed little flour, which was imported, but had extensive production of cassava, a root native to the continent and the raw material for tapioca starch. The first pães de queijo (plural of pão de queijo :P ) were obtained by mixing hardened shavings (or "gross") from cheese slices with cassava starch. Eggs and milk, also abundant in the region, were later added to increase texture and flavor.
Despite being called "bread", pão de queijo basically consists of a type of sour or sweet tapioca biscuit plus eggs, salt, vegetable oil and cheese, with a soft and elastic consistency, with slight variations.
If you can find it somewhere in the world, I'm certain you'll love it! :D

In The Netherlands, we eat raw herring with raw onion holding it by the tail above our head.

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Food fact:
Did you know that Ketchup was once used as a medicine?
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Worth trying pasticada; Croatian dish,the rich beef stew from Dalmatia is slowly marinated and roasted in red wine, tomatoes, garlic, carrots, bacon, parsley and prunes to give meat that melts in your mouth. Served with gnocchi, it’s one heck of a feast.

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Do you know, that there ia s game, where Battle Chef's are hunting monsters to get ingredients to coock them?
( https://store.steampowered.com/app/452570/Battle_Chef_Brigade_Deluxe/ )

German chocolate cake is not named after the country, but rather it is named after an American baker Samuel German, who is credited with creating the recipe in 1853.

Froot Loops come in different colors.
But they are all the same flavor.

One spaghetti noodle is called a spaghetto

Peaches and nectarines are essentially the same fruit, except for a gene that determines the fuzziness of the skin

Pineapples were such a status symbol in the 18th century that people could rent them for a day

Most supermarket wasabi is actually horseradish

Ranch dressing is dyed

White chocolate isn’t chocolate

American cheese is not American

Cheese is the most stolen food in the world

A corned beef sandwich was smuggled into space

In ancient Egyptian days, radishes, onions, and garlic were given to workers as wages

Strawberries are not berries

Tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers, and avocados are fruits (in the culinary world the definition of a fruit is based on taste)

corn is actually a vegetable, a whole grain, and a fruit

United States Supreme Court in 1893 ruled unanimously in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the Tariff of 1883 on imported produce. The court did acknowledge, however, that, botanically speaking, a tomato is a fruit

Do you know that avocado in India have size as a head of adult man? :D

PS: after this discussion you can make a food trivia/quiz :))

How about something completely different and possibly very yucky?

Kiviak, South-Western Greenland

A freshly disemboweled seal is stuffed with up to 500 small arctic birds called Little Auk or Alle Alle. It is then sewn shut and sealed with seal fat to prevent flies from getting in. The birds are buried and left to ferment in the carcass for 3 to 18 months. Kiviak is eaten by biting off the bird’s head and then sucking out the juices inside, but the birds can also be eaten whole, bones and all. It is especially popular during the arctic winter celebrations. The taste of Kiviak has been described as similar to Gorgonzola cheese. This unusual preservation method helped Greenlanders survive harsh winters and food shortages.

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Do you like orange chicken?

The most famous dish at Panda Express is the Orange Chicken. Inspired by flavors of the Hunan Province in China, Chef Andy Kho developed it in 1987, and it has been a consistent part of the menu ever since. Distinguished with its orange-flavored chili sauce, it has spawned several 'copycat' recipes.

While the orange chicken is one of the most famous Chinese dishes in America, it is a purely American invention, with no authentic Chinese resturants or restaurants in China serving this dish.