Hello, didn't know what to talk about, so why not that ? :o

Here in France there are some national/regional recipes well known, but they are often sunday dishes.
Some are a little expensive or complicated to cook, people who work sometimes don't have time to cook even if they would like.

You probably know some. Poule au pot, it's basically a stuffed chicken cooked in a pot. Blanquette de veau it is lemon veal boiled in a sauce with carrots, onions, cloves, and sprinkled with a sauce made of the juice of the meat mixed with a little butter and flour. And boeuf bourguignon, it's beef simmered in red wine, with flour and vegetables, and then served with potatoes. All 3 are delicious but relatively expensive and long to cook.

Do we often eat snail and frog legs ? Nah ! Many people never tried that. I tried both when i was a child. Snail is really bland, the few people who like that probably prefer the sauce. Frog legs actually i think it's really cruel, i wouldn't eat that again. It exactly tastes like chicken, so better eat chicken there is more to eat and it's less cruel. Many famous recipes have meat. I try not to abuse meat because life is precious.

Please tell me more about your famous recipes, do you often eat them ?

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Oh i forgot, there is a lady who wrote a book, with easy recipes. In France sometimes we gift it to the teenagers, because it contains most of it and it's easy. The lady is called Françoise Bernard. I think some of their books have been translated. There are many meat recipes, but some pastries too, it's a basic book.

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Do you often cook your national recipes ?

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Yes and they are quite affordable and tasty
Yes because i love the good food even if it's expensive or long to cook
Not me but most people in my country do it
Nah we don't often cook national recipes here
Potatoes are the best !!!

Does hamburger count? It comes frozen in a box though.

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It's your national recipe ? Yes it counts then ! ^^
Do you cook them too yourlself ?

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Absolutely not, it would just be buying ground beef and making it into a circle; more expensive and pointless. I made bread from scratch once though; never again. Plus, the rest of it is just, putting stuff on top of it.

Rattlesnake chili is really good though, not incredibly popular because Rattlesnake meat is kinda hard to find; but I've definitely made it before and I'll probably do it again.

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Oh i tried to cook burgers buns at home once too. It was not really... what i would have liked. XD
It was edible but the industrial ones are often very good anyway that's right.
Here there are poule au pot, blanquette de veau and boeuf bourguignon in metal cans too. But taste is just disgusting.

I just typed Rattlesnake chili on google to see an image. It looks tasty. Is it spicy ? Does snake really taste like chicken ?

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Not really? It's more like alligator; if you've had that? Not spicy.
I'll add a recipe here in the morning.

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Rattlesnake + ground beef
29 ounce cans of Kidney beans/pinto beans/ tomato sauce
1 cup of a diced white onion, but you could add a shallot or red onion if you want more flavor; maybe don't use an entire cup though.
1/2 diced green chili
3 medium chopped tomatoes
2 teaspoons of cumin,
3 tablespoons of chili powder
2 cups of water
salt + black pepper to taste

When cooking I throw in a couple of jalapenos for extra bite, how many depending on my mood. :c
If you don't add rattlesnake, jut put extra ground beef. Now it's regular chili.

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We don't, i imagine a wilder meat then, with a more pronounced taste ?
A bit like the boar meat compared to the pig meat, the taste is stronger ?

Thanks it's interesting, i'll read it with curiosity !
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I do tunisian molkheya sometimes (Corchorus olitorius) but that needs lot of time too, and most of people I gave a taste didn't refill their dish because the taste is really uncommon
So now I cook only for myself. I dont really master french cook. These days I cook Xerocomus Badius picked up in the forest. It's a good mushroom year! And potatoes are amazing for million ways to cook it

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Thanks it's interesting !
I just read people say molkheia taste a bit like spinach. Do you confirm ?
You like it for the taste or it's good for health ?

It is a real talent you've to know how to recognize mushrooms ! Yum ! :D

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maybe in a raw taste that can recall spinach, but it's different once cooked. I can't find something close in term of taste
I love the taste. It's my grandma legacy I try to share but I'm not that good... Anyway , as you said, it's very good for health and transit!

For mushrooms, the advantage of boletaceae is that the only toxic one is the Rubroboletus satanas, quite rare, all others are comestible, just vary in term of taste experience, some are poor, some are great. You can not make a mistake with boletus because they all have pores instead of gills under the hat. You just have to bend down 😸

And thanks for your cooking source, if you're interested in tunisian cook I just recommend Mohamed Kouki book

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If something close comes to your mind for the cooked taste, please don't hesitate to tell us the taste !
It's even more precious when it comes from grandma, grandmas are the best ! ^^

Fortunately (at least on google) the Rubroboletus satanas looks very different from the Xerocomus Badius.
Your story makes me want to eat boletus.

I take note of the book thank you, i imagine the pastries are incredible.

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Egypt here, molkheya is a regular dish in our house

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that does not surprise me from your country. I could eat that every week. You probably master it better than me 🤭

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As a Canadian, I love poutine, and I also like making it because it's so simple. You just need french fries, cheese curds and some gravy. You can really add your own variety to it though such as adding vegetable, or adding sour cream, adding hot sauce or even adding meat.

Most places also sell Poutine too, so its fun to taste the different ways it's made by fast food and even high class restaurants.

Here's one from McDonald's I like for example. They take the basic formula, but add some breaded chicken, green onions and buffalo sauce. I like the added spice and having meat is always nice. (Rhyme was not intended there, lol)

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Argh i'm hungry now !! XD
I can no more eat cheese but remember the taste, but just fries and sauce + friend meat + green onions, it's already super yummy, so with cheese i can imagine it's paradise !!

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friend meat

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What i have done here 😶

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I learned how to make Pho. I don't make it the traditional way with beef bones though. Traditionally, it takes way too much time to make the beef bone broth, constantly adding water and boiling it off for 6-8 hours. I just boil a whole chicken for 1-2 hours for the chicken broth. Take out the chicken. Cool it down fast in the fridge, so the chicken is chewier. Throw the soup in the fridge overnight to skim the floating fat off.

Throw in fresh ginger and brown onion. Boil up the white vemicelli noodles. Thankfully, we are growing our own green herbs (don't know the name) that goes well with it. Fresh cilantro can also work in a pinch.

So I like my easy to make Chicken Pho, although, I guess it still takes about a day to make.

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So many hours ! Real dedication.
I heard about Pho but never tasted it. But it's famous at least in name.

I hope to have the opportunity to taste it one day, even if i don't know if restaurants have a similar one here than the real one you cook.

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I recommend (from Argentina)

-Empanadas
http://www.larosadulce.com/2020/05/empanadas-argentinas-al-horno.html
https://cookpad.com/es/recetas/7101578-empanadas-nortenas

-Chipa (Origin shared with Paraguay)
https://cocinerosargentinos.com/panes/chipa-nacional

Empanadas are stuffed pastries, often with meat and onion, and Chipa is a delicious cheese bread.

(this are mine)

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Gracias for your recipes links and yummy photos ! It looks great with all whatever they put inside in your first link !

The Hispanic cuisine is much too good ! ;)
Do you often cook them ?

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I can answer as argentinian.

yes, we cook "empanadas" very often, take some time, so its not a daily food.
we have a Lot of varieties basically because our country Is big, so these are not the same on North that south part (almost in every region we have a different version of empanadas).
in my region "chipa" Is very common, but take a lot of time to cook them, so Is generally selled on small business or in the street.

I can add
"asado": roast meat, with the particular argentinian way to cook it (lots of diferentes meat, conmbinations) and we usually use the "grill" for family reunions. its like a ritual.
"locro" (I dont know if its origin Is argentinian)
"choripan" (same as above) this two are traditional here

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Thank you for all these precisions ! :D

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gorgeous! Looks like some geodes to break with teeth

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True that it's mostly the butter, garlic and parsley that give snails their good taste haha As for frog legs, I don't see how it's anymore horrible than eating chicken... considering the number of people eating chicken compared to frog legs, way more chickens are killed than frogs overall in my opinion. It's been real long since I haven't had any frog legs, mind you.
Living in the South-west local specialties would mostly be with duck meat, making them expensive rather than hard/long to cook like those you mentioned ^^
As for other region specialty, I guess the tartiflette would be one of those I make the more often...

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Hello compatriot !

I agree with you that a life is a life. But it's just that a chicken is bigger, so to get the same amount of meat, need to kill less chicken than frogs, for a very similar taste. Anyway i ate that twice in a life, and more than 20 years ago so... I just can confirm most of us don't really eat that anyway. And certainly not on a daily basis.

Ah yes among other things, the magret de canard is crazy good.
Tartiflette i forgot the taste. :-/ But you're right to mention it, it's really famous !

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I think idea is the more of the animal's body parts you eat (or make use of) the "less horrible" the act of killing the animal is. With a recipe for frogs' legs, you eat 30% or less of the animal's body mass, and the rest is thrown away. With chickens, I think we're using 80% or more.
I'm just spit-balling here.

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I can understand that argument, yeah ^^

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I think that's because frog's legs are cut directly on living frogs :(

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I heard a rumor about that but can't confirm, just hope it's not real... sorry if it was. (I don't eat lobster for a similar reason)

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I think that's just a legend... but that's just me.

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My wife often makes Spätzle, which is made from an eggy pasta dough that results in a long rough noodle. The roughness of the surface really helps sauce cling to the noodle.

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Fresh pastas are a wonder. With cheese it's probably excellent too ?

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I don't know what's seen as the Brazilian national dish abroad, but I fail miserably everytime I try to prepare a Brazilian BBQ for friends haha in most places I've lived outside of the US, getting access to the right cuts was always the biggest challenge - if you can get your hands on that, it's usually easy to find one or two Brazilian friends who can handle the grill :)

Me and a group of friends tried to institute Sunday as the official BBQ day where I live - it lasted for maybe four weeks, then we just got lazy and let it drop haha

EDIT - Thank you for the GA's, by the way!

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I'd say Feijoada is a sure bet but then again I am sometimes stunned by how little even professional cooks know of international cuisine so maybe it's not very widely known outside of other lusophone countries

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I guess it depends on the sun outdoor too, BBQ is always tempting as soon as sun smiles ! :D
What makes BBQ brazilian specific to other BBQ please, just out of curiosity ?

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I'm from south-est of France and I hope I'll get some "cèpes" (french porcini mushroom) this autumn.
"Fondue savoyarde aux cèpes" is one of my favorite dishes.
I like to cook asian food to (Pho, Pad thai,..) it's often quick to do and healthy!
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Didn't know it was done with cèpes too. Charcuterie, vin blanc, fromage ! Oh la la !!

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I know I'll sound dumb and behind the trends

In my opinion not at all. Being a foodie is normal and its just another interest to make your life more colorful. Food and local booze is definitely two things I will always want to try when visiting somewhere else. I have a friend with whom most of our chat is filled with pictures of food and suggestions where to eat. And eating definitely can be an adventure.

Just last week we went for a hike. Ended up walking 15km , taking a cold swim and there, besides the lake we made sort of stew with shrimps and whatnot. While of course traditionally cooking up some sausages would be preferable we want it to be special. And IMO that's perfectly normal

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Absolutely, the snack is one of the greatest pleasures of the walk with the panorama !

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Just imagine how happy you'd be if you could combine those two and eat your whole family

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But no ! It's the best, it's an amazing opportunity when you can taste from so many different countries recipes !
I never tried fish and chips honestly, or did i ? It's like findus croustibat ? 😋

Mooncakes look often beautiful ! Kimchi is sold now in supermarket here, i'm so happy to find it, but it's still rare... And i wouldn't dare to say to a Korean that it's real kimchi, he would probably facepalm.

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Latvia here. As an Eastern European can I even answer this question without mentioning homemade vodka, wine and beer? Maybe not really "traditional" but we have some unique recipes and local people who make very specific tasting booze.

My family mostly makes vodka and beer. But beer takes a lot of effort, so that is for special occasions. But we have really perfected the recipe for both, so it comes out really good and isn't risky... because you can theoretically create vodka in simple conditions but it is going to taste and smell like shit.

More seriously about foods. We have rather simple "national" foods as far as I am aware. Might be missing something so if more Latvians come here, be free to add something.

For example very classical dish is potatoes, herring and cottage cheese - https://www.santa.lv/raksts/ievasreceptes/receptes/dieta-un-veseliba/bezglutena-edieni/silke-ar-biezpienu-un-kartupeliem-15152/ Its easy to make, cheap and tastes brilliant together. I don't make it that often though.

Then for summer months very popular is "cold soup" - https://gardedis.lv/visatraka-un-visvienkarsaka-auksta-zupa/ . That one is made from beets, kefir and different small additions like eggs etc... I have had problems with having foreigners to eat this... as its pink and some people just can't get past the fact that food "naturally" shouldnt be pink :D Despite beets being that color. Either way it is really tasty, in summer months we make it sometimes, but this is one of those recipes that you only like when you mom makes it when you visit, so you don't do it yourself :D

Then popular are these small meat "puffs" as I understand they are called in english - https://gardedis.lv/mammas-speka-piragi-recepte/ . Its basically bread with meat in it. Popular mostly in winter. I don't make them at all. You need to have an oven which I don't. At least I am not aware in which countries these originate from, but this is something we are making always.

For "desert" we have these bread "soups" - https://gardedis.lv/tradicionala-maizes-zupa/ . It can have raisins and whatever in it. But it is made from bread... again - simple, but tasty. Again - difficult to get foreigners to try, but mostly I've gotten good responses :D I don't make it ever :D

Then of course shitloads of dishes with peas, beans, potatos. That is as far as I can remember.

As for what I do cook - mostly I resort to simple pasta or rice with meat. Or regular salads. Traditional foods more for celebrations etc

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We can't say bad things about potatoes here. It's taboo.
And with cheese even more.

Oh the beautiful pink of the beets soup ! ^^
And i love the image of the bread with meat in it, i would totally like to eat that just now that the weather outdoor is cold and grey.
The desert wouldn't have guessed at all it was made of bread.

Thank you for the nice discovery of your country recipes !
You're right to mention the vodka, wine is really important too here for the meal even if it's not at every meal.
You have beers too ? Are they tasty ? :D

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Wine isn't that widespread though. As far as making it yourself goes. So some good foreign wine is going to be go to anyway.

Beer - I know I will sound sacrilegious but I like our beer better then German beer even. While of course visiting Germany will end with me drinking way too much beer anyway, I prefer our own local one.

The home made one - its usually a bit stronger then your regular one in the store.. about 6-7%. It is not so gassy if thats a word. But basically homemade one doesn't have so much gas added to it. Depends on the way you make it but usually its a bit more bitter then regular beer.... and its a killer. If I can drink 5-6 beers from the store and be relatively fine, 3 homemade beers will get me drunk.

But we sure are beer loving country - in a lot of places you can buy tap beer even in 5 liter bottles. If I'm going to the see its a must that I will visit the brewery near my hometown and get 5-10 liters of beer :D I thought that's normal but even Germans where surprised about it :D

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5 liter bottles

Woo ! Here that's serious content ! :o
Honestly i'm not a beer specialist, your description is tempting !
Here i just get what i can from my supermarket. facepalm
Chimay belgian beer is the best i found until now. We find some Belgian leffe too, and there is one around 7°.
The other ones are... let's just not talk about.

In my region, there are some big bottles of Champagne
https://www.vinatis.com/blog-bouteille-de-champagne
But i heard to be made, we fill them by pouring smaller bottles into them, it must alter the quality better get a little one.

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Belgian beer is good as well. I like it. Leffe is very tasty. We have a Belgian restaurant here and they have these Belgian beers from tap I think. Very tasty

Beer can be bought in 1, 2 and 5 liter plastic bottles. Usually in alcohol stores or breweries themselves. Those are live or tap beer. So you need to finish those within few days as they have no preservatives added. Hence the taste is also a lot better as well.

5 liter is actually sold in these types of bottles - https://www.nestlepurelife.com/pk/nestle-purelife-5l-bottle
Some breweries have 2 liter glass bottles, but of course majority are in 0.3 or 0.5. So bigger ones are usually left for tap beer.

Damn - 30 l of champagne is crazy much :D Here I've only seen vodka and whiskey bottles at similar capacity :D

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Oh i see the sort of 5L bottles, even more impressive !
Darling, i open a 5L bottle but let's finish it before the day. :p

If i remember well, until "magnum" (1.5L) bottles of Champagne are directly filled. And above, it's filled from other bottles.
So if for a marriage you want a Nabuchodonosor (love these names XD), then for sure it's filled from other bottles, not so great better get normal ones.

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Hi !
I'm french too and often cook some french meals: Poulet Roti Frites, Tartiflette, Bouillon de poule, Hachis Parmentier, etc... We have a lot of awesome recipes in France ;)
My wife is polish and we also cook a lot of awesome polish meals, like Pierogis, Zurek, Barscsz, Kotlet Schabowy...

Thanks for the gifts !

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Poulet roti and Hachis Parmentier are national recipe ? I didn't even know that. Both are superb of course because it's more affordable for everyday cooking and children like that.

Kotlet Schabowy looks like the affordable tasty food too. And the first 2 recipes, don't know how to say that but "ça a l'air de tenir au corps !"

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Yes I think they are national receipes, at least Hachis Parmentier ^^.
And yeah they are great for children, my 2 boys love them !
Kotlet Schabowy are breaded slices of pork, really affordable, easy to cook and delicious !

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I find that snail's butter (butter with herbs and garlic) is better with mushrooms. In my region of Maine-et-Loire / Anjou (and in Touraine, too), we call this dish "Galipette" ;)

This recipe add cream in it in in it, but it could be simply mushrooms with butter and herbs...

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I didn't know galipettes, it looks crazy good. Thank you for the recipe !

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I have no clue what my national recipes even are so I doubt it to be honest.
I am from the Netherlands, I would assume national recipes has something to do with mashed potatoes or normal potatoes and am not a big potato eater, besides that... not a clue :P

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I just heard about cheese from Netherlands. Potatoes... let's just salute the potatoes !! :D

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Potatoes are great indeed but I think here as national stuff I guess it would be cooked potatoes with gravy and am not a fan of those so yeah :P
Also found split pea soup, aka snert, it looks like puke and in my opinion tastes like puke ;)

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Thanks for your honest opinion on pea soup.
I joke, if i was really hungry i would eat that without hesitation !!

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Many people love it, good for them! I find it smell bad and taste bad so I would only eat it if I was very desperate ^^
It is pretty healthy though, at least, I assume since it's made from peas...

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Not really... If meat stew in cream sauce doesn't count.

I'm not even sure if there is many national recipes in Finland. Some, but not really that many.

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It looks great for winter. Do you cook some fish too ?

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Personally only salmon, usually with Hollandaise if I do... So not really Finnish.

Maybe I should get around cooking some herring.

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Yum hollandaise ! Sorrel sauce is so nice too with fish !

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Hmmm...
In this region, if we move one more mountain or river, something different can be considered a specialty or staple food....
But since we basically eat 🍚 rice, why not "takikomi gohan)"?👩‍🍳📙
I think you will find quite a variety of recipes in the search.

Well, I would leisurely nibble on a cucumber with mayonnaise (fresh). I am not an inhabitant of the earth...😋🥒

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The ingredients are not often easy to find where i live but it gives idea thank you ! And there are beautiful photos typing takikomi gohan ! :D

It's nice some cucumber mayonnaise for an everyday meal ! :o
I like some simple rice salad too, rice + tomatoes + tuna + egg, and a little bit of dressing

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No, I don't cook, but I like your avatar and username.

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Thank you it's very nice ! ^^

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Austrian here (don't mix it with Australia): Where I live our national recepies are usually like regular peoples food and very popular in restaurants. They are mostly split in the main dish (meat) and side dish(vegetables or rice) on the same plate but not mixed. Also you make a salad which is like a healthy DLC to every dish (but not needed).

To mention a few: "Wiener Schnitzel" (Breaded pork escalope with a mixed salad and potatoes), "Kaiserschmarrn" (lightly sweetened pancake), Knödel (Dumplings with different fillings), "Gulasch" (meat and potato stew or soup)

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Salad is great to help digest, it's a great tradition.

The second photo, it looks like a sort of apple compote ?
The last photo reminds me all these pots full of (what food) we find everywhere in Kingdom come !

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Here in the US we kinda of americanize any cuisine from any country, or have them immigrate here and be inspired to make whole new styles of food. So that's what I'd say our national style of dish would be. Anything that you love from your nation, but made with American tastes and attitude in mind. Which often means made more poorly, but sometimes there's a beautiful result. I think the caesar salad was invented in the US but by an immigrant.

I personally enjoyed getting to live in France for about 9 months while living in Paris and having so much fresh food readily available and within walking distance.

I was quite inspired by France in many ways with the way i cook, and view food as an art form in general. . I love the style of keeping to 3 ingredients and working with them to a high degree in order to maximize their flavor and texture.

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Interesting and fresh point of view, 3 ingredients is a really cool concept !

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No. Never. I don't like it. The only seasoning they use in Norway is salt. Just salt. Maybe some black pepper, but be careful with black pepper - it might get spicy! I just recently bought some food at this social gathering; it was really bland, but I had to pretend it was really tasty (because that's what a good Norwegian do, never complain because Law of Jante is still strong), and then they were like "You sure it wasn't too spicy? We added some paprika/bell pepper powder for extra spice!"

But I can't be without the traditional christmas dishes during the holiday season. Even the stinky lamb ribs.

And oh boy oh boy, potato dumplings! n_n - Not the one with fish inside, but cooked ham.

"Oh i forgot, there is a lady who wrote a book, with easy recipes. In France sometimes we gift it to the teenagers, because it contains most of it and it's easy. The lady is called Françoise Bernard. I think some of their books have been translated. There are many meat recipes, but some pastries too, it's a basic book."

  • We have that too! It's called Den Rutete Kokeboken/The Checkered Cookbook and was made by a legendary old TV-chef (may she rest in peace)
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Oh condoleances for the coming festivities food then. :p

The book made me smile ! What an amazing smile !! ^^

1 year ago
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Well, I'm italian, so no need to answer :D
I live in Rome, and I use to eat very often the best pasta ever here:

Italy has so many dishes, the best in the world, that pages of comments would not be enough to list them.

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italian is one of the best for sure! I discovered few weeks ago the lampascioni (leopoldia comosa) in basilic oil, really loved it but impossible to find in our markets (or very expensive on the webstores)

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I've never eaten them. They must certainly be very good. In Italy we have so many dishes that change from region to region that it is impossible to eat them all. Anyway since you told me, I'll try them! Thank you!

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Oh I'm not that kind of italian that never try other foods. Surely, here we have the best food in the world, can't deny that, but I love the food of all the world, can't wait to travel even more to taste it. In fact I will look at the other comments to learn more about culinary culture around the world

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great! now im hungry! ja ja.
looks amazing,
I can say we have something similar to Carbonara in Argentina, its very basic: sapghetti with boiler eggs and cheese, some include other thing, but I do it just like that: basic, easy and quick

1 year ago
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Wow Argentina! Here in Italy you are very famous for the meat.. Maybe one day I'll visit this beautiful country.

1 year ago
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yes! you Will love our country, as a turist, we have lots of things, foods, culture, music, dances, museums, secenay/places… , etc to share! and of course: the most beautiful women of the world (je)

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The industrial pastas are shit. I admit that you're the only ones who know to do so many great pastas that we could eat that everyday.
I liked a lot going to Italy as a pre-teenager tourist (it was to visit Rome and Pompei), and just have good memories from this travel, the food and the people. Surprisingly, i remember there wasn't pizza at hotel, it was marked "italian cooking" and we all expected pizza. We got a soup ! ^^

Even if i love french cooking (my adoption country), i won't contradict you on the italian quality. Love Italy, love Italians ! :D

1 year ago
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I'm also French, and the recipe I like to cook the most is actually one of my childhood dishes: la Cacasse à Cul Nu, which is one of the most emblematic dishes from my home region (les Ardennes).
It's a potato based dish, with slices of bacon and onions, seasoned with thyme and laurel.
It's cheap to make, really good and it's even better in winter because it's really warm when served and it's also really nourisshing !

Funnily enough, I've learned to cook properly with a japanese cuisine book. Now I own three, plus a small notebook where I copy some good recipes from the internet.
I really love making good food !

1 year ago
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Le nom est surprenant. Et c'est génial en fait, il faut vraiment que j'essaie ça.
Merci d'avoir indiqué cette recette, et bonne cuisine du coup comme vous avez l'air passionné !

The name is amazing. And it's great actually, I really need to try this.
Thanks for pointing out this recipe, and happy cooking as you seem passionate about it!

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