(photograph © Kiwidutch)
We have foodie friends and every few months we meet up for an impromptu pot-luck style dinner.
At our most recent get-together last October our guests bought food from their home countries of Lithuania, Armenia, Canada, Netherlands and New Zealand.
Unfortunately our Lithuanian friends arrived almost an hour late so my pastries were heading towards cremated status and were a generous dark brown colour instead of the soft golden brown they usually should be.
There was a beef stroganoff dish that came in two versions: the larger pot with mushrooms as the recipe was intended, and a small one for me to try sans mushrooms since I’m allergic to them.
Our Canadian friends opted for a salmon dish and Himself who also opted for fish.
It’s really interesting to try other cuisines and if you know anyone from a different country or culture it’s well worth organising this kind of dinner because it’s a fun eye opener and gives you an insight into food you might otherwise never be brave enough to try.
We added olives, cucumber and a baguette to the table to complete our menu and had a fabulous meal!
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
What is that dessert? It looks yummy.
Comment by sethsnap — January 8, 2013 @ 4:13 am |
Sethsnap,
yes it looks like a dessert doesn’t it? but actually it’s a very dark speciality bread with layers of cheese… so sorry if that was a disappointment!
I forget the “proper” name but it’s available at a local supermarket. Mind you… inventing a dessert that looks like this would be a wonderful idea because it does looks like it SHOULD be one!
Comment by kiwidutch — January 8, 2013 @ 8:49 am |
It’s okay.. I am a carb person (As you can tell by my pictures) and that sounds wonderful too.
Comment by sethsnap — January 8, 2013 @ 7:07 pm
I love stroganoff, one of my favorite dishes and that one looks delicious, I prefer it without mushrooms, but my is matter of personal taste.
Comment by Doggy's Style — January 8, 2013 @ 8:31 pm |
Ooo, fun! For a few years when I was a kid, on Thanksgiving Day here in the US we would forego the traditional turkey dinner and try out recipes from other nations. I remember our Scandinavian dinner was surprisingly successful (none of us having any Scandinavian blood), and our Traditional Spanish was alarmingly bad (considering we’re Mexican-American!).
Comment by Luddy's Lens — January 9, 2013 @ 4:48 pm |
Several years ago we celebrated Thanksgiving with some neighbors who had invited some of their students as well – the Mrs. teaches English to the Japanese that work at some local Japanese-owned factories in Ohio. So we had an American-Japanese Thanksgiving and it was the most interesting Thanksgiving dinner we’ve ever had
Comment by Carrie — January 17, 2013 @ 11:39 pm |