What Are Your Favorite Ethnic Foods

[Crown Royal]

Indian - Paneer Makhani, Matter Paneer, any kind of vegetarian pakora, gulab jamun. Indian is a food that is the epitome of comfort food. The spice releases endorphines, it is impossible not to be full.

Thai - Pad Woon Sen - a kind of noodle - delicious.

Mediterranean/Greek/Arabic - A good tabouli, hummus, vegetarian dolmas, spanicopita.

German - Before becoming a vegetarian, I loved Bratwursts or weinerschnitzel.

Mexican - I posted a recipe thread a while back where I gave my recipe for poblano zucchini enchiladas.

Japanese - either sushi or udon noodles

 

[StanleySpadowski]

I can't believe no one's mentioned Polish foods yet.

Haluski, kielbasa, pierogi, blood sausage....

I even know one restaurant that offers a gourmet "Polish" pizza with a potato and cheese mixture (pierogi filling) instead of sauce and then they top it with sauted onions, sauerkraut and thin sliced kielbasa.

 

[Crown Royal]

I can't believe no one's mentioned Polish foods yet.

Haluski, kielbasa, pierogi, blood sausage....

I even know one restaurant that offers a gourmet "Polish" pizza with a potato and cheese mixture (pierogi filling) instead of sauce and then they top it with sauted onions, sauerkraut and thin sliced kielbasa.

I can't speak for everyone, but living in Texas there just hasn't ever been a huge Polish community to introduce these foods. The closest I've had is the kolache store in West, TX on the way to Austin.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

I can't speak for everyone, but living in Texas there just hasn't ever been a huge Polish community to introduce these foods. The closest I've had is the kolache store in West, TX on the way to Austin.

Small towns in PA were noted for being "ethnic" towns. You'd have a Swedish town, a Polish town, an Italian town. The little town were my grandparents live is kind of like that. The Italian drank at the Knights of Columbus while the Poles had St. Joe's hall.

I would have thought that you as a vegetarian would have sought out a lot of the Polish/Slavic/Eastern European dishes. Their rather humble home countries lended their dishes to include very little meat. Lots of various cabbage and potato dishes even a few notable beet ones.



I don't know if it qualifies as ethnic or not but the Mennonite/Amish community has the best pies on the planet. Rhubarb pie or Shoo fly pie...

 

[ZeroClub]

Tzatziki, Dolmades, Grilled Halloumi, Avgolemono Soup, and classic Greek Salad.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

That is hardly an "Italian" dish. Didn't I teach you ANYTHING while you were in New York!!?? :bang2:

This is the single funniest thing I have EVER read on this forum.

 

[Hostile]

I can't believe no one's mentioned Polish foods yet.

Haluski, kielbasa, pierogi, blood sausage....

I even know one restaurant that offers a gourmet "Polish" pizza with a potato and cheese mixture (pierogi filling) instead of sauce and then they top it with sauted onions, sauerkraut and thin sliced kielbasa.

I do like kielbasa. I've used it in omelettes before and it makes them really good.

Never had a pierogi, but a friend of mine mentions them now and then.

I don't know what the other two are. I've heard of blood pudding before, not blood sausage.

 

[Crown Royal]

Small towns in PA were noted for being "ethnic" towns. You'd have a Swedish town, a Polish town, an Italian town. The little town were my grandparents live is kind of like that. The Italian drank at the Knights of Columbus while the Poles had St. Joe's hall.

I would have thought that you as a vegetarian would have sought out a lot of the Polish/Slavic/Eastern European dishes. Their rather humble home countries lended their dishes to include very little meat. Lots of various cabbage and potato dishes even a few notable beet ones.



I don't know if it qualifies as ethnic or not but the Mennonite/Amish community has the best pies on the planet. Rhubarb pie or Shoo fly pie...

I have actually never considered eastern european cuisine - I am certainly moved to now. Like I said, in north texas, there just isn't much of a community from that area.

Lately I am trying to pursue north african cuisine, such as moroccon, and ethiopian (I don't guess that is north african).

And strawberry rhubarb pie is one of my favorite things in the world.

 

[Hostile]

Tzatziki, Dolmades, Grilled Halloumi, Avgolemono Soup, and classic Greek Salad.

I love Greek salads with lots of feta cheese and Mediterranean olives and that Greek dressing.

 

[Crown Royal]

I love Greek salads with lots of feta cheese and Mediterranean olives and that Greek dressing.

Ever had tabbouli or fattouch?

 

[Crown Royal]

Shepherds pie
Bangers and spuds (suasage and potatoes)
Beef stew is served at every irish place i have been to

There is this one place i love and they have the "traditional irish breakfest" which i have never been able to order because i dont go there early enough in the am, right now i cant remember everything on it but it's about a 2000 calorie meal.

Maybe next year on st pattys day ill go start early

omg shephards pie.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

I do like kielbasa. I've used it in omelettes before and it makes them really good.

Never had a pierogi, but a friend of mine mentions them now and then.

I don't know what the other two are. I've heard of blood pudding before, not blood sausage.

Blood pudding and blood sausage are basically the same thing. Similar to head cheese or souse in that it uses the nastiest part of an animal.

Haluski is basically noodles and cabbage with a little onion.


You have to hunt down a pierogi recipe. Try ones stuffed with potato and cheese sauteed in butter and onion or ones stuffed with sauerkraut. It's a little time consuming but worth every minute. Our grocery stores carry frozen ones but like any mass produced frozen food they aren't very good.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

omg shephards pie.

That's gotta go on my grocery list for the week. Haven't had that in forever and it's so simple to make.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

That is hardly an "Italian" dish. Didn't I teach you ANYTHING while you were in New York!!?? First off, it HAS to be a red gravy (you non Italians would call it "sauce") Secondly, there is NOTHING roasted on an Italian menu worth it's weight in salt.

"Fettucini Alfredo....A dish of fettuccini egg noodles mixed with butter, Parmesean cheese, and cream. The dish has been a staple of Italian-American restaurants since the mid-1960s. It was created in 1914 by Alfred Di Lelio, who opened a restaurant in Rome, Italy, under his first name on the Via della Scrofa in 1910. The dish supposedly helped restore the appetite of his wife after she gave birth to their son. The original dish was made with a very rich triple butter Di Lelio made himself, three kinds of four, and only the heart of the best parmigiano. Fettuccini all'Alfredo became famous after Hollywood movie actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford ate the dish at Alfredo's restaurant while on their honeymoon in 1927...After World War II Di Lelio moved to the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, and in the 1950s his restaurant became a mecca for visiting Americans, most of whom came to sample fettuccini Alfredo...Because most cooks could not reproduce the richness of the original butter, today the dish almost always contains heavy cream."
---Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, John F. Mariani [Lebhar-Friedman:New York] 1999 (p. 126)

Some of the best roasted lamb I've had in my life was in Abruzzo, the Italian province east of Rome that stretches from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea. Likewise the countless roasted veggie/antipasto plates we had on our month-long stay on Capri, (pronounced CAP-re).

Also, last I checked, every Italian restaurant, "worth it's salt" I've ever been in, had "Italian roast" coffee on their menu.

So, :!!

 

[Hostile]

Ever had tabbouli or fattouch?

Yes, on tabbouli, no on fattouch. Do you like stuffed grape leaves? What about baklava? I like both but baklava is too sweet. I have to be in the mood for it and not very much of it.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Irish... Colcannon

Italian... Spaghetti AOC (anchovies, olive oil and capers).

Greek... Gyros but with LOTS of Tazatziki

Cajun... Boiled crawfish, and PLENTY of 'em!

Indian... Tandoori chicken.

Chinese... Hard to beat a good, freshly fried eggroll.

German... Spaetzle with a simple butter, parsley and sage sauce.

Mexican... Fajitas, shrimp, chicken or beef.

American... Hamburger with lots of sharp cheddar and purple onion.

Japanese... Anything cooked on a Teppanyaki table, ala Benihana.

 

[Hostile]

Irish... Colcannon

Italian... Spaghetti AOC (anchovies, olive oil and capers).

Greek... Gyros but with LOTS of Tazatziki

Cajun... Boiled crawfish, and PLENTY of 'em!

Indian... Tandoori chicken.

Chinese... Hard to beat a good, freshly fried eggroll.

German... Spaetzle with a simple butter, parsley and sage sauce.

Mexican... Fajitas, shrimp, chicken or beef.

American... Hamburger with lots of sharp cheddar and purple onion.

Japanese... Anything cooked on a Teppanyaki table, ala Benihana.

Never heard of this. What is it?

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Never heard of this. What is it?

They're like a little dumpling or plump noodle made of flour and sometimes potatoes.

S[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]paetzle [SHPEHT-sluh; SHPEHT-sehl; SHPEHT-slee] Literally translated from German as "little sparrow," spaetzle is a dish of tiny noodles or dumplings made with flour, eggs, water or milk, salt and sometimes nutmeg. The spaetzle dough can be firm enough to be rolled and cut into slivers or soft enough to be forced through a sieve, colander or spaetzle-maker with large holes. The small pieces of dough are usually boiled (poached) before being tossed with butter or added to soups or other dishes. In Germany, spaetzle is served as a side dish much like potatoes or rice, and is often accompanied by a sauce or gravy. The cooked spaetzle can also be pan-fried with a little butter and onions (usually a good left-over idea).[/FONT]

 

[carphalen5150]

I was lucky enough to be stationed in both Italy and Japan...both had great food.

In Okinawa they had this place called Coco's...it was a curry restaurant, but not the traditional Indian curry, there are similiarities, but I am told it is different. Anyways...you could order anywhere from 1-10 on the heat scale. I would order it with a breaded chicken patty, veggies in the curry, then it was on a bed of sticky rice. The best, just thinking about it now I am starved. I went up to level 5 one time and I felt wasted...it was hot to say the least. I eat hot food too, so this was just on another level.

In Italy I loved the carbonara and there was this place that made the best pizza. It is very different from American, just a little lighter. I had this eggplant pizza...damn that stuff was good.

 

[Hostile]

This thread is making me so hungry.

I was wondering if any of you have every tried Navajo Fry Bread?

It's very similar to a scone or a pita bread and they eat it like a tortilla. Basically anything can be put in the fry bread to eat it, or it can be used to dip into a dish.

I had some fry bread and a mutton stew one time here in Arizona and it was absolutely delicious.