ISO: Recipes from Around the World

[Jengerbread88]

Okay, I emailed people from the following countries:

Pakistan, Hong Kong, Germany, Norway, Brasil, Kuwait, Vietnam, Moldova, and Denmark. I'm not sure who will email me back, but I will send you recipes as I get them.

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Update! My brother who is from Germany sent me this link which he says has many many accurate German recipes, all in English. http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/europe/german/index1.html

He says particularly the Apple Pancakes, Bratwurst, and Schnitzel are popular in his part of Germany. And I can attest to the fact that apple pancakes and schnitzel are fantastic!

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My sister Sabine recommends Bienenstich, which is a German pastry. I think mostly she just recommends it because her nickname is "bee" and it's traditional German "bee-sting" cake.

http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/europe/german/00/rec0019.html

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And from a friend from Norway, he sends this link with recipes.

http://www.sofn.com/norwegian_culture/recipe_index.jsp

It also has the Norwegian Table Prayer, in both Norwegian and English, and some cultural information, if you click around.

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My friend Lasse from Denmark says that this recipe is common for them, the Danish meatballs...

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1726,155190-252207,00.html

He suggests serving them with boiled potatoes, brown gravy, and pickles.

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[Candice]

super easy stri fry we make at home..
You can use any veggies you like.. I just use broccoli most because it's cheap lol and it taste like beef & broccoli like in the Chinese restaurant

serves 2-3 (can be multiplied to make more)
meat:
2 chicken breast OR 2 pork chops OR 1/2 a shirt steak
(cut very thin.. cut across grain)
1 1/2 - 2 teaspoons corn starch
1 teaspoon oil
1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 TB soy sauce

cut mean thin, across grain, put in bowl or plate
put oil, soy sauces, and corn starch over and mix with hand
Let marinate in fridge for a 5-15 mins..


4-6 cup's veggies
(most the time I use broccoli & carrots(what we have on hand and what is cheap ) you can use anything you like in your stir fry!)

cut florette's off broccoli, if you use stem you need to peal first then chop
julienne carrots

Steam veggies about 3-5 mins
quickly put veggies in cold water and set aside


6 cloves of garlic
small slice of fresh ginger

chop garlic and ginger very fine.. set aside


sauce:
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
3/4 cup cold water
1 TB corn starch

in a bowl or cup, poor soy sauces, cold water then stir in the cornstarch.. mix until combined. set aside ( you will need to mix right before pouring in pan too to get it all mixed up again)

Get pan or wok hot
put in enough oil to coat the bottom, not too much though or else you start deep frying lol I would say about 1/4 cup

put meat in, and fry till 1/2 way done, add garlic & ginger, cook till done.. usually only takes 1-3 mins to get the meat cooked
add veggies, cooked till warmed up, about 3-4 mins
then poor over you sauce, let cook till thickened.

serve over jasmine rice

 

[scrapmonkey]

One of my favorite things to make from China is jiao-zi - dumplings which can be steamed or fried. I'll have to look up the recipe I have for it, but it would be fun (and a bit messy) for kids since it is a very hands-on recipe for the most part. There's also xiao-mei (which literally translates to "little pretty") - very similar, but they are only steamed.