We were asked a question just before Christmas – what different kinds of food have we eaten?
That made us think a bit. This is what we replied. We like to eat the local foods whenever we can, so we have eaten lots of different foods in all the countries we have visited. Here are a few of them:
Here's Helen eating some dried fish in Ukraine - we bought this at a stall by the roadside
Ukraine – Fresh water fish, smoked and sold by the roadside in a wooden hut. Wild Strawberries bought from roadside sellers who had picked them in the woods
Russia – Fried eggs and mashed potato for breakfast.
Kazakhstan – Sweet donuts filled with meat and onions, not jam
Mongolia – Lamb cut up and boiled, with the arteries and bones still in it. Yaks cheese, which is very very hard, and tastes like smelly socks; and tea made with warm horse milk and hardly any tea. Both horrid!!
USA – Biscuits and gravy, and german pancakes with sugar and maple syrup – yummie!
Mexico – Coconut straight from the tree – Drinking the milk from the inside first, then chopping it open to eat the white coconut flesh. Frijoles, which are red beans boiled and then refried – sometimes served mashed into a paste.
Belize – Mixed ‘Rice and Beans’ served with fried chicken, and deep fried banana.
Guatamala – Fresh Pineapple cut up for us by a man in a truck on the street.
El Salvador – Papusa – small, round, very flat pastry, folded around a filling of meat, cheese, or vegetables, and then flattened and cooked on a heated iron plate.
Honduras – Plantain fritters, which are a type of hard banana, mashed up and flattened into fritters and deep fried until crispy.
Nicaragua - chocolate omelette (not a local dish but one we loved)
Costa Rica – Deep fried maize – which explodes like popcporn and goes all crispy on the outside, served for breakfast with raw onion, potato, and sausage.
Panama – Home made pizza – lovely!!
Colombia – Chicken with its head still on! Chorizo sausage, which is very spicy and has a lot of fat and gristle in it.
Ecuador – Pumpkin soup, currried hamburger (:-/) and grilled guineapig. Sugared sweets made from spices, fresh milk and sugar. Sweets made from chocolate, marmalade and milk mixed into a paste and chilled.
Argentina is famous for really lovely steaks, so we are looking forward to getting there.
