What is your favourite food from a different country/culture?

Question

What foods would you like to see in supermarkets that are from foreign countries?

I'm doing research for a food tech GCSE project with the title:

Many food manufacturers have responded to the demand made by returning holiday makers by developing a range of food products from different cultures. Investigate.

As many ideas as possible would be great, thanks!

Answer 1

Frikadellen

Wherri grubs

Grass cutter

Guinea pig

Whale meat

Kaydeedads

Possom collard greens

Roast armadillo

Stuffed camel

Answer 2

Real Hungarian goulash. That ground beef/canned tomatoes c**p is NOT goulash. Sukiyaki would be good too.

Answer 3

More Asian products, especially pickled vegetables, noodle dishes, sauces, spices, etc.   Not comercialized, or Americanized stuff but authentic Asian recipes/flavors.

Even produce would be great; like long beans, Chinese cabbage, and bitter melon.

Answer 4

Pastellilos

Answer 5

I spent a long time in India where i enjoyed dishes made with paneer.I am now happy to find it in many of the supermarkets, most of the time(but not always)

What i have not been able to find though is ' mango shrikand' it's amazing stuff that i used to love serving/eating with plain yoghurt.

Best of luck with your project.

Answer 6

Jingha molee. Prawns in a hot and spicy coconut sauce.

Chinese style barbecued spare ribs.

Stuffed vine leaves - dolmas.

Lamacun. A Turkish pizza, but the bread base is much thinner than an Italian pizza.

Adana kebab. Minced lamb with Turkish spices and herby, pressed onto a flat skewer and grilled.

Linguine nero a la frutta del mare. Linguine nero is like flattened spaghetti flavoured and coloured with squid ink and served with a mixed seafood sauce.

Tortellini filled with ricotta and spinach served with a cheese sauce.

Rösti and liver - this is Swiss and the Rösti is made from pre-steamed potatoes which are then grated and browned in the frying pan - not what you've seen on Ready, Steady, Cook etc.

Not a big fan of ready meals from supermarkets, they tend to have been adjusted to what the supermarkets think the 'natives' in their country want.

However, I don't make my own pasta.

Answer 7

  More types of spices, herbs and cheeses used in ethnic cooking.  Specifically:

    Smoked paprika

    

    Decent saffron

    Epazote (mexican herb)

    Also, some really good, soft pita bread, not the frisbee type you get in typical grocery stores.  I try to get mine at the farmers market.

Answer 8

Kimchee!

It's a Korean pickle made with Chinese leaves, thinly sliced carrot, ginger, chillis, lots and lots of garlic, and I love it!

Answer 9

from trinidad:curry meats,veggies,fish..fried rice,bake and salt fish,calaloo,yams,potatoes,all ground provisions,..from china fried rice,chicken ,duck, all seafood,pekin duck,pepper shrimp,lemon dishes....from india some of the curry a lot of the sweets,I do love all the spices from india..italy pizza,anything pasta and cheese...I also love food from greece,poland,fiji,guyana,and my homeland canada,I pretty much try foods from all over at least once...  

Answer 10

Curry, curry, curry, curry, curry and curry!

Answer 11

Braut kartopflen

Answer 12

From Southern Africa, I would like to see canned or frozen Bull Testicles in mustard sauce.

From India, how about chicken heads in Gerham masala?

From North Africa, how about Nile Crocodile Steaks?

From Alaska, penguin p***s in tomato sauce in a can...

Answer 13

gotta be indian

Answer 14

Im Singaporean of Indonesian descent & my fav food from a different culture than mine will be Doner Kebab from Turkey. Its delicious yet exotic.

Answer 15

luv greek yum yum  

Answer 16

pretty much anything italian!!

Answer 17

Chicken Fried Rice :P from China, it's delecious!

Answer 18

Italian French cheeses

Mexican pork products and goat cheese

Candies from all countries would be awesome

Mexican Coca Cola the best.

More Breads from France and iraq etc.

Filipino desserts like Bibingka and HALO- HALO rocks!!!

I hurt Thai Cuisine is good, and Indian

Answer 19

well really the only sections in the supermarket are "asian" "mexican" and "indian" alot of spices/sauces that u can get in certain countries are not available here so if u get a traditional cookbook most of the recipes u cant make because of the lack of ingredients. i recently bought a book called "food of the world" no matter what country or culture the recipe is from there will b at least 1 ingredient missing. i love cooking traditional food from different cultures and unless u find a specialty shop or market that stocks that culture or countries food it makes it very hard.  

Answer 20

Chicken tikka  Indian food

Answer 21

Chinese eggs and tomatoes are addictive.

Answer 22

I'd like to see Greek food in stores, it's healthy, colourful (so kids could like it), and tasty, yet so underrated and hardly around (in stores it's usually Italian,Indian and Chinese).

Answer 23

Wasabi flavoured lays>  Thailand

Answer 24

curry

italian food

mexican

kebabs there are loads. just think, most of the curry's we eat actually originated from britain not india!  

Answer 25

Bacon and cabbage.......Its a trad. Irish dish.

Answer 26

Banana Pocky Sticks

Answer 27

From Germany:

Bread

Bretzeln

Laugenbroetchen

Quark

Mettwurst

Weisswurst

Gelbwurst

Schinkenwurst

Erdnuss Flips  

Schokolade

Answer 28

mexican!i love it!...i'm italian so i can't tell italian food as an ethnic one!bwt it's exellent!

Answer 29

My top choices would be:

Paella in an authentic pan that you return after use.

A Tempura making kit, with instructions.

A selection of meze ready to eat.

Japanese sticky rice in a microwave bag.

And some already available:

Sushi and sashimi.

Chinese Crispy Aromatic Duck in a serving kit.

Teriyaki sauce.

Answer 30

More Japanese fresh and dried ingredients.

Answer 31

Ukrainian cakes and desserts

Also:

Vushka or holushky—"little ears" rolled triangular dumplings, sometimes stuffed with mushrooms in soup or on the side .

Vesnianyi—diced cucumbers and tomatoes, topped with dill or parsley, when in season.

Varenyky (often called perogies in English)— boiled dumplings, usually filled with potatoes, cabbage, cheese, or seasonal fruits, topped with butter and sugar or shkvarky (fried bits of salo and onions), accompanied with sour cream.

Mlyntsi—crepes (blyntsi or nalisnyky), filled usually with cottage cheese, meat, caviar or fruits

And the best!!!!!

Deruny or pliatsky—potato pancakes, usually served with rich servings of sour cream; another variation of a dish – ‘’deruny’’ stuffed with cottage cheese