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LadyMaravilla
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Name: Sonia
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What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
For those of us that have parents or grandparents that were born in other countries, what is your favorite dish from "home"?
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Posted 4/28/06 10:37 AM |
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Snozberry
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Name: Melissa
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
It's simple but tomato sauce - my nonna (mom's mother) made the best that I've had in my life.
My nonna on Dad's side (from Sicily) made this dish - it was pasta with bread crumbs and anchovies. Sounds weird, but I loved it.
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Posted 4/28/06 10:44 AM |
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Diva
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Member since 12/05 2825 total posts
Name: Jennifer
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
I cant get enough of my mom's rellenitos. It consists of fried mashed sweet plantain with a gooey center of black bean paste sweetened with cinnamon and sugar. Sounds nasty, but they are to die for!
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Posted 4/28/06 10:44 AM |
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baghag
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Sorry, i cannot name just one! They are all Filipino dishes.
Sinigang- a sour soup
Pinakbet- a veggie dish
Pancit- a noodle dish
Lumpia- an crepe-like egg roll that isn't fried
Turon- banana, jackfruit and sugar fried in an egg roll shell- DELICIOUS!
Sago Gulaman: ummmm like a slushy
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Posted 4/28/06 10:44 AM |
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kriss2c
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Name: Kristen
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Chicken Paprikash (Hungarian) yummmm.
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Posted 4/28/06 10:45 AM |
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FeliciaDP
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Posted by Snozberry
My nonna on Dad's side (from Sicily) made this dish - it was pasta with bread crumbs and anchovies. Sounds weird, but I loved it.
My grandmother made this dish too. I didn't like the anchovies part, but it was something only SHE could make 'just right' .. Everyone misses it now !
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Posted 4/28/06 10:46 AM |
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Snozberry
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Name: Melissa
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Posted by FeliciaDP
Posted by Snozberry
My nonna on Dad's side (from Sicily) made this dish - it was pasta with bread crumbs and anchovies. Sounds weird, but I loved it.
My grandmother made this dish too. I didn't like the anchovies part, but it was something only SHE could make 'just right' .. Everyone misses it now !
I will not eat anchovies in anything ever but when she made that, I ate it up. My mom said she'd try to make it but I teased her that being from just outside of Naples, she might not get it right like the Sicilians do.
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Posted 4/28/06 10:49 AM |
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FeliciaDP
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
There are so many fabulous Italian dishes that both my grandmothers used to make, I would be here all day
But my grandmother's stuffed artichokes were by and large the best I EVER had. My Mom and aunts try to duplicate it but it's never ever the same way she made them!
Now that I'm married to a Greek boy, my favorite Greek dish is Pastiso (I might be spelling it wrong). Its like a Greek lasagna or baked ziti, except you use a creamy type of base to mix in instead of tomato sauce. I cannot even describe it but its HEAVEN on a plate
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Posted 4/28/06 10:51 AM |
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dpli
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Name: D
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Can I adopt someone else's ethnic foods?
I LOVE homemade lumpia, pupusas and tamales.
I once worked in a school that had mostly philipino and latino students. Once a year we had a cultural fair and I would hoover their mom's homemade stuff!
Message edited 4/28/2006 10:57:13 AM.
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Posted 4/28/06 10:55 AM |
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LadyMaravilla
Fall Is Here

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Name: Sonia
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Posted by dpli
Can I adopt someone else's ethnic foods?
I LOVE homemade lumpia and tamales.
I once worked in a school that had mostly philipino and latino students. Once a year we had a cultural fair and I would hoover their mom's homemade stuff!
I love the Tamales that are made of corn. Like corn-meal kind of! Soooo yummy!!
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Posted 4/28/06 10:57 AM |
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Diva
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Name: Jennifer
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Posted by dpli
Can I adopt someone else's ethnic foods?
I LOVE homemade lumpia, pupusas and tamales.
I once worked in a school that had mostly philipino and latino students. Once a year we had a cultural fair and I would hoover their mom's homemade stuff!
I had pupusas last week. Good grief, I ate so many!!
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Posted 4/28/06 11:02 AM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Name: Sonia
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
I had pupusas last week. Good grief, I ate so many!!
Revueltas and Cheese are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 4/28/06 11:04 AM |
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pmpkn087
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Name: Stephanie
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
goulash (German)
kielbasa and pierogi (Polish) but I also LOVE biegos (umm..sourkraut soup..I guess you would call it)
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Posted 4/28/06 11:04 AM |
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baghag
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Posted by dpli
Can I adopt someone else's ethnic foods?
I LOVE homemade lumpia, pupusas and tamales.
I once worked in a school that had mostly philipino and latino students. Once a year we had a cultural fair and I would hoover their mom's homemade stuff!
You might find this site useful: The Gaijin Girl's Guide
none of the restaurants are as good as my mom's stuff, but it eases the craving.
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Posted 4/28/06 11:08 AM |
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MrsERod
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
spanish: rice and beans w/ pollo guisado pastelon
italian: lasagna
mexican: burritos
chinese: fried dumplings pork buns
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Posted 4/28/06 11:14 AM |
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mrswask
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Name: Michal
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Lots of different Israeli food that my grandma in Israel makes
My mom also used to make homemade hummus - super yummy!!
Nana also makes super yummy matzah ball soup!!!
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Posted 4/28/06 9:01 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
My grandmother makes the BEST chicken soup and homemade knishes
My great grandmother used to make the most delicious stuffed cabbage and fried canadles (sp?)
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Posted 4/28/06 9:25 PM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
DH's grandmother is from Russia. She makes these amazing little pancakes filled with spinach and pine nuts. DH's mom does a lot of Lebanese/Middle Eastern cooking, which is amazing. I particularly like her homemade hummus.
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Posted 4/29/06 9:35 AM |
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WoodIAm
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Name: JoAnne
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
My Grandmother's Baked Corned Beef and Cabbage and her Irish Soda Bread.
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Posted 4/29/06 9:45 AM |
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
My nana used to make the best Irish soda bread! I also love fish and chips, with lots of salt and vinegar.
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Posted 4/29/06 10:02 AM |
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Salason
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
my MIL's empanadas
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Posted 4/29/06 10:37 AM |
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Tany
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Name: Tania
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
Empanadas, Almojabanas, Arepas, Tamales, ETC.
I could continue forever.
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Posted 4/29/06 11:11 AM |
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Jessica
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
i love empanadas favorite dish= bandeja campesina
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Posted 4/29/06 11:13 AM |
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cj7305
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?
I'm Greek and I LOVE:
- pastichio (baked macaroni w/ meat & cream)
-spanokopita (spinach pie)
-avgolemono (chicken lemon soup)
-domathes (grape leaves stuffed with meat & orzo and covered in lemon sauce-well that's how they make it anyway =)
-kouroubiethes (powdered sugar cookies)
MMMMM MMMMMMMMM!
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Posted 4/29/06 11:31 AM |
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