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What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?

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LadyMaravilla
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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"?

Posted 4/28/06 10:37 AM
 
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Snozberry
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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.

Posted 4/28/06 10:44 AM
 

Diva
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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! Chat Icon

Posted 4/28/06 10:44 AM
 

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 Chat Icon like a slushy

Posted 4/28/06 10:44 AM
 

kriss2c
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?

Chicken Paprikash (Hungarian) yummmm.

Posted 4/28/06 10:45 AM
 

FeliciaDP

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Mommy

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' .. Chat Icon Everyone misses it now !

Posted 4/28/06 10:46 AM
 

Snozberry
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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' .. Chat Icon 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. Chat Icon

Posted 4/28/06 10:49 AM
 

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 Chat Icon

Posted 4/28/06 10:51 AM
 

dpli
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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! Chat Icon

Message edited 4/28/2006 10:57:13 AM.

Posted 4/28/06 10:55 AM
 

LadyMaravilla
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Sonia

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! Chat Icon



I love the Tamales that are made of corn. Like corn-meal kind of! Soooo yummy!!

Posted 4/28/06 10:57 AM
 

Diva
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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! Chat Icon



I had pupusas last week. Good grief, I ate so many!! Chat Icon

Posted 4/28/06 11:02 AM
 

LadyMaravilla
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Sonia

Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?

I had pupusas last week. Good grief, I ate so many!! Chat Icon



Revueltas and Cheese are the BEST!!!!!!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 4/28/06 11:04 AM
 

pmpkn087
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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)

Posted 4/28/06 11:04 AM
 

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! Chat Icon



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
 

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



Posted 4/28/06 11:14 AM
 

mrswask
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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!!!

Posted 4/28/06 9:01 PM
 

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?)

Posted 4/28/06 9:25 PM
 

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.

Posted 4/29/06 9:35 AM
 

WoodIAm
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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.

Posted 4/29/06 9:45 AM
 

MrsProfessor
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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.

Posted 4/29/06 10:02 AM
 

Salason

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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?

my MIL's empanadas

Posted 4/29/06 10:37 AM
 

Tany
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?

Empanadas, Almojabanas, Arepas, Tamales, ETC.

I could continue forever.Chat Icon

Posted 4/29/06 11:11 AM
 

Jessica
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Ethnic Dish/Food?

i love empanadas
favorite dish= bandeja campesina

Posted 4/29/06 11:13 AM
 

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!

Posted 4/29/06 11:31 AM
 
 

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