Around the World - One Plate at a Time.

I dont use anything that involves dead animal so stock is a nono..

I'm gonna try and dish you mentioned though, it sounds scrummy :-D

I am such a foodie Von. I want to try to be a food writer as a hobby if I can.

I can't wait for you to share with me a canadian or chinese recipe. (hint-hint)

Maybe I can make poutine?

PS. Jammy didn't you say you were allergic to peanuts? Poopity. Maybe you can substitute almond butter for the peanut butter?

Im not super allergic to peanuts, but they do make my gums itch like crazy for about half an hour... its a risk im willing to take :-P

Just for your interest, Pam, this is an English Afternoon Tea. I have no idea why, but a lot of my foreign friends want to know what this is. To be honest, its a very posh thing to have, and its only for special occasions.



We had sandwiches (salmon, cucumber, tuna, chicken and cranberry, egg), a scone with clotted cream, some banana cake, a choux pastry bun with cream and chocolate, and a slice of carrot cake. And a pot of tea, of course. Yum!

I love it echi! I will add that to my list of to-do's for eating around the planet! <3

What does clotted cream taste like ??

Give me scones all day, every day. You don't have jam with yours Echi?

I like Jam, but it wasn't on the menu when I was there. Jam... mmmm yum.
My favourite jam is either raspberry or damson.

And to answer your question, Pam, clotted cream is..... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Its pretty much full fat cream which has been stired and stired until it's ALMOST butter, but not quite.

And I've found a recipe and technique for making AWESOME scones! Home made ones are about 2000% better than any shop-bought ones.

echidna09 wrote:

And I've found a recipe and technique for making AWESOME scones! Home made ones are about 2000% better than any shop-bought ones.

Recipe please.....*taps foot impatiently*

Here is Paul Hollywood's scones recipe. He's a master-baker, and these are master scones. :-)

The weight of flour and amount of water you use is pretty CRITICAL. If you follow this recipe exactly, they'll come out perfect!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/paul_hollywoods_scones_70005

We had horrible storms with a Tornado warning for our town last night. we picked up Lucky Kitty and ran to our stairwell till the alert was over. (around 9:30 PM)

This morning I woke up and looked at the window. In the light of day I could see the whole 1st layer of the roof had been torn off of our building! As I type this there are 7 men hammering away to fix it!

Then my boss called me to say the power was completely out at our office building! So no work today!

So what will I be doing with my free day off? Making Thai Sweet Sticky Rice and German Bavarian Pretzels!

sounds like a nice day

mmm sweet sticky rice, although I like chinese sticky rice more hehe XD

FunkiVon wrote:

sounds scary!

It was! and Lucky Kitty was so freaked out! I kept trying to grab her and she kept darting away! She was very skittish with all the thunder and lightening! I felt like Dorothy trying to catch Toto!

Then I yelled to Evil to go grab her, because she always comes to him when he calls.

Hey Pam , if you can , and have the ingredients to do it. Go and make this, if you don't like it. Feed it to your cat Anyway.

Heres the link to it

http://www.food.com/recipe/algarve-oven-baked-codfish-with-cauliflower-pescada-assada-370746

BrunoSTF wrote:

Hey Pam , if you can , and have the ingredients to do it. Go and make this, if you don't like it. Feed it to your cat Anyway.

Heres the link to it

http://www.food.com/recipe/algarve-oven-baked-codfish-with-cauliflower-pescada-assada-370746

Hmmmm, fish... I haven't had fish in 2 months I think. O__O

Fish...

Poor Nemo!!

Im having a crack at making this tomorrow.. im sure its gonna be yummy :-D

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetarian-recipes/baked-potato-skins-with-gorgonzola-rocke

Poor Pam and Mijo Lucky kitty saved the day

Oh, and food. VENEZUELA - EMPANADAS. GRAAHDHHAAG

Beto wrote:

Oh, and food. VENEZUELA - EMPANADAS. GRAAHDHHAAG

EMPANADAS!!!!!! omg i'm seriously craving for one right now.

And Beto, I googled GRAAHDHHAAG and nothing show up. -______- Is it one of those ASDAFASKJFBWAW things?

Beto wrote:

Poor Pam and Mijo Lucky kitty saved the day

Oh, and food. VENEZUELA - EMPANADAS. GRAAHDHHAAG

Mijito, post a venazuelan recipe here for me! I would love to make a dish from your country! <3

LMFAO Glitchy. That made my day XD

So many delicious recipes, Pam XD Problem is, you need a flour that is very hard to find... if you look in a Latino/Venezuelan Market though, you should find it.

If you want to, it looks like this (even if the recipe says normal flour, just use this flour instead, lol)



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Ok, first of, arepas. Make them, and put whatever you want in them. Basically a sandwich, just better. Arepas are eaten almost regularly, they're basically what is waffles and toast to you.

http://www.whats4eats.com/breads/arepas-recipe
(most if not all people make them in an arepa maker, but you can make it this way too)




Empandas! Arrrrrrriba! Basically same as arepas, you can put whatever you like in there. Though cheese, chicken, and fish are the most popular. By the way, the ones that come out looking like the one in the picture are, IMHO, the best ones. All the other ones, specially the highly decorated ones, tend to taste a bit stale.

http://www.whats4eats.com/meats/empanadas-recipe




These are cachapas. They are not widely known, but they are delicious. Basically a soft corn pancake, you can spread cheese on top of it, put pernil (Venezuelan pork), or put a slice of white cheese on top of it.

http://www.whats4eats.com/breads/cachapas-recipe



Hope you can make these, Pam

LOL.. I have Harina de Maiz in my kitchen cupboard right now Mijito!



Please be patient with me, I have quite a few recipes I have to get through. But I look forward to trying all the dishes from my worldwide friends! <3

All those pictures of Venezuelan food you posted looks sooooooo good.

I wanna try the cachapas and the arepas. I wonder if they have them in Mexican restaurants here? I'm not sure if there's any Venezuelan restaurant in Vancouver. <__<

I'm so hungry for them right now.