Just thought I would create a thread where people can show and discuss their country's national dish. If you are from the U.S. you can also provide food your state is known for.
I'm from Barbados, and my country's national dish is Cou-Cou and Flying Fish.
Cou-Cou is a made of cornmeal and okra; for those interested, here's the wikipedia page for Cou-Cou.
Our national food is salted bearicorn roast. When our bearicorns die in battle, we cook their flesh into a tasty treat. (If you haven't caught on by now, a bearicorn is a bear with a single horn on its head. Bear+unicorn=bearicorn.)
Fish and chips. Battered fish with chunky cut potatoes and lashing of salt and vinegar to boot. Goes nicely with curry sauce or mushy peas. Bought from "fish and chip" outlets that litter every English town. Seaside towns have the best fish and chips though; fact.
Mmmmmm... National cuisine.. Welsh Rarebit, boyos. Although the origin of the term may be an English insult, as rabbit was traditionally the poor man's beef and cheese was the Welsh man's rabbit; Welsh being a synonym for shitty. Yeah, it's fancy cheese on toast.
I'm from England so chips..but I live in Scotland where people would tell you that the national dish is haggis... but I'm pretty certain its anything from Greggs Bakeries...like a macaroni pie....
Boerenkool(stamp) met rookworst. Borecole and potatoes(mashed together) with smoked sausage. Erwtensoep met roggebrood en spek. Peasoup, served with rye bread and bacon. The thickened(and most common) variety depicted here is called 'Snert'.
I'm an American so it is whatever clogs the arteries fastest and adds the most fat around your midsection. Hot dogs and hamburgers are probably the first thing that comes to mind, but I'm going to suggest a meal that almost all of us have each year. On Thanksgiving, practically every American eats turkey, stuffing, green beans, and pumpkin pie. It's the traditional meal for that holiday. People eat other things for other holidays, but (for the most part) Thanksgiving is unique in the states for having a standard menu across the nation.
" No im not kidding, this and the balls of a Ram is one of Icelands finest national food!
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My hometown Voss is (in)famous here in Norway for this kind of food. As a matter of fact, several hundreds of people here get together in a big tent just to eat it once a year. Personally I don't want any sheep tongue or sheep ballsacks in my mouth.
Norway's "official" dish however is a lamb and cabbage stew, called fårikål.
I'm American, but being of 50% Polish descent these are one of my favorite foods. They being Galumpke, or stuffed cabbage rolls. Cabbage, ground beef, onions, tomato sauce, and rice are all you really need to make these.
I don't really know what the swedish national dish is, if we have one. I guess we have many things that are traditional here, such as Janssons Frestelse or Falukorv in various ways. We also eat a lot of fish, particularly herring and/or pickled herring, but that's mostly for hollidays. Oh, and I almost forgot... Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes (or regular potatoes), brown sauce and lingonberry jam. Behold!
well in America, we got 50 states and everyone has its own thing goin on. And then even most City's has its own things goin on.
In Philly, where i live, its obviously the cheesesteaks. Now, theres pizza places on nearly every corner in this city i swear. They ALL make cheesesteaks, but if you want a good one you got to go to the places that specialize in cheese steaks. Theres the two most famous- Pats and Genos. Then theres a ton of other just as great places as well such as Fruscos, Chink's, and Steve's. may you salivate at that beautiful sight below: most people just order a "steak, wit wiz and friied onions" because its fast and tastes great anyways, but this is how always order them
i pass Fruscos on my way to work, i think im gonna leave for work early today. theres two ways to make em.like this with thin slices of steak, or you can chop up the steak into almost confetti like. i prefer the above pics way but choppin em up is always good to and it feels more stuffing because it makes the sandwich huge. learn more about em here
I don't think Canada has a national dish. If we did, it'd be something from France or England anyway. But in Toronto, I'd have to say it's a street-vendor hot dog. T.O. has the best I've ever tried. I don't know what they feed those delicious rodents, but it's awesome times on Queen and Spadina.
My Portuguese side wants me to say Bacalao (not the biggest fan).
It's cod fish, usually served with potatoes, onion and bread in some combination. Might also contain the other staple of a Portian's diet: Chorizo.
Beats me. In the United States we have everyone from the entire planet living here adding their culture to the pot. We also have affordable food from every culture and region as well. Hard to say...
" Beats me. In the United States we have everyone from the entire planet living here adding their culture to the pot. We also have affordable food from every culture and region as well. Hard to say... "
yeah, but every city has its own MAIN thing ya know.
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