All the National Dishes of the World in ONE Ebook!

I love it when people speak of themselves in the 3rd person...

Ailly mw I was stuck at the idea of city dishes, you mean there is a national dish for all of France, or Italy, or Germany? OK maybe Luxembourg I understand, maybe San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Vatican, Campione and Ceuta, but one national dish for Canada?

"Mike Tommasi" wrote .................

Hmmm - never saw the original post (spam filtered?)

I wonder what could constitute the national dish for New Zealand?

I mean, I have only been here for a tad over 60 years, and I have no idea what it could be.

Going back a couple hundred years into Polynesian times, perhaps fish - and kumara (sweet potato)!

That's it - smoked fish and kumara pie - with a Speight's! (Go on - Google it!)

st.helier wrote on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:07:33 +1200:

It would be hard to believe the Maori were teetotalers but I have no idea what alcoholic beverages they favored. Can you enlighten me? Didn't some Polynesians have the disgusting sounding method of chewing on starches, spitting it out and letting the mess ferment?

Heh. Apparently, they /were/ teetotalers. I got curious, and in

it says: "Māori were one of the few people to have no form of alcoholic beverage."

I don't know about Polynesians, but originally, sake was produced in this manner.

Kooked Kiwi with the Kumara, sir? A vintage palm toddy?

Cheers!

Martin

"James Silverton" <

Historical sources are unequivocal that Polynesians, like most of the Indians of America north of Mexico, were without alcoholic beverages.

While liquor was first brought to Polynesians by European voyagers in the middle and late eighteenth century, in all areas of Polynesia ***except New Zealand*** kava drinking was the only "mode of intoxication"

NOTE: Of course, Kava is non-alcoholic - it is sedating and is primarily consumed to relax without disrupting mental clarity - and from personal experience, numbs the tongue.

And here I thought Sophia Loren was the national dish of Italy...

Jim

There is a misconception I've heard that kangaroo is a national dish in Australia - not so. It's served in tourist restaurants and some high end places - almost as a novelty item. But nobody I know eats it and I believe most of the local consumption goes to the dogs ie for pet food.

Slaughtered in non too humane or hygienic surrounds it also carries a few parasites.

I ate some years ago as kangaroo tail soup and as steak. Dark stringy and gamey. Recommended wine - cask (bag in a box).

The most common dish in Noosa restaurants is slow cooked pork belly. Most consumed wine in Oz - New Zealand sauvignon blanc.

Cheers!

Martin.

"Martin Field" wrote ......

Hi Martin, is this a confirmed fact?

I had heard whisperings to this effect.

I would have thought most Australians would rather choke on stringy kangaroo tails rather than make this admission!!!!!

Cheers

st,helier

Hi St H - as usual I was writing with tongue only slightly in cheek, But a Queensland wine merchant assures me that NZ SB accounts for 8 out of every ten bottles of wine of any type bought on the Sunshine Coast (south east Queensland) and see

Cheers!

Martin

I have had Kangaroo, and rather enjoyed it grilled. Queensland is a bit warm for wine drinking. I would think the idea of a really dense Syrah(shiras excuse me) on a Queensland evening would be overpowering. My favorite Queensland libation would have to be cold beer and a lager or pilsner at that. Not quite ale country. Joseph Coulter J&B Journeys

You're right about heavy reds being overpowering in this climate - but only in the warmer weather - which is about half the year. And yes we go through a fair amount of lager in summer.

In winter (now) it gets down to a chilly 11C at night so I try to catch up on the reds I've missed out on in the warmer months. When we do drink reds in summer I put them in the fridge for half an hour before opening.

Cheers!

Martin

st.helier wrote on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:31:43 +1200:

Poor deprived people! I wonder if the delight in warfare of the Maori, Hawaians and North American Indians was a substitute? However, the Aztecs who might have had alcohol, were fierce enough. It must have been a pretty miserable society when, if you were not a high Aztec aristocrat, you were not even allowed cocoa!