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msmoneypenny · 2007-03-01T21:13:55+01:00

Share your favorite home-cooked dishes you miss as an expat. List meals and your current or home country for nostalgic culinary connections.

Food from home i miss!!

QueenOfSheba New member

Member since 12 March 2009

QueenOfShebaNew member13 May 2009 09:10:59

#41

It's weird that bread is the one thing most people miss from their home country.聽 I'm not sure what makes the bread taste different here in Saudi but I assume they add a preservative to make it stay fresh for longer because of the remoteness of some areas.聽 Arabs like croissants so i've substituted that for bread.聽 I'm not a fan of Arab bread (khubz)only with some curry.

We're so fortunate because the uniquely SAfrican things like boerewors and biltong is sold by a lady on the compound where we live...tasty stuff!

I do miss Nola Mayo, Buttro Butter and Samp & beans (Umnqusho in Xhosa) my hubby's favourite.

But I don't miss these things enough to want to go back to SAfrica:lol:

Sandman6 ViP

Member since 17 May 2009

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Sandman6ViP25 May 2009 11:03:34

#42

1863

English living in Libya.

- Lamb's liver slow cooked with onions and rich gravy, with creamy mashed potatoes

- English Breakfast: Cumberland sausage, smoked thick cut bacon, black pudding, chestnut mushrooms, fried eggs, tinned plum tomatoes and thick white toast bread

kingofthekitchen Member

Member since 27 May 2009

kingofthekitchenMember28 May 2009 08:48:58

#43

Lamb's liver slow cooked with onions and rich gravy, with creamy mashed potatoes

;snap;i live in gibraltar and we have a morrisons supermarket,,,when i went in the other day they had pigs liver on the shelf,,,,,,

dinner that night,,,,liver,bacon,sausage and onion cassorole,,mmmmmmmmmmmmm,,,thats a classic,,,,,,,

imperialmoat New member

Member since 09 December 2008

imperialmoatNew member28 May 2009 12:20:03

#44

English living in Japan.

I miss meat.聽 I fancy a big Sunday roast with thick gravy, or a nice ham.聽 Real sausages too.聽 Or a nice whitefish would be nice.

prince_1_15 Member

Member since 07 July 2009

prince_1_15Member07 July 2009 22:34:40

#45

I am Hindustani in India & I like made by Mother "Chapati, Rice, Indian Special Aamti, etc.," Cow's Fresh milk, Butter-Milk. Maharastriyan Plate is my favorit deesh in lunch

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grandPa Guest

grandPaGuest24 July 2009 01:40:26

#46

NicoleB wrote:
Country from: Germany聽 In: Hungary

I always miss the right meat to make decent Rouladen & Goulash

Uh...grandpayeti loves Goulash and Rouladen...he uses tender buffalo meat here in Nepal. Can we exchange some recipes?

There is everything in Nepal...really everything...except Dutch raw herrings but grandpayeti has a lot of other fish to eat here. And....knaeggebroed...uh...that is what grandpayeti could not find in Nepal to keep his potbelly under control..so he eats six grain bread from the Nepalese "German Bakeries" that are found at every tourist hub.(with smoked Norwegian Salmon, available here in Nepal in the fresh markets and supermarkets since five years...yummy!)...love goes through the stomach here...Nepalese kitchen is also very nice.The Nepalese are funny people. They have an entire different view on life. They do not live for their work...they work to finance their over 180 (yes that is right one-hundred -and eighty) festivals per year!
And then....they eat...eat..eat

grandPa Guest

grandPaGuest24 July 2009 01:46:17

#47

Sandman6 wrote:
English living in Libya.

- Lamb's liver slow cooked with onions and rich gravy, with creamy mashed potatoes

- English Breakfast: Cumberland sausage, smoked thick cut bacon, black pudding, chestnut mushrooms, fried eggs, tinned plum tomatoes and thick white toast bread

Har-har...grandpayeti can see that on your er...uh..well never mind...have fun and eat ...eat...eat...

AliceWB New member

Member since 29 September 2009

AliceWBNew member30 September 2009 14:31:00

#48

Mexican living in England.

I miss everything! Proper tortillas, different varieties of chillies, traditional street or market food (tacos, gorditas, garnachas, tortas, barbacoa), a good BBQ with real big juicy T-bones and not just burgers/sausages in cold buns, fresh tropical fruits, big red tomatoes, ripe avocados without weird fibers in them, and I could go on and on.

I manage to bring a lot of ingredients except for the fresh stuff and other things you can find here.

Surely, I would miss things I find here like the HUGE variety of international food that is not available where I'm from.

Avroraborealis New member

Member since 13 October 2009

AvroraborealisNew member15 October 2009 07:55:18

#49

QueenOfSheba wrote:
It's weird that bread is the one thing most people miss from their home country.

My hometown bread was the first thing I started missing in Malaysia. I am from Kazakhstan. Fresh, hot, crispy brown bread. And natural beef and mutton - the tastiest meet in the world is made in Kazakhstan! (I quote my expat friends). I also miss Lagman. It's impossible to cook it here for the lack of a simple key ingredient - pickled dzhyusai...

liana corder Member

Member since 17 October 2009

liana corderMember19 October 2009 00:16:47

#50

Caledonia wrote:
The only thing I miss is snails (escargots).聽 Apart from that nothing, food is great here (no we do NOT eat fried Mars bars) and I've got a French deli 2 minutes walk from home (where they sell snails for a fortune!).
Edinburgh a very cosmopolitan city so you can find food from all over the world.

i have had escargots a few time since moving to france and i dont think they are to bad but just to let you no yes we do eat fried marz bard but you have to dip them in batter first its really nice you can also do it will most choc bars!!

i used to eat them as a school child it used to ost 1 pound and me and my freinds loved them!!

not had one for a few years now tho!!