Archive for June, 2010
World Cup Cuisine – Danish Breaded Fish Sandwich
After being out for a couple of nights, we got back into doing our world cup food this evening and chose Denmark. The Danish national dish is meatballs (called frikkadeller) but various types of open sandwiches on rye bread are also popular. Having a look at the Wikipedia page about Danish food, I noticed that […]
Read More..>>World Cup Cuisine – Honduran Pupusas
So, day six of our World Cup Cuisine series and our first loss: none of the teams that we have chosen so far have lost their games, but when choosing Honduras we figured that that roll was likely to end anyway. I only had a vague inkling where Honduras was before I looked it up, […]
Read More..>>World Cup Cuisine – Portugese Pea Soup
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the first of the fresh peas for ages so was delighted when Stephen bought these home on Sunday. I’d earmarked them for either a Pea and Mint soup or a variation of this, my favourite new Summer recipe from last year. And then I realised I needed to cook something Portugese […]
Read More..>>World Cup Cuisine – Japanese Clams and Spring Onions with Miso and Mustard Sauce
Day four in our World Cup Cuisine escapade and we are already a quarter of the way through our target of cooking the food of half the countries! Today we went for Japan, and chose a recipe that at first glance looked a little like a Japanese version of moules mariniere, but turned out quite […]
Read More..>>World Cup Cuisine – Ghanaian Nkrakra
Ghanaian food is something that we have been planning to try for a while but somehow have never got around to it. One thing in particular that we were keen to try was a peanut soup. But when searching for something to cook for today as Ghana was playing we found Nkrakra, which is a […]
Read More..>>World Cup Cuisine – Argentinian Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
When thinking of what to cook for Argentina, we automatically thought of this dish. Having cooked it before though, we felt that maybe we should be a little more creative and try something else, but we remembered it having been particularly tasty and were keen to eat it again. As it turned out, we were […]
Read More..>>World Cup Cuisine – South African Milk Tart
Kerri and I came up with a rather ambitious plan for the World Cup – to try to cook the food of the participants on the day that they were playing. We figured that we could probably get through roughly half of the countries involved, which is probably a bit over-ambitious but something to aim […]
Read More..>>BLAM!
The humble sandwich. I eat a lot of them but rarely post about it. I generally favour the plainer fillings: ham and mustard or leftover roast chicken. As long as the bread is fresh and crusty and the butter isn’t margarine then I’m easily pleased. Ready-made sandwiches don’t do much for me, the sad, soggy […]
Read More..>>Pork Rib Ragu
Finally. I’ve been planning to make this for what feels like forever but each attempt has been thwarted for one reason or another. A couple of weeks ago, I actually went to the butcher and purchased the ribs I needed but a bout of illness meant I had to put them in the freezer. Needing […]
Read More..>>Salami, Pesto and Watercress Pizza
Stephen mentioned in passing that he was considering taking a break from his wheat-free diet as he was craving bread. As a confirmed bread-lover, I’ve missed homemade pizza the most since Stephen’s experiment started so, seconds after he admitted his resolve was weakening, I’d convinced him we should eat pizza for dinner. We had rather […]
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