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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 9:04:45 GMT
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 1, 2009 9:55:41 GMT
They missed a lot of noodle and rice dishes in eastern Asia and south east Asia.
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Post by bazfaz on Apr 1, 2009 10:27:49 GMT
The Europe fast food left out France. Round here the fast food is pizza or McDonald's.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 14:21:24 GMT
Panini still reign in Paris, plus the street crêpes. I don't think I have eaten one or the other in at least five years.
I know it was recently determined that traditional baguette sandwiches outsell hamburgers eight to one in France.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2009 15:14:31 GMT
The street food and fast food of any given country in Asia would be my idea of heaven. It's pretty damned nice where I live, too. You can get a fast, cheap sit-down meal at midday, called a comida corrida, which consists of already prepared food that comes to your table in courses: soup, then rice or pasta, then the meat or fish dish. It's served with a beverage and frequently with some kind of small dessert. But street and market food is where fast food really shines. Here is a Oaxacan quesadilla made with the local string cheese and squash blossoms, and that cheese (quesillo) being rolled into balls for sale:   . Tacos are everywhere. Here is one kind -- tacos al pastor (shepherd style). That's pork on the spit. It's sliced off and put on a tortilla along with some of the chopped grilled pineapple you see in the foreground:  . This is a section of the downtown market:  . The smoke is from the grills. You select your meat and spring onions, and it's cooked up right there for you. Here it is being cooked in the Tlacolula market:  . Dessert is easy to come by. You can buy sweet bread, churros, and different candies on the street and there are ice cream stands all over Oaxaca:  . The red is ice made from cactus fruit. The above is a tiny sample. Food also comes to you: tortilla and tamal vendors pass from door to door. Baked banana vendors bring their calliope-like contraptions on three wheeled bikes. You can find sandwiches on good bread on almost any street. In the evenings the food choice increase with hamburger or hot dog stands opening up, along with grilled corn vendors. There are also places that only open in the evenings and which sell only one thing, such as hominy stew. |
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Post by voy on Apr 1, 2009 18:13:32 GMT
fast food here in Florida ( leaving out the chains...) are the wonderful Taco Trucks - converted bread vans parked along a busy road. Great burritos/soft tacos/empanadas - kind of a mix of Mex and Argie. - cheap and delish.
and in NYC there is still the ever popular "umbrella club" for lunch. - the hot dog wagon with onions and all - to say nothing of all sorts of other things off carts. most of which are super
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Post by Don Cuevas on Apr 1, 2009 18:29:58 GMT
"hominy stew"= ¿pozole? Yesterday, we had a late breakfast in several stages, at the Pátzcuaro mercado. Doña Cuevas started with a tamal covered with salsa, hold the crema from her favorite stand, at the mercado entrance. Meanwhile, I drank a café Americano at the sidewalk cafe of the more upscale Gran Hotel. Then we joined up in the depths of the mercado at Quesadillas Monse's, where we both had fried quesadillas of rajas (strips of roasted green chile Poblano) and shreds of some meat. There are other quesadilla stands close by, but Monse's draws the crowds. Naturally, the quesadillas also had gooey, melted string cheese in the Oaxacan style. We skipped adding the Hep-U-Self shredded lettuce from the bowls around the miniscule "dining room". The quesadillas of hot dog strips plus cheese held little appeal for us. I was still hungry, so I went to the Birrería Don Prisci's for a plato chico of birria de borrego. (Mutton in spiced broth, served with huge hot tortillas from the comal (griddle) in front of me at the counter.) That seemed to do the trick. Birria is one of my favorite market or street foods. A large "plate" of birria.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 18:32:01 GMT
Since I just finished eating dinner, that photo does not appeal to me, but it probably would have looked good if I hadn't eaten yet.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Apr 1, 2009 18:34:49 GMT
It seems most commonly eaten from early morning to about one o'clock, when the supplies run out.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 1, 2009 18:57:29 GMT
And in France you can't forget the Maghrebi and Middle Eastern contributions: the merguez-frites, tunisian sandwich, falafel etc.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 21:27:15 GMT
Th  NOLA, home of the LUCKY DOG The flan I had in Oaxaca was heaven,melt in your mouth... |
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 2, 2009 2:37:09 GMT
I think I need to get to Mexico.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 2:54:55 GMT
hw,you would love it! I can't wait to get back. I look at the map and see how close New Orleans is to Merida,Yucatan and I wish I was a bird. Actually, N.O. and Merida were sister cities that were big into the hemp (rope) trade back around the turn of the century.
Then there's the interior...I have so much more to see and EAT!
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2009 3:42:47 GMT
HW & Casimira ~~ Even now extra places are being made for you all at the tables!   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 3:49:31 GMT
Bixa, I wish we had a picture of that gorgeous, positively regal woman in Oaxaca at one of the markets we went. I know you remember of whom I speak.
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Post by komsomol on Apr 3, 2009 9:31:43 GMT
Who invented the "3 meals a day" rule of the Occident? I suppose it had something to do with the Industrial Revolution and locking people up in a factory.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 3, 2009 15:10:37 GMT
I thought it had something to do with the schedule of farmers: up early to see to the livestock, back into the house for a big meal to sustain them for a morning of plowing or whatever; a midday meal in order to rest and refuel; then an evening meal after the day's work was done.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2009 16:39:30 GMT
But the Chinese and other cultures eat all day.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 3, 2009 20:45:12 GMT
Well, I image that nowadays European and American farmers mosey back to the house in their air-conditioned combines whenever they feel the need for a snack. And as for the Chinese and other cultures, I would guess that very rural people might have a different meal schedule than urban people, especially during planting and harvesting season.
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Post by rikita on Apr 20, 2009 17:36:17 GMT
in the part about germany, most of it seems accurate more or less - but i'd say the most typical thing with boulette (in my region we say boulette rather than frikadelle) is potato salad.
funny though that they name döner kebab last, i'd say these days it is the most popular fast food. along with falafel döner, türkische pizza (lahmacun) etc.
another popular one is chinapfanne (noodles with vegetables, soy sprouts and maybe chicken prepared in a wok). at least in big cities that is probably eaten much more often than bockwurst.
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Post by gringalais on Apr 20, 2009 19:34:27 GMT
For street food the main things you see are sopaipillas (round, fried dough that is kind of orange because squash is one of the ingredients, empanadas and mote con huesillos (peach juice with wheat grains.
Then, you have a lot of sandwich shops. The main sandwiches are either sliced beef, sliced pork or chopped chicken accompanied by mashed avocado, tomato and/or mayo. Similarly, completos (hot dogs) with those toppings are popular.
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Post by BigIain on Apr 21, 2009 9:58:30 GMT
In Languedoc there are many, many excellent Kebab shops in the towns on the coastal plain. One in particular in Sete springs to mind!
There is a great stall each Saturday at Pezenas market who makes and sells Paella from one of those massive paella pans which is around 12 ft in diameter!
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Post by gringalais on Apr 21, 2009 13:08:05 GMT
Here there is a part of town called Patronato where the clothing industry is located - both factories and shops selling clothes less expensively than tha malls. There are a lot of Middle-Eastern (I think mainly Palestinian) and Asian (mainly Korean) immigrants. There you can get fast food like kebabs and falafels. The area also have stores that sell ingredients for Thai food, sushi, etc. So, when I need supplies for sushi, we go to the Asian shops then pick up some kebabs for lunch. Strangely, the place we like best is called "El Gringo".
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Post by wibblywobblydo on Apr 23, 2009 18:49:52 GMT
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Post by BigIain on Apr 23, 2009 19:51:25 GMT
Wibbly, that sounds just fantastic. Even though I imagine its wikidly spicy for me.
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