Unique cuisines around the world

It is! On a hot summers evening it is just as good as a full English breakfast is any morning the whole year around :yum:

And it is so easy to make. Whip two egg yolks with three tablespoons of sugar (cane or white). Add vanilla grains, two tablespoons of lemon juice, and 0.5 liter (1 pint and a bit) buttermilk. Serve with biscotti, crushed Walkers butter shortbread, or oats with sugar roasted in butter. Enjoy :blush:

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Haha! Norwegian unique cuisines? Where do I even begin?

Sheep heads is the first one that comes to mind.


This is traditional in my part of the country (west), especially with farmers. The meat on the head tastes the same as the rest, so it’s not as scary as it looks.

Potato balls are also a thing, and one of my favorites.


These also need to be served with some side dishes, and some kind of meat, like bacon and sheep meat or sausages.

Both along with sheep heads and potato balls we like to drink Kefir, as mentioned by @Aesyle. Kefir is popular in Norway too, and it’s really my favorite «kind» of milk. :slightly_smiling_face:

Lutefisk is one thing…


This is a tough one. Fish turned to jelly… Most important side dishes are lots of bacon and strong alcohol!

Speaking of that.


Aquavit is a norwegian strong spirit that goes well along with funny foods, especially those with lots of fat, like sheep and swine.

What else…

Whale is an available meat in Norway, as one of a few countries who can legally hunt a few of them.
Anyway, it’s an acquired taste. The meat can easily spoil, and then it tastes like rotting seaweed. It’s supposed to be extremely tasty if it’s «done right».

Well, these are just a few of many weird things we eat up here, that would probably seem odd at best to foreigners. :wink:

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@NJR87, honestly, how could you forget Rømmegrøt med spekemat and Pølse med lompe??!? Both things are an abomination to the very concept of eating :joy: And still -after five years in Norway - I grew to love them both in a strange and almost embarrassing way :norway::hotdog::+1:

Rømmegrøt med spekemat:

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Pølse med lompe (Norwegian hotdog):

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… except for the cooked eye starring at you :eye::face_vomiting:

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Here are some german dishes

Kassler mit Sauerkraut Its smoked and cooked Porkneck with mashed potatoes ans sourkraut

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The dish below is special for the region from germany where I live it is called in my german dialect Himmel un Ääd englisch Sky and Earth it is made from breaded blood sausage (blood pudding) what is called “Flönz” the rest of germany calls it “Blutwurst” and mashed potatoes, breaded onions and stewed apples as side dish.

This dish is called “Rievkoche” in my end of the world but thats the dialect of my region regular ist is called “Reibekuchen” and it is similiar to the swedish Ragmunk . It is made from raw gratet potatoes an d baked in a pan swimming in sunfloweroil. It is eaten with stewed apples or marmelade or smoked salmon or turnit tops (“Rööpekruk”) “Rübenkraut”.

The following dish is called “Matjesbrötchen” it is a bun (our buns are not sweet, lightly salted and very crispy) with salad Matjesherring and onions.

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@NJR87 @Gysbert @IanForce

After that we love to drink a Aquavit
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or a Linie

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Both are very beloved in germany.

Enjoy. :grinning:

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Thanks, man!!!
Question 1: are the egg yolks separated from the egg whites?
Question 2: how much vanilla grain?
Again, thanks!!!

Yes, just the egg yolks so make some French nougat with almonds from the egg whites and save them for your evening tea or coffee. Whip the yolks with sugar until it becomes stiff and fluffy. Then add vanilla grains from half a vanilla pod and save the other half for next day, as you probably want to make it again. If you are in a hurry you can use vanilla sugar, but never use vanilla essence! Gently whip buttermilk and lemon juice into it and let it settle for an hour or two in the fridge. Cheers mate :blush:

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Much appreciated!!!:+1:

Sorry to take up more of your time, but, I googled french nougat and found a couple different recipes. I am curious as to how you make it?
Thanks!!!

I’ve never tried :joy: But I’m sure I could :wink: Check YouTube for a walkthrough. Instead I use the egg whites to make Danish Flødeboller:

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Oh, I absolutely love this thread :grin:

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You’re making me hungry, man! Lol!

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You got that picture off the internet, right?

Sauerkraut is a classic! The use of cumin seeds is rare in North European cuisine, and you could argue that it is an acquired taste. But it just works in sauerkraut.

MatjesbrĂśtchen is a surprisingly delicious sandwich. I usually have my matjes herring on dark rye bread with a hard boiled egg, but I would hate to miss the opportunity to have a MatjesbrĂśtchen when in Germany.

And a Currywurst when in Berlin, obviously :yum:

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I want to return the favour, so here is my recipe for chocolate fudge:
Mix(well) a pound of powdered sugar, 2/3 cup of cocoa, 1/4 tsp of salt, 2 tsp of vanilla extract, and 1/4 cup milk into a bowl. Take a pot and melt 1/2 cup of butter. Pour the mix into the pot and stir well. Mix in some walnuts or whatever else you want. Let it sit in the fridge until it hardens.
I hope you enjoy!!!

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Deal! I’ll do it this weekend! The best fudge I have ever had was from a little candy shop in Llangolen, Wales. My gosh it was delicious!!! And the best food I’ve ever had was afternoon tea (scones with clotted cream and homemade bramble berry jam) in Withypool Tea Room. That I’ll never forget! And then I had a pretty decent Haggis at a guest house near Loch Lomond.

Perhaps UK cuisine isn’t quite as bad as its reputation after all :wink:

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I wouldn’t know. I have only left the US twice, having to drive through Canada to get to Alaska and back. My favourite meal(taste wise) is, it doesn’t really have a name, but, tater tots topped with salsa con Caso, sour cream, Ortega mild sauce, and jalapenos. But, in like an overall sense, my favourite dish would be buttered toast dipped in chocolate milk. This dish means a lot to me, and has a lot of memories of my grandparents house.

Yes, I rarely take pictures of the dishes I make. I’m just a happy amateur and such an even layering of chocolate and such a clear cut through the “flødebolle” is beyond my capabilities.

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I can relate to that!:joy:

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Well, in that case … last weekend I vacuum packed a Cote de Boeuf, put it in my Sous Vide for 24h at 79.5C/175F, then 25 minutes in the oven at high temperature (properly rubbed, of course) to get the surface right. The stock left in the vacuum bag went into my homemade barbecue sauce, then s bowl of coleslaw with sour creme and mayonnaise:

The result:

This time the pictures are my own. Welcome to The United States of America, the home of barbeque and beef :us::hamburger::+1:

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Ukrainian cuisine histrically is of settled people, who likely have a place to return and rarely have “on the move” lifestyle, so no prominent “fast food”/“street food”.
Borcht (ukr “Борщ”): a sour soup with a lot of variations, depending on what you add, but meat-based broth (usually beef or pork) is mandatory. Ingredients: beetroot, cabbage, potato, carrot, onion, tomato/tomato paste, hogweed; parsley, salt and pepper up to one’s taste.
Usually served with a spoonful of a sour cream, but your’s trully prefer without.
Iconic one: reddiness depends on beetroot and tomato quality.


There’s also “Green borcht”, sorrel-based instead of beetroot (not that you can’t mix both…). Very sour, always served with hard-boiled egg. On photo - w/o beetroot.
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A variant that is saturated orange color is either without beets, a.k.a. “cabbage borcht”, or used “White Beet” a.k.a. “Sugar Beet”, which don’t give it’s colors.

Varenyky (ukr: “Вареники”), internationally knowns as “pierogi”.
Dough dumplings with filling. Usually large (rarely fit into a standart spoon). Local variant was based on a bit different dough (fermented milk instead of egg), but that moved on. Savoury fillings are mashed potato, sauerkraut or just fried cabbage, mushrooms, cottage cheese, buckwheat, meat either as standalone or part of mix. Those are usually have fried onions either as serving or as part of filling mix. Dessert fillings are cherries, blueberries, other berries and other fruits, sweet cottage cheese. All of 'em traditionally served with sour cream.
Part of everyday and celebration cuisine (Christmas included). Fun fact - there’s a tradition to make one or few dumplings with extreeme filling (extra spicy, salty, sour or other very contrasting taste) and throw it along usual course into pot. When see weird face at the table - you’ll know, “someone just won the prize”.

Halušky (ukr: “Галушки”): in short - “boiled dough”. In long - soft dough with potato or other ingredients added to batter. Usually served as main course with serving or can be mixed into other soup. Easy and cheap part of stapple food.

“Chicken Kiev”: chicken fillet pounded and rolled around cold butter, then coated with eggs and bread crumbs, and either fried or baked. Quite dangerous food for novices - either because of sudden hot butter if bitten right away or said butter on your attire if you ain’t nimble enough.
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Other international cuisines include:
Aspic - our way to use bones and meat into “meat jelly”, served cold and with mustard or grated horseraddish. Usually celebration dish.
Cabbage rolls - local variant had various fillings, but ultimately “common” type ended up meat-rice mix, boiled in tomato paste mix.
Kvass - fermented sparkling drink. Originally made of rye bread fermented with some yeast, but you can go with whatever can be fermented with yeast and drink the same if it’s up your taste (I’ve seen one was doint that with birch slices). Usually around 1% proof. Was a beer-like drink (people been cultivating recipes of it up to 6-8% proof) before slavs was intoduced to beer brewing proper.
Do not cofuse it with “lemonade industry drink” with same name. BTW, if you see pinkish purple borcht - it made with beetroot kvass.

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We have that one here too and i love it. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: