:: October 10, 2001 - Global Munchies::

Recent events have made everyone more conscious of the rest of the world. Instead of my lunch, today we'll have a peek at some recipies from around our planet. I'm using recipies from some of the countries recently in the news.

From Saudi Arabia



Chicken Breast
Sidreyat Al Dajaj


2 chicken breasts (skinned)
2 tablespoons rice flour
1 teaspoon ground cardamom (Smells like Khobar. Right, Carol?)
5 cups milk
ground cinnamon for decoration
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons rose water


Boil the chicken breasts until well-cooked. Remove the bones from the chicken. Put the chicken in a food blender with 1 1/2 cups of milk and the cardamom. Blend thoroughly then strain through a fine mesh metal sieve. Sweeten the remaining milk. Add the rose water and bring to a boil over low heat. Add the blended chicken to the milk and stir. Add the rice flour, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Pour the mixture into a dish and leave aside to thicken. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon, and place in the refrigerator to cool.

From the UK



Bangers and Onion Mash

1 large onion
1 pound potatoes
pepper
salt
1/2 ounce butter
1 tablespoon milk
1 pound beef sausages

From Canada


Poutine

Ingredients
8 large potatoes
400 mL of cheese curds
500 ML of gravy

*note: All the measurements are estimated. What ever you have available is fine!

The Directions

First cut the potatoes into long narrow strips. (You know, like french fries!) Then place then into your deep fryer for 8 minutes. If you do not have a deep fryer your CRAZY!!! Well, no need to cry, all you have to do is boil some oil on the stove. Place the potatoes in when the oil is boiling for 8 minutes. Don't burn yourself! Then place the potatoes into a big fancy bole or plate. Now RIGHT AWAY place the cheese curds on top. Now, RIGHT AWAY place the gravy on. You can get any of the home made gravy kits, or actually cook a turkey. Now you have to wait. This is the hard part. The smell is filling your nose. You can taste it in your mouth as we speak! Well, after 2 minutes you can eat! Yummmmm!!!



From the US (of course)



Apple Pie

Ingredients:
2 - 9" Pie Crusts
6 C. Apples, peeled and sliced
1/4 C. Lemon Juice (less if the apples are already tart)
2 tsp. Cornstarch or Flour


1/4 to 1/3 C. Sugar (less if the apples are very sweet)
1 Tbs. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Orange Rind, grated

2 tsp. Butter


Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees

2. Put bottom crust into pie pan.

3. Sprinkle apples with lemon juice as you cut them. Then stir in the cornstarch or flour.

4. Pour apples into pie pan. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, and orange rind. Cut butter into small pieces and distribute over the apple mixture.

5. Cover apples with top crust and flute edges of the crust. If you can roll the top edges of the top crust under the edges of the bottom crust, it will help to seal it.

6. Sprinkle the top crust with additional sugar and cinnamon. Cut slits into the crust for the steam to escape as the pie bakes.

7. Bake pie for 10 minutes at 475 degrees. The very hot oven will make the crust crisp and flakey.

8. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees and continue to bake until the crust is well-browned, about 25 more minutes. If the top is browning too fast, lay some aluminum foil over the top. You want the apples to soften and the juice to be bubbly.


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