So this is what saffron looks like. Pricey little devil, but oh do delightful!
Czech cauliflower soup & baked salmon 3-6-11
Fried flounder in Sri Lankan spices w/ salad
OK, so first of all, ignore all of the crap on the counter. This is 1/2 of a Cornish pastie. NO, not the kind dancers spin around on their nips in strip bars! It is a hand-held pie stuffed with skirt steak, rutabaga, potatoes, onions, and carrots. The crust was magnificent- buttery, light, crumbly! This would be delightful stuffed with chicken or venison and any variety of veggies. It would also make a wonderful day-after-Thanksgiving pie. The recipe makes four HUGE pasties; half is a suitable serving (even for a large, burly man like my husband ;)
This recipe came from Boggiano, Angela, Pie. Cassell Illustrated, 2006 (p.95) A few helpful hints:
- Use a pastry cutter to cut in the frozen lard and butter.
- The dough mixes easily using the paddle attachment on a stand-up kitchen mixer. First, sift the flour and salt into the mixing bowl. Then cut in the fats. Lastly, start the mixer on 1 or 2 adding the cold water as it spins until the dough ball forms.
- Be creative with the fillings! I added carrot to the suggested mixture since I was a rutabaga short.
So, I get to cross England off my list tonight, with a full belly :) In case anyone is interested the side dish was sauted beet greens & leeks over black & red japonica rice. No country, just stuff from the farmers’ market and left-overs.
where I’m going, where I’ve been
So here’s the official list of countries, by continent, that I am using during my culinary conquest came from www.worldatlas.com . I’ve added a few that aren’t here, because I’m choosing flags that I got from the CIA world fact book at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html , so there may be some slight discrepancies in entries. They are both good resources if anyone is interested in learning more about countries around the globe. What I’d really love to do is add a world map where I can color in each country I edibley conquer. If anyone knows how to do this, PLEASE email me or post the directions. Thanks!
NOTE: Only countries recognized (as such) by the United Nations are listed, not dependencies and/or territories. Regarding England, Scotland and Wales, though considered individual countries, they are all a part of the United Kingdom (UK), a European country, and therefore included within the United Kingdom on the list below.
AFRICA
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
China
East Timor
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea (north)
Korea (south)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
EUROPE
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia Finland
France
Georgia Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales)
Vatican City
Antigua & Barbuda
Bahamas Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos
United States
Virgin Islands
Oceana
Australia Christmas Island
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
