Foods Or Meals That Are Unique To And/or Popular In Your Country.

Boerewors (Farmers' sausage) is extremely popular in South Africa.
It's sold in every butchery and supermarket. I don't know a single person who doesn't eat boerewors.

I found these recipes if someone wants to try and make some. The difficult part is stuffing the casings - ask a butcher's advice.
http://www.egolionline.com/recipes/Boerewors.html

Here's one recipe for eating boerwors - you'll never have another wiener with ketchup on a hotdog roll.
http://www.egolionline.com/recipes/Boerewors Recipes.html
Scroll down and click Boerewors Roll & Sauce.

 

Boudin. Only seen it in the south. Another southern thing is cheese grits mostly with a fried fish dinneer.

http://www.cajunboudintrail.com/Boudin.html

 

Another good is 'gumbo' mixes different meats and vegetables and seafood depending on who's cooking.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumbo

 

Surströmming

 

And where are the recipes?

We do need something sweet.
Milk Tart is another traditional SA favourite.
http://www.justeasyrecipes.co.za/2009/08/27/milk-tart/

And there's also Malva Pudding, not Marshmallow Pudding.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/58465/south-african-malvapoeding-marshmallow-pudding/

 

Okay - here's a recipe. Hope you have time. Poor man's gumbo can be made easier and with less time depends on how you like your gumbo.

http://www.gumbopages.com/food/gumbo.html

 

Witchetty grubs taste a bit like gooey almonds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchetty_grub
Kangaroo is a very lean meat that is very low in fat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_meat
Emu is like a giant turkey but with darker coloured meat and leathery skin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu
It is said that Australia is the only country to eat the native animals displayed on its coat of arms
Of course now we need desert so the aussie invention pavlova comes to mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova_(food)

Bon apetit

 

"Foods Or Meals That Are Unique To And/or Popular In Your Country."

Eldon, I find that a hard question seeing we’re multi-cultural so are our food influences.

Apologies, <meekly puts hand up> I'm a minority.

Joffa has succinctly noted what's unique (I'm amongst those who disagree having Australian animal emblems on any menu)

Joffa, don’t forget “Pie and Peas”. May not be "unique" but it's Aussie.
(A place that’s been around forever in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo wharf area is http://www.harryscafedewheels.com.au/ with some iconic Aussie food.)

 

Where's the recipe?

 

Section 4 of that page, I think has what you're looking for.

 

Section 4... Eating surströmming.

And NO, I'm not looking for eating rotting herring.
Is there a recipe for letting fish rot?
And let's not fight about this.

 

What, you don't have Google?
http://www.ehow.com/how_2070108_make-surstromming.html

 

Some of the foods that may or may not be unique to my area but are not popular everywhere are Bar B Q Mutton and Burgoo Soup which also has mutton and chicken in it.
Sorry but most of the things you all have mentioned I would not eat!

 

See, it's not rotten. Fermentation is a completely different process!

 

No.

And that's why I asked for a recipe!

 

i live in california so i can't really think of any unique foods in here (because it's usually burgers, pizza and steaks). but my mom is half Filipina so in the Philippines they have this food called balut, any of you heard of it? haven't tried it yet but i hope to when i get to visit this April.

 

Is this ground beef?

 

And the cheese? Is the roll baked with cheese sprinkled over the top?

 

Ok. It looks delicious.
Yes we do have hoagie rolls, but they are called 'subs'.

Meat containing real cheese has become very popular in SA. The mass produced varieties contain cheese flavouring.
We have cheese beef burgers, cheese grillers*, cheese pork bangers, cheese viennas, and even crumbed chicken burgers and chicken viennas with cheese.

* Cheese grillers are longer and thinner than 'Russians', and of course contain cheese. And 'Russians' are what Kielbasa sausages are called in SA.

 

Disclaimer:
I will not be held responsible for any member gaining weight because of reading this thread.
Eat and enjoy. You only live once.

 

Here's where I actually win! This place opened a couple of years ago and is now in its second location...which is way better for me because it's in the middle of downtown instead of off to one side. They're not perfect Philly Cheesesteaks, but they're really, really, really close. They have their bread shipped in from Amoroso's.
http://www.fatjohnnys-gr.com/

On this one, she misheard me and did Jersey style instead of Wiz, but it was still pretty darn fine.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/felix4067/fat%20johnnys_zpsbn4tqsy9.jpg

In Michigan, I'd have to go with either pasties (Upper Peninsula), Coney Dogs (Detroit), or anything cherry (Traverse City). Or Mackinac Island fudge. There really isn't anything specifically from my part of the state, unless you count the annual competition for the Grandwich that happens in Grand Rapids. It's a different sandwich every year, though, so it's not really what I'm guessing is meant by this thread.

 

Tell us about it!

Every year we have a national boerewors making competition.
http://www.championshipboerewors.co.za/Pages/home.aspx

And here's some more SA favourites.

Droëwors.
Dried boerewors which doesn't contain any pork meat or fat.

Biltong.
Dried meat that's sold in thick strips, sticks, sliced or powdered. Most commonly made from beef, kudu, springbok or ostrich.

PS The pictures of the Philadelphia Cheesesteaks are making my stomach rumble!
They look very appetising.

 

Here you go, Eldon.
http://www.grandwichgr.com/

 

I found this. And it looks yummy!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/229223/grandwich-breakfast-sandwiches/

 

It does! I make something similar fairly often. However, it's completely irrelevant to the Grandwich competition held in the city near me annually. That one gets its name from Pillsbury Grands biscuits, while ours gets its name from the city, Grand Rapids.

 

The link you provided...
When I click on Sandwiches, I get this.
http://www.grandwichgr.com/sandwiches

 

Well, shoot! They used to feature all the previous years' winners. It happens every July... I wonder if they cleared everything to prep for this year. Sorry about that!

I just logged in, and yeah, no sandwiches to show. Weird!

 

Oh well, at least you get to experience a great take on the 'humble' sandwich. My 75 year old mom still loves a peanut butter & jam sandwich.
My grandmother always made us kids sandwiches with butter, marmite, peanut butter and syrup. That's probably where I get my love for sweet & salt from.
But, your sandwiches are something different!

Here's another 2 big favourites in SA.

Chutney.
Made from fruit (sweet), vinegar (sour), spices (salty), and the hot varieties are pungent - satisfying all the taste senses. I always have at least 2 bottles. And after opening, it doesn't have to be refrigerated. It will keep for at least a month in your kitchen cupboard.
Here's the brand I buy.
http://www.mrsballs.com/index.aspx

Samosa.
There isn't a café or supermarket in SA that doesn't sell the humble samosa. And that would be the curry mince samosa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samosa

These two SA favourites are thanks to the Indian migrant workers who settled in South Africa. SA has the largest Indian population outside of India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Indians

 

Prickly pear cactus is not bad. I don't like it. The fruit from this cactus is real sweet and yummy.

 

We have it!
Within an half hour's drive from where I live, you can buy them. And like you I don't like it.
But, Prickly Pear jam is great.

 

You have it... My condolences.
A whole half hour drive... Hmmm
I have a back yard full.
Prickly Pear fruit has too much sugar for a diabetic
I understand it ferments into kickass booze.