Europe on a plate continues after a short break...
#EuropeOnAPlate
As we have Dutch family, I expected this one to be easy. However after many hours of debate on the correct ingredients for stamppot (mostly carrots and potatoes, I gather, possibly also kale. Or maybe cabbage), plus whether or not its possible to serve yellow pea soup with out a
Given the great strides in #Paris, Grenoble and other french cities to expand their #cycling and green infrastructure, it made sense to bike through #Copenhagen in search of #Galettebretonne and #crepe to celebrate a swim clean Seine and La well and truly Belle #France for today's #Staycation #EuropeOnAPlate (and extra bonus #CopenPay)
#LaGalette #Bretagne #FrenchFood #vegetarianCooking
As we persist under leaden skies in northern Europe this summer, I'm acutely aware that the last Pyrenean glaciers are almost gone and I wonder if the ski resorts where so (partly) learned to ski still exist.
Our #FamilyStaycation project of eating our way through Europe is bringing back memories but also prompting some good discussions.
Today's #Andorra dish is not exactly Proust's Madeleine, but it certainly gave rise to some extra thoughts
Yesterday's brief foray into Spain triggered all sorts of fond reminiscing and I had a similar feeling about Andorra, a country I've visited only once to ski, many years ago now. I wonder how that's working out now climate change is really beginning to bite and the Pyrenees is losing
It's an almost transcendent experience this summer, cycling through warm, softly breezy and mostly traffic free streets with the scent of sweet limes in the air.
Everyone should be able to have this experience in their home town.
It may be a bit showery, but this #Copenhagen staycation is going better than I'd imagined.
Today we paid homage to #Spain with our #EuropeOnAPlate visit to a pinchos restaurant.
It's sometimes hard to write about Spain without falling back on cliches. After the European championships and Wimbledon, the country is clearly having a moment though. I learnt Spanish at school and though I've spent more time overall in South America, I have adored the parts of Spain I have
Today's #Staycation #EuropeOnAPlate meal ended up being from the UK. Spain tomorrow...
After yesterday's searching on the westernmost points, we settled on the UK today; largely as a point of practicality - we've been busy all day, and making British food was less fuss than Spanish, given UK is one of the 3 nationalities of this household. So Spain will have to
Today, #Portugal: Feijoada and Pastel de nata : a really good one today...
We have arrived on the European mainland, and it's a country I've never visited, in spite of having several good Portuguese friends. On the basis of the food, this is also almost certainly a mistake. We are going to be talking about those little tarts for months! But I'm getting
Day 2 of our family #Staycation #EuropeOnAPlate project and we moved east from Iceland to #Ireland and a delicious Colcannon for dinner
I'm still at work, but the holiday starts soon and today we started our #EuropeOnAPlate travels with #Iceland (thanks to all for all your suggestions previously).
I'm documenting our #FamilyStaycation activity on a mini-site I created in @ghost - hope they hurry up with the #ActivityPub plugin now..
In this fun little summer project we're moving from west to east, so we're starting Iceland, which has the advantage of being a country I know quite well, after doing PhD fieldwork here - and the disadvantage of not being very vegetarian friendly cuisine. The main icelandic dishes being largely
Regarding yesterday's question on your country's most typical foods, I'm a little overwhelmed by all the replies! Thanks to everyone! I tried to collate your suggestions on this page
https://sternaparadisaea.net/europe-on-a-plate/
Europe has 49 countries + I'm still missing suggestions for 23 of them, would love to hear your favourite foods from Estonians, Bulgarians, Montenegrans, Azeris, Armenians, Moldovans etc, etc.
A plan for the family #staycation is to sample food from every country in Europe from our own home
One a day.
Some of them are dead easy (pizza/pasta anyone?), some of the countries are much harder.
Would love to know your favourite dish from your home country in Europe (or anywhere else, why not?)
What would you serve to someone who has never been to your country before? Bonus points if it's #vegetarianCooking and/or has a good story attached!
Ruth Mottram
