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Dear anzu Potatoes and sweet potatoes come from one are and one area only South America more specifically Alto Peru or the ancient Inca empire where from they have spread over the world. The Spanish may have given few to the Portuguese because they are neigbours and languages are similar this may have happened well before the pact of Tordesillas were the Portuguese and later Brazilian empire pushed westwards towards Andean Peru. And this is well documented in every history book about South American history and cultivation. Check out your sources anzu.Ppotatoes come from South America and nowhere else in the world were found prior to the Inca empire. http://www.npcspud.com/ some info in ingirisu for ya

Well I did not pretend to make a profound study of the corokke or bolinhos but definely look very similar indeed that is what caught my attention and the fact that there are a lot of Japanese-Brazilians highten the fact that corokke may have come from Brazil. On the other hand potato is a South American plant and bolinhos are indeed originally Portuguese.

These croquettes brings memories of the little Brazilian morsels called bolinhos de bacalhau or cod fish and potatoes deep fried balls a classic in this cuisine. Since there is a huge Japanese settlement in Brazil and many gaijin residents in Japan makes me wonder if these did not come from Brazil anyway as an example check this out http://www.maria-brazil.org/bolinhos_de_bacalhau.htm and images here http://images.google.com.au/images?q=bolin...ial&sa=N&tab=wi

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Could anyone here supply me with the names and addressess of some Asian retail stores please? May be Indian, Chinese or South East Asian Thank you

Thank you for some titles becaiuse as few people have metioned here my bookshellves except for few book in Spanish that I have been able to get here are not well stocked

Hey saltshaker I was perhas it may be far fetched or coincental besides I don't know what's going on that much over there. I am talking about years ago. How exactly may this custom originated it is open to debate really. I have not seen in my travels any customs parallel to that of BsAs anywhere not at the time anyway. Not evn NZ;) Even Clive James picked some of the vibes when he reported from BA a number of years ago. Perhaps multicultural influences? Sure! But curious ritual that of Saturdays nevertheless, not only the nights but right after lunch. Anyway things do change I don't expect it to remain the same

Latke? I call them Deruny Deruny (Ukrainian Potato Pancakes) 1 lrg Onion, grated 6 x Potato, peeled & grated 2 tbl Flour 2 x Eggs 2 tsp Salt 3/4 tsp Black pepper 1 pt Sour cream 1/2 pt Cream Method : * In a large bowl mixed the ingredients except the sour cream & cream. You may do this in a food processor as well or a blender. Heat oil in a skillet and when hot drop large spoonsful of the mixture. Cook until browned on one side. Turn and repeat. When done remove, drain, and place in a warm oven. * Mix the sour cream & cream together. * Serve warm with a large dollop of the the cream mixture! This a staple in Ukrainian homes and these pancakes will store well in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. In many homes preserves or jam is also served on these delicious pancakes. Note for savoury deruny there is the option of mixing some grated cheese to add a extra kick to the potatoes whatever you like goes it is a peasant food at its best There are many versions just google for them

I beg to differ with your statement for obvious reasons

Walking the on Saturday through the Jewish neighbourhood brought me memories of the old Buenos Aires. In the late sixties and seventies it was really hip to dress up the best way you could to go out early or later at night for dinner or the movies. I and others would't really leave home before 10PM and not earlier and may come back around 3 to 4 AM But it always caught my attention why this obsession with dressing up and look the best on Saturday? I think one could draw parallels between Jewish Shabbath cultural influence on the people habits in Buenos Aires which grew out as customary hip thing to do on Saturdays especially before going out to dinner. It was dinner ethiquette but somethign else noone knew what or how but evident everywhere. And so the elegant dining at the restaurant culture was born together with the revista, cinemas and and cabarets Even when The Jewish population always kept a low profile given Peronist sympathy towards the nazis at the time we the citizens of Buenos Aires should be greatful for this influence which made us a cultural centre of fine dining for many years. Now Buenos Aires had the largest Jewish population in Latin America (still has many) Sephardies were the first settlers in the late 19th century and they were called (Gauchos Judios) Jewish Cow Boys, they mostly settled the mesopotamian regions and the provinces of Entre Rios and Santa Fe. Later in the 1914 throught to 1940 many Jewish immigrants came along with sucessive waves of other immingrants from, Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Bielorussia, Ukraine, Austria and Germany of course. My father of course had many Jewish friends with whom he sailed from Gdynia in Poland.

How do you know that? Western history books omit any reference to The Silk road used by caravans crisss crossing Central Asia and moving goods from China to Persia, India to Russia and central Asia then on to Europe. Poland and Lithuania had Tatars rulers(ethnic turks) and so had Ukraine's South besides there was a period where the whole of Russia, Ukraine and Bielorusia was under Turkish/Mongol rule. Western history books hardly account for this do they?

You just seem to be saying almost the same thing as I am saying above The Uighurs are Turkic peoples and so they are found in Central Asia, Turkey and Russia. That the Poles have had one of numerous battles with Tatars is nothing new (Krimean Khanate was well established in Crimea) and even Poles and Lithuanians hired Tatars and quite a few Tatars ascended to nobility status to keep The Swedes at bay. Coincidentally the bulk of the Jewish population at that time lived in what was called The Commonwealth of States (Poland, Ukraine,Lithuania (also emcompassed Bielorussia))

I was having a look at the old Turkish simit and can't stop wondering because they look so similar So I wonder if Sephardites settlers took and developed a bagel recipe as they were invited by The Krimean khanate to settle in what is today southern Ukraine where the khanate at that time ruled Odessa But bagel is a German name as much as pretzel so the name throws me off a bit Any comments?

Sorry I thought you have receive my msg with my mobile # in it Anyway I was kind of dissapointed since we don't seem to get something really worth while since 1978 Brazilians concentrated in their own off street activities and not much as far as food was offered though I was looking forward to some good salgados and bolinhos de bacalau for instance. Mexicans did not live to my expectations at all except for their old traditional song and dance but sombreros do not make a festival. their food showing was quite substandard. Chileans were once again the bright start though their cuisine isn't that sophisticated still I don't know why they show typical argentinean things on their menus as choripan. their empanadas were good as always I enjoy this item very much Colombians had a modest show of arepas and that was good enough to show typical regional cooking Churros something that do not appeal to me in warmer weather like to have them when it is damp and cold dipped in chocolate. But did not try them Argentinean apparently had one BBQ stand but their chorizos had a long way to go not so their blood puddings and probably should have removed their bbq meat off the sun (though it wasn't hot) I noticed the Spanish stands were good on their paellas but i did not try any I also di dnot like their puffed up tortillas but this is a question of preference in my old country we have them as a cross between tortillas and fritatta. Some cake and sweets stands were one better than the other but confectionary lacked sophistication and presentation was very chunky and looked as they have come from the stone age to my experience we have very good confiterias y panaderias over there. I tells what I have enjoyed were empanadas, fried calamari rings and colombian arepas con queso Overal a good effort though someone has to take care of menu organisation just as much as event and crowd control and map the venue to better suit visitors ← Honestly dunno I'll ask around there must be some apart from the normal community clubs What specific foods or countries are you interested in? thanks

Found this from a Spanish forum and a Spanish lady living in Ankara/Turkey http://mundorecetas.com/recetas-de-cocina/...light=g%F6zleme

Sorry I thought you have receive my msg with my mobile # in it Anyway I was kind of dissapointed since we don't seem to get something really worth while since 1978 Brazilians concentrated in their own off street activities and not much as far as food was offered though I was looking forward to some good salgados and bolinhos de bacalau for instance. Mexicans did not live to my expectations at all except for their old traditional song and dance but sombreros do not make a festival. their food showing was quite substandard. Chileans were once again the bright start though their cuisine isn't that sophisticated still I don't know why they show typical argentinean things on their menus as choripan. their empanadas were good as always I enjoy this item very much Colombians had a modest show of arepas and that was good enough to show typical regional cooking Churros something that do not appeal to me in warmer weather like to have them when it is damp and cold dipped in chocolate. But did not try them Argentinean apparently had one BBQ stand but their chorizos had a long way to go not so their blood puddings and probably should have removed their bbq meat off the sun (though it wasn't hot) I noticed the Spanish stands were good on their paellas but i did not try any I also di dnot like their puffed up tortillas but this is a question of preference in my old country we have them as a cross between tortillas and fritatta. Some cake and sweets stands were one better than the other but confectionary lacked sophistication and presentation was very chunky and looked as they have come from the stone age to my experience we have very good confiterias y panaderias over there. I tells what I have enjoyed were empanadas, fried calamari rings and colombian arepas con queso Overal a good effort though someone has to take care of menu organisation just as much as event and crowd control and map the venue to better suit visitors

Are there an English written recipes for delightful fast food stuffed pancake? thanks

My msg was sent days ago and did not received a reply so I guess see you all tomorrow at the fiesta

Where I am I can get durum flour in bulk minimum 5 kg bags(organic) or 25 kg bags pity that my son is gluten intolerant

Onigiri molds? But it's such a letdown! Onigiri should be made by hand. ← Yes but I'm always short changed when I go to buy them because the japanese get them first. I wonder why?

Sucess This time as the beancurd was much tougher I could refresh it in hot water and shape it to my will I use fish paste flavoured with green cayenne, salt and turn out beautiful my kid and wife really enjoyed the experience.

Kiem Hwa What's the brochettes accompanying the oniigiri on the pic above I am getting some oniigiri moulds in few weeks my grocery supplier told me he'll restock soon

Well the vast Greek community here use the large variety for this and other dishes perhaps and because they are cheaper but ber in mind Greeks are budget concious and they like to travel to Greece as often as they can afford

← thanks for that I now bought another packet and different kind of chinese type yuba and will try again but this time chinese style for which they use fish paste may be easier to roll

My wife always boiled the tin of condensed milk to get dulce de leche for good many years as we could not get any like from Argentina