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Help me write a gourmet children's story

Fat Guy

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Fat Guy

Fat Guy

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Ellen and I (and an illustrator) are putting together a little thing for the Web that's basically an international gourmet children's story. The idea is to familiarize kids with the diversity and wonder of cuisines around the world. If you've got any ideas for good examples, I need maybe 40 of them from various countries and regions, with all levels of cuisine represented. Basic formula is "Did you know that in ____ they put ____ and ____ together and call it ____?" and variants thereof.

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
Proud signatory to the eG Ethics code
Director, New Media Studies, International Culinary Center (take my food-blogging course)

Gavin Jones

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Spotted Dick (or any one of the steamed puddings) - they are easy to cook, tasty (as contents are sugar, fat, flour & flavouring in that order - so loved by everyone).

Wilma squawks no more

cabrales

cabrales

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The obvious --

Did you know that in France they put grilled ham, cheese and bread together and call it a Croque Monsieur? :wink:

Did you know that in Japan they put rice and raw fish together and call it sushi?

ahr

ahr

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Are you looking to point out similarities, like quenelles and gefilte fish, or the fact that most cuisines seem to have some kind of dumpling?

"To Serve Man"

-- Favorite Twilight Zone cookbook

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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Did you know that in Canada they put dough and grease together and call it a "Beavertail"?

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

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tony h

tony h

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you could include something to the effect of: "if you don't eat your greens the big bad balic thread'll get you"

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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Did you know that in England they take dough and guts and put them together and call it Pie?

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

Serving fine and fresh gratuitous comments since Oct 5 2001, 09:53 PM

Gavin Jones

Gavin Jones

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Did you know that in England they take dough and guts and put them together and call it Pie?

This is a children's story - maybe they will be too young for Pie.

In France they forcefeed corn into ducks and call it foie gras.

Wilma squawks no more

Jaymes

Jaymes

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The Alaska-native recipes I put in the "worst foods" poll are all authentic.

Easiest example for your children's story would be "Eskimo Ice Cream." They make it with some sort of fat (blubber or seal oil or reindeer or moose fat) and sugar and berries. I can give you an actual recipe if you'd like. Ice cream is something kids identify with, and Eskimo Ice Cream is a name they'd love. The native word is "Agutuk."

So, "Did you know that in Alaska they put seal oil and sugar and berries together and call it Ice Cream?"

And besides all that, Eskimos are so darn cute in illustrations. :biggrin:

I don't understand why rappers have to hunch over while they stomp around the stage hollering.  It hurts my back to watch them. On the other hand, I've been thinking that perhaps I should start a rap group here at the Old Folks' Home.  Most of us already walk like that.

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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Did you know that in Scotland they put guts and oats in a sheep's stomach, play the bagpipes, recite a poem, and call it haggis?

ediot: "Poem" not "poen".

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

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Gavin Jones

Gavin Jones

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In England they put left-over cabbage and mashed potato together and fry it in a ton of bacon fat and call it bubble & squeak.

Welsh Rabbit.

And let me vote for Jaymes' Jellied Moose Nose.

I have a friend who reads the recipes of Fergus Henderson's Nose to Tail eating as slightly frightening bedtime stories to her child. (there'd be some good ones in there - Haggis is particularly explicit - drape the oesophagus over the side of the pot...).

Jellied Moose Nose pisses over all of them.

Wilma squawks no more

Fat Guy

Fat Guy

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Are you looking to point out similarities, like quenelles and gefilte fish, or the fact that most cuisines seem to have some kind of dumpling?

Those would be interesting points to make. I hadn't thought of it, but certainly it would work. Commonality is a good theme for promoting enthusiasm. So is differentness.

Cabrales's "obvious" observations, and also Rachel's, are probably the closest thing to what I was looking for when I first thought about this, but I'm willing to have my horizons expanded. By the way, I didn't mean for the "Did you know?" thing to be so rigid. It was more of an example of the type of tone I was striving for.

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
Proud signatory to the eG Ethics code
Director, New Media Studies, International Culinary Center (take my food-blogging course)

bigbear

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Has a "and this little piggy..." theme been done?

-- Jeff

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." -- Groucho Marx

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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By the way, I didn't mean for the "Did you know?" thing to be so rigid. It was more of an example of the type of tone I was striving for.

Did you know that in prosody they take a theme and a structure and put them together and call it a poem?

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

Serving fine and fresh gratuitous comments since Oct 5 2001, 09:53 PM

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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Did you know that in Greece they take the name "feta" and the EU and call it protected?

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

Serving fine and fresh gratuitous comments since Oct 5 2001, 09:53 PM

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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"Hey kids, if a cheese is smelly and moldy and runny, is that a good thing? Why, you bet it is! In fact, it costs so much more than nice clean plastic-wrapped processed cheese-food that it MUST be better! Discuss."

Perhaps some scratch-n-sniff for the printed edition.

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

Serving fine and fresh gratuitous comments since Oct 5 2001, 09:53 PM

bigbear

bigbear

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Perhaps some scratch-n-sniff for the printed edition.

Brilliant.

-- Jeff

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." -- Groucho Marx

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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Perhaps some scratch-n-sniff for the printed edition.

Brilliant.

Thank you.

[hoping for a bigbear "Welcome."]

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

Serving fine and fresh gratuitous comments since Oct 5 2001, 09:53 PM

Degustation

Degustation

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Did you know in England they combine pork sausages and batter and call it Toad-in-the Hole?

However, in America, take those same sausages and roll them in crescent dough and call it "Pigs-in-a Blanket".

I can see the imagery for this now. :laugh:

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