by Benjamin Roussey, who also reviews movies at his blog movieops.blogspot.com. Certain airlines have in fact banned these cans from being taken on flights, as they consider the pressurized cans to be potentially dangerous, like fireworks and explosives. My favorite is probably bread pudding and tiramisu! It is quite small, reaching only about 15 cm tall at the largest. Since this website is about desserts, let’s start there. You wouldn't necessarily think a birds nest would be edible, but the Chinese use Swifts' nests to make this soup, known as the 'Caviar of the East'. Honey, sugar, lemon juice, and orange water are used to make a syrup, which is poured over layers of phyllo dough and melted butter. This is a traditional Indian dessert served on the holidays when firecrackers and celebrations are popping all around. I am sure it is not uncommon for some people in England to just skip dinner to get to this warm, strawberry jelly sauced, scrumptious plate all the more sooner. Our newest biography website and YouTube channel. The coffee that results from this process is said to be like no other, and the stomach acids and enzymes that perform the fermentation of the beans give the coffee a special aroma. This is a deciduous tree and the Japanese have taken advantage of Mother Nature’s offerings by creating a dessert candy that is delectable. In Korea Sannakji is a raw dish consisting of live octopus. Dont make me laugh! I've heard the phrase "As American as apple pie," but I'm sure apple pies were made before America existed, so that's out. Otherwise you're likely to become paralysed whilst still conscious and eventually die from asphyxiation because there is no known antidote. That's why in Japan only expert chefs in licensed restaurants are allowed to prepare it. We only import the very best American brands. The syrup’s taste is indicative of where it is made in India. These cookies are found all over America and are so good it is not uncommon for customers to walk into a Chinese restaurant just to buy a box… and that says something since Chinese food is spectacular. More famous English desserts would be sherry trifle, apple crumble, spotted dick or Victoria sponge. They were first discovered by starving Cambodians in the bloody, brutal days of the Khmer Rouge rule and have gone from being the vital sustenance of these people to a delicacy tourists come far and wide to try. Sounds divine right? The following is a list of cuisines.A cuisine is specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture or region. Maybe clam chowders? Hawaiian cuisine is a medley of Asian and indigenous flavors of the islands. Some areas have a proclivity towards rose water, others lean toward saffron or citrus juice. Ladyfingers are sweet little sponge cakes. Originally many foods along the East Coast were British inspired, but I know Britain isn’t especially know for it’s food, that is why this region doesn’t really have as many well-known cuisines. thank you for commenting though. However, I will make an exception for Japanese cream candy because it is so tasty. Get 50 Loyalty Points By Signing Up to Our E-News! Travelling is often about trying the unusual and attempting to experience the different culture of the country you are visiting. Have anyone tried it? That’s a great incentive to travel the world and taste the local flavors! I would consider sopapillas a Mexican dessert, not an American dessert; I have only seen them at Tex Mex places. The Luwak eats only the ripest coffee cherries but its stomach can't digest beans inside them, so they come out whole. This dessert is like tasting a bit of heaven, a dessert that floats: it does not drape around one’s tongue. They cost only a few cents and supposedly taste delicious, as they are best plucked straight from the burrow and pan fried with a bit of garlic and salt. This Sardinian cheese is a cheese with a difference; it's riddled with insect larvae. International Foods has the largest range of American lollies with very competitive prices. i come from both a southern and Cajun/creole culinary inspired background as well as traditional french and German dishes/treats. I know many European cultures don’t use many spices or seasonings in their foods like American cuisine does, so the claim that most foods were originally European doesn’t always make the argument. Yes, this is part of the U.S. but it still foreign enough to be put on this list and its family is certainly more Latin than American. Tiramisu is made from eggs, mascarpone cheese, ladyfingers, cream, liquor brandy, marsala, a little sugar, some rum, shaved chocolate or cocoa. The pudding is not what marvels one’s senses; it is the strawberry jam that is cascading down the sides of the pudding. They're not tiny little house spiders, they're great big tarantulas and you can buy them in the streets of Skuon, Cambodia. I do find it funny that people from a country whose entire culinary contribution consists of the hamburger can criticise British food, which is actually varied and excellent. This is a dessert preference in Australia, New Zealand and England. The cans often bulge during shipping and storage because of the continued fermentation process. The sight of a puffin flapping its wings and jumping from a cliff to generate enough lift to become airborne is enough to make anyone go 'aaaah'. You may have some dishes that you think are good, but that’s not what you’re known for, no matter how much you wish it wasn’t true. Kopi Luwak is the rarest, most expensive gourmet coffee in the world. The way to eat Balut is to crack open the egg, sip the broth and then eat the yolk and foetus...it's not everyone's cup of tea, but apparently it's delicious. With milk, there may not be a better dessert around. Nuts are placed on top, usually pistachios, and the result is a thick but savory dessert. Should You Be Worried? With an increase in demand for birds nest soup however, manmade nesting sites are often constructed. It is a cool, spectacular feeling that has won the satisfaction from people on all continents. Whipped cream envelopes this dessert while the inside has a marshmallow like texture. One of the best ways to do this is to try the foods the native people eat. Each cuisine involves food preparation in a particular style, of food and drink of particular types, to produce individually consumed items or distinct meals. A person’s crafting flavor continues to be amazed myself. You get to eat your chicken and your egg at the same time with Balut. I don’t like what most people stereotypically call American food: hotdogs and hamburgers; those really aren’t staple cuisine here either, just fastfood. It just hovers through one’s system. With an expensive price tag of anywhere between US$120 - $300 per pound, you might want to start saving now if you want to try this gourmet coffee. " International Foods has the largest range of American lollies with very competitive prices. Kitchens should be kept humid and the cook needs to be prepared because Phyllo dough is used in the recipe. It is served with any of these luscious fruits: strawberry, kiwi, raspberry or peach. They're fried whole - legs, fangs and all. America has a diversity of flavors, that any other country isolated only in it’s traditions would never arrive at such inspiration for new cuisine. Nothing in your area? It’s a technique you would rarely find in Europe. Biographics – History, One Life at a Time. The octopus is cut into pieces whilst still alive, lightly seasoned with sesame oil and served immediately whilst the tentacles can still be seen squirming on the plate. This process takes place on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago. After some intense scrutiny, it appears sopapillas originated in New Mexico around 200 years ago. The citizens of the German city Hamburg started serving up a cooked version of them in the 1600’s or so (thus, ‘hamburger’). What about the swedish "semla"? This is the antitheses of the heavy American pie; this dessert is light, similar to light tapioca pudding. http://panelada.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/briga, Even More Incredibly Bizarre Historical Coincidences, Crazy Facts You Might Not Know About the Stuarts, Maps That Will Change How You See the World, 10 Awesome Greek Gods You’ve Never Heard Of, Top 10 True Stories That Oughta Be Movies, Top 10 Most Misunderstood Lines in Literary History, Josip Broz ‘Tito’ Biography: Too Tough for Stalin, Adrian Carton de Wiart Biography: The Unbreakable Soldier. i now live in California where i am experiencing what California cuisine is and while i haven’t exactly figured it out yet i know its here. A bit like with a Kinder Surprise, you certainly will be surprised to open these eggs, though not in the same pleasant way as finding a toy inside.