Conversations With People

Brazil

According to my step-dad, a lot of meals in Brazil, particularly desserts, use bananas. He said that the nicest food he had in Brazil was banana fried in breadcrumbs.

Croatia

Having spoken to a cousin who spent a month in a student exchange program a couple of years ago from his secondary school, he said that what he noticed about food in Croatia was that mushrooms were used in a lot of the home-cooked food, and a lot of people ate a lot of ham and bacon.

Holland

My grandparents said that in most restaurants they went in in Holland hand Poffertjies on the menu, which are pancakes served with butter and sugar. 

Australia

My step-dad went backpacking around Australia when he was younger. From the conversation I had with him it seems like a lot of raisins are used a lot in food there.

Japan

When I spoke to my step-dad about Japanese food, he said that other than sushi, one of the most prominent things he could remember about Japan was that a lot of shops and stall sell oranges. Personally I think that this is a good thing, because a sushi pancake just sounds wrong.

Greece

One of my best friends from secondary school's dad apparently runs a beach-side restaurant in Greece. My friend says that a lot of food there and in Greece in general revolves around seafood, particularly prawns.

France

My step-dad's brother lives in France, he says that one of the most popular desserts in France is something called a Crepe Suzette, which is a pancake with a lemon, orange and brandy sauce with vanilla, although he says that the overwhelming taste is generally the orange and vanilla.

Argentina

According to my step-dad, a large amount of land in Argentina is used for cattle farming, and so BBQ'd beef is a popular food in Argentina. He also said that there's very little cold food eaten as meals there, and that everything tended to be quite sweet. 

Germany 

My mum said that in Germany there's a food called apfelkuchen, which is, to her words, "a sort of cross between a pancake and a cake, but filled with apples". She said that when she had it in Germany it was very sweet. 

USA

My grandparents said that in Canada and in the Northern states of the USA, A common thing to eat for breakfast is pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. Apparently this is traditionally a Candadian thing that the USA has adopted. Either way, it sounds amazing.

Russia

When I spoke to my mum about food in Russia, she said that there was very little that stood out about it from when she was there, but said that she ate something there called oladie, which are apparently pancakes that are about as thick as crumpets, which you eat with jam.