Favourite "Local" Foods

[sailorgirl]

Supper tonight set me thinking... what food stuffs have people found when cruising that you have been able to combine in creative ways?

Moroccans love mint tea so mint is cheap and plentiful on every street corner (1 dirham per bunch or 8p) and they eat lamb by the truck load - a pile of lamb steaks and mint sauce for supper with lovely fluffy red skinned potatoes, steamed carrots and courgettes (all local produce)

 

[Gerry]

Lobster and green mango curry in the San Blas islands, perfect when there's nothing else around! Both cheap and abundant in the islands.

 

[SamanthaTabs]

Beautiful ripe red tomatoes at 1€ a kilo, seasoned and roasted slowly with garlic; onions and basil stalks (basil given for free at market stalls). Then simmered in a little veg stock and blended, add a splotch of yoghurt to serve. Delicious, healthy soup and so ridiculously cheap.

We need a food forum!

 

[sailorgirl]

Yes tomatoes are cheap here too - bought a kilo of tiny plum toms for about 40p in the souk yesterday - plan to make some sort of curry with them and aubergines which are also abundant here

 

[SamanthaTabs]

Artichokes galore here, they're my next project. Curry sounds good

Food forum please! (Can't think of a reason not to have one, after all we've got the lounge...)

 

[Tony Cross]

Pita gyros. A meal in your hand.

 

[Gerry]

Currently plenty of blackberries in the hedgerows so jam making is high on the agenda, local scallops are simply divine too. Haven't thought of a way to combine those two yet!

 

[Sandyman]

Currently plenty of blackberries in the hedgerows so jam making is high on the agenda, local scallops are simply divine too. Haven't thought of a way to combine those two yet!

You've obviously never heard of blackberry & scallop curry queenies are best

Freshly picked oranges at 40 cents a Kilo so we have a large glass of natures sunshine every morning

 

[Gerry]

Those tiny tomatoes pickle well, then marinate in olive oil and some herbs for the best picky bits to go with drinks.....

 

[Carmel2]

The butcher gave us some pig skin which in about 40 mins time will be pork scratchings, I have a pint of London Pride to go with! What could be better.

 

[BobnLesley]

Back in the UK for a couple of weeks holiday, so pork pies, Cornish pasties & a curry or two.

 

[sailorgirl]

Have an Aussie friend who "pickles" them in Vodka... result is delicious but deadly!

 

[Cloven]

Local to Brittany - Chicken, apples & cider to make "Poulet au Cidre" - with a nice bottle of Sancerre on the side

 

[Sybarite]

Artichokes galore here, they're my next project. :

Artichokes are the favourite food of the poor in France; there's more left on your plate after you finished eating them...

 

[keithgdg]

We eat moules by the bucket load and crab too. Ah the sea food diet has a lot to be said for it!!

 

[ccscott49]

Always loved the sardines in Portugal, almost the size of herrings, just grilled with sea salt, vino verde wine and salad, yummy!

 

[Gerry]

Very cheap pumpkins after Halloween, 10p each yesterday! So Pumpkin curry, chutney,pie, soup.................!

 

[michael_w]

Maine lobster and Shipyard Brewery export IPA. Portland's finest!

 

[SamanthaTabs]

Very cheap pumpkins after Halloween, 10p each yesterday! So Pumpkin curry, chutney,pie, soup.................!

Cheekily asking if you'd be so kind as to share the chutney recipe? Sounds delicious!

 

[Gerry]

Cheekily asking if you'd be so kind as to share the chutney recipe? Sounds delicious!

Made this one today, looks good!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ramona1_83522