"Γειά" (hello in Greek)
Okay so treat #3 from the last International Food Market trip..... Candy Nuts bars!
There are two different kinds.... Soft Nougat with Almonds and Almond bar.
The first one is interesting.... is has a chewy nougat with almonds in it and it has a plain flavored wafer on each side of the bar... the texture at first is like a chewy cardboard box but once you actually chew it and get all the flovors together it's pretty good...
The second one is like almonds covered in crunchy toffee like candy which is really good!
I deffinetly like the second one more but the first one is good too :-) Neil liked them too!
συγχαρητήρια για μένα! (congratulations to me!)
see you tomorrow.... maybe... music?
bye bye!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Pocky from Japan
"こんにちは" (hello in Japanese)
I found these on that trip that I told you about when I got a few things... So here goes another tasty treat!
Pocky chocolate crush is a "おいしい" (delicious) snack that is like a long thin cookie dipped in chocolate and rolled in almond pieces.
They are so good! and have an excellent aftertaste!
Everyone needs to go and get a pack of pocky right now!
YUM!
Another treat tomorrow from Greece!
I found these on that trip that I told you about when I got a few things... So here goes another tasty treat!
Pocky chocolate crush is a "おいしい" (delicious) snack that is like a long thin cookie dipped in chocolate and rolled in almond pieces.
They are so good! and have an excellent aftertaste!
Everyone needs to go and get a pack of pocky right now!
YUM!
Another treat tomorrow from Greece!
Mexican cookies are awesome!
I'm back!
Okay so while I was at the International Food Market yesterday I picked up a few more things that I could try for the next couple days! One of those things is the wonderful Mexican cookie called "Florentinas" which is a soft cookie filled with like a... caramel inside. It is a soft slightly gooey DELICIOUS treat!
Neil and I both agree it was a great snack to nibble on while watching one of our fave's "Waiting" for the millionth time! (STILL a kick-butt movie! )
YAY to another thing tried!
See you tomorrow!
Okay so while I was at the International Food Market yesterday I picked up a few more things that I could try for the next couple days! One of those things is the wonderful Mexican cookie called "Florentinas" which is a soft cookie filled with like a... caramel inside. It is a soft slightly gooey DELICIOUS treat!
Neil and I both agree it was a great snack to nibble on while watching one of our fave's "Waiting" for the millionth time! (STILL a kick-butt movie! )
YAY to another thing tried!
See you tomorrow!
Product de Argentina
Hola!
Tonight I went to the International Food Market..... AGAIN and got a wine froma country I don't think I've ever had anything from.... Argentina!
It's an imported white wine "Callia Alta 2008 Torrantes".
It was pretty good.... at first is seemed a little sour but if you take a few more sips it has a good after taste. I drank it by itself so I'm not sure what it would have tasted like with an entree.
It was good, not the favorite since starting this adventure but still good!
Lots more to try!
Adios!
Tonight I went to the International Food Market..... AGAIN and got a wine froma country I don't think I've ever had anything from.... Argentina!
It's an imported white wine "Callia Alta 2008 Torrantes".
It was pretty good.... at first is seemed a little sour but if you take a few more sips it has a good after taste. I drank it by itself so I'm not sure what it would have tasted like with an entree.
It was good, not the favorite since starting this adventure but still good!
Lots more to try!
Adios!
Sangria!
Tonight I planned to make tacos for Neil, our neighbor Ryan, and myself. So I went to...... (drumrole......) The International Food Market! :-) I got various ingredients for the tacos but the focus of this experience is the wine... Vittore SANGRIA! Yummy yummy yummy! It tasted like juice but with a 7% alcohol! So fruity and full of flavor and in no time at all I felt the fun buzz of the deliciousness called sangria.
This was definetly a good experience! I would love to learn how to make an authentic Mexican dish to go along with it next time!
We'll see.....
"Adios"!
This was definetly a good experience! I would love to learn how to make an authentic Mexican dish to go along with it next time!
We'll see.....
"Adios"!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Swedish Food part two
Swedish food part two
Today I didn't have to go to the market because I already bought the stuff yesterday! So that was kind of cool. My sister Heather came over for a "lunch" of swedish pancakes with lingonberries. I had already started making them when she came over. They were looking kind of like swedish pancakes but then she showed me how to make them really thin.... I'm going to have her explain it... it's really cool!
Okay, Heather here... it's what I call the "swirling" method. What shannon was doing was pouring the ladel of batter into the pan and just leaving it... rookie mistake. :) What I did, was poured in the batter, then I picked up the pan and swirled the batter around, making it nice and thin! Besides looking cool, it really does make them taste better... less rubbery. So there... that's my part. :)
Okay SHANNON here... nice heather...
Anyways... it WAS better tasting... I wouldn't really say rubbery I would say doughy if thats a word... :-)
It was delicious! The lingonberries taste kind of like cranberries and we put powdered sugar on top.... YUM! Heather has a bunch of tasty words to describe how scrumptious they were......
[Heather] The lingonberries had a sort of tartness to them... and then mixed with the creaminess of the butter, and the sweetness of the powdered sugar--"ljuvlig! (delectable)" To DIE for! :)
[Shannon] So as you can see... they were a success!
To Sweden and back all before dinner... :-)
"Hejdå!"
Today I didn't have to go to the market because I already bought the stuff yesterday! So that was kind of cool. My sister Heather came over for a "lunch" of swedish pancakes with lingonberries. I had already started making them when she came over. They were looking kind of like swedish pancakes but then she showed me how to make them really thin.... I'm going to have her explain it... it's really cool!
Okay, Heather here... it's what I call the "swirling" method. What shannon was doing was pouring the ladel of batter into the pan and just leaving it... rookie mistake. :) What I did, was poured in the batter, then I picked up the pan and swirled the batter around, making it nice and thin! Besides looking cool, it really does make them taste better... less rubbery. So there... that's my part. :)
Okay SHANNON here... nice heather...
Anyways... it WAS better tasting... I wouldn't really say rubbery I would say doughy if thats a word... :-)
It was delicious! The lingonberries taste kind of like cranberries and we put powdered sugar on top.... YUM! Heather has a bunch of tasty words to describe how scrumptious they were......
[Heather] The lingonberries had a sort of tartness to them... and then mixed with the creaminess of the butter, and the sweetness of the powdered sugar--"ljuvlig! (delectable)" To DIE for! :)
[Shannon] So as you can see... they were a success!
To Sweden and back all before dinner... :-)
"Hejdå!"
Swedish Food part one
Today is a short adventure. I woke up today feeling like complete shit because my allergies flared up and I felt like doing nothing but laying around.
Trip #4 to international food market
I did not feel good so I was deffinetly in the mood to get in and get out.
I got a box of swedish pancake mix, and jar of Ligonberries, and two types of cookies. The first ones are called "Ballerina", a cookie sandwhich made of dark and white cookie filled with chocolate, hazelnut creme that shows through a hole in the top. The second ones are called "Singoalla", a cookie sandwhich make of white cookies filled with white creme and topped with a dab of firm raspberry goop.
Because of how I was feeling I never did make my swedish pancakes. I laid in bed and watched TV with Neil. At about 11:30 I looked over at Neil and said "ready to try something new?" So we ate the cookies. :-) They were both delicious! The second one though was amazing,..... the creme was to die for! it was so sweet and so silky... deffinetly good.
So, we didn't try everything we planned, but we still tried something new! It helped me realize that it's not about perfection, but thinking about making life special on a daily basis.
And even though I was sick,... It was.
"I morgon kommer jag att försöka igen!"
Trip #4 to international food market
I did not feel good so I was deffinetly in the mood to get in and get out.
I got a box of swedish pancake mix, and jar of Ligonberries, and two types of cookies. The first ones are called "Ballerina", a cookie sandwhich made of dark and white cookie filled with chocolate, hazelnut creme that shows through a hole in the top. The second ones are called "Singoalla", a cookie sandwhich make of white cookies filled with white creme and topped with a dab of firm raspberry goop.
Because of how I was feeling I never did make my swedish pancakes. I laid in bed and watched TV with Neil. At about 11:30 I looked over at Neil and said "ready to try something new?" So we ate the cookies. :-) They were both delicious! The second one though was amazing,..... the creme was to die for! it was so sweet and so silky... deffinetly good.
So, we didn't try everything we planned, but we still tried something new! It helped me realize that it's not about perfection, but thinking about making life special on a daily basis.
And even though I was sick,... It was.
"I morgon kommer jag att försöka igen!"
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
German Food
I had to try some more new foods because ever since I started exploring...... I love it!
Trip #3 to the international food market
I felt honestly overwhelmed with choices especially since I was unprepared I didn't know which direction to go in..... (note to self: going to the market after work with no plans does not prove fruitfull)
I went to the wine section because it seems I cannot go wrong there.... and I found a german wine that looked really good so I thought I would start there.
I go to the German food aisle and was completely confused.
The wine I got is called "Leonard Kreusch Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen" an imported white German wine which is frickin delicious! (I have decided that American wine has nothing on these imported wines!) I also of course got german chocolate "E.Wedel" in milk chocolate and also raspberry (YUM!), and a german treat that when I bought it I had no clue what it was.... it ended up being a marshmellowy chocolate covered treat on top of a thin wafer crisp... those were scrumptious. But.... the entire trip was not a success.... I was trying to get an authentic feel for German food so I got a can of fried herring in a spicy marinade..... hmmm.... not sure where I was going with that but it sounded like something I've deffinetly not tried before. So we open the can and decide to put it on some bread and we picked some up and there was tons of little bones inside of it!!!!! I couldn't believe it! I had one bite (which actually tasted pretty good) but I just couldn't handle the fact that there was bones in it! So we threw the rest away and left that one to try another day... bone free :-)
Tonight was another beautiful night.... watchin "nick and norah's infinite playlist" with my hubby, tryin something new... interesting,... but new.
"Bis zum nächsten Mal..."
Trip #3 to the international food market
I felt honestly overwhelmed with choices especially since I was unprepared I didn't know which direction to go in..... (note to self: going to the market after work with no plans does not prove fruitfull)
I went to the wine section because it seems I cannot go wrong there.... and I found a german wine that looked really good so I thought I would start there.
I go to the German food aisle and was completely confused.
The wine I got is called "Leonard Kreusch Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen" an imported white German wine which is frickin delicious! (I have decided that American wine has nothing on these imported wines!) I also of course got german chocolate "E.Wedel" in milk chocolate and also raspberry (YUM!), and a german treat that when I bought it I had no clue what it was.... it ended up being a marshmellowy chocolate covered treat on top of a thin wafer crisp... those were scrumptious. But.... the entire trip was not a success.... I was trying to get an authentic feel for German food so I got a can of fried herring in a spicy marinade..... hmmm.... not sure where I was going with that but it sounded like something I've deffinetly not tried before. So we open the can and decide to put it on some bread and we picked some up and there was tons of little bones inside of it!!!!! I couldn't believe it! I had one bite (which actually tasted pretty good) but I just couldn't handle the fact that there was bones in it! So we threw the rest away and left that one to try another day... bone free :-)
Tonight was another beautiful night.... watchin "nick and norah's infinite playlist" with my hubby, tryin something new... interesting,... but new.
"Bis zum nächsten Mal..."
Monday, August 10, 2009
Italian Food
Yesterday inspired me to try another new food
Trip #2 to international food market
This trip was much shorter because I spent so much time walking around yesterday that I was more familiar with the store and had seen so many things yesterday that I wanted to try!
I got Tiramisu from the bakery and "il Burchino" imported white Italian wine.
My husband and I took our Italian treat out to the balcony and enjoyed our own piece of Tiramisu and glass of wine. The Tiramisu was, I'm sorry to say, not what I expected. The powdery stuff on top was extremely bitter and over-powering, but I brushed it off and enjoyed the rest of the cake. (Will try this one again because I do not think this is what it's supposed to taste like). The wine however was FABULOUS. :-) It was very light and fruity, did not have a strong after taste and was like an explosion of yumminess in my mouth! It was very nice to spend some time on the patio sharing a sweet with my sweetie.....
"vederti domani!"
Trip #2 to international food market
This trip was much shorter because I spent so much time walking around yesterday that I was more familiar with the store and had seen so many things yesterday that I wanted to try!
I got Tiramisu from the bakery and "il Burchino" imported white Italian wine.
My husband and I took our Italian treat out to the balcony and enjoyed our own piece of Tiramisu and glass of wine. The Tiramisu was, I'm sorry to say, not what I expected. The powdery stuff on top was extremely bitter and over-powering, but I brushed it off and enjoyed the rest of the cake. (Will try this one again because I do not think this is what it's supposed to taste like). The wine however was FABULOUS. :-) It was very light and fruity, did not have a strong after taste and was like an explosion of yumminess in my mouth! It was very nice to spend some time on the patio sharing a sweet with my sweetie.....
"vederti domani!"
French Food
Today I chose to try new foods..... I never really think about WHAT I eat. I just eat what available. So I decided to punch it up a notch.
I decided to "go french" :-)
I went to the international food market and walked around for seriously..... an hour! I got Port Salut Cheese, Brie Cheese, 4 baguettes, and an imported red french wine "Les Jamelles".
It was to say the least "magnifique!".
My husband really enjoyed our little trip to france. It was a lot of fun to try something new together!
I am looking forward to tomorrow!
"bonne nuit!"
I decided to "go french" :-)
I went to the international food market and walked around for seriously..... an hour! I got Port Salut Cheese, Brie Cheese, 4 baguettes, and an imported red french wine "Les Jamelles".
It was to say the least "magnifique!".
My husband really enjoyed our little trip to france. It was a lot of fun to try something new together!
I am looking forward to tomorrow!
"bonne nuit!"
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