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Used to live in Europe and miss the steak tartare. Real bread. Miss the taste of real turkey. I'm not even going to start with the European pâtisseries...::sigh::
I even miss some of the packaged foods, like in Hungary they had this canned stew with yellow split peas and pork, as well as canned cholent with smoked beef. Those were so 'stick to your ribs' in the wintertime.
Germany and to lesser extent Austria has the best bakery items like those kaiser rolls and huge loaves of everyday bread. The cheese in the Netherlands is better than in France. Miss the frikandel, vla and tompoucen.
I grew up beside the Bay of Fundy. We used to eat baked shad, a type of large fish. Never come across it anywhere else. We used to have it regularly, and boy, would I love to have some right now... baked with some onions, served with fresh greens and hot homemade dinner rolls. Sigh.
Baltimore steamed crabs, crab cakes and raw oysters. Have to visit a couple times of year because you're hard pressed to find a good crab cake anywhere else.
So many North American residents are living in areas other than where they spent their formative years. Some moved willingly, others for a job transfer or because they or a spouse are affiliated with the military. Still others, in search of a different climate or a lower cost of living.
I am the last. We moved because we were taxed out of Long Island, NY. Our taxes rose to almost 30K.
While we like NE Ohio. there are certain foods that are scarce, unavailable, or just not as good here. Obviously, there are other foods that are better.
Here is what I miss the most from the NYC Metro area -
- Steamed Clams dipped in butter. A summer staple in the coastal North East. I can eat buckets of them. Except they aren't available here.
- Buttered Kiaser rolls with coffee. Many German Delis gave free Kiaser Rolls with a cup of coffee at the breakfast hour - between 6 and 10. It's not that they aren't free, it's that they aren't here. These are crusty, poppy seed covered rolls that are not terribly dense. I really miss them. You can also buy a bag of them from a bakery or some supermarkets.
- Decent bagels. I am sure one can get these in the larger cities. I live in a small city. I like bagels to be boiled, first. The bagel makers on the east coast have been doing this for centuries. Yes. Dunkin Donits sells bagels. They are not the same.
- Black and White Cookies - these are large cookies that are glazed with half chocolate and half vanilla, hense their name. You could even pick one up at a convenience store.
- Linzer tarts - a big rasberry jam filled scalloped cookie dusted with confectioners sugar.
Diners - while not exactly a food, NYC Metro diners are places where one can purchase a variety of foods from a variety of ethnicities at all hours. 24/7. They really have ANYTHING. You can also buy a drink with dinner, and the cocktails were always good.
- Challah bread French toast - these were usually sold at the above mentioned diners. Challah is an eggy bread that is delicious on it's own, but especially lends itself to delicious French toast.
- decent Thia and Chinese food from restaurants with table cloths and tables.
Well that's what I miss.
How about you?
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