October 13, 2016
Tour of Europe!
When we finished the final state meal a few weeks ago, it closed the chapter on a long (two year!) undertaking. I hope that the kids were able to remember some of the meals that we had as we took this culinary journey via our “tour” of the fifty states. We all tried foods that we never had before, and I learned new techniques and ideas of preparing several different foods.
I didn’t want to cram history, geography, and such down everyone’s throats, but I tried to add a little historical facts and tidbits here and there. An example would be that the foods commonly found in the Midwest today reflect the European immigrants who settled in those regions and influenced the local cuisine. You can find Pasties all over Michigan, but here in South Carolina? Nowhere would they be found! This wasn’t a place that miners from Cornwall settled, after all.
Every state in this great nation is unique and has its own history of joining the United States and in several cases, leaving and then rejoining the union. I’m proud that we were able to complete this adventure as a family.
As we were finishing Arkansas’ meal, the kids asked, “Well, what’s next?” “Can we do Europe next?” “We can’t stop making special meals!” Bill and I looked at each other, shrugged, and said, “Sure! Let’s do Europe!”
Ben and Bill had played Geography in the car that day … name a place, then name another place that begins with the LAST letter of that place: Texas > South Carolina > Alabama > Argentina > Albania … and so on, until someone is stumped! Having the game fresh in his mind, Ben then asked, “Wait, you mean we’ll have meals from Andorra? Albania? Ajerbaijan???” I told him that I will do my best to research each country and find a recipe for a representative meal from each place in Europe. Right away, the girls were calling out, “French Fries! French Toast! French Bread! German Chocolate Cake!” LOL!
I’ll try to be a little more authentic than that. :-)
Everyone asked me to make the first pick, so after printing out a list of the countries in Europe, I chose … Sweden! Look for Volume Two of the Buckley Acres Culinary Adventures, coming soon to a blog near you!
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