In Ecuador potatoes are mainly served from the Andes and Seafood is near the coast (it is similar in Turkey) I love to cook so learning different foods is fun for me The only obstacle I ever face, and I love the challenge is finding a Halal meat in remote places around the world ^-^ another is that damn apple tea *shakes fist* it sure is sneaky (mothers sure love it though!) Learning Baklava was fun too *~_~* no complaints here, but a comment on my enjoyment of cooking internationaly... and a real parent always concerns themselves jiji or else they would let their creations eat the bark of trees and wild berries in the woods (sounds fun)
you guys are fun to converse with as well!

estelle

actually i ate potatoes here in istanbul yesterday! but they dont really prepare them like we do in holland (we boil them and eat them with veggies and gravy).

Here youll get a sort of boiled potato, and they put butter and vegetables in there (which you can pick yourself). they have for example sausages, olives, some sort of mixed thing, corn, and a lot more! and it fills your stomach as if youre eating a dinner! absolutely fantastic, I might introduce them in Holland as well!

I think you mean Kumpir and a proper kebabshop in Amsterdam should have it too.. they even have it here

M

Susie, You will have to tell them about the potato famine in Ireland and about all the people that starved to death because the potato crop failed! If you were or are a Black Adder fan, there was one episode where Sir Walter Raleigh brought the potato to Queen Elizabeth 1. It was so funny!!

Thank fully we dont rely on them quite so much these days, with pasta, rice etc. How we managed before Sir Walter Raleigh introduced them beats me!!

that potato famine took place in ireland isnt actually funny i hope it wont be narrated as a joke

Don't worry I lived and worked with the Irish for 7 solid years, Ive been there and my best mates Irish so don't worry about that!

G