I’m a Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 who has stayed half of her life in Malawi 🇲🇼
If I could pick one souvenir food wise it would be this garlic sauce from here in Malawi.
Will make a series of posts on this.
French leaving in Germany. To French visitors, we give German wine (from the Rhine region). The French are always blown away that there can be good wine on this side of the border. They also like some of the Joghurt from here. They taste like before… They are usually unimpressed by the German beer.
The pics of the Rhine area are beautiful. I’m sure the white wine must be exquisite.
Their Riesling is top notch. It was originally developed there and they’ve been growing it since the Middle Ages. Very lively grape (also a favorite for sparkling wine production). Basically the quintessential German variety, though it is also grown in other countries nowadays.
(I’m in the US). I’ve been told by multiple friends in multiple countries that they appreciate Reese’s Pieces peanut butter candies. The salty-sweet combo is unique and they don’t get them often in their countries.
My other go-tos depending on who I’m visiting would be a locally roasted coffee or an over-the-top flavor bomb craft beer. Like my local brewery has a seasonal on rotation right now, “Sprinkled doughnut double spiced oatmeal stout” with a bright, colorful can. My German friend is offended but intrigued by the beers I bring. Usually he gets playfully wound up insisting they don’t count as real beer.
Don’t worry, Germans are offended by every non-German beers.
I’ve seen Germans turn their noses up at beautiful Belgian beers before immediately drinking a (delicious, but not legally allowed to be sold as beer in Germany) desperados. Granted, I shit all over German Mexican food and also love Taco Bell (and I don’t consider it Mexican food), so I don’t have a leg to stand on here.
I had to Google the Reese candies, they look like Smarties! I’m sure the peanut butter in them makes a unique taste.
That beer sounds super rich. Most visitors to Malawi are intrigued by the local “Kuche Kuche”.
I would definitely love some roasted coffee. I haven’t had coffee in almost 4 years. I usually drink herbal teas from the farm.
Theres a brewery in Astoria on the Columbia river (Oregon side), they’re called ‘Rogue’. They have made some of the most out there beers i’ve ever had. The Double Chocolate Stout actually tasted like chocolate; the maple-bacon…something… beer, was possibly the worst beer i’ve ever tried 😆. Great venue, so glad we could stop there for a couple beers on a trip a few years back.
The US do beers well, its a shame the major beer companies from there give it a poor reputation. But i suppose thats the same with anything, you gota look more closely to see the stuff of value. I’d not want Aus to be judged on Fosters for instance… 😂
I’d not want Aus to be judged on Fosters for instance…
Hate to break it to you, but in the US, Fosters is absolutely marketed as the Australian beer 😂. I think the Foster’s in our stores is brewed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin under license though.
I’ve never seen stuff like Toohey’s or VB here. Next time I go to Aus, maybe I’ll do a cheep beer swap and bring cans of Keystone Light, Natty Light, Miller High Life, some of our other “sex-in-a-canoe” beers, as in “fucking close to water”.
Peru should be shouting out their unique rocoto pepper cream sauces - Uchucuta is pretty great.
Anything with peanut butter and is spicy is a must taste on my bucket list 😋
Peruvian rocoto sauce is pepper-based, although China has my favorite peanut-buttery spicy sauce called 火锅填料, hot pot dipping sauce, usually made with a sesame seed base and commonly used as a condiment for hotpot：
Its not common or uncommon, I’ve seen it at a few Asian supermarkets in the US, but you can very easily make your own by getting sesame seed paste at most markets or creamy peanut butter and mix it with some 重庆火锅底料, chongqing Hot pot base，which is available at most Asian markets and usually looks like this:
You can throw a your desired amount of that brick(1x1 cm cross-section is a good start) into any dish you’re cooking and mix in as much spicy complex flavor as you like.
That’s my favorite cooking ingredient
Kangaroo ballsack coin purse.
Had to look that up. Not sure how my former workmates in the vet sector would feel about this kkk. They are cute I must say.
One of these:
In some way one can claim that this is a Latvian cocaine. They get hooked as soon as they taste it.
The most German condiment I can think of (besides Löwensenf, I guess). It’s a mildly spicy, curry-flavored ketchup that you’ll probably find in every single German pantry.
EDIT: actually, now that I think about it, Löwensenf is definitely the classier choice. Traditional spicy German mustard from Düsseldorf. Be careful with the red one, that definitely packs quite a punch (say goodbye to your sinuses), but the others are still very flavorful and well balanced. Goes great with Bratwurst, Leberkäse, or fatty meats (like a pork roast). Some people also like to put it on Teewurst (a type of spreadable smoked sausage made from pork and bacon).
If you don’t like it spicy, they also have a sweet Bavarian style (very mild). Traditionally, this is served with Weißwurst (Bavarian veal sausage) and a pretzel.
Nice!
Looking forward to learning some German after I complete my Zulu and French courses on Duolingo.
Surely it has to be these tasty bastards, for Deutchland.
Morgens halb zehn in Deutschland 😤
Dehydrated reindeer meat is the first one that comes to mind. Salty liquorice would work too but they almost definitely wouldn’t like it so what’s the point in gifting it.
The Google pics remind me of biltong.
I think I once had liquorice as a child. I would love to have it again.
Guinness is the most famous I suppose but the thing most Irish emigrants want brought to them when you visit is tea or crisps. People get (fun) heated about which variety is best.
Tea it’s either Lyons or Barry’s. I’m Barry’s gang.
Crisps (aka chips) it’s Tayto or King.
King cheese and onion is best for a crisp sandwich IMO. Tayto with a pint.
Texas- probably brisket or tex-mex.
Also:
Wooooo! 🇲🇼 Warm heart of Africa!
That hot sauce is indeed delicious. Great blend of heat and flavor!
I miss the fresh cheese curls in Wisconsin, US.
If I’m in the US state I grew up in, it would be Take A Boost or some fudge from the Jersey shore.
if I’m in my current US state, it would probably be Cholula.
Your hot sauce looks hotter than mine!
