Crocodile Dundee!
Hello ;).
Before I went u all know that I’ve wrote that I didn’t know if my stomach could handle the different food, but it still going strong and that’s a miracle. So far I’ve been eating a lot of strange food that I’m not used to. U wouldn´t believe me if I said what I ate today, I’ve tried crocodile meat! Here in South Africa they eat something that calls biltong. It’s strips of dried meat, it can for example be ostrich or crocodile, and I tried crocodile. They really love meat here and they love their barbeques. But the most famous is the biltong, it’s common like our hot dogs. It also looks a little bit like them. Of course they also eat a lot of fish here on the coast. And they like to mix sweet fruits with meat or fish in cauldrons. That is something that I think Swedes should learn more about because it brings a lot of different tastes. And I also think that we Swedes are more afraid to mix fruit and meat, here they mix all the time. Some other dishes that I’ve tried are Bobotie with okrarelish it’s minced meat with curry and mango chutney. A kind of snack that I’ve tried is something that my host family made by themselves, it’s called Kapama snacks and it’s not at all as our snacks at home. It’s not like crisps but I can compare it with homemade cookies for example. But in the Kapama snacks it’s ingredients that I never would have in cookies or in snacks. With dried fruits, salted nuts and a bit of the Biltong (dried meat), u creates snacks! It’s sounds creepy to me and u but actually it’s good, but with strange taste. It’s not something u put in the oven, u just mix it and then eat it. The positives with this snack is that it isn´t so unhealthy compared to the cookies we eat at home and it’s not even close to the taste. Overall the food is a total mix from all over the world just like the Swedish food. But the Malaysian food has characterized the Cape Town. The South African way of the Malaysian food is called “Cape Malay”. I will put a recipe 4 u on a typical dish that I’ve eaten so u can see what I mean with mix (I didn’t wrote it by myself I copy it from http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/513649 but I’ve eaten it. On this site u can also find more recipes on South African food)
Impala fillet cooked in banana leaf
· 50 g butter
· 2 fillets of impala (or substitute venison)
· 2 shallots, finely chopped
· 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
· 6 whole peppercorns, crushed
· 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
· 1 red chilli, finely chopped
· 2 cm ginger, finely chopped
· 6 button mushrooms, finely chopped
· 2 tbsp olive oil
Good Luck! J
Luv
// Amanda G
I’m glad your stomach is fine but mine isn’t. I actually think I’ve lost 20 pounds so far. But I can’t complain on that ;) The Indian people also like to mix fruits in their dishes and it is really good. But sometimes I want to have it simple and cleaned, but I am a Swede, hehe. They don’t eat crocodiles in India and the meat that is most common in their kitchen is lamb or chicken. But of course is the most common thing in their kitchen spices. I don’t know why I went to India when I know I hate spicy food? Well, well, hope your trip will continued be very fun
I just read what you wrote about the South African food. It’s really different to the American food. The American food is supposed to be fast and easy to eat on the go. The South African food on the other side, doesn’t seem easy to cook at all. Of course, they have Pizza Hut and Burger King too. But as you wrote, they really like meat and especially crocodile meat. It sounds weird, but who knows? Maybe it’s good. The South African food also seems healthy with vegetables and that kind of stuff. In the United Stated you hardly ever eat salad or vegetables.
