When my upstairs neighbours returned the bowl to me, there was something in it:
The family upstairs are originally from Turkey. The elderly lady hardly speaks any German; her husband can make himself understood well enough for us to talk about everyday matters, just nothing complicated - for such occasions, we need one of their sons to help.
I forgot to ask what these "eggs" are called, but my neighbour told me to heat them in the microwave before eating. Since until now every food I was ever given from this family in the 11+ years I've been living in this flat was really good, I had no doubts I was going to enjoy these, no matter what they were.
Turns out they were filled with nicely spiced minced meat, and the crust around it was nice and spicy as well, with little bits of pepper. To me, it appeared as if a Scotch Egg has fallen in love with Sicilian Arrancini, and they have had twins together :-)
I ate it with - surprise, surprise! - more rice. That rice was actually left over from before making the party dish, unspiced and unmixed, so I fried some fresh mushrooms with it and added bits of mozzarella to the pan and an egg. Altogether, it was a very filling "Making Do" meal, and finally, all rice is gone! I doubt I'll want rice anytime soon again!
They look and sound really yummy. I eat lots of pasta and rice and very few potatoes except when I'm cooking for other people.
ReplyDeleteI love spuds! Pasta is fine, but can be tricky when done in great quantities - I never eat it at the canteen at work, for instance. Rice is nice (that rhymes!) but I really had a bit too much of it of late.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a happy surprise!
The eggs look and, we are sure tasted, delicious. As you say, a rather upmarket version of a Scotch Egg.
We rather like 'make do' meals but we rarely have any leftovers to 'make do' with. A neighbour of ours used to be able to open her fridge and all manner of tasty little tidbits were just waiting there. In our fridge, all we see is a light bulb!
It was delicious, and added a welcome dash of spicyness to the rather bland rice.
DeleteThe light bulb in my fridge is bust - so if my fridge is empty, I really see NOTHING, not even that!
I wonder if visits to your blog will always be this expensive... Heimat, Jugend Zwischen den Kriegen, Von Afrika Nach Kanada, all ordered from Amazon.de by your recommendation! And I am still looking for 'Forget me not' in German...
ReplyDeleteWell, I hope you'll find all the books are worth it! If "Forget me not" is not available on amazon.de (I would have thought it is), try booklooker.de.
DeleteHere you are:
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Thankyou, that completes my purchases for today!
DeleteI am sure I will find the books worth it, As for Heimat, I am looking forward to watching it. I still have childhood recollections of my great grandmother in Heiligensee. I tell you how bad the Heimweh is for me sometimes, one of the Portuguese channels here showed Schwarzwaldklinik in German, I could watch it without falling into a coma...
It looks delicious, we lived in Turkey for 2 years and I loved everything I ate there.
ReplyDeleteYou don't happen to know the name of this specialty? I am not keen on each and everything in the Turkish kitchen, just like there is a lot about German and Swabian kitchen I won't eat, but there are many really wonderful dishes in Turkey.
DeleteBe careful about reheating rice Miss Arian. I wouldn't want you to become ill even though you mocked me for not knowing what "mushing" means!
ReplyDeleteUncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning. When the rice is cooked, the spores can survive.If the rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores can grow into bacteria. These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins that cause vomiting or diarrhoea.
The longer cooked rice is left at room temperature, the more likely it is that the bacteria or toxins could make the rice unsafe to eat.
Thank you for your concern, YP. The rice was kept in a container with the lid firmly shut inside my fridge. I ate this a week ago and have felt fine as usual.
DeleteSorry about having mocked you for not knowing a word. I blame too many pub quizzes.
Okay Miss Clever Clogs, what does fallaciloquence mean? And no looking up! What about siagonology and vicambulate? Ha! Ha!
DeleteThis does look interesting! It reminds me of Lebanese Kibbe except that the color is wrong and I think the filling is too! I have some Turkish cookbooks and will see if I can find the name of this.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, I will try and remember to ask my neighbour next time I see him.
DeletePlease tell your wonderful mother that my socks arrived, as well as little ladybug stickerish things which my granddaughters will love and the two pretty tea lights.....At my party yesterday Clara was wearing a t shirt which said, "Mine Leben is ein Ponyhof. (But I almost think it's actually a Unicorn Hof.
DeleteThank you for letting me know! I am sure my Mum will read your comment here.
DeleteNice t-shirt :-) There is a saying in German when you want to express that life can't always be just fun and play and no work, you say "Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof", so Clara's t-shirt shows that the opposite can be true for some!
Those eggs look and sound really good. Sometimes, making do meals are the best sort, when you just thrown together random bits that need eating up. x
ReplyDeleteThat's right, Gillian. When I go to lunch at my parents' on Mondays, sometimes I get leftovers from their Sunday dinner, and it is always an excellent meal.
DeleteI am always glad to read that you are on such good terms with your Turkish neighbours. So refreshing after all the bad vibes one gets from the media.
ReplyDeleteActually, exchanging food is a wonderful habit. How can you be angry with someone with whom you share food? And the ‘eggs’ look to be very tasty.
Friko, I personally know of many people who live in harmony with their neighbours from other countries. On the other hand, those neighbours who get on my sister's nerves the most in her street are all German. It is telling that Pegida has its origin in a part of Germany where nowhere near as many foreigners live as, say, in the Stuttgart area.
DeleteIt all sounds good! Your tale of rice reminds me of when our #2 Son was born, and the ladies at church brought us dinners for two weeks so i wouldn't have to cook. Out of the 14 meals, 11 of them had rice! My Sweetie did not complain, and ate everything that they brought, and told me after that he did not want anything with rice for 6 months. Yes, i complied with that.
ReplyDeleteA funny little story, thank you for sharing! Rice is just so easy to make in larger quantities, which is probably why it is such a popular bring-along-food.
ReplyDeleteLucky you, to have such nice neighbors!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love Scotch Eggs so I am sure I would really like this meaty version.
You will laugh at me, but I like Corn Dogs...they are hot dogs with a cornbread coating around them and they are on a stick. Gotta love meat on a stick! Honestly, I am such a gourmet! :-)
Not heard of Corn Dogs before, but it sounds like something I would like too :-)
DeleteYes, my neighbours are nice. That makes it at the same time easier and harder to deal with them being rather noisy at times; easier, because I know they don't do it on purpose, they really do not want to make me angry. But harder, too - it is exactly because they are so nice that I don't want to tell them off for being so noisy.
I've never tried those eggs but they sure taste good judging by this blog. I hope your neighbor will let you share the recipe to us. :)
ReplyDeleteThey were good! Unlikely, though, that I'll ask for the recipe. They don't speak enough German to explain something like that, and I don't understand more than a few words of Turkish.
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