Main Dishes – Page 18 – KinFolk Recipes

Lasagna

Lasagna, also lasagne, is both a form of pasta in sheets (often rippled in North America and other countries, though seldom so in Italy) and also a dish, sometimes named Lasagne al forno (meaning “Lasagne in the oven”) made with alternate layers of pasta, cheese, and sometimes ragu (a meat sauce). While it is traditionally believed to have originated in Italy, evidence has come to light suggesting that a very similar meal known as “loseyns” (pronounced ‘lasan’) was eaten in the court of King Richard II of England in the 14th Century. The word “lasagna” is derived from the Greek word “lasanon” meaning chamber pot. The word was later borrowed by the Romans as “lasanum” to mean cooking pot. The Italians then used the word to refer to the dish in which what is now known as lasagna is made. The word lasagna or lasagne (plural) now simply applies to the food itself. The British (and Italians) generally use the plural “lasagne” to mean both the dish and the pasta while the Americans commonly use the singular “lasagna”

BBR Brown Beans and Rice (Suriname)

Suriname’s food is an exotic mix of East Indian, Indian, Creole, Indonesian and Chinese cuisines with a touch of Caribbean thrown in; the cheapest eateries are warungs, Javanese food stalls serving fried noodle and rice dishes. This recipe BBR is the abbreviation of Brown Beans and Rice and very popular in Suriname and Holland. The most important ingredients in this dish is beans and meat. You can use all sorts of meats: beef, chicken, pork. This is a good dish where you can use your left over meat

Chili like Wendy’s

Chili: One thing we know for certain is that Chili did not originate in Mexico. There are many legends and stories about where chili originated and it is generally thought, by most historians, that the earliest versions of chili were made by the very poorest people. If there is any doubt about what the Mexicans think about chili, the Diccionario de Mejicanismos, published in 1959, defines chili con carne as (roughly translated):?detestable food passing itself off as Mexican, sold in the U.S. from Texas to New York.? Chili is the official dish of the U.S. state of Texas. It can be found worldwide in local variations and also in certain American-style fast food restaurants like Wendy’s ;). A popular saying among self-proclaimed chili purists is, “If you know beans about chili, you know chili ain’t got no beans.” The concept that beans do not belong in chili may be further credited to the fact that most official chili cookoffs do not allow beans. In many cases, a chili will be disqualified if it contains such ingredients, considered filler. I found this recipe clone of Wendy’s and tried it. And surprisingly it taste a lot like it. And here I got another version of Chili

Chili’s Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers

Another great copycat of Chili’s Crispy Honey Chipotle Chicken

Frikandel (Dutch)

A frikandel (plural frikandellen) is a Dutch snack, a sort of minced-meat hot dog,developed in 1959.

It is a long, skinless, dark-coloured sausage that is eaten hot. Unlike other sausages, a frikandel is deep-fried. Sometimes it is served on a bun and is then called a broodje frikandel. In Belgium it is mostly called a “curryworst”. Due to the absence of skin, one could argue that it technically isn’t a sausage.

In the Netherlands, Belgium and Curacao, the frikandel mainly consists of a mixture of pork, beef, chicken, and by some manufacturers, horse meat.

It is usually served with curry ketchup sauce and/or mayonnaise, though some people eat it with tomato ketchup. A frikandel with mayonnaise, curry ketchup sauce and chopped onion comprises a frikandel speciaal. The frikandel speciaal usually has a deep cut in the middle to provide room for the chopped onions and the sauces. For best results, the cut is made before frying the frikandel.

In many other countries, including South Africa, Denmark and Germany, frikadel or frikadelle (not to be confused with frikandel) is the local name of minced-meat meatballs or patties like those used in hamburgers.

It took me a while to get this the way I wanted it. From what I have been told it taste just like at home 🙂

I used to roll them which was a major pain, they used to fall apart when I was boiling them. Then I came on this idea, hey why not use somekind of a tube and stuff them. So I went to the local hardware store and bought 2″ diameter pvc tube. Ask them to cut the tube in 7 1/2″. Don’t be surprised when they ask you:”what do you need that for?” Well you can imagine how surprised they were when I replied :”I am making frikandellen ……” I think they only heard part of the word freak lol. Initially I had bought them in 1″ diameter and that didn’t work for me that would give me the size of a hotdog, and you don’t want that because if you are like me you want to slice them in the middle and add the onions, mayo and curry ketchup.