culture and cuisine

t Cuisines Traditions

Traditional cuisines of various countries their preparation

We will discuss in our assignment the different cultural traditional cuisines of top five countries which influenced the food now being eaten . Then later in second phase of assignment we will discuss the traditional food preparation and dinning patterns of these five countries

SPAIN

Spanish cuisines are dominated by fresh produce , light seasoning of seafood from the Atlantic Ocean , Mediterranean Sea , and fresh water mountain streams . For the purpose of culinary , we divided Spain into seven regions : Canary

Islands , North Coast , North Interior , Central Plains , Northeast , Southeast Coast South . The North Coast is cool wet lush . It is known for its famous Basque culinary traditions cuisine here is highly valued . Basque cooking techniques includes slow simmering in olive oil and subtle red green sauces . Fish dishes flourish with the northernmost region , and famous for its assorted and finer sea foods . Huge variety of herbs used with lamb and veal . The most popular cuisines are fish and meat pie . North interior is popular for local trout . White asparagus , baby artichokes , peas , potatoes , beans wheat and sweet pepper are grown along with rivers . This region is particularly famous for its simple cooking techniques and popular dishes are bread sautyed with meats , eggs vegetables . Central plains are famous for fresh meat , beans and sausage . Saffron and cheese is commonly used in their food . Catalonia is famous for its unique combinations of food like squid with pork , rabbit with raisins . Romesco sauce and sweet...