Three traditional dishes

Just three favourite foods to share...?

Not an easy task, it really isn't. But that's the challenge, so let's stick to the rules guidelines. When you visit your parents some of your favourite dishes cannot be missed from the table. It always happens and the offer is wider than just three, right? The trick is also to remember to take photos of these dishes and when you do, they may look at you strangely or tease you a little.

Aunt and her blog. 😂 That's how my nieces tease me. Oh, and my mom asked why I took pictures of her making noodles... Because there are none like yours, Mom! That is the truth!

Mom's homemade noodles

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When I was a child we used to eat a lot of noodles with many different sauces or toppings. We barely tried spaghetti for example, however, noodles with mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, plum jam, ground walnuts or ground poppy seeds were frequent meals on the table. I suppose we used to eat less meat - probably as it was expensive or difficult to buy at some stages of my childhood.

The preparation of these noodles is simple, but you have to have a bit of experience. We need to knead the flour with an egg (one or two, depending on the amount of flour), a pinch of salt and a little water, enough to make it easy to knead - so that it does not remain dry, but also that it does not stick to your hands while kneading. Knead the dough and let it rest for a while, then roll it out with a rolling pin and on a wooden cutting board, cut it into strips first and then crosswise, into small noodles. Always dust them with a little flour so they don't stick.

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When the dough is cut, we have to put the uncooked noodles in boiling water and cook them for a few minutes, until they become soft. Then we strain them through a strainer and the noodles are ready to be mixed with other ingredients of your choice.

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Dad's fish stew

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Fish Stew is a typical dish made in the past by poor fishermen which, over time, became a favourite among the urban or more affluent world of this area. The fish is supposed to have been caught in the Danube; most often it is carp, but catfish or pike can be added too. This one that my dad prepared yesterday was from carp.

The ingredients are chopped fish (but not in very small pieces), chopped onion, a bit of salt, ground red paprika, and water. Nothing else. The preparation is very important though.

To be an authentic fish stew, it must be cooked in a cauldron, over an open fire. Some people even pick a special type of wood to set the fire. The estimated time to be cooked is around 40-45 minutes.

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Here you see already the red colour of the stew, it was half done at that moment. There is also one ingredient that gives a special, hot flavour to this dish. Red hot pepper. My parents grow it in their garden so there is always fresh hot pepper when they need it. 🔥🔥🔥

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Mom's homemade biscuits

After the hot flavours, we can finish this post with some sweet bites that always find their space in my tummy. The day we arrived the kitchen smelled of freshly baked biscuits. My mom knows how much we like these heart-shaped ones. They are our favourite biscuits... so difficult to stop eating just one... or two... or the whole plate 😂

My mother also makes the other types of biscuits you see in the middle of this plate, it is like a sweet bread with tiny pieces of walnuts and chocolate. This photo was taken before I and my son devoured this plate, there was nothing left! 😁

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I hope you learned something new from this post about the three traditional dishes (among many others) prepared in the home of my family. Have you ever tried this kind of fish stew?

What are your three favourite dishes?

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Wow
I’d love to try the homemade noodles or pasta someday
It looks good

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It's not difficult to prepare, give it a try ;)

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You know what I think of traditional fish stew and there's that word again, parents, wth is a parents?!

What are your three favourite (with a 'U') dishes?

Clean ones. I'm a big fan of clean dishes.

Solid ones. Not a big fan of stained shirts.

My absolute favoUrite dishes are the kind that come with silverware!!

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You know what I think of...

I knoUw :D

Kind of a goulash but with fish, but then it can indeed stain the shirts. Yesterday I got a degree of a stain cleaner. Cleaned some green grass stains from white snickers and of course this fish stew from a white shirt 😂

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Nothing like home cooking. My mum and grandmother used to make similar noodles (longer though). I remember eating them raw while they were preparing them :p

Cookies!! 🤤

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Eating them raw? 😯 well, I guess I also used to do it sometimes haha
We also used to put the dough when it was cut just on stripes on a hot surface, a burner. Can't translate the name of that, maybe we just invented the word for that. But it was crispy and tasty 😇

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Hahah yeaaa... not lots.. but a few to try. Every time :p

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The fish soup would make a great base for a bowl of noodles, rounded off with a plate few biscuits for desserts. Yum 😋

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We indeed mixed the noodles with the stew later, when it was already in our plates 🤤 I skipped the hot pepper though hahaha, it is just too spicy for me and I am not used to it anymore

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I didn't imagine I would find a fire for boiling made with a base of rin, I thought that was natural in Latin America, but in Spain... In Canada we use specific devices in the city, in the countryside, the areas around the city, they are usually made of bricks or stones and on the side they have a kind of fan that serves to fan the flame without effort and fan the flame. Some more specialised ones even have a chimney.

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My parents don't live in Spain, but anyway, sometimes they prepare some dishes over the open fire in this way, the place is in the back yard under a little roof, made especially for these events of cooking outside (once or twice per month)

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Who can say that our mothers' food is not the tastiest. Those hands of your mom making noodles, hands that have achieved excellent dishes like that dessert, those cookies look spectacular. What a beautiful and happy day to you. 🥰❤️

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My mother's hands entered the photo, just at the right time when she was cutting the noodles :)) and the cookies are perfect, my son's favourite too. Thank you @mamani , I hope to see your three favourite dishes too in this challenge 🤓

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Mom's meals are always the best! My favourite are the croquettes. It was her potato omelet but my husband’s one is better than hers. 😁

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Ow, husband's omelette is better? I wonder did you tell your mom the truth? 😁

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Yes, I did! 🤣 She has tasted his omelette and appreciate it. It’s more than enough.

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you are fortunate, my mother was a rubbish cook! dad was pretty good at making cakes on a sunday though.
My choices are really varied

Chicken Vindaloo, steamed rice and a naan bread
Chicken Jalfrezi, steamed rice and a nan bread
Sherry trifle.

I am a cheap date

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Oh, naan bread 🤤

Googled Sherry trifle as I didn't know it, looks like something I would like mucho!! 👌

I am not a perfect cook so don't know how my son will remember the dishes I used to prepare during his childhood. {I secretly hope he will remember it in a positive way} From September he will have to be his own chef anyway.

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yes sherry trifle is a very vintage english dessert yummy!

students leaving the nest? I am sure he will look forward to coming home at times for a feast, I mean staple student food is macadees surely? oh and pot noodles and crisps

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Looks really good and I must say the three would all go together very well for a full course meal 😋

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They do go well together, that was our menu yesterday ;) captured the preparation time with photos and consumed - without photos 😂

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I ate probably the best fish stew in a restaurant near Bačka Palanka in Vojvodina. although we often prepare fish broth, the stew option, which is much thicker and with boneless fish meat, is a real specialty.

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For a good fish stew, Vojvodina is a must ;)
Yes, fish broth is a bit different, both are good and tasty in their way 😇

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For a good fish stew, Vojvodina is a must

As well as for goulash :-)

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You have no idea what this post reminded me of my grandmother... she was Italian and made homemade pasta... always... seeing those hands reminded me of my grandmother's hands kneading, and the taste of those homemade noodles!!!! What a delight!

The fish stew... no, I haven't tried it, but what I do want are those biscuits!!!! I want them!!!

My three favourite dishes? Pizza, Argentine empanadas and ravioli.😍

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My mom is also a grandmother to my child and my sister's children so a hand with experience can be seen here, as it reminds you of your grandma. Now nice is that.

Maybe we will see you contribution too, preparing pizza, Argentine empanadas and ravioli? 😇

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Interesting hahaha Thursdays are always pizza, it's family day, I hope it's not too hot for the other two!

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Me estás matando 😂 (es un decir, por ver tanta riquera)

Siento que estás tan alegre disfrutando de todas estas cosas que ya nos vas contando desde que llegaste allá, que verdaderamente me tiene muy feliz. Me alegra que tu mamá esté bien y mimándolos. Abrazo, mipiano.

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Lo siento por la muerte, jaja, bueno con un poco de comida así de rica ya te puedes ver viva otra vez 😁

Sí, nos están mimando, creo que el vestido de Italia se quedará pequeño 😂 aunque con el ritmo de bike tours que me está dando la sobrina todo se gasta.

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🚴‍♀ Para la próxima lleva barritas energéticas además del agua. ¿Has visto que yo como maní molido? Esas son mis barritas energéticas.
Ahhh, el arreglo floral 😂 - no te preocupes, estás en forma.

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Sí, esta tarde llevé algo de comida, un bollo salado que se me quedó en la mochila. Pero encontramos unos gatitos abandonados en un campo entre dos pueblos y les repartimos esto.

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Hello friend, @mipiano the dishes look very tasty, nothing like tasting the dishes made by mom and in your case dad too.

The savory dishes don't look like you, I would never have imagined that they are your favorite dishes, but the sweet one does.

I will be thinking about my favorite dishes at home.

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the sweet one does.

Somehow everyone knows that I like sweets 😁

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What a luxury that homemade food and above all enjoyed with the family. Your mother's are exquisite, but without a doubt I prefer your father's fish.. Eso se ve como para chuparse los dedos 😋😄🤗

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Es especial. Lo hemos preparado alguna vez a amigos en España y sí dijeron que estaba bien pero "diferente" (no han repetido 🤭😂) Es como un caldo, pero rojo por el pimentón

Gracias @mdrguez 😇✨🍓

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Creo que lo mejor que tiene es precisamente eso "lo diferente".

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