International Cuisine Exchange!

[Polyperchon]

Anyone have a Creme Catalan recipe? I was obsessed with it one summer in Perpignan but I can’t find a recipe that replicates its greatness. I also had some in Barcelona, but it seemed different to the French version.

[TheLoadedDog]

@Giles

Some of the basics of Australian cuisine – sausages, meat pies, sausage rolls – are simply unavailable in the US, or at least, not in anything resembling their Australian form. It’s surprising, because they would probably go down quite well for American tastes.

You should try the Americans on Chiko Rolls. Pus in a tube. Heavenly.

[pulykamell]

@Martini Enfield

Provolone is very, very hard to find here (I still haven’t managed), and American Cheese is impossible to obtain, AFAIK. You can get Cheez Whiz, thought.

Any mild flavored, easy melting cheese will do. If you don’t have American Cheese, don’t you have any kind of cheese sold in individually wrapped plastic slices?I know I’ve seen it in many European supermarkets, under a name like “camping cheese,” which was pretty much the same as American cheese. (OK, American process cheese food product. I know there’s deli-style American cheese, which comes in blocks like normal cheese, that they probably use on cheesesteaks, but if Cheez Whiz is traditional, I can’t see any objection to using something similar to Kraft singles.)

[Martini_Enfield]

@pulykamell

Any mild flavored, easy melting cheese will do. If you don’t have American Cheese, don’t you have any kind of cheese sold in individually wrapped plastic slices?I know I’ve seen it in many European supermarkets, under a name like “camping cheese,” which was pretty much the same as American cheese. (OK, American process cheese food product. I know there’s deli-style American cheese, which comes in blocks like normal cheese, that they probably use on cheesesteaks, but if Cheez Whiz is traditional, I can’t see any objection to using something similar to Kraft singles.)

We’ve got plenty of processed cheese that comes in plastic wrapped slices here, but it’s not the Traffic Cone Orange or American Cheese. Still, if it’s an acceptable substitute I shall look into using it next time…

[lizardling]

@sturmhauke

Breaded? Never seen that variation, tell me more.

You make the lumpia as usual, then brush it with a thin whipped egg mixture and roll in bread crumbs. Then you fry them. It adds a nice texture and crunch.

I’m a little surprised, since my extended family and the other members of the Indonesian church they attended all added bread crumbs to theirs. I wonder if it’s a regional thing?