The idea for this thread comes from a recent extended trip to Cuenca, Ecuador. I went to a local pizzeria and had pizza a couple nights in a row. The pizza wasn't bad and had the normal pizza-ey toppings such as peppers, mushrooms, sausage (the hot dog kind), and probably one or two others which I can't recall. It wasn't bad, but was was not embedded in a tomato sauce, It did have some sort of cheese in the center that might have been mozzarella.. The fact that it was a two for one promotion helped ease any disapontment.
I was reminded of Ray Stevens "Haircut Song" about the problems he had getting a haircut away from home. Coming from the author of "The Streak", "The Shriner's Convention", and "Ahab, the Arab", you can imagine they were unique.
I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Gyumri, Armenia where there was a pizzeria we gave custom to. I don't remember what was on them, but I don't remember a lot of sauce, but rather a covering of thinly sliced tomatoes.
I actually preferred the Georgean restaurant and their katchapuri, the "cheesy bread" that Jenna Bush raved about on her segments during the Winter Olympics. There are about six different versions, one for each provence, none of which wants to be associated with any of the others. The version we got was like a medium cheese pizza covered with an outer crust with fat dripping from every orifice.
But the particular food item that fits the idea of the thread was the chili that I had at a restaurant in Yerevan. I don't remember the name; only that the sign out front was a seguaro cactus. I went inside and ordered a bowl of chili to allay any homesickness I might have had. It was completely alien to anything I would have recognized as chili. It had no beans, but I recognize that is the subject of passioned debate. It had no tomato base; the base was actually a broth that was akin to soy sauce with vegetables. I would never have identified it.
So, the question is "What have you had that you wish was from home?"
I was reminded of Ray Stevens "Haircut Song" about the problems he had getting a haircut away from home. Coming from the author of "The Streak", "The Shriner's Convention", and "Ahab, the Arab", you can imagine they were unique.
I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Gyumri, Armenia where there was a pizzeria we gave custom to. I don't remember what was on them, but I don't remember a lot of sauce, but rather a covering of thinly sliced tomatoes.
I actually preferred the Georgean restaurant and their katchapuri, the "cheesy bread" that Jenna Bush raved about on her segments during the Winter Olympics. There are about six different versions, one for each provence, none of which wants to be associated with any of the others. The version we got was like a medium cheese pizza covered with an outer crust with fat dripping from every orifice.
But the particular food item that fits the idea of the thread was the chili that I had at a restaurant in Yerevan. I don't remember the name; only that the sign out front was a seguaro cactus. I went inside and ordered a bowl of chili to allay any homesickness I might have had. It was completely alien to anything I would have recognized as chili. It had no beans, but I recognize that is the subject of passioned debate. It had no tomato base; the base was actually a broth that was akin to soy sauce with vegetables. I would never have identified it.
So, the question is "What have you had that you wish was from home?"
