Mamaliga

No, unfortunately I am not (YET) taking a trip to my country as much as I wish but Joan of Foodalogue does (Lucky Her) in an attempt of a Culinary Trip Around The World with the goal of raising awareness and promote the effort to fight World Famine through BloggerAid or the World Food Programme and other trustful organizations. I’ll add here Heifer International, an organization with an effective program to provide all sorts of livestock to impoverished families around the world.

So, in light of that I thought of prepping a dish I grew up with and even if I cannot necessarily attribute it to the “Romanian Cuisine” (if there is such thing), at least I can blame it to the region I grew up in – Timisoara, Romania.

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It’s Halloween here in Chicago. And since Romania is (generally speaking) widely known in the U.S. for its orphanages, sometime the televised Revolution of 1989 when the dictator Ceausescu was overthrown, but most of all for Count Dracula of Transylvania, I thought of at least clear off the smoke of confusion for some.

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This is how the true mamaliga is made! Really all you need is a fire, a pot, tripod and… romanian folk music to make delicious mamaliga! Enjoy!

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