I watch streams of melted ice-cream race down the sides of warm, thin pancakes…finally pooling around a glob of sweet lingonberry jam.
No doubt, this Nordic weekly tradition of pea soup and pancakes I’m gonna love.
It got me thinking about other food traditions that have gradually infiltrated my world. Growing up, I remember waiting impatiently for the roasted ram meat we regularly got from our Muslim side of the family during Eid ul-Fitr , widely known as Sallah in the Nigerian Hausa language.
Every Christmas saw us tear into Panettone fruit bread received from the myriad of Italian influences surrounding my family. New Year was rung in with British sardine sandwiches.
Years later, we’d find ourselves gorging on American thanksgiving turkey and ordering Chinese food weekly.
Once of my favorite articles, Tasting Place, explores the travel connection between food and place….how cuisine from various cultures takes us on culinary journeys into various aspects of a culture.
Going beyond sampling local grub to incorporating other food traditions into one’s routine makes life richer….and sweeter.
Comments (12)
What a varied palate! Food is one of my favorite ways to experience culture and I’ve incorporated several, like fish stew and jollof rice, ackee and saltfish and naan and tandoori chicken but none so exotic as peas soup and pancakes! I love Swedish pancakes but I don’t know about the pea soup!
I could totally get into this tradition!
yum!
I love how you summarized that article – “…cuisine from various cultures takes us on culinary journeys into various aspects of a culture.” it is so true.
I think I will need to have pancakes for dinner tonight.
That looks yummy.
This does look yummy. Pancakes and pea soup on Thursdays is one of the Swedish traditions I will always love.
i’m so planning my trip to stockholm to cover 2 thursdays ;o)
that looks ridiculously good. i’m with the villager, tope (hope that’s tope sha)
lol @ wale
This the most mouth-watering picture of pancakes I have ever seen… I need the real thing now!!
So true about childhood and travel memories being tied to food. One thing all cultures probably have in common is how food is tied to traditions.
yum yum yum!