Monday, December 31, 2007

happy new year !



happy new year everybody ! and a great and successful 2008 , all the best and may your wishes come true !
this is the traditional food for holidays in romania. it's called "sarmale" . minced meat with spices , rolled in cabbage leafs (sweet or pickled) and boiled . served with "mămăligă" , boiled corn flour (something like polenta) , sour cream and hot peppers . and of course , red wine .
enjoy !


thank you all for visiting my blog and for your comments in 2007 and i hope i'll show more interesting faces of brasov next year .



9 comments:

Curly said...

Colourful food!

Very best wishes and a happy New Year to you too,

from South Shields Daily Photo

Unknown said...

So nice to have holiday food!

Wishing you a very Happy 2008!

Anonymous said...

Excellent shots! All main steps are there! Let's eat!
Happy New Year!

Lessie said...

Wow -- this looks and sounds delicious!

TOG said...

Twenty years ago we had a high school student from Belgrade for a year. I ask one of my patients what was the most common meal that our student might miss while in Florida. He told me sarma and he described it, but he didn't know how it was made. My wife could make stuffed cabbage roles but I wanted something more true to sarma. It took a few months to get a recipe (one for sarma and one for galumpkis). They were less sweet then wife's. I made them. The student didn't know what it was until it was in his mouth. He almost cried with joy. And most of all, he couldn't believe that a man made them. Every one in our house cooks. I used to be the main cook for our church.

Wayne said...

Yours is a most excellent blog, RO. Thanks for a cool time learning about Brasov and Romania. Love these pics of food and food prep. Great stuff.

All the best in 2008 for you and your loved ones: Joy, Love, Prosperity.

Wayne

marley said...

Happy New Year! Nice selection of interesting looking food.

Lilly said...

Very delicious. Love this dish.
We have it in Bosnia too. We call it sarma and eat it only with sour cream.
Happy New Year!

Gwen said...

Ro, thank you for these traditional food photographs, and the ones that show the preparation.Looking forward to your photographs in 2008.