Originally posted by Vio&Juni
Actually, Baclava is Turkish. This is due to the long Oriental influence in the area. Greece and Romania have such a long common history too, that most of the dishes are the same. We also have these grape leaves stuffed with rice and vegetables and minced meet that we consider truly Romanian, in Greece they consider them truly Greek. Romania and Greece are mainly Orthodox Christian and that's why they had so much history together.
Luckies4me, you're partly Romanian? I am Romanian too![]()
That is SO funny, because here in the Middle East, both Baclava and stuffed vine leaves are considered "local" delicacies!!! I don't mind WHO invented Baclava - I'm just glad someone did!!
We don't have Thanksgiving in South Africa, although I have had traditional Thanksgiving dinner once - we went on a cruise around the Bahamas and it was over Thanksgiving so we had the whole spread!!! It was GREAT (PLUS no food to prepare and no dishes to wash)!
In South Africa our big holiday is Christmas. Some people do the whole "turkey" thing - we tend to just have a huge BBQ next to the pool with all the family together - it's great!
Whilst we are talking about food - has anyone got a good recipe for KEY LIME PIE???
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