The roasting of Mr. Pig

This year I didn't manage to attend Ignat traditions but I', publishing a few old but not published before pictures. They deserved publishing from the first time, but due to their violence I was a bit skeptical.

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Handy hands

Handy hands: they make the world move.

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Hard work

A man is hard at work so the others will enjoy the flavor.

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Yin and Yang

Supposedly, is all about balance, a little of this and a little of that and you will reach equilibrium.

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Simply meat

This is simply meat. Juicy, tasty, fine cooked meat. What else to add?

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Crave

Anyone craving for some tasty meats?

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Pork and saukeraut

After in previous posts I may have engrossed some with explicit pictures from traditional pig slaughtering>, is probably the time to show some pleasant-looking pork based food. From Caru' cu bere in Bucharest (the same place I enjoyed papanași a while ago), here's what they call, in the English language menu "Romanian pork shank served with pan fried sauerkraut, polenta, horseradish and chili pepper" (ro: ciolan de porc cu varză călită, mămăligă, hrean și ardei iute). This is a serving for two, the dish is large enough.

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Aint' no jamon

Friends who visited Spain keep telling me about jamón, the local speciality. I wasn't there yet, can't tell if it is up to its reputation, I can only show you some regular Romanian smoked ham. Not bad.

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Pastrami

Take a big loaf of mutton pastrami, cut in into pieces. Optionally, at the same time fill some glasses with must (or wine)

Grill the pastrami. Optionally cut the grilled pieces into smaller, bite-sized pieces.

In parallel, prepare a bowl of mamaliga.

Eat the pastrami with mamaliga. You will want the must too.

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Sarmale in the pumpkin

This is a less known way to cook sarmale: get a pumpkin and take out the seeds. Fill the interior with uncooked sarmale and whatever else is needed: tomatoes, peppers, smoked bacon, herbs.

Put in in the oven and let it cook.

Take it out when done.

Serve the sarmale together with a bit of cooked pumpkin pulp. Enjoy.

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Saramura: making of

Saramură is a traditional Romanian dish, made most of the time from fish. You start by grilling the fish (mullet in this case)

Then put the meat in a salty sauce (brine) with garlic, hot peppers and vegetables. Served with mămăligă.

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Fishmongers

That day it was a holiday and the tradition it was to eat fish (on top of that, fish is a Bengali speciality), so the streets of the Ukhra village were full with fish vendors. They were happy so see me, a white man, something unusual there and very eager to get photographed.

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Cîrnați de Pleșcoi

Shooting at the volcanoes is nice and exciting, but it won't keep the hunger away. Travelling trough beautiful landscapes is also nice and exciting, but it also won't keep the hunger away. You need real food for that. And as the volcanoes are located in the Buzău county, what is more appropriate than Pleșcoi sausages (cîrnați de Pleșcoi)? And plenty of them, eat until you can't eat more and then eat some more :D


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Mici and bere at Curtea Berarilor

For a while we practically moved the headquarter of the FLOSS meetings at Curtea Berarilor (Brewer's Court) in Bucharest and since then I wanted to take a photo with their most popular (and a modern Romanian tradition) menu: mici, fries, mustard, pickles and, of course, plenty of beer. Every time people were hungry and I missed the opportunity. Until now...

Or in other words: I am Mitica :)

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Christmas Fair in the Kiseleff Park

Suddenly, it seems the Kiseleff Parc became fashionable this year (I guess is close to the city mayor's house or something like that) so a big Christmas Fair is held here for the first time. And it was a first time for me, when I went into shooting mode with my new pocket video camera (is my first, so forget the amateurish style, it was a learning experience).



Of course I also used the DSLR, taking a fer snapshots:



Not that is a Romanian Christmas: plenty of food (pork), plenty of drinks (wine and țuică), lot of people.

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Indian food

Indian food. Curry. Spicy. 'nuff said.









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Belly Dance

One of the most popular tourism destination for Romanians is Turkey, so inevitably agencies present at a Romanian Tourism Fair must attract visitors with some oriental belly dance and if you, as a photographer, spot a cooperative dancer, the shoting is set:





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