I recently had a fried potato in an Indian meal called Rojak. Very nice mixed with the sweet sauce even though it was a bit too sweet unlike usual.

merci bcp!

Hi sorry this comment may not sound relevant but I couldn’t figure out how to send a personal message here to answer your curiosity.

I noticed and as you may have known that Indonesian foods are much different with yours. I’ve experienced this with some of my student-now-friends from the US that they objected to eat some of our foods because they thought the foods were too spicy, they weren’t sure what was in the foods, they didn’t know how to eat the foods, and many other reasons.

I found it interesting because I wondered if I went to the US and experienced the traditional foods there, would I experience what they experienced with foods in Indonesia?

So, I think you’ll find it so much adventurous if you have a visit in my country. We do have thousand of different foods from different regions. It’ll be fun for you =D

Hi. Personally if I were you I would make an apple pie, boiled or steamed Chanterelle with tomato sauce as its company. Although I’m not sure what sort of mushroom Chanterelle is, I mean the taste after it’s cooked.

@Jack That idea of scheduling the ‘classes’ to me is good. That doesn’t seem too much for the kids and that is good. Only once/twice a week for each class. I just think that besides those ‘classes’, the kids also learn about food or eating stuff anywhere, at any time.

To be honest I have never seen any potatoes with colors. I mean in Indonesia we do have kinds of potatoes but we name and treat them in cookings differently. We have what’s called sweet potatoes which can be plain peach color or purple in the inside. And the rest is the potato we have normally with this peach color.

Blue potatoes seem to be interesting to try but I don’t think it will be accepted by public as much as the everyday potatoes. I think they don’t really look as fancy as they are in the cookings, I am just imagining that I have to have a blue thing in my plate in the morning when I just wake up. They can look fancy in the soup though esp. to kids.

Just an opinion

Food prices that got higher in the US is also happening here in my country, Indonesia. I am not sure yet if it has something to do with things said in the article above. But one thing to know, as mentioned in the article above that this high-prices problem pleases the farmers in the US, in my country nothing pleases the farmers by the high prices. They were poor already and are getting even more poor now because with the high prices in the market no many intends to buy the products that originally come from their farms. People even tend to prefer imported products which apparently are close to local prices but much higher qualified.

Agree, very interesting article. Speaking of teaching kids how to eat-cook-shop I saw one of this British cooking show on tv hosted by chef Jimmy (I guess). Well in the show he went to a primary school in the area to teach the students in the cafeteria/school kitchen how to cook and etc. I thought it was a good way for the kids to learn those ‘new’ stuff besides the kids were all just having fun while learning.

Cool facts!

Hello, Andrew! My name is Rad, just for you to know in case you visit my country -sometime (lol).

I live in Indonesia, and here in my family tradition, we like grilling fresh (fresh-bought, i mean) fishes. I like fishes, but fried, not really those grilled. The thing is they smell and taste still fishy. I dont know if it’s the fish or the charcoal that we use to grill the fish.

Traditionally before grilling my mom always gives some fresh-squeezed lemons, sliced turmeric, and a bit of salt into a bowl with the fresh-cleaned up fishes, and leaves them for like 30mins or so.
Speaking of the charcoal, we always buy it from the traditional market here nearby home. I think it’s just some over-burned woods that turn out to be charcoals.

What i am trying to say here is i like to know how to lose the fishy smell of grilled fishes.

Selamat makan, Andrew! (that would mean “Have a good meal, Andrew!” in indonesian language)

Rad :)