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.

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

This post is a bit old ... I believe I did make an apple pie. I made an omelette with the chantarelles -- they are a mild and delicate mushroom that grow wild in the forest here. I sauteed them in a little butter and folded them up into the omelette with a little chevre (a fresh goat cheese).

On Indonesian vs American food:

Some Americans are pretty adventurous about food; others are reluctant to try new things, especially if the new foods are parts of animals that they aren’t used to eating (brains, tongue, stomach) or if they are animals that we just don’t think of a food (locusts, ants, etc. that I know are eaten in other parts of the world).

I don’t know what Indonesians usually think of American food...since you have such a blend of cultures there, you might not find it too strange to experiment with. You might think it is bland and tasteless.

I have met people from other cultures who did not like American food -- in particular, a Chinese friend who did not like all the the milk and cheese that we use in cooking, and some friends from Saudi Arabia who just didn’t like anything unfamiliar -- they didn’t like a dish of Chinese sweet-and-sour meatballs that I had prepared, for instance.

It’s nice getting to know you a little.