COUNTRY Antigua and Barbuda Dishes Antiguan raisin buns Time 2 hours Effort 6/10 Rough cost £4 COUNTRY Antigua and Barbuda Capital St. John’s Population 96, 286 (199th largest) Land mass 440 km2 (182nd) Languages English (official), Creole Religions Christian THOUGHTS The local cuisine of Antigua and Barbuda reflects the Caribbean, but also flavours from JamaicaContinue reading “ANTIGUA + BARBUDA”
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ANGOLA
COUNTRY Angola Dishes Kizaka, Funge, Chicken Muamba, Cornmeal mash Time 1.30 hours for everything Effort 5 Rough cost £10 in total COUNTRY Angola Capital Luanda Population 25, 789, 024 Land mass 1, 246, 700 km2 (22nd largest) Languages Portuguese (official) Religions Roman Catholic THOUGHTS There is still strong evidence of Angola’s Portuguese history in theContinue reading “ANGOLA”
ANDORRA
COUNTRY Andorra Dishes Trinxat, Truites de Carreroles (Mushroom Omelette) Time 1 hour for each Effort 5/10 Rough cost £5 COUNTRY Principality of Andorra Capital Andorra la Vella Population 76,177 (11th smallest) Land mass 467 km2 (16th smallest) Languages Catalan (official) Religions Roman Catholicism Andorra is sovereign landlocked micro state on the Iberian Peninsula, in the easternContinue reading “ANDORRA”
ALGERIA
COUNTRY Algeria Dishes Harira, Algerian Pizza, Traditional Couscous + Chtitha Batata (Potato Stew) Time 1 hour per dish Effort 6 Rough cost £5 per dish COUNTRY Algeria Capital Algiers Population 42,200,000 Land mass 2,381,741 (10th largest) Languages Arabic (official), French Religions Islam Introduction Algerian week was just delicious. Full of colour, root vegetables and spices.Continue reading “ALGERIA”
ALBANIA
COUNTRY Albania Dishes Tave Kosi, Perime Zgare, Baklava, Sheqerpare Time 3 hours Effort 6/10 Rough cost £18 COUNTRY Albania Capital Tirana Population 2, 876, 591 Land mass 28, 748 km2 (140th largest) Languages Albanian (also greek, Aromanian, Macedonian) Religions most commonly practised is Islam, followed by christianity HISTORY Tave Kosi: apparently cooks were marinating lambContinue reading “ALBANIA”
AFGHANISTAN
COUNTRY Afghanistan Dishes Bolani, Pulao Time 3 hours Effort 7/10 Rough cost £8 (not including spices + oil) *but most of stuff you will have COUNTRY Afghanistan Capital Kabul Population 32, 225, 560 (44th largest) Land mass 652,230 km2 (40th largest) Languages Pashtun (60%), Dari (40%) Religions Muslim (99.7%) HISTORY Kabuli Pulao was created by the upper classContinue reading “AFGHANISTAN”
Introductions
Hello and welcome to ‘Internoshnal Grubtrotters’! Here is a little bit of information about ourselves so you can to get to know us. Who are we? We are Mwara and Bridget Stuart. We are a mother and daughter duo who live in the Scottish Borders. Mwara is a science teacher and Bridget is a psychologyContinue reading “Introductions”
