Soup, meat and potatoes .. eat the people to resist the cold

Ayat Jawdat

Every people has their own nutritional culture, which may be very unique in its details from others, but all peoples agree in the winter to eat meals that give warmth and the ability to resist the cold, and they are specific to the winter in particular, because they contain high calories.

Meat of the Gulf and the Maghreb
While the Egyptians tend to eat vegetarian meals in the winter, such as chickpeas, chickpeas, lemon and tomato), fava beans and lentil soup, which is a soup made from different vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and tomatoes with red lentils, and it is eaten alongside fried onions or crunchy bread, sometimes other It is accompanied by white rice, but animal protein is the common factor in winter foods for Kuwait, Jordan and Morocco.

In Kuwait, they eat chicken orum, consisting of curry chicken with mixed spices, served in tomato sauce.

Jordanians prefer eating Mansaf, consisting of mutton cooked in milk and yogurt, and served with bread and rice.

The winter in Morocco coincides with the harvest season of green peas and artichoke, and Moroccans tend to eat these vegetables with chicken, and it is called "tagine" through which it offers a range of delicious recipes.

In Turkey, "Shakshoka" is a favorite meal for breakfast or dinner, and it is a meal rich in various food elements. It consists of eggs cooked with tomatoes and red pepper, marinated with a number of spices and served with feta cheese, in addition to the "jelly" or "kwimak" meal with calories It is made of high-temperature corn flour, cheese and butter, and can be eaten with bread.

Turks are also famous for drinking orchids on cold winter nights, and roast chestnuts as a saturated snack because they contain fiber.

Potato Queen of the Table
French cuisine is known for its precision, creativity, and small amounts that are not saturated to many, so it may come as a surprise to some that this kitchen includes some dishes with high calories.

While "onion soup" with cream is the most popular winter dish in France, potatoes play a big role in French winter dishes, from which they make "Allegot" dish consisting of mashed potatoes with cream, cheese, butter and garlic, and "potato stew" which is slowly cooked in Sauce with cubes of meat and some vegetables, also "potato gratin" are slices of potatoes with white sauce and thin pieces of meat.

As for the German winter dishes, they are distinguished by the fact that they contain meat of all shapes. There are "meat rolls" consisting of thin slices of meat wrapped with mustard, onions and small pieces of meat, as well as "meat stew" cooked with more than one type of vegetables and added sweet red pepper powder.

The "stuffed cabbage" dish in the German way is not at all vegetarian, because cabbage leaves are stuffed with minced meat and herbs, then cooked and served with tomato sauce.

Although Italy is widely known for its pasta, pasta and pizza, its winter dishes vary between salted cod served with potatoes, onions and anchovies in classic tomato sauce, and the "Repoleta" soup made from season vegetables added to them is not fresh. Finally, the distinctive "Polenta Tarragna", consisting of a "polenta" corn, cooked with milk, cheese and butter.

The peculiarity of Asian cuisine
Asian culture has its own characteristics. Their famous foods are often unfamiliar to Arabs. For example, in Japan, they eat "Nikuman", which are balls made of dough and stuffed with minced meat and steamed, while the "Mizotaki" dish is made of meat, fish and vegetables cooked together in broth Not marinated.

Moving to China, meatballs cooked in Chinese style are one of the most popular winter dishes there, as is the "wonton" dish, which is made of slices wrapped around stuffing that is minced meat or shrimp, in addition to the famous "Chow Mein" dish consisting of noodles Fried and meat in any form with the addition of onions and celery.

The Koreans eat the stew of beef "Ghalabi gym" with cubes of potatoes and carrots, or "Jim Dalk" that promises to cut chicken instead of meat, while adding sweet potatoes and noodles with brown sauce.

They also prefer to eat fresh oysters that only appear at the end of October, and cook them with butter, onions and milk, and sometimes they eat it with some salted biscuit.