Rich told me that the Romanian people eat a lot of ketchup. Now I know why. The pizzas here don't have any tomatoes on them! I have never had so many pizzas as in these last few weeks, mainly because I can't understand the menus, and if I try something unknown, it can be a bit strange, so I have had pizzas in different restaurants and none of them have tomatoes on. Rich has asked someone at work who said that the pizza might get soggy with tomatoes on! So, I have been using a lot of ketchup, which is good for you, (helps to prevent prostate cancer among other things0, but must cut down because of the sugar content.
Other dishes I have tried include, pickled mushrooms; polenta with sour cream as a starter, and a ' Gondola ' filled with sliced pork fillet, potatoes and mushrooms in a sour cream and cheese sauce, with a fried egg on top! I must have been hungry when I ordered that; I don't even like eggs.
I have had prawn cocktail at the Bali Spa, and a goat's cheese starter from cheese made by Christina's sister, which were very good. Christina is the chief cook and bottle washer & sometimes takes the orders, brings the drinks, cooks the meals, serves them, brings the bill (nota) takes your money, and wishes you Goodnight (Noapte buna). She also told me I am beautiful, but her English isn't v good.
She makes a vegetable spread to die for, and confided in me that she has never made a prawn cocktail before. Imagine that! Ooh I do miss prawns, as I eat them regularly at home and have not seen them in the shops here. You can get aubergine spread and vegetable spread (made with similar veg to ratatoulle but more tomatoey) in Campina, a larger town than Breaza, a few minutes drive away.
After the polenta dish which I didn't eat much of (a bit boring) , I was looking forward to some pork steak & unkown side dish (language problem) but discovered I was eating liver, which was v good. Then I discovered that Rich was eating my pork steak instead of the pork chop he had ordered, so we shared our meat, mixed veg,( probably frozen), washed down with warm dry wine. That restaurant was one of the few that have dry white wine. Even if the bottle says Sauvignon Blanc or whatever, the wine is usually sweeter than at home, in France, in Australia. The waitress brought us a glass of ice cubes when we asked for the bottle to be chilled. We'll have to order it in advance in future!
I decided to have a Dracula pizza this w/e as it was a public holiday here and it was actually the best pizza I have had! I was avoiding it because of the name but will definitely order it again. I noticed that the moon is nearly full again, so wonder if there will be any eerie goings on this month?
Some foods I won't be eating include, Irish salad (?), shnitzel Irish style and chicken with droppings sauce!
We are having pasta for tea with peppers and some sliced sausage left over from yesterday, and I might make a Tiramisu. I made one for the first time recently and it was v good though I say so myself.
Just before I sign off, let me tell you about trying to buy cream. I could not find it in various shops and kept thinking 'they must have cream; they have cows. (Saw one being taken for a walk on a chain yesterday.) Rich said he thought cream was crema and when I asked for it I got puzzled looks or was sent to an area of the shop where there were no fridges. We eventually solved the problem thru' the medium of dance and mime (pouring cream on strawberries and eating it) and caused much hilarity in the shop, when I discovered I had been asking for face cream and dairy cream is a totally different word. We often have a laugh in the shops, usually at our expense!
See you later! AM
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