30 Foods

October 16, 2008

Well, I turned 30 this week. I have mixed feelings about it, but I did have an awesome birthday celebration on a little island off the state of Paraná in Brazil. I walked, hiked, climbed, relaxed, drank beer and ate seafood with my best friend (my husband). It was nice.

I’m always intrigued by these lists that people talk about on their blogs – lists of things they are going to do by a certain time or lists of places they want to see.

So I started thinking that there are a lot of foods I’ve wanted to make, but just haven’t gotten around to do it. Many of them are time intensive some just unique from other cultures, but I want to try my hand at all of them eventually.

I thought since turning 30 is a small milestone for me I would think of 30 foods I want to make and accomplish the task within the next year. Some foods are simple, some complex, some foods are brand new to me and some I’ve tried a variation of, but now what to know make the real thing.

So in abc order here are the foods I’ve thought of; all I will make from scratch before my 31st birthday next October. I’ll let you know how things go along the way.

1. Beer Cheese
2. Beijinhos – Brazilian cookie/candy, the name varies from place to place
3. Brigadeiros – Brazilian chocolate caramel candy
4. Camerao na Moranga – Brazilian shrimp stew baked in a pumpkin
5. Croissants
6. Gingerbread Men
7. Guinness Irish Brown Bread
8. Hungarian Paprika Chicken
9. Irish Fruit Scones
10. Italian Wedding Soup
11. Jamaican Patties
12. Jamaican Red Beans and Rice
13. Kolokithopita – Greek Savory Pumpkin Pie
14. Medovnik – Czech Honey Cake
15. Muffuletta
16. Paçoca – Brazilian peanut dessert, similar to fudge
17. Passion Fruit Mousse
18. Pe de Moleque – Brazilian dessert similar to peanut brittle
19. Potstickers
20. Pretzels
21. Pumpkin Packed with Bread and Cheese
22. Ravioli
23. Refrigerator Jam
24. Sagu – Brazilian dessert made with tapioca and wine
25. Spicy Soba Noodles
26. Stollen Bread
27. Sweet Rice
28. Tiramisu
29. Whole wheat/Grain Bread
30. Yeast-raised Cinnamon Rolls

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  • Meg October 16, 2008 at 3:52 am

    What an amazing idea! I look forward to seeing all these in posts over the next year. Happy 30th year!

  • VeggieGirl October 16, 2008 at 4:27 am

    Happy birthday; and good luck to you with that list!!! Sounds like a delicious one :0)

  • kat October 16, 2008 at 5:54 am

    Happy Birthday & what a great idea to make this list.

  • cathy October 16, 2008 at 7:08 am

    Happy birthday! I love your idea of a list – and I love your list! I see a lot of great posts coming up…

  • Charlie Hills October 16, 2008 at 7:12 am

    Oh to be 30 again… if I only knew then what I knew now!

  • Lori October 16, 2008 at 9:35 am

    Thanks so much for the b-day wishes. I think trying the foods will be a lot of fun and hopefully without too many failures. Ha, ha! 🙂

    kat and Charlie – Thanks so much for stopping by. I really enjoy both of your blogs.

  • Zandria October 16, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    What a good idea! And all of those things sound deeee-licious. 🙂

    Happy birthday!

    http://zandria.us

  • Erica October 16, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    First off, Happy Birthday! You look and are fabulous! What a fun list! Can’t wait to see the items you cross off the list!

  • Kevin October 16, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    Happy birthday! That is a nice list of things to make.

  • Lori October 17, 2008 at 5:07 am

    Thanks so much! I definitely need to get busy. I’ll have to make a lot of them when I am in the States in Dec and May due to some ingredients I’ll need. I’m looking forward to the challenge. 🙂

  • laura October 20, 2008 at 6:54 am

    Happy Birthday! Looks like a delicious year ahead.
    laura at eatingwellanywhere

  • Lori October 20, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Thanks laura. I know my husband is pretty excited about it. 🙂

  • Anonymous April 8, 2011 at 10:39 am

    I’m Brazilian, from Paraná and I enjoyed a lot you liked our Brazilian candies! I found your page because I also usually make the Guilliano’s croissants. I also make the homemade beijinhos e brigadeiros often. But beijinho is only the white part of the candy. When you mix brigadeiro (black) and beijinho (white), you call it Dois amores(more or less as Two lovers).

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