Food & drink takeaways - 27 August
A curated taster menu of every day’s food & drink associations
A proud nation’s passion for lard, a famous writer’s aversion to anchovies and a two-Michelin star chef’s recipe for potato dumplings.
Just some of the delights that 27 August brings to the food and drink table.
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Celebration days
"Salo {header photo} is a famous traditional Ukrainian food, made of cured pork fatback or boneless pork belly, usually without lean meat and skin. It’s also known as lard, however, salo is not melt down. . .
"Ukrainian Salo is ready to be eaten raw. It is taken from the preservation box, the skin is usually cut, sliced thinly and eaten with a slice of a rye bread with a garlic glove. The rest of the taken fat is kept in the refrigerator or freezer."
The national dish of Moldova is Mamaliga (Mămăligă) - polenta with vegetable stew
Unofficial
USA: Banana Lovers Day
USA: Pots De Crème Day
Food birthdays
1981
Swedish chef who holds two Michelin stars at the New York City based restaurant Aquavit. Emma - the first female Swedish chef to win two stars - has appeared on BBC's
Saturday Kitchen
where she shared her recipe for Kroppkakor (Swedish potato dumplings)
Food in writing
A late-night reception with wine and anchovies for a friend did not go down well with famous diarist Samuel Pepys on this day in 1660 as his recollections reveal (click on the picture to go to his daily online entries)
