There was an event at John's school tonight for the international students. Everyone was supposed to bring a dish from their country. We decided to try to make jalapeno poppers and Buffalo wings.
Fortunately, our car rental started today, so we were able to drive to one of the larger grocery stores. We found all the ingredients for making Buffalo wings, but no jalapenos. There were some fresh red chili peppers so we decided to try using them instead.
I made some vegan chili poppers just in case anyone who was coming was a vegan. Those I stuffed with a mixture of tofu, garlic, and a little oil and vinegar. I coated them with oil and gave them a light flour batter. This batter came off as soon as John put them in the oil.
The regular chili poppers were stuffed with cream cheese and had egg holding the batter on instead of oil. That batter stayed on a little better in the fry pan. My finger tips still burn from pitting the chilies.
John made the Buffalo wing sauce from the Anchor Bar recipe. It's mostly butter, cayenne pepper, and Tabasco sauce. Then he fried the wings and coated them in the sauce.
At the dinner we had lots of good international foods and our contributions were well received. Pretty much everyone liked the Buffalo wings. The chilies were a little hotter than we imagined. People from European countries had the hardest time with them, but the Nigerians said that they were just right.
As always it was great to share dinner with the other students. I hope we will all be able to get together again before everyone leaves for the summer.
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This is very coincidental! I was just talking to my Norwich sweetie today about having a dinner party once I arrive there -- with Mexican food. We were hoping to make Jalepano poppers, too, but now we may need to rethink the menu. That -- or I'll have to bring some with me when I come over. If you'll still be there in June -- I can take orders! Now...where to find flour tortillas? I wonder if they are hard to make...
Hi Rachel, we are moving back to Georgia in very early June, but give me a shout when you arrive just in case we are still here!
Flour tortillas are one of the few Mexican food items I have been able to find in the stores. But, Maude left a comment on this post on how to make corn tortillas.
Morrisons had the red chilies if you wanted to try to make our not-exactly-jalapeno poppers. Just eat them with a glass of milk. ;)
You'll have to ask my mom about the Squash casserole she made for Mary Scott's NHS dinner once. All the Asian students and their families loved it!
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