"Eating around Europe" by César

I like to travel not only for going sightseeing, or meeting new people; travelling abroad is also a very good way of getting first-hand information about different types of food.

You can find a lot of cultures marked by its gastronomy, and that can help you to find out how people from other countries are. One of the best ways to know a culture is to taste its typical foods.

Let's center our attention mainly in European countries.
I hope all of you will become inspired to travel ... and get hungry.

Portugal

Its food is influenced by its mediterranean culture and historical sailing traditions.
As a result of this, you can taste a great variety of fish, specially cod.
There are more than one thousand of cod recipes. "Bacalhau a Bras" is made of shredded cod-fish, potatoes and eggs. The "Caldeirada" is a mixing of the best fishes in the country.

But if you are a meat-lover, you must also try a barbecue, for instance the porco a brass (grilled pork). 
Malasadas are soft balls covered with sugar and filled with cream.

To finish your meal you should order a pastel de Nazare (*) which matches perfectly with an Oporto wine. 

(*) They are a sort of cream cakes, whose secret recipe is only known by three people... a secret kept for more than 200 years! 

Greece

Olive oil is the main ingredient in Greek cuisine. Their food is also based on garden stuff, such as aubergines, tomatoes, potatoes, and cucumber.  Trying Musaka is a must; it consists of lamb, aubergines, and tomato; all coated with a white sauce. You should order also tsouvlaki or gyros.
And tsatsiki, if you dare (it's a strong kind of salad made of yoghurt, herbs, and cucumber).
Take it for granted that you will have a two-days aftertaste!

France

Visiting the South of this country we can find some typical local dishes such as cassoulette: a casserole of small beans, duck, pork and sausage, combined with aromatic herbs.
Although Languedoc has its own wine certificate of origin, we recommend you Bourdeaux wine to make a good wine-pairing.

Despite the fact that Languedoc was around the corner from being part of the Aragón Kingdom, we are in France. And French people like crêpes.
You can find the ones that we use to eat in Spain; but they use this kind of pastry (which is made using wheat wíit flour flauea) only for dessert. Another kind of crêpe - made of sarrasin wheat - is served as a main dish.

Scotland

As a result of Scottish climate and geography,  the food in this country usually has a lot of calories and fats. Actually, they begin the day having a breakfast made of some light ingredients such as eggs, beans, bacon, black pudding, cheese ...

In order to digest all this, I recommend you to drink some whisky - only as a pleasure of tasting the great variety produced in the Highlands.

But, may we say Whiskey or Whisky? In order to avoid you the pain of a long explanation (I don't feel to have this knowledge myself) , I have found a quick way to remember how the world’s biggest producers spell their products:

Countries that have E’s in their names (UnitEd StatEs and IrEland) tend to spell it whiskEy (plural whiskeys)

Countries without E’s in their names (Canada, Scotland, and Japan) spell it whisky (plural whiskies)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/joannaborns/quiz-what-food-matches-your-personality