- Hi, I'm Beryl
and the theme for today's episode is Cozy Winter dishes.
We're talking to people today from France,
Netherlands,
and Cyprus.
I normally try to keep my intros really short,
but I do have a little bit of housekeeping to talk about.
First off, some of you already know this,
but I had Coronavirus
and I was sick last week.
I did film a video, but a lot of what you didn't see
is what I cut out was like the really intense struggle.
(Beryl coughing)
I consider it.
(Beryl exhales heavily)
And then after that, I lost my sense of taste
and I caught it on camera, which was pretty crazy.
(indistinct), I can't taste anything.
- [Man] You can't what? - I can't taste anything.
(suspense music)
I was really upset
and a lot of you sent me really nice notes on Instagram.
Obviously my taste is
kind of like what this whole thing is about
but I'm very happy to say that I got it back.
And so I rushed to make this video
cause I was so excited to be able
to eat and enjoy food again.
All of that's to say that I am feeling better now,
so I'm back.
Also, the artist for today is Nicole Garvin.
She's actually a New Yorker, so I was really excited.
Her stuff is very, very cool, super different.
I love that we're having so many different types of artists
in the show.
So I will leave a link to her store
and do some of her other artwork below.
And, with that, we're finally ready to start the video.
(soft guitar music)
- Hi, my name is Lisanne
and I live in Zoetermeer in the Netherlands.
And my favorite dish to eat
in the winter, when it's cold, is hutspot.
Hutspot is a type of stamppot,
where you cook together potatoes and carrots
until they're soft and mashable.
Stamppot is a very hearty dish, it's very warm.
So this dish is perfect when you've been cycling outside
like we do in the Netherlands a lot.
And you're cold and a bit tired.
Yeah, it's just perfect for that.
My mom taught me how to make this dish
and she still makes it for our family all the time.
And she learned it from her mom, my grandmother.
So you could say it's a bit of a family recipe.
It's just a type of dish
where you mash together potatoes and vegetables.
And normally you would cook the onions
but we use a different recipe
in which we fry the onions in a separate pan
and then add a lot of curry powder,
which makes it very very tasty.
You just mash everything together in one big pot
and you can eat it after that.
What I like most about this dish
is the combination of soft potatoes
and just the very nice taste of the cooked baked onions
with the curry powder.
So, this was my little story about stamppot,
I hope you like it.
- Okay, we're starting with a hutspot
which just feels like really fancy mashed potatoes,
with curry.
Oh.
Oh, I just love tasting food.
I've just realized that all of the dishes
in today's episode are vegetarian.
Mmh.
This is a really nice riff
off of a traditional mashed potato recipe.
If you wanna like mix it up a little bit
add a little nederlandse style.
The curry is really good.
You do need a lot more curry powder than you think
because the potatoes just soak up so much of it.
So I ended up actually finishing the entire bottle.
I mean, it didn't have that much left, but I did finish it.
Hmm, it is so warming, it is so cozy.
Definitely something that you want on a cold winter day.
I feel like I should be wearing a hat.
Okay, now I feel like it's cozier
because of this hat.
It's a very simple preparation.
I mean
obviously like that's kind of what this whole show is about,
like simple dishes that you can cook from around the world.
I'm really not ready to tackle those big ones.
It's good to be back baby.
It was a good start.
(soft music)
- Hi, my name is Emma.
I'm from a small town called Rueil-Malmaison,
Paris in France.
And today I'm here to talk to you
about my favorite dish in the world, Gratin Dauphinois.
So it's a potato gratin
that consists in very thinly sliced potatoes,
puts in the dish
and then you pour a mixture of cream and milk in it.
And then you cook it very long in the oven
for like more than two hours.
The best time to eat it, I think is in winter
because this dish is like a gift.
And it's so warm and it brings so much joy to the table.
It's a dish you'd like to share
with all your relatives, families, or person you love.
And just piece of love you know.
This is a very, very old and traditional recipe
from the region called Dauphinois in France.
It first appears in text right before the French Revolution,
so it's quite old actually.
And I love this dish because it's a very simple introduction
to traditional French cuisine
which can be sometimes hard to master
but this recipe is really easy
even though it's a bit long to do.
And this is my favorite dish
because it is this very savory and I'm a very savory girl
but I love the softness of the potatoes melting into mouth.
It's warm, it's tasty, but also very subtle.
It's a bit fatty but once in a while,
it's just a heavenly piece of happiness in your mouth.
- Okay, I have my first French dish of the series.
A lot of people were giving me a lot of crap
about that being like, "Where's the French food?"
French food's complicated, okay?
But here we are.
I really appreciated
that Emma said that this is a kind of simple introduction
into French cooking because as we all know,
it can get complicated.
This has to be good.
Everything that went into this looked amazing.
(Beryl laughs)
Oh my God.
The piece that I cut for myself was obviously too small.
Oh my God, this is so good.
What?
(speaking French)
How do I love the.
This is absolutely, mouth crazily amazing.
One thing that was interesting is
there were so many different recipes for this
and the traditional way to make this is without cheese.
But Emma said that her grandmother
made it with cheese for her, so I felt,
I could make it with cheese as well.
Emma also said that her grandmother would make this for her,
like once a week.
I could eat this once a week easily
but I don't think any of my clothes would fit me anymore.
Also I'm wearing my earrings
that remind me of Kiki's delivery service.
I don't know if any of you have seen that movie
but I just wanted to call them out
because I really like them.
Oh no, it's over.
What?
(Beryl laughs)
Okay, I loved that.
Oh my God.
(soft music)
- Hey there, my name is Edward Guk.
I live in Limassol, Cyprus.
My favorite dish on a cold winter night has to be fagi.
And it's this super lovely, like lentil stew with rice
and it's just so good.
I always used to eat this dish back when I was in abroad,
away from home.
I used to eat it on days when it was really cold
and miserable outside
and I just really missed sunny Cyprus.
A gray, dull day is the day for me
to enjoy a bowl of fagi.
I love winter and I think I love winter
because my parents are from Siberia in Russia
where it gets super cold,
but I grew up in the Cyprus
and we don't get that much winter here
but still, I really enjoy when the temperature is cold
and I get to see snow.
The dish tastes like it has a lovely citrusy kind of feel
because of the lemon juice.
It has this richness from the olive oil,
but also this earthy notes from the lentils and rice.
I love the texture,
it's like, it's very complex texture I would say
because it has that starchy brothy kind of feel.
And then you have yogurt
that is just a really nice mouthfeel, but also, of Course
it's all the kind of the memories
and the feelings that come with this dish.
So, in Cyprus, pretty much everyone will know fagi
and it's like, it's almost a national dish, I'd say.
Not really, but almost there.
And it's just so, so pleasant and comforting.
- Final dish is a fagi
and I'm serving it in my fancy bowl that Nick gave me.
I will leave a link to their shop in the description.
So this kind of gives me kitcheny vibes
from the sick foods episode.
It was also rice and lentils.
Woo.
Got like a lemony kick there,
makes your whole mouth kind of like smile.
So Edward is a culinary master.
His Instagram is absolutely incredible.
I followed his recipe that he had saved
on his Instagram stories on how to make this.
Hot pan, olive oil, onion, okay.
Cover it.
(Beryl laughs)
Mmh.
Cyprus is not exactly a cold country.
In fact, I think it's actually one of the warmest
in the Mediterranean,
but cold is kind of a relative term, right?
And the idea of this was just dishes
that make you feel cozy.
And this is definitely that,
like, it is so comforting.
It's a car bomb,
which is something you definitely want in the winter.
I love it.
And like the lemon does it,
like brightens the whole thing
and it just makes it like (indistinct)
God, I love having my taste back.
What a blessing.
It was something I totally took for granted,
that I could just taste everything.
I was so, so sad those couple of days
I didn't have my taste.
I barely even ate because it was like
what's the point of eating?
There was no flavor to anything.
It is really so much about food is the flavor that it gives.
It's not the act of eating.
It's the act of tasting that makes it so enjoyable.
And I had never really thought about it in those terms.
So that's it for this episode,
there is a part two coming
because I have a couple of more submissions.
And with that, I hope that you are all staying healthy
and staying warm and I will see you all, in my next video.