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Correction Key Comfort Food
Correction Key Comfort Food
Nigeria Amala and Made with a yam flour and has Sneaking into the kitchen as
2 okra soup a nice consistency a toddler and stealing some
Trinidad-Tobago Bake and Dough and fish, salted cod, Her grandmother owned a
3 saltfish boiled and sauteed with sweet daycare and she would give
onions and tomatoes some raw dough to the
children to play with
Haiti Griot Pork shoulder with fat and skin, When he was a child and
4 seasoned and fried, krispy on there was a gathering that
the outside tender on the inside included griot it meant it
would be a good night
Italy Pastina Unhealthy version of Italian When she visits home or she
5 wedding soup, no vegetables, is sad or sick
ground pork, beef and veal add
salt, pepper, garlic powder and
cheese
United States Grilled White or wheat bread and white Being best friends with her
6 cheese American cheese mom
China Congee Rice porridge, many Her mom would make it for
10 different types breakfast and when she was sick.
Reminds her of her mom’s love,
patience and dedication
Mexico Tamales Made with shredded pork, Her grandmother and her
11 red chili sauce and olives grandmother’s sisters make
tamales for Christmas eve
Thailand Thai noodle You can customize it She will only eat it in one noodle
13 soup shop because they make it special
Colombia Arepas Cornmeal patties, made When she was a kid her favorite
14 with salt water and family activity was to make them
masarepa with her dad
# Country Dish Features Memory
Puerto Rico Pastelas de Doughy, you can put Her mom and aunts sit and talk. It
15 yuca stuff in it. Takes 2 to 3 reminds her of her culture.
days to make.
Armenia Lahmajun Like a flatbread pizza Her family and her buy it from a
16 bakery
Pakistan Aloo ki tarkari It’s a curry that is very Reminds her of coming home from
18 “carby” (starchy- school and cooking with her mom
carbohydrates)
Egypt Ful Served hot, easy to Over the summer, her grandfather
20 make made it for breakfast.