Apparently Name Days are celebrated in Bulgaria as well as Birthdays "Called, imen den (read ee-men den) the Bulgarian name day is nothing more than a celebration of the source of the name, i.e. where the name comes from - a historical event, a Saint's birthday or simply a centuries long tradition." Apparently it is all tied in with many traditions as well as folk law.
We really liked the Moussaka, I served it with mixed veg on the side and scored highly on this one! You might be wondering where the Chinese recipes are, well I sort of did my own thing, based on a number of different recipes that I found - I have quite a few books to refer to as well. So, this is what I did:
Chicken Stir Fry
I cooked for 2 adults, and 1 child - so use quantities as you require...
Chicken, bak choi, bean sprouts, grated carrot, red pepper, very thinly sliced.
sesame oil, marmite (yes you read it correctly), soy sauce
eggs, spring onions, cooked rice
The sesame seed oil went in the pan, with the chicken; followed by the veg so it all cooked together and was ready to serve with the rice.
I cooked some rice; once drained I mixed in the marmite and soy sauce. I then made an omelette, mixed with spring onions and pepper. Once this was cooked I roughly chopped it and mixed it with the rice. Served it all together with chopsticks - which we all use, quite successfully. It was very yummy!
Moussaka
500gr. chopped meat (pork, beef or mixed)
1 kg potatoes
1 large onion
1/2 cups vegetable oil
1 cup of milk
1 tbs all purpose flour
2 large eggs
Salt, pepper, parsley, savory
Cut the potatoes in squares
Chop the onion
Mix the onions, potatoes and meat into a baking pot
Add the spices and the vegetable oil
Cover the ingredients with water
Bake in 200 degrees until the potatoes are ready
Mix the milk, eggs and flour into a bowl
Take the ready moussaka out of the oven and pour over it the milk, eggs and flour mixture
Put back in oven and bake until it gets nice red/brown
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