The pantry cleanup continues with baked potatoes as the whole meal. This started with pierced potatoes slathered in bacon grease and salt and moving the air fryer outside so I wasn’t heating up the house.

Butter, sour cream, bacon I canned a few years ago, cheddar, jalapeno stuffed olives, green onion chives from the garden.

Cost per person, $1.60

      • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        The indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand have their own style of cooking in an earth oven which is also used throughout the Pacific Islands. It produces very smokey meat which some people love. Not me. These days it’s only used on special occasions when many people come together.

        All the immigrants who arrived since the 19th century (about 90% of the current population) eat a melting pot from all over the world. Lots of European influence (emphasis on UK and Italy), lots of Asian influence. Turkish, Mexican, the usual.

        • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          The hāngī sounds fun, sort of like something John Plant (the “Primitive Technology” bloke on YT) might undertake.

          NZ sounds like some fun cuisine, though.

          • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            12 hours ago

            Yes it’s pretty fun. It’s impossible to pretend that multiculturalism has been perfect and always great but I think it’s turning out better here than in most places. This shows up in the food and in other areas.