Hello Lounge9,
The food you are referring to is spelled Mici and is pronounced Meech.
?The food, for the most part, was new and intriguing to me, with
?mici? (small barbecued sausages of unidentifiable species;
probably/hopefully pork) available for the price of a beer. This is
not to say food was cheap; beer was cheap, but food was extortionate ?
the chicken mentioned earlier will have cost around 300,000 old Lei,
which is the price of 20 beers at the festival. ?Mici? (pronounced
?Meech?), I have been informed, is the Romanian food for the masses,
that which is eaten on the weekend; barbecued ?mici? and beer ?
flavoursome, inexpensive and a recipe for relaxation, definitely.?
Brasov Visitor
http://www.brasov-visitor.ro/articol.php?id_numar_revista=21&id_articol=473
It is also called Mititei.
?Mititei or mici (Romanian for little or small) is a traditional
Romanian dish, a kind of grilled meatballs made from beef (sometimes
mixed with mutton and pork meat), which contain garlic, black pepper,
savory and sometimes a touch of paprika. Sodium bicarbonate is
sometimes also added. It is best served accompanied by mustard. The
mititei are very popular in Romania.?
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mititei
RECIPES
From the Romanian Student Association at MIT
http://web.mit.edu/romania/www/
Romanian Link Sausages (mici)
Ingredients
1 lb ground pork
1 lb ground beef - 73% lean (the fat is necessary!)
1 tsp (full) salt
1 tsp (leveled) baking soda
1/8 tsp (leveled) ground cumin
1/4 tsp (leveled) black pepper
1/8 tsp (leveled) basil
Optional:
1/4 tsp (leveled) dill
1/4 tsp (leveled) parsley flakes
2 oz beef broth
1 garlic bulb
Preparation
"Smash the garlic, then add the beef broth and all the spices. Mix
thoroughly the composition with the meat. Leave in the fridge
overnight. Make the sasusages just before cooking.
The above quantities yield approx 20 pcs. (1" dia, 3"-4" long)"
http://web.mit.edu/romania/www/Recipes/Mici.html
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Virgil?s Mici Recipe
?One of the most famous Romanian foods is the Mici or Mititei. They
are a sausage-like grilled creation and they go very well with yellow
mustard. ?
Ingredients:
1 lb. pork w/ some fat or lard
1 lb. beef (or lamb shoulder)
1/2 cup of beef stock
1 or 2 slices of bread
1 tsp (leveled) baking soda
1/8 tsp (leveled) ground cumin
1/8 tsp (leveled) thyme
garlic - several cloves, or as much as one head if you like a lot of garlic
salt to taste
pepper to taste
For an off-the-wall variance of this recipe, you can replace the 1 lb.
of beef with 1 lb. of lamb shoulder. This will give the mici a very
unique flavor which can't be experienced anywhere else.?
Preparation and grilling instructions are available here:
http://blog.planetpreterist.com/index.php?catid=36&blogid=3
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Another recipe:
Mititei (Romanian Sausage Rolls)
http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=166267
Search terms:
Romanian Mici OR meech Recipe
Mici Recipe
I hope you enjoy the Mici!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
