There must be hundreds of Cookery Journalists permanently scouring the world for new and exotic foods that we simply cannot live without. The dishes must come from somewhere inaccessible, with an exotic name, and usually be made by travelling nomads who speak an unknown language.
I come across such foods regularly in various publications. I look at them, consider their value, then usually dismiss them as a waste of time.
The latest such 'Super Food' I found is Parlenka (below). I was told that this fabulous Balkan dish will take the Western World by storm. I await anxiously!
So, what is Parlenka? Well, it's a bit of flatbread with grated cheese on top. No more, no less.
Verdict: I haven't tasted it, I don't think I need to. 0/10
What an over-sell. Food fads come and go. This one won't make any headlines, not even in the Balkans.
ReplyDeleteSo many countries have their own version of flatbread and this one does not look the most appetising.
Greece has flatbread, dough without yeast, before Easter. I make ours. Fresh out of the oven it is irresistible. No cheese allowed on ours. It's fasting time.
I've been making flatbread since I was a student. I love it. But to make a fuss about it just because it has some grated cheese on it, is crazy.
DeleteCheese on toast?
ReplyDeleteWe could start a new fad...just add Marmite.
Wot? Marmite on toast? It could catch on in The Balkans.
DeleteI discovered another superfood in Barnsley Market - The Baycnsarni. Basically it's three or four rashers of frazzled bacon between two slices of buttered bread. The Baycnsarni is widely consumed with genuine Yorkshire Tea from one of the tea plantations in The Yorkshire Dales.
ReplyDeleteIt is often found down here in the deep south too; in fact I had one this morning!!!
DeleteDo you still have slavery in The Deep South?
DeleteNo, I had to make my own sarnie!
DeleteI had a bacon sarnie for breakfast too. How is a flat bread a super food?
ReplyDeleteGawd only knows! And why this 'plonker' should be of any interest I don't know either!
DeleteWell, if the photo is anything to go by, Parlenka is probably one step short of inedible. Now I agree with you and YP, a Baycnsarnie and it's local variants is something to boast about - a really tasty treat!
ReplyDeleteAnd we know how to pronounce it, and it's all British too
DeleteOf course, it's 'artisan' don'tcha know....it'll make a fortune at the farmer's markets.
ReplyDeleteA lesson in how to convert 5 p's worth of materials into £10 to the gullible public.
DeleteFlat bread with cheese sounds pretty ordinary. Good luck to those that think otherwise.
ReplyDeleteIf you can make flat bread with grated cheese into something special, then you're very easily pleased.
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