I'm sitting here on a cold February day, thinking back on August and the wonderful foods I enjoyed at the Festival of Nations. Sponsored each year by the International Institute of St. Louis.
I wasn't able to sample all of the 30 plus countries' food booths, but I did either eat or photograph samples of the following:
1) Afganistan, 2) Argentina, 3) Bosnia, 4) Burma, 5) Eritrea, 6) Ethopia, 7) Haiti, 8) Iran, 9) Nigeria, 10) Peru, & 11) Vietnam.
So for today, to help me remember, I think I'll just post some wonderful food pictures. No descriptions, no country named. I'll make this a game and let you try to guess which picture represents which country's food booth. Some of them are give-aways because of other things showing up in the pictures. Some are going to be very hard.
Just match the country number above with the food picture letter below. Post your guess. The winner is invited to St. Louis to join me next August to sample the great food for yourself.
Fun game, huh?
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J) 
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OK, so here's the answers:
A - Peru
B- Argentina
C- Iran (actually Kurdish)
D- Burma
E- Ethopia
F- Afganistan
G- Vietnam
H- Nigeria
I- Bosnia
J- Eritrea
K- Haiti
So, Candi & Girasoli -- you tie. The good news is our we have two guest rooms. Plenty of room for both of you to take a trip to St. Louis in August. If you can stand the weather, that is. :grin:
Comments (13)
Very challenging! But fun!
A) Argentina
B) Bosnia
C) Iran
D) Burma
E) Afghanistan
F) Ethiopia
G) Vietnam
H) Peru
I) Nigeria
K) Haiti
Deborah responds: Three right, Annie.
Posted by Annie | February 17, 2009 9:42 AM
Posted on February 17, 2009 09:42
How fun to eat your way around the world in a weekend. It looks like you filled up your "passport"!
Posted by Palma | February 17, 2009 10:15 AM
Posted on February 17, 2009 10:15
3 out of 10. Dang, I didn't do so well. LOL.:)
Posted by Annie | February 17, 2009 2:07 PM
Posted on February 17, 2009 14:07
Ooooh this looks like my kinda fun.
Posted by Barb Cabot | February 17, 2009 3:01 PM
Posted on February 17, 2009 15:01
Boy, I just don't know! All I can say is that it looks delicious and that now I am hungry!
Posted by Chiocciola | February 17, 2009 3:05 PM
Posted on February 17, 2009 15:05
Here are my wild guesses. :)
A. Erithrea
B. Bosnia
C. Ethiopia
D. Burma
E. Argentina
F. Iran
G.Vietnam (spring roll?)
H. Haiti
I. Peru
J. Nigeria
K. Afghanistan (Looks like palau)
Deborah responds: Eden, two right.
Posted by Eden | February 18, 2009 1:46 AM
Posted on February 18, 2009 01:46
Wow, fabulous looking food!
(Maybe plan the St. Louis GTG to coincide with this?!)
Deborah responds: That would be great fun, Kathy. But I doubt very many people would want to be in St. Louis in August. Hot and muggy. BUT, if there are any hardy souls who want to come, the Horn B&B is always open.
Posted by kaydee | February 18, 2009 8:17 AM
Posted on February 18, 2009 08:17
Oh, these are hard.
I am almost sure of C,and K, nothing else though.
a)Argentina
b)Bosnia
C)Iran
D)Vietnam
e)Ethopia
F)Afganistan
G)Eritea
H)Peru
I)Burma
J)Nigeria
k)Haiti
Deborah responds: Candi, you're in the lead so far with 4 correct answers.
Posted by candi | February 18, 2009 10:37 AM
Posted on February 18, 2009 10:37
Woo-hoo. But only 4. Hmm,I really would like to know the answers.
Deborah responds: I'll post the correct order in a few days. Just want to make sure noone else is going to try to guess first.
Posted by candi | February 18, 2009 10:42 PM
Posted on February 18, 2009 22:42
A) Argentina
B) Bosnia
C) Iran
D) Burma
E) Nigeria
F) Afghanistan
G) Vietnam
H) Ethiopia
I) Haiti
J) Peru
K) Eritrea
Deborah responds: And now we have a tie for four correct answers.
Posted by girasoli | February 19, 2009 11:32 PM
Posted on February 19, 2009 23:32
This is really tricky because even if you look at which ones we all have the same, they could be wrong for all of us. Any hints on which ones are correct?
Deborah responds: I'll publish the list now.
Posted by girasoli | February 20, 2009 10:18 PM
Posted on February 20, 2009 22:18
Thanks for the answers and thanks for the free room :) I would be fun to meet and go to the Festival of Nations. I like warm weather no problem with the weather in August. Only problem... school starts here the end of July.
Deborah responds: The enod of JULY!! That's just plain wrong. ;-)
Posted by girasoli | February 21, 2009 7:05 PM
Posted on February 21, 2009 19:05
WooHoo, thanks Deborah for the invite. You know, I actually never been to St Louis before, drove through Missouri and Kansas couple times, but never stopped by, I wonder why now?And the festival looks like a lot of fun, so maybe this August will be my big Meet me in St Louis action.
Deborah responds: Candi, stay tuned. MoJen and I have started discussing a GTG planned around the International Festival.
Posted by candi | February 22, 2009 1:48 AM
Posted on February 22, 2009 01:48