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The San Francisco Treat.

Apr 6th, 2008 by B.

Anyone who’s read my blog very long knows there are certain American foods I still crave. Rice-A-Roni being chief among them. So, when I decided to preoccupy myself by learning how to cook during this normally depressing downtime, the first thing I did was look into adapting recipes to mimic lost favorites. What follows is a chicken-flavored rice-a-roni recipe using ingredients easily found in Deutschland:

INGREDIENTS:

6 Tablespoons chicken bouillon

6 Tablespoons dried parsley flakes

2 Tablespoon sugar

3 cubes of Maggi zwiebel - crushed (onion powder)

1 teaspoon garlic powder (can use celery flakes if you’re not a garlic fan)

1 cup uncooked long grain rice (I keep forgetting to look for vermicelli at the market, but if they have it I plan to add some next time I make it)

2 tablespoons of butter

2 cups water

DIRECTIONS:

Combine the first 5 ingredients in an airtight container (I quadrupled mine so I’d have lots left over) - shake until well mixed and store up to 6 months. This makes the seasoning mix. To prepare, saute uncooked rice and butter until rice is golden brown. Add water and 1/4 - 1/3 cup of seasoning mix. Bring to a boil - reduce heat, cover & simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.

Anyway, it’s been so long since I’ve had the real deal that I may be way off base saying this is close, but I’m pretty sure it is. And it’s yummy - and quick. So all you expats out there - enjoy. Oh, and thanks to a freak burner/cord homemade strawberry jam mishap I’m now the proud owner of a new toaster… isn’t it cute:

(I really do heart toast…)

On this day..

A maternal moment. - 2006

Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany | 10 Comments

10 Responses to “The San Francisco Treat.”

on 06 Apr 2008 at 7:04 pm1Schokolade Mädchen

If you want some Rice-A-Roni, I will totally hook you up.
After all, you saved my sanity in Munich with the ALLUC recommendation!

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on 06 Apr 2008 at 10:17 pm2G in Berlin

I still have some Spanish Rice-a-roni in the cupboard, but I will note this for the inevitable time that I run out.
on 07 Apr 2008 at 2:56 am3Gardner

Cool tip. I love Rice-a-Roni. Can’t wait to try it.

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on 07 Apr 2008 at 6:42 am4Lisa

I second that B………If you’d like some Rice a Roni, let me kow via email & I can see what I can do to get you some
on 07 Apr 2008 at 7:54 am5more cowbell

I missed American cake mixes. Obviously, I’m not into cooking. Make a cake from scratch? What?

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on 07 Apr 2008 at 1:21 pm6Lee

3 more boxes here. say the word(s). you could have had them when here!
on 07 Apr 2008 at 4:29 pm7remus

Am I viewing an alternate universe ?
on 07 Apr 2008 at 6:50 pm8Kim H

Expat necessity is the mother of invention!

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on 07 Apr 2008 at 9:52 pm9sarah

Remember the ads for Rice a roni with that little jingle and the tram? “Rice a roni, the San Francisco treat, DING!” My brothers used to always pull my pony tail to the ding. I think I’ve never eaten Rice a roni! I have a corner on black market Kraft Macaroni and Cheese here, though.
on 09 Apr 2008 at 1:44 pm10B.

Thanks to everyone who offered to send me rice-a-roni. I’m going to stick with what I’m making though… that way I know I’ll always be able to get/make more.

And Remus- tell me about it… it felt pretty surreal even posting a recipe. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.