Friday June 11: World Cup celebration

M here.
Hi. On Friday June 11 we ate a special World Cup dinner. We ate 5 different things from 4 different countries for 4 different reasons.

Menu:
Akara from South Africa.
Tortilla espanol and asparagus with citrus sauce from Spain.
Scones from England.
Cookies FROM THE U.S.A!


The reasons: Spain: a high ranked team; South Africa: you should always respect the host; U.S.A we live there; England it's a great place.

Mom's interruption
What a yummy dinner! And easy to make. Other than the cookies, which we made the day before the dinner, we made everything after a long day that included both a trip to the zoo and a play date with friends.

Tortilla espanol is much like an omelet or an Italian frittata. Akara are black-eyed pea fritters. The cookies were classic tollhouse but with peanut butter and chocolate chips, because, after all, what's more American than peanut butter! :)

Back to M
Well, here's a little info about U.S.A. and the World Cup. The U.S.A. has hosted one. It was in 1994. The mascot was Striker. They have never won one. More about Striker: Striker is a English football(Soccer)-mad dog. He has the U.S.A. kit on. Weeelll, I guess that's it. Enjoy the World Cup!!!!!! Bonus: How many times did I say U.S.A.?(the one in the question counts!)

Back to Mom for links to the recipes.
Mom again:
This is the best recipe for akara that I have found: http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Akara.
For the asparagus, I planned to make this sauce but at the last minute, just mixed olive oil, yogurt, and orange juice. How did I cook before the internet??