Use Your Wireless Internet to Create Tasty International Cuisine

Remember how your mother or grandmother stored her recipes? Perhaps she had a rolodex-style contraption, filled with note cards of hand-scribbled ingredients lists and instructions. Or maybe she had a box of scraps of paper, adding one every time a friend brought over a particularly good strawberry rhubarb pie to a dinner party. And when she wanted to try something new - well, that was a whole different story. Either she had to ask her friends to reveal their deepest, darkest cooking secrets, or she had to look to ladies' magazines or the backs of soup cans or packages of rice. No wonder so many Americans used to grow up thinking that Chicken Kiev was an exotic treat!


Not so long ago, Americans were generally raised on the limited cuisine of their ancestors. For some, it was stews and dumplings, for others it was curry dishes, and still for others it was pasta and meatballs. But very few beyond the wealthiest echelons of American society could afford to sample the cuisines of other mother cultures. There was an excuse to cook boring food back then - quite often there weren't any other options! But now, with wireless Internet intensifying the already-existent melting pot in this country, you can easily bring a wide range of international cuisines into your kitchen, even if you can't afford to eat out every time a new sushi joint opens up in your neighborhood.


So how can you utilize your wireless Internet to create international cuisine? Simple!


1. Google the name of that dish you loved at the new Indian/Lebanese/Jamaican restaurant you went to last weekend.


Maybe you tried the delicious Vietnamese soup called Pho when you were out with your girlfriends. Or maybe it was Tandoori Chicken at that swanky new Indian buffet. Or maybe it was Mooshu Pork you ordered from the take-out Chinese place up the street. Regardless, you'll find a recipe for it on the Internet. Don't go by the first one that pops up - it may be needlessly complicated and include way too many obscure ingredients that aren't worth finding. So scan through a few, and choose one that looks relatively simple. If it tastes kind of like what you had at the restaurant, you can always go for the more complex version next time. (And bonus tip - try to write down what you ate while you're still at the restaurant so you don't forget it!)


2. Look up any unfamiliar ingredients.


One intimidating aspect of international cooking is finding the more obscure, ethnic ingredients. Your local grocery store might have turmeric or Hoisin sauce or mung beans stashed on some back shelf without you ever realizing it. This is the beauty of having wireless Internet - you can look up images of the unknown food, and see if you recognize it! You might even be able to find information about how common a particular ingredient is (i.e. yes to Tahini, no to jicama). If you have a mobile air card, you can even do a quick double-check when you're in the grocery store, or show a sales clerk what you're looking for.


3. Find out where the local ethnic neighborhood is.

If you're really struggling to find an ingredient, you can always use this as an excuse to take a trip to the local Chinatown/Little Korea/Mexican neighborhood. Just look up the directions with your 4G wireless phone, and head on over! These neighborhoods always have stocked grocery stores filled with every ingredient you will ever need. Plus it's always fun to check out a new part of the city.


Use wireless internet to discover a whole new way of international eating. With Clearwire Internet, the whole world is at your fingertips.