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Erwten soep refers to one of Curacao's basic foods which is a thick pea soup with pork, ham, and sausage. Other basic foods found in Curacao's are mostly influenced by other countries, like (1) Nasigoreng which are made of bean sprouts sautéed with chunks of meat and chicken; (2) Bami - which are long noodles with vegetables and meat; and (3) Saté which is made of skewered meat with peanut sauce

Egri Csirke refers to a Hungarian dish made of chicken. Egri Csirke is a special in its own way because it is salted, and the chicken is stuffed with onions, calves liver, wine, milk, paprika, and sometimes bull's blood.

Etima Seed is another name for Ogbono, seed of a wild bush mango plant called Dika or the African-mango used in preparing a protein rich delicacy called Ogbono Soup. Etima Seed is also called Ogbolo.

Egusi Seeds or simply Egusi refer to the seeds of a highly nutritious type of water melon found widely in Africa and often used in soups from the region. It is a flat ovoid seed with a tapering pointed end, milky to white in colour. See Egusi for more explanation

Enchiladas Verdes y Rojos literally translated as "salads of green and red" actually refer to Mexican tortillas that are filled with cheese or chicken in a spicy green or red sauce and topped with cream, crumbled cheese and onions.

Elotes refer to roasted or boiled ears of sweet corn in Mexico. Roasted Elotes are often prepared on street-side grills streetside grill for fixing roasted corn such as the one at the left, spotted on a back street in Mexico City. Boiled Elotes typically are fished from tubs of hot water, or cloth-covered buckets, and likewise sold along streets, while roasted Elotes may be smeared with butter or mayonnaise, or possibly doused with lemon juice. Salt and powdered chili pepper, or maybe tabasco sauce, may also be sprinkled on. Typicall, boiled Elotes are amply buttered. In Mexcio, Both kinds of Elote may be impaled on sticks so that the customer can walk down the street nibbling the ear as if it were a drumstick. In El Salvador, Elotes which literally means "new corn" are eaten during the month of September before the corn hardens