Global Village

This is how we started our great event on Tuesday, March 22^nd, especially held for the initiators of the bBox Project and the members of the Marketing Department in Fiducia IT AG.

What is Global Village?

Well, in AIESEC, it stands for our most exciting event that celebrates diversity - it is that moment when we all gather and showcase the unique cultures from our home countries through food, customs, performances and costumes. Well, as AIESEC members, we were extremely happy to import this amazing habit to Fiducia for one unforgettable evening.

So, imagine the bBox members on Monday, after work! All doing the same thing: COOKING! And yes, this time, not ‘cooking ideas’, but real food, thoroughly prepared for the next day.

First on the Special Menu, Arepas, by Felipe Goyes. A salty Colombian snack that we used as a starter. Yes, you can see the small white round pieces of dough mixed with cheese and the butter next to them. You won’t believe how much it really ‘started’ us for the main courses that followed. Oh, almost forgot! If you ever eat Arepas, just sprinkle them with a bit of salt!  

Next, First Courses, namely, two types of soup. On one hand we had traditional Czech soup cooked by our Team Leader, Stanislav Haba. It was a Wallachian sour soup with cabbage and sausages, seasoned with the right condiments just by the book. The only problem was that, at some point, the ‘dangerous cabbage snakes’ tried to bit hungry Nair. Bad bad snakes! But tasty ones!

On the other hand, Xi Huang, brought Chinese Soup. This kind was with egg and tomatoes, very light and with rather delicate sweet flavor. Besides very nicely colored. We all loved it! I actually accompanied it with Arepas. Ready for more?

 Then let me present you the Main Courses on the menu!

          

I personally cooked ’Pork Rolls’ and accompanied them with Mushroom Salad/ Ro: Rulada de porc, Salata de ciuperci’. People liked the mix of condiments I used to give the meat a special flavor - rosemary, basil, oregano and fresh pepper. Also, the home-made mayonnaise and fresh garlic were the playground for the happy mushrooms.

What followed was Nair Hid Ahmed, revealing for us the secret food kept warm in the special stainless steel recipients: it was ’Argentinian Meat Pie/ Es: Pastel de carne’. The best meat pie I have ever had.  Dough? Made of mashed potatoes. The secret ingredient? Sugar here and there in the meat. Think of a sweetie pie, literally.

You know Hot Dogs, right? Everybody does! Now imagine the hot sausages all chopped into small pieces, bathing in sweet tomato souce together with their friends, corn beans. Only then you can put the mix into a small loaf of bread and call it ‘Brazilian style Hot Dog/ Pt: Cachorro quente’, children version, made by Paulo Azevêdo.

Our colleague, Aldo Castro, went for something simple but more than specific for its country, Panama: ‘Rice with beans/ Es: Arroz con frijoles’. As simple as it may be, it was more than good to use it with the other dishes. As always, he put a lot of passion!

And now, ladies and gentleman, dear gourmets, finally... dessert!


Ok, we know it was a lot of food… But of course we saved room for Delyana Tomova’s dessert. All those tiny Baklava rolls were not there to be ignored but tasted piece by piece. And we sure did. Sweet, juicy, full with hazelnut, this type of Turkish/ Bulgarian dessert was just the last detail, very important for a complete meal and happy participants. Thanks, Delly!

Once again, we built up awareness and pride around our cultural backgrounds through food, this time. The aim was to deliver this message to the Marketing crew inside Fiducia (Mrs. Ilona Ullman, Mrs. Christine Jung, Mrs. Rebecca Klein and Mr. Hans Hartmann), to whom we thank for being interested not only in our work in the bBox Project, but also in us, as individuals.

As for the Project Initiators (Mrs. Leonie Bartz, Mr. Uwe Joas, Mr. Herbert Ziefle and Mr. Jens Zimmermann), they were as well, thrilled to get to ‘taste’ new aspects about us. They loved the food and it is all clear now. If they were to organize another international innovation projects such as bBox, there would surely be new requirements in the job description: COOKING SKILLS! Fortunately, the current bBox team certainly has those skills even without being required! :)

So, thanks to Mr. Hans Markgraf, the administrator of Fiducia's Canteen, we could enjoy our Global Village event, with food being kept hot or cold, as needed, and, for sure, cooked from all our warm hearts. 

At your disposal for the recipes,

        Claudia