How Great Basque Food Arrived In Boise, Idaho | On the Road

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  • Travel alongside Cook's Country's Editorial Director Bryan Roof as he explores the communities and cuisines that make up the great American dinner table. In this episode, he travels to Boise, Idaho to explore the unique heritage and delicious food of basque block.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 110

  • @thaisstone5192
    @thaisstone5192 6 місяців тому +23

    Wonderful!!! One of the quickest ways to learn about a culture is by exploring its food and hearing how it evolved. LOVE this series!!!

  • @alicelawson
    @alicelawson 6 місяців тому +5

    Wonderful episode of this Boise Basque neighbourhood visit. Feeling really heartfelt to see such lovely people honouring their unique heritage & culture. Thank you.

  • @tamipalin8171
    @tamipalin8171 6 місяців тому +14

    Thank you for this great segment!!! It's so wonderful seeing this unique and colorful culture highlighted! Those of us here in Boise area proud of our Basque community!

    • @BryanRoof-CooksCountry
      @BryanRoof-CooksCountry 6 місяців тому +3

      And you should be proud. It's an absolutely amazing community.

  • @SgtAwesome97
    @SgtAwesome97 День тому

    I've gone to the Basque Festival quite a few times when I was living in Boise. Quite a lot of fun, and the food was fantastic. It's always nice seeing my state getting some recognition!

  • @davidhalldurham
    @davidhalldurham 6 місяців тому +8

    This is such a wonderful series! Thank you, Bryan. Now I need to add Boise to my bucket list...

  • @MundaneBacklot
    @MundaneBacklot 6 місяців тому +15

    If you've never had the paella on the Basque Block you are missing out on not only a fantastic meal, but a really amazing communal experience. Tony will just answer any question you have while he's cooking away. Go to the Basque Block, get a kalimotxo and some paella and have a really fun time. Plan a trip for the Jaialdi Festival for a REALLLLY good time. Aupa Basqueos!

  • @richardhale2117
    @richardhale2117 6 місяців тому +2

    Really enjoy Bryan's reports on the varied and unique foods he finds across the country.

  • @LMG-oq9dy
    @LMG-oq9dy 6 місяців тому +7

    Had no idea this type of food existed in Boise!

  • @victorbenner539
    @victorbenner539 6 місяців тому +7

    I'm loving this series. I'm going to have to make a trip out to Boise from Washington state to check them out. Thanks for doing this video.

  • @ctcollinthib
    @ctcollinthib 5 днів тому

    Really a cool feature to a cool city! Every time I visit the Basque Block, it's like a mini trip to Spain.

  • @BwannaKubwa
    @BwannaKubwa 6 місяців тому +2

    Wonderfully done. What a unique take in a unique place. Please keep it up.

  • @gilliandidierserre4190
    @gilliandidierserre4190 6 місяців тому +5

    What a nice video, I am watching it from Toronto Canada and Bryan you have done a great job its quite facinating❤

  • @gitsini
    @gitsini 6 місяців тому +2

    Funky times with Bryan! Love it ❤

  • @erikfreitas7045
    @erikfreitas7045 6 місяців тому +1

    Another great episode of this series!

  • @bobbykeene12
    @bobbykeene12 6 місяців тому +3

    I learned a few things and saw some recipes I want to riff on- So, I'd say you hit a Homerun.

  • @kenmore01
    @kenmore01 6 місяців тому +4

    That place Ansots reminds me of German food with the sausages and bread (yum), but I'm sure it tastes very different. The Chef, Dan has obviously been cooking this for a long time. Sadly, I don't get to Boise often, but I'd be happy with any of this food! 😋

  • @oregonlogger9775
    @oregonlogger9775 6 місяців тому +4

    Never had Basque food in Boise, but I never miss the Martin Hotel whenever I go through Winnemuca.

    • @tracker208
      @tracker208 6 місяців тому

      Yes! Great food & Good People!

  • @tectorgorch8698
    @tectorgorch8698 6 місяців тому +4

    Basque cuisine and Basque women, not for the faint of heart or the impure of character. Any group that earned the Jim Harrison (and E. Hemingway) seal of approval is tops in my book.

  • @JDoors
    @JDoors 6 місяців тому +11

    I don't remember anyone covering Basque culture or cuisine before, great stuff. And ... in Boise?

    • @tracker208
      @tracker208 6 місяців тому +4

      The Basque culture goes Way Back in this area, and other parts of Idaho, including Hailey & Sun Valley areas...

    • @mlaursen
      @mlaursen 20 днів тому +1

      Yeah, and in northern Nevada and the Bakersfield area, too.

  • @YiorgosT
    @YiorgosT 6 місяців тому +1

    haha never thought we'd get Bryan playing competitive handball! love this series!

  • @laurabrowning235
    @laurabrowning235 6 місяців тому

    This was fantastic! Thanks

  • @moneal99801
    @moneal99801 6 місяців тому +3

    Love this series! You have the best job! However, I missed the pickled tongue. 😢

  • @danielroselle3625
    @danielroselle3625 6 місяців тому

    Loved this! Nice they kept the culture alive. Thanks!

  • @msscamp100
    @msscamp100 2 місяці тому

    What a very cool and informative segment! Thank you so much!

  • @beatrizpena4565
    @beatrizpena4565 6 місяців тому +4

    That paella looks sooo good . I can taste it 😁

    • @elizamccroskey1708
      @elizamccroskey1708 2 місяці тому

      I agree, but I can hear the Spaniards in my head shouting “that’s not paella”😅😅😅

  • @59jkappelman
    @59jkappelman 6 місяців тому +6

    It's great to see Dan, my Bishop Kelly classmate figured into this episode. He's a great chef. Also a pretty good Trumper player in our little high school band.

  • @user-db3rw3bo5r
    @user-db3rw3bo5r 6 місяців тому

    ❤Love the video! Thanks for the tip of the colander with the beaten eggs while making croquetas, very useful😊

  • @dwaynekoblitz6032
    @dwaynekoblitz6032 19 днів тому

    I'd eat the clams everyday!! My kind of food! 💯❤️

  • @FlesHBoX
    @FlesHBoX 6 місяців тому +50

    Kinda seems like a missed trick, not calling it Basquetball...

    • @thaisstone5192
      @thaisstone5192 6 місяців тому +2

      WAY too gimmicky, don't think they would consider that for a moment.

    • @jareknowak8712
      @jareknowak8712 6 місяців тому +1

      Google: "Jai Alai"

    • @venicawood3894
      @venicawood3894 6 місяців тому

      Awful!

    • @NickBender
      @NickBender 21 день тому

      It’s only about 600 years older than basketball.

  • @julseabate4173
    @julseabate4173 6 місяців тому

    thanks Bryan!!

  • @dorothyharding5535
    @dorothyharding5535 Місяць тому

    Loved this segment with Mr. BRYAN. I'm from Idaho, lived in Boise; been to the Basque Block, love chorizos!! Thanks for the tour.. ♡D

  • @johnlord8337
    @johnlord8337 6 місяців тому +1

    The Basques have been in the Americas since the early 1100s in the Canadian Maritimes ... with the Templar Fleet, and French and Portuguese Basques came along with French and Portuguese Templars coming to the Americas.

  • @rhythmicfriction536
    @rhythmicfriction536 4 дні тому

    I live in boise just a few blocks from the basque block. I love the croquettes and lamb grinders at bar gernika. Its right next to the basque center. Funny enough, the artist lounge for treefort music festival was in the basque center. Cool place

  • @craighoskins1618
    @craighoskins1618 6 місяців тому

    Sounds so good

  • @irdcs
    @irdcs 6 місяців тому +3

    Hey y'all only showed that Basque Auronomous Community on that map! The Basque country is almost three times that size!

    • @irdcs
      @irdcs 6 місяців тому

      www.google.com/search?q=basque+country+map&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rvo3&sca_esv=583567391&tbm=isch&prmd=imnv&sxsrf=AM9HkKnXWGKIJpGward6utXcD1ORa8cEFA:1700292875961&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic24rHhM2CAxVkVaQEHYtNCqAQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=393&bih=712&dpr=2.75#imgrc=5P5CSZZr_SPM_M

  • @tracker208
    @tracker208 6 місяців тому

    Bryan! I enjoy seeing you on Cooks Country! Wish i could have met you while you were here in Boise...could have had some paella & croquetas with you! Must come back for the Festival and bring the ladies! Great video....

  • @michaelarighi5268
    @michaelarighi5268 6 місяців тому +5

    I've had Basque food in San Francisco and Bakersfield and loved it. Now I'll have to make a pilgrimage to Boise.

    • @BryanRoof-CooksCountry
      @BryanRoof-CooksCountry 6 місяців тому +1

      I can vouch for Bakersfield. Good stuff.

    • @tracker208
      @tracker208 6 місяців тому

      Stop in Winnemucca Nevada and check out their Basque restaurants too!

    • @frgv4060
      @frgv4060 3 місяці тому

      That’s nice. But try the basque country proper. You will not find corn syrup though… (that guy’s basque grandma grave is shaking 😂)

    • @yomismo6912
      @yomismo6912 Місяць тому

      ​@@frgv4060 im sorry...but all this food..is not from basque country

  • @matthewyoung6740
    @matthewyoung6740 6 місяців тому +2

    Excellent food, shoutout Txakoli Wine thats the good stuff

  • @acamic89
    @acamic89 6 місяців тому +3

    Izugarri ederra da bideo hau!!

  • @jenniferharned6484
    @jenniferharned6484 6 місяців тому +2

    My husband and I took a cooking class at the Basque Market in February 2023. It was a fantastic experience and the food amazing!

  • @snitox
    @snitox 6 місяців тому +1

    6 hour drive from Portland. Not bad. Might visit. I have a lot to learn from the Basque people. Now to find the Catalonian people out here.

  • @shannonhawkins2739
    @shannonhawkins2739 6 місяців тому

    Literally was at a wedding at this center almost a month and a half ago, they served a variation of Paella during the dinner, and I deeply regret not going back for seconds.

  • @milesbliss3256
    @milesbliss3256 20 днів тому

    Was in Boise last year. Was in that area and it was very poorly set up for visitors. I did the museum. Was sad I missed so much .

  • @markowalski1
    @markowalski1 6 місяців тому

    Oh man I want one of those giant paella pans

  • @johnlord8337
    @johnlord8337 6 місяців тому +1

    Deep fried bechamel sauce dumplings !

  • @melindaloustalot6975
    @melindaloustalot6975 6 місяців тому +6

    My husband's family claims French Basque ancestry, from a little town in the Basse-Pyrenees called Lurbe. His ancestors came to the US in the late 19th/early 20th centuries and settled in San Francisco, where his grandfather ran a dairy and a Basque rooming house for new arrivals from the old country. His grandmother died very young and many of the old traditions were lost. .the language, the foods, etc., tho my husband has memories of eating meat animals like lamb and beef top to tail. .Would their traditions be similar to the Spanish Basque? I do have old photos of the men in black berets. .

    • @kkhitzat
      @kkhitzat 6 місяців тому +4

      Totally. Yep. Basques are basques. Neither French nor Spanish.

    • @MrMugeneg6
      @MrMugeneg6 6 місяців тому +2

      In a nutshell there's no difference until the French Revolution and the Carlist Wars, and then the difference is in nationalism and politics.
      Over-generalizing, but with room for variation due to the nature of the region, French and Spanish Basques have the same traditions, same base language (language defines what it is to be Basque), same music, same dance, same sports, same history (up to the late 1700's).
      Most important difference in the modern era really comes down to soccer teams 😂! Aupa Athletic!

    • @melindaloustalot6975
      @melindaloustalot6975 6 місяців тому +3

      In his 90's, my husband's grandfather reverted to the old country language of his childhood and would only talk to my husband's mother, who was French Canadian/Irish and had no clue what he was saying, or so the story goes. .

  • @theathjr
    @theathjr 22 дні тому

    Great video. Whodah thunk in Idaho.

  • @llllaarr2518
    @llllaarr2518 6 місяців тому +1

    I freakin love croquetas ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🤘🤘🤘

    • @tracker208
      @tracker208 6 місяців тому +1

      Did you think they were made from cheese too? I could eat a bowl full...

  • @franklarkin5946
    @franklarkin5946 6 місяців тому +2

    Basques have the highest frequency of the rare
    O negative blood - my blood type. I'll bet I'll enjoy their foods.

    • @katydidiy
      @katydidiy 6 місяців тому +1

      Geneticists are especially intrigued by the Basque people in many ways.

  • @DoughboyGod
    @DoughboyGod 6 місяців тому

    🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

  • @jareknowak8712
    @jareknowak8712 6 місяців тому +1

    Jai Alai !!!

    • @carloszenteno
      @carloszenteno 6 місяців тому +1

      I think that is with the baskets. Pelota vasca.

  • @grovermartin6874
    @grovermartin6874 6 місяців тому

    Wonder if the Boise Basques have the tradition of growing foods that they pick early in the spring and prepare special dishes, like the tiny onion tops? Or maybe Idaho's climate is too unforgiving in early spring?

    • @pacmanfan1214
      @pacmanfan1214 23 дні тому

      Our growing season only starts in early May

  • @dixiemae5042
    @dixiemae5042 6 місяців тому

    👊🏻💪🏻👨🏼‍🍳

  • @jareknowak8712
    @jareknowak8712 6 місяців тому

    Can Chorizo be eaten "cold", without cooking/frying it first?

    • @sabrina-wq4uu
      @sabrina-wq4uu 6 місяців тому +2

      It looks like this particular style of chorizo is raw. I would guess that it must be cooked before eating.

    • @bhuld0115
      @bhuld0115 6 місяців тому +2

      No, it’s like Italian sausage in the meat case. It’s raw and needs to be cooked.

    • @Marc91FM
      @Marc91FM 6 місяців тому

      Chorizo in Spain is cured so there's no need to cook it. However I wouldn't trust it outside of Europe

    • @BryanRoof-CooksCountry
      @BryanRoof-CooksCountry 6 місяців тому +4

      If it's fully cured, then yes you can eat it without cooking. But the chorizos at Ansots are primarily uncured. Though, he does offer some other varieties of charcuterie that are fully cured and ready to eat.

    • @iraultzabeitiagoitia5315
      @iraultzabeitiagoitia5315 6 місяців тому +1

      The chorizo that we can see in the video is fresh and should be eaten after frying or cooking it in water, broth or cider. If you let this same chorizo "cure", that is, let it mature for a while at an appropriate temperature and humidity, in a place with a continuous flow of air, the microorganisms will do their job and the chorizo will be drier, "cured" and It is eaten without having to cook it. Curing is the same process that is used for Serrano or Jabugo ham.

  • @DavidScheidler-cr4il
    @DavidScheidler-cr4il Місяць тому

    Paella would be on my last meal list in the top 3 besides my mom's creamed tuna on toast would be No. 1

  • @edwardvillate2112
    @edwardvillate2112 Місяць тому

    MY ancestors were BASQUE 😊 , han the PRIVILEGE of being EDUCATED in BASQUE REGION in SPAIN 🇪🇸 , and absorbing the CULTURE 😂 ......

  • @marclegarreta3359
    @marclegarreta3359 6 місяців тому +1

    Damn Bryan is daddy asf

  • @dynomar11
    @dynomar11 6 днів тому

    Where's boy-z? I've never been there. Boise is cool though

  • @stephen129
    @stephen129 6 місяців тому +5

    Don't let the Spanish know you're putting chorizo in the paella.

  • @Jake_Ritter
    @Jake_Ritter 6 місяців тому +2

    Is he saying chorizo or chorishos?

    • @margaretalmodovar8401
      @margaretalmodovar8401 6 місяців тому +3

      It's the regional pronunciation

    • @bhuld0115
      @bhuld0115 6 місяців тому +2

      Chorishos is the Basque pronunciation. And the seasoning is a bit different, too.

  • @katydidiy
    @katydidiy 6 місяців тому +1

    Its official, Brian has triggered an intense feeling of jealousy in me! Every trip you take it gets worse!

  • @waelser
    @waelser 6 місяців тому +2

    eta

  • @Ilar-en7lg
    @Ilar-en7lg 8 днів тому

    That supposed basque food doesn't look too basque, but at least they tried hehe. Same with the spanish food they prepared.

  • @Ilar-en7lg
    @Ilar-en7lg 8 днів тому

    Croquetas are never round as if they were meatballs, they are always elongated, rectangular with rounded ends.

  • @BNOBLE.
    @BNOBLE. 6 місяців тому +1

    Will America be able to keep her traditions and customs alive???

  • @yomismo6912
    @yomismo6912 Місяць тому

    paella is not basque....how many food are the making....and is not from basque country?

  • @ALegitimateYoutuber
    @ALegitimateYoutuber 6 місяців тому +2

    I have my doubts about the food being good, because as someone living in boise. The best you can say about most places here is that what they sell is legally food. Morally, not so much. Though the korean fried chicken place on broadway is really good.

    • @TheAlgomalo
      @TheAlgomalo 6 місяців тому

      Sad, but not surprising. I grew up in Northern Idaho and the food up north is absolute garbage. Even the “fresh” fruits and veg at the grocery store are grey and wilted. Everyone up there eats processed canned, boxed or frozen food.

    • @ALegitimateYoutuber
      @ALegitimateYoutuber 6 місяців тому

      @@TheAlgomalo here the grocery stores will have good fruit and veg, good meat and even good quality fish. But nearly every restaurant is just bad. Only one place i found that actaully have a good burger, which is like the easiest thing to make well.

    • @Centinel1787
      @Centinel1787 6 місяців тому +13

      You doubt the food is good, you live in Boise, yet you've never eaten the food. I don't know, maybe go try it the next time you're downtown before you criticize it?

    • @laurao3274
      @laurao3274 6 місяців тому +1

      They're making everything from scratch, so it probably is good. But believe me, I know where you're coming from. I moved to NE Ohio from MD. The differences is food was a bit of culture shock for me. It's insanely hard for me to find a restaurant where I consider the food even edible, much less good. Most everything is processed food.

    • @ALegitimateYoutuber
      @ALegitimateYoutuber 6 місяців тому +1

      @@laurao3274 ya it's depressing when you have a lot of places that look good. but it's all just... meh at best. Like this one upper class french place i went to one time. was a classic small hole in the wall place. anywhere else it would be top teir. But despite everything looking good and being presented good. it was just meh. But maybe this is just the side effect of cooking and being a chef. you get too use to making yourself good food, that normal no longer is normal.

  • @clifflee5404
    @clifflee5404 6 місяців тому +1

    Why were there only 49 contestants in the miss America pageant?
    No one wanted to be Miss Idaho.... I da ho. Lol.

  • @yomismo6912
    @yomismo6912 Місяць тому

    croquetas are not basque

  • @yomismo6912
    @yomismo6912 Місяць тому

    chorizo con almejas?madre mia..no teneis ni idea de cocinar.Si tu madre te viera cocinar eso...te daba una torta

  • @kenmore01
    @kenmore01 6 місяців тому +2

    That place Ansots reminds me of German food with the sausages and bread (yum), but I'm sure it tastes very different. The Chef, Dan has obviously been cooking this for a long time. Sadly, I don't get to Boise often, but I'd be happy with any of this food! 😋

    • @tracker208
      @tracker208 6 місяців тому +1

      We have an airport now...come on over!

    • @kenmore01
      @kenmore01 6 місяців тому

      @@tracker208 Thanks for the invitation! I may drive over in the spring. I'm still burnt out on flying. Soon though! Have a great Thanksgiving! 😀