h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Tentative plans are underway for a month's worth of themed dinners, based around who will be playing in the World Cup each day. Surprisingly, on looking them up, most dishes are simpler than the ones we cook on a day-to-day basis.

Here is our proposed Group Stages menu, making some allowance for personal tastes, trying not to eat beef everyday, and the sad fact that a few Third World nations don't really have a national dish worth having for dinner:

11-Jun South Africa http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/popular-dishes/curry/bunny-chow-recipe-09-01-20_p_1.html
12-Jun Argentina http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/beefempanadas_85448
13-Jun Germany http://www.fureyandthefeast.com/2010/02/brown-butter-spaetzle-with-prosciutto-and-broccoli-rabe/
14-Jun Italy http://gourmettraveller.com.au/chicken-involtini-with-white-polenta.htm
15-Jun Portugal http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/cookbook/2008/portuguese-cooking/piri-piri.html
16-Jun Switzerland http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/swisscheesefondue_8925
17-Jun Nigeria http://www.whats4eats.com/poultry/jollof-rice-recipe
18-Jun USA http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/salad-recipes/broccoli-salad
19-Jun Australia http://xesla.ro/wordpress/cooking/cheese-vegemite-scrolls/
20-Jun Brazil http://homecooking.about.com/od/soups/r/blss168.htm
21-Jun Honduras http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/carne_asada/
22-Jun France http://frenchfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/duckalorange.htm
23-Jun Serbia http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sarma-Stuffed-Cabbage/Detail.aspx
24-Jun Japan http://www.waitrose.com/recipe/Prawn_Tempura.aspx
25-Jun Chile http://recipeland.com/recipe/v/cazuela-de-chorizo-40452

Hopefully, a quarter-final menu will follow. Anyone fancy joining in?

As we are 'supporting' three different teams in this house (due to a project we're working on) we'll be trying the following on one of the days listed below:

11, 17 or 22 - June - Mexico - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tres-Leches-Milk-Cake/Detail.aspx
15, 20 or 25 - June - Ivory Coast - http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Mango_Fool
14, 19 or 24 - June - Japan - http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanesecake/r/senchacake.htm (but I could try the tempura as well)

Might join you on a few of the others, though.