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Hypothetical-- you can only choose two cuisines to eat for the rest of your life. What might they be? (media.piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me it's Indian food, but then... what else? Ugh... what a question.

Bah. My mind is a whirling blank right here. I mean, freshly-prepared tiradito right off the boat is like... ffff, like tasting heaven.

I mean, I've never had *truly* fresh, truly authentic sushi, but I imagine it would be like tiradito? (note: it's a form of ceviche, i.e. latino lime-cooked fish slices)

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Chinese and Australian

Australian because we don't have a culture of food beyond appropriating the rest of the world's on corner stores and such.

A very cop out answer though

Chinese and pizza maybe?

[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Brazillian and Brazillian again

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My local one and either Japanese or Chinese. These folks have nailed it, but I still want to eat something familiar as my staple.

[–] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Indian and German .

My favourite main is lamb vindaloo and my favourite cake is black forest gateau. Additionally pretzels and pakoras are great snacks.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Asian
Latin American

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

If I didn't have dietary restrictions the Vietnamese and Puerto Rican (with Mexican essentially tied).

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago

Italian and German.

[–] transscribe7891@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

stir fry and pizza

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Middle Eastern and German

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[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Indian food. That picture looks delicious!

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What does soup and stew count as?

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[–] NaClKnight@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

American Soul Food (Ribs, Fried Chicken, Greens, Mac & Cheese, Buttermilk Biscuits, etc)

and Thai

Just gimme the (Black) American foods that no one else makes.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Now... I go to my local Soul Food place all the time, and we... Thai, now?

(I probably screwed up the joke right there, didn't I?) :S

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

Japanese and Thai

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 day ago

French and Indian

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My problem with picking a cuisine is what that means.

It has become a gripe amongst Italian-Americans where I live that their cuisine isn't considered to be Italian because Italy has changed in a different direction from their traditional cooking. The Italian-Americans can trace some recipes and practices to those who just got off the boat, but those practices don't reflect modern Italian cuisine.

I'd probably pick Italian as one of my cuisines, but I don't know if my practices would match the current cooking practices from the nation-state of Italy.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you just say that Italian American is more Italian than Italy?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. But I am asking how food preserved or maintained through a diaspora culture would be classified.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting question, instinctively I would ask first if it is still recognised or present in the country of origin, if yes, by that then. If not, then depending of why not I would call it [country] historical, [country] diaspora or idk fusion something.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (6 children)

British - obviously includes the greats like full English/Scottish breakfast, roast dinners, fish and chips, but also includes a wide varieties of Indian/Bangladeshi curries (Balti, Jalfrezi, Madras, Chicken Tikka Masala, etc), and similarly with westernised Chinese dishes.

American - mostly from the south: fried chicken, barbecue, jambalaya, gumbo, etc.

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Mexican, because life is just better with spices.
American, given that American "culture" is really just cultural appropriation with added sugar and calories, I'll get to try something close to every other cuisine.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How in the world is Mexican / South American food not on this list yet?

Mexican / Colombian
Probably Thai

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tiradito, compa.

Mira.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One of the best meals I have ever had in my life was some ceviche from a little hole in the wall place in Honolulu. Never had tiradito but I assume it is top tier.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whoa... Honolulu!?

But yeah-- "Tiradito" is sort of a more thinly-sliced version of ceviche, marinated in "leche de tigre."

Bah, not trying to start a flame-war here, but... I have my personal choice. (no offense)

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