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)
Mediterranean and Thai.
Eastern, western
Northern and southern
If Indian qualifies as one single cuisine - then Indian. I’ll have enough dishes to try out in my lifetime and that’s after considering I am vegetarian.
If Indian qualifies as one single cuisine
I guess you’re probably right. India is a large country, with roots, cultures and traditions like an ancient sequoia tree’s vast, extensive roots in the ground.
So just out of curiosity (especially as an ignorant Westerner), just how many distinct cuisines would you say there might be across India and the India-adjacent regions?
Note: let’s try to avoid going ‘regional’ if possible, because any nation can be broken down in to heaps of regional variations, yeah?
Indian and italian
Italian and Japanese
In this house, we serve both kinds of cuisine: macaroni and cheese!
Now if that’s a BLUES BROTHERS reference, I love it!!
Italian and Mexican. That covers about 50% of my diet already.
- Mexican, what is life without salsa?
- French, can’t miss with those standards
Hmm, I was going to go with Mexican and Chinese but French has now thrown me!
It’s strange that French food has high standards when they’re French.
Cheese eating surrender monkeys?
Fake language speaking long cigarette smoking crappy movie making frogs.
Mexican and Italian. Both have very rich regional traditions with a ton of variety. Of course, Mexican food is a blend of Native American and European traditions, and Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn, so these strict delineations are not real
Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn
It’s so curious-- so what was late-stage Western Roman food like, anyway?
Max Miller is a dang-ol’ genius at this stuff, but he always has to make a huge production about it, y’know…?
I can only assume they just drank gallons of garam!
In all seriousness though, we have a very dedicated restaurant near us run by a couple from the Verona area in far-northern Italy, and they use no tomatoes or corn. Pretty much every dish they make would’ve been possible pre-Columbus. This includes many styles of pasta, sauces based in olive oil or butter, and other things like beef, shrimp, mushrooms, pistachios, peas, and a variety of cheeses.
Wow, that’s… yeah!
So, hehe, I’ve been to Italia a grand total of <once>, when we visited my aunt in Firenza, many years ago. (One of the things I really loved about Italia is how it busted our mindset about ‘American expectations’)
Eh, but they use no tomatoes or corn.
Fair! But we also came up with potatoes, chiles, and quite a number of spicy meatballs, not just of the polpette piccanti variety, eh?
It seems to be a belief many Americans have, but usually they are mainly familiar with American Italian cuisine, which is quite different from mist actual Italian cuisine.
is quite different from mist actual Italian cuisine.
That was my sense as well from my one visit to Italy. As is completely common, an ethnic / cultural food almost always get adapted towards the tastes of other regions / nations.
What an incredibly difficult question to answer. Mexican and Chinese probably. Hokkien noodles are so fucking good
- Indian
- Mexican
I try to eat mostly vegetarian at home, and Indian recipes are my go-to for that. Indian food is the best tasting vegetarian food in my opinion. I was tempted to put Chinese here because I make tofu stir fry somewhat frequently, but I go with Indian recipes more often.
Mexican for the second choice because that gives you huevos rancheros, Mexican rice and beans, and homemade corn tortilla chips with guacamole. And breakfast burritos from the place down the street from me.
Same two for me probably
Same for me as well.
Same for me.
Take the meat parts out and I’ll eat almost anything.
Like my in-laws… Hmmm here’s a great new hummus and salad! Yeah we sprinkled chicken, pork, beef, and shrimp powder and other meat products. It doesn’t change the flavor, we just like gout so much.
Perfectly good meal + smear some dead animal on it.
I’m with you folks, on the whole. A well-prepared, complete-protein vegetarian meal rocks, especially with lots of complimentary seasoning.
Does gout come from consuming animal products? Hmm, I hadn’t heard that, before.
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Take the meat parts out and I’ll eat almost anything.
Stuff like cabbage (and Brassica sp.) are best cooked, because otherwise they can be goitrogenic, interfering with the thyroid gland’s function over time. There’s also the (admittedly slim) chance that some animal has passingly added something undesirable to a veggie, be it parasite or disease-causing.
Which is why it’s important to do either a mild chlorine wash of any veggies you eat, or at least blanch them. (not trying to lecture anyone here; all that’s just my personal understanding)
From personal experience getting stranded in s foreign country as a kid with my dad unable to walk or move due to uric acid and gout, your worst offenders are red meat, pork and shrimp. Shrimp surprisingly being the worse one. But carry a long needle syringe to get your knees back on the road sooner! LOL.
My opinion is that a little meat is OK. I don’t eat meat but I can see where others need it like a drug.
others need it like a drug
Wow, actually… yeah?
Does gout come from consuming animal products? Hmm, I hadn’t heard that, before.
Opposite actually - fructose intake, alcohol intake (same pathway as fructose in liver), advanced glycation end products (glucose intake) are the major drivers of gout.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821617-0.00004-8 Section 7.3 if you would like to know more (overwhelmingly so) - it’s available on the normal 🦜 sites.
Basically the old connection that meat can drive uric acid a bit and uric acid is a component of gout isn’t actually helpful, during a active flare up avoiding meat can help reduce uric acid levels a tiny bit but it does nothing to address the systemic cause of the gout in the first place. i.e. Watermelons have a high water content but are not causal in drownings, but avoid eating watermelons while actively drowning… same thing
Appreciate your opinions (which I’ll need to research), and especially enjoyed the following:
Watermelons have a high water content but are not causal in drownings, but avoid eating watermelons while actively drowning… same thing
😂
(oh my, that’s a good one)
Probably Thai and Indian, since they both have a strong vegetarian side.
Just pick Burmese, covers both. I’d probably choose that and Japanese.
Thai and Iranian. That’d cover a large spectrum of what I like.
Turkish and French. Turkish because it has an extremely wide variety, French because they are the goat.
If I was to try and dabble in French food, what would you recommend I try? I’ve literally never had French food as far as I know and am intrigued.
I will add a couple of my favorite dishes to what @Dayroom7485@lemmy.world said. Boeuf Bourguignon, and Tartiflette. Also +1 for boxed French wine.
Not OP, still huge fan of French cuisine. I’d choose Coq au Vin. It’s straightforward to do at home, all you need is a pot and a cooking plate. Combines red wine, mediterranean herbs and a good amount of butter with vegetables and chicken for an incredible dish. French people value fresh, beautiful ingredients and are willing to pay top money for A-class quality. That’s another secret to their cooking.
Then there’s of course more dishes that you can’t easily do at home:
- try a hand-made Croissant fresh out of the oven in the morning.
- Cheeses - there’s hundreds of them, eat them alone or with some Baguette and grapes.
- Galettes are thin wholegrain pancakes. They come with salty toppings, but also sweet varieties - salted caramel is a classic.
- Fresh oysters with a squeeze of lemon.
- Nothing compares to a good, aged French red wine. But also fresh white wines and roses are fine - locals buy them in 5 liter boxes in the supermarket, you put them in the fridge and are settled for a week. Just be mindful that they need to be fresh (last year’s harvest typically).
- Sparkling wines are amazing, too. It’s fine to settle for Cremant, it’s the same stuff as Champagne, but cheaper.
- I could write another list twice as long about seafood.
Best thing to do is visit France and experience it. No need to waste time and money in overcrowded Paris, foodies will be very happy in Bordeaux, Marseille, Rouen and affordable Provence area. You get amazing lunch deals (“plat du jour”, dish of the day) that typically include starter, main and dessert for around EUR15 in many places.
I’m happy you mentioned the bag-in-box wine. Boxed wind is frowned upon by snobs but when buying from a local co-op years ago the winemaker suggested to but some bagged wine for easy drinking. Especially suites for light wiens that don’t age.
I would also suggest to try the ‘tranche du boucher’ (butcher’s slice) in a local bistro. It’s a slice of meat that is sold a bit cheaper. Have it with a bit of bread and a green salad.
My American friend taught I was crazy when i ordered the hand cut steak tartare once. Finely chopped seasoned meat. Extra points if you have it with a raw quail egg yolk. Heavenly.
Americans and taste…
The raw meat and raw egg yolk is what scared him. He just watched me like it was a joke and checked the day after on my health status.
They’re scared AF from raw eggs.
I know they only eat them if they’re pasteurised at least.
Read about it once, they have different standards and practices.
Same for the meat, totally fine in Europe if all rules are followed.
IMO nothing beats a good French onion soup with a cheesy bread.
And if you didn’t mention the patisserie, that would mean you haven’t got a sweet tooth.
It’s definitely one of the specialties.
I’m sure my GF will try that tomorrow when she goes to expensive Paris.Yeah, onion soup is up there, too. Fish soup as well imo. There’s just too much good stuff 😅 good for your GF, I bet she’s in for some (expensive) treats 😁
Wow thank you so much for taking the time to type this up! Definitely plenty of options now to go hunt down. Thank you!
