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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 3 months 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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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

German and Indian. German for the breads and the sausages, Indian for the variety and spices.

[–] itsralC@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Mediterranean and mediterranean

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Chinese, mostly Cantonese food, because I'm just so used to it.

Japanese, because sushi, ramen, robatayaki etc...

I just realized I actually haven't tried much food lol, too picky to try new things... sort of just ate whatever I grew up with...

What does the average westerner eat btw? I feel like my life is just a small bubble.

[–] didnt1able@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Burger

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months 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?

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Probably vietnamese and mexican

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Kimchi and macncheese. I could alternate every day

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Mexican and Italian

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Italian: I can still eat pasta, rice dishes, cheeses, drink bomb coffee, have I memtioned pizza? & let's not start with desserts.

Thai: I can get all the spices and sweetness of SEA food.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Indian food. That picture looks delicious!

[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Brazillian and Brazillian again

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months 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.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Mexican and italian. Mexican and Indian, mexican and korean.

So many options!!

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Haitian and German

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months 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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[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 1 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (1 children)

Tiradito, compa.

Mira.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (2 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.

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