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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)
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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)

Hypothetical-- you can only choose two cuisines to eat for the rest of your life. What might they be?
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[–] 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    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..?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    Wow, that's... yeah!

    So, hehe, I've been to Italia a grand total of , 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?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    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.

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