Ethnic foods you're supposed to like (but hate) - Page 3

mr. slim is an exceptional young man.

Well, I'm gonna have to go with Russian food. WTF is that shit? Keep it away at all costs.

It's a bit hypocritical of you to condemn someone for not experiencing a wide enough range of mexican food, then turning around and localizing all american peasant food to california. America is a gigantic place - what poor people eat in california is nothing like what they eat in the deep south.

And by the way - black people are not the only ones that eat collard greens and chitlins, not by a long shot. Your ignorance is mind-boggling.

name some american peasant food that is truly national. something that if you got to l.a. or nyc or atlanta, chicago, seattle, pittsburgh, americans are eating this a lot because they are poor. name it. it's going to be something processed, in a box, in a sealed bag, or a can, frozen or full of preservatives.

You're not getting the point.....

In any case, the thread is getting derailed. Back on track:

I dislike Indian food.

what? there are people who don't like Chinese food? this is hard to comprehend. Seriouslly I agree that a lot of Chinese restaurant food are very oily probably also has a lot of msg in it (with msg being good/bad a separate issue). I also understand that this can be a problem with Europeans. However there are a lot of other dishes that are not. There are many different ways of cooking in Chinese food with frying being just one of them (others include steaming, boiling, grill, etc). I say keep experimenting and don't jump to conclusions too soon. And usually if something is oily its quite obvious and you don't have to eat it.

well I have to differ with SField's opinion on Chinese food. Chinese food is not, in general, "a pile of slop swimming in oil and chilis to account for the lack of ability to season or pay any attention to ingredients." Proper Chinese cooking stresses the importance of using the freshest food available, and there are so many techniques in Chinese cooking, deep frying is just one of them. In particular I am a big fan of the Chinese way of steaming fresh seafood. There are so many Chinese cuisines out there, not just Szechuan and Cantonese which are the most popular. All regions have their own cuisine, like how food in the American South might differ than in the Northwest. And only a small portion of them is glazed in sauce or floating in oil.

If any of you are in the OC, I recommend Taco Rosa for some reasonably priced, sit-down restaurant Mexican food. Agua MF Frescas.

true, but acknowledging that does not make for a good thread for white americans to bash ethnic foods they're supposed to like.

let's take the hamburger. what is a hamburger like? i'm talking about a hamburger a poor person would buy, not the $12 burger at a pub. how fresh is the meat? what preservatives are in the bread? how about the mustard and ketchup? made at home or in a factory? (and the fake cheese!) good chili takes a lot of time and good ingredients to make. i doubt you can sell it that cheap as to be eaten by peasants. are peasants in new england eating fresh seafood all the time? if so, you win.

Exactly. It's not possible to point out a national brand of peasant food, because America cannot be generalized like that. Some other cultures can, but America is just way too varied.


No, actually I think Indian food is great going down but I've never had one experience that didnt end with complete vaporization of my bowels.


It's easy to see how someone develops this kind of view on Chinese food, though. It seems like 95% of Chinese restaurants serve the standard sauce-slathered low quality meat with rice or noodles. I've traveled a decent bit and the only places I've had good Chinese food in North America are Vancouver BC and maybe Seattle.