does LA even have an original dish? afaik its only good because it hosts a lot of asian/latin food.
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SoCal Mexican food is alright. I'd probably think it was more than alright, but I grew up on TexMex and it's just a bit different
Depends. It's either a pound of cream cheese or a pound of HFCS. Bonus points for adding both to a dish.
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can confirm. american midwest is stuck in this gross perverse 1970s style of cooking. think tuna casseroles, sour cream beef strog, and cheese broccoli
Hey now, the Midwest is at least past the jello craze of the 70s (seriously go look up some cookbooks from that era. So. Much. Jello.)
I mean, with advertising like this, who can say it's wrong?
I made your favorite! Deep-fried bacon-wrapped pumpkins stuffed with chive butter in a 5 gallon painters bucket of fondue.
Pumpkins? Gross, that's a vegetable
Is that Los Angeles, Latin America, or Louisiana?
Clearly it's Latvia.
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Agreed on the Midwest. I refuse to ever go to LA so I'm just gonna say you're 100% objectively correct that their food sucks with all the confidence of a Chicago native, because our food is better than everyone else's.
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Move a little to the southeast and its just lard added for flavor.
and only two bucks a pound at kwik trip right now, too
... And deep fry it
Me who just made buffalo chicken an hour ago in Illinois
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