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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm convinced that a lot of today's popular dishes were created this way

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is a Chinese congee called "La Ba Zhou" consumed on a specific holiday ("La Ba") that supposedly originated from a poor family that didn't have enough of a single grain to make congee for the holiday. So they made a congee with a bunch of different grains in order to have enough for the whole family. And it ended up tasting really good and now everyone makes it on that day.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Chinese is literally the best at making more with less, I swear most recipies are just "whatever veggies/meat you have in the fridge" and still makes it work, complete opposite of some european cuisine "Season some northern valley lamb with pepper grown during the spring in this island in the middle of the pacific..."

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

This is a stew, stir fry or chili.

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I make some great dishes like that

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

The worst part is trying to go back and replicate what you did

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I feel like it requires more cooking skill to tie it together, but it prevents you from playing it safe, by going for your usual recipes or by selecting relatively few ingredients that you know to work together.

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Fried rice or noodles and whatever you want. Soy sauce and curry powder.

[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Same, shit slaps

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As long as I have soy sauce, mirin, oyster sauce, and sesame oil, I can cook up a dish with whatever random stuff in the pantry.

[–] frog@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

I misread your username as soytale after reading your comment. I thought "makes sense" 🤔

[–] bigoljim@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Our family lovingly called that dish "Shut up and eat it"

[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This is just cooking?