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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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American / Canadian and arabic. Great Shwarma can be so flavorful and delicious. I also can't do without a great burger every once in a long while.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (4 children)
  1. Mexican, what is life without salsa?
  2. French, can't miss with those standards
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[–] protist@mander.xyz 36 points 1 week ago (3 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

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 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..?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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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[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  1. Indian
  2. Mexican

I try to eat mostly vegetarian at home, and Indian recipes are my go-to for that. Indian food is the best tasting vegetarian food in my opinion. I was tempted to put Chinese here because I make tofu stir fry somewhat frequently, but I go with Indian recipes more often.

Mexican for the second choice because that gives you huevos rancheros, Mexican rice and beans, and homemade corn tortilla chips with guacamole. And breakfast burritos from the place down the street from me.

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[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago
  1. Ethnic
  2. Fusion

Figure that pretty much covers all of my bases.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Indian and Chinese are excellent options, since they’re basically a couple dozen (minimum) cuisines in a trench coat.

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Indian or vietnamese because both have amazing vegan options

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[–] mrmule@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

A famous Anthony Bourdain quote about Japan states: "If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo would be it. Most chefs I know would agree with me". He also famously described his first experience in Tokyo as being like "taking LSD for the first time," a transformative experience that changed his perspective on the world.

I agree, for me it would be Japanese food, it's so diverse and so refined.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Lean

Huh! And what is that, if I may ask..?

EDIT: Will you clowns give it a rest for JUST a moment, here...?

[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 10 points 1 week ago

Lean Cuisine is a brand of frozen dinners. :P

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[–] CromulantCrow@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably Thai and Indian, since they both have a strong vegetarian side.

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[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mexican, Indian. Hands down.

Though there some other traditional foods I haven't had yet (South American, African)

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[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

India is an entire sub continent of food, its like saying "european"

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[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Turkish and French. Turkish because it has an extremely wide variety, French because they are the goat.

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

Italian and Mexican

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Indian and Mexican. I'm Indian. Makes total sense. Equator foods for the win!!!

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago

Mediterranean and Thai.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

Japanese or Mexican probably.

[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Mexican and Indian.

Or Mexican and Mediterranean.

Or Mexican and something I haven't discovered yet. I hear Thai is good.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

For me it would be Indian and Italian with mexican as an honourable mention id sorely miss.

All three are super easy to make on your own too and almost everything I make could be classed as imitations of either. Heck, I already make Christmas pizza every year instead of the usual Christmas dinner. A few years I've made Christmas enchiladas too which is why I'd miss mexican but I definitely have more curries than mexican over the course of any given year.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Middle Eastern and Indian has some of the best vegan food.

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[–] simon574@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

Chinese food! More specifically, Sichuan and Northwestern style food.

I don't need to pick a second one.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Indian and Mexican. As a pescatarian married to someone who can't eat soy or eggs, we're already more or less doing that. Though Italian will be missed. Fourth would be American because unfortunately that's what we are

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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Pizza. Endless combinations available.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I go with the two big Is.

Italian - because you have never truly lived if you didn’t eat authentic Italian food. There is a reason Italians take their food serious and there is so much to explore beyond pizza and spaghetti.

~~Indian~~ UK - because sometimes you just want to shove that Chicken Tikka Masala in your face. Fun fact: The best Chicken Tikka I ever had was in fucking Perth, Scotland. Make of that what you will.

Edit: Turns out what I call Indian food is British. So, at least one good thing came out of the Brits colonising half the world.

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[–] Tehhund@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

New York style pizza and Chicago style pizza. I can't see this going poorly for me, ever.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

American, and Mexican.

[–] guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

1: something East Asian; Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai. I’d be happy with any of them, I just can’t decide.

2: something Hispanic/South American, basically just Mexican food.

With any two in those categories there’s enough variety for me to spend my life eating

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[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What an incredibly difficult question to answer. Mexican and Chinese probably. Hokkien noodles are so fucking good

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