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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)

submitted 1 week ago by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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

How has no one said French? French for me please

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[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Japanese and Mexican I think.

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Italian and Vietnamese. I’m from neither of the places, but their food is so much better than anything we’ve got.

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Initially I thought French and Chinese, but I love pizza so much, and Greek food is so delicious too.

So, I found a compromise: Mediterranean and Chinese 😋

[–] WellroundedKi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Japanese & Mediterranean.

[–] DistrictSIX@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Thai and Iranian. That'd cover a large spectrum of what I like.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Take the meat parts out and I'll eat almost anything.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like my in-laws.... Hmmm here's a great new hummus and salad! Yeah we sprinkled chicken, pork, beef, and shrimp powder and other meat products. It doesn't change the flavor, we just like gout so much.

Perfectly good meal + smear some dead animal on it.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I'm with you folks, on the whole. A well-prepared, complete-protein vegetarian meal rocks, especially with lots of complimentary seasoning.

Does gout come from consuming animal products? Hmm, I hadn't heard that, before.

@altphoto@lemmy.today

Take the meat parts out and I'll eat almost anything.

Stuff like cabbage (and Brassica sp.) are best cooked, because otherwise they can be goitrogenic, interfering with the thyroid gland's function over time. There's also the (admittedly slim) chance that some animal has passingly added something undesirable to a veggie, be it parasite or disease-causing.

Which is why it's important to do either a mild chlorine wash of any veggies you eat, or at least blanch them. (not trying to lecture anyone here; all that's just my personal understanding)

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From personal experience getting stranded in s foreign country as a kid with my dad unable to walk or move due to uric acid and gout, your worst offenders are red meat, pork and shrimp. Shrimp surprisingly being the worse one. But carry a long needle syringe to get your knees back on the road sooner! LOL.

My opinion is that a little meat is OK. I don't eat meat but I can see where others need it like a drug.

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My local one and either Japanese or Chinese. These folks have nailed it, but I still want to eat something familiar as my staple.

[–] magusfungus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Japanese and Italian. What is life without katsukaree and pizza?

[–] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I could probably live forever off of Korean and Caribbean food.

[–] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

this is absolutely fucking delicious

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

Middle Eastern and German

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Chinese, mostly Cantonese food, because I'm just so used to it.

Japanese, because sushi, ramen, robatayaki etc...

I just realized I actually haven't tried much food lol, too picky to try new things... sort of just ate whatever I grew up with...

What does the average westerner eat btw? I feel like my life is just a small bubble.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Japanese and Thai

[–] NaClKnight@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

American Soul Food (Ribs, Fried Chicken, Greens, Mac & Cheese, Buttermilk Biscuits, etc)

and Thai

Just gimme the (Black) American foods that no one else makes.

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 week ago

French and Indian

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Kimchi and macncheese. I could alternate every day

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My problem with picking a cuisine is what that means.

It has become a gripe amongst Italian-Americans where I live that their cuisine isn't considered to be Italian because Italy has changed in a different direction from their traditional cooking. The Italian-Americans can trace some recipes and practices to those who just got off the boat, but those practices don't reflect modern Italian cuisine.

I'd probably pick Italian as one of my cuisines, but I don't know if my practices would match the current cooking practices from the nation-state of Italy.

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[–] didnt1able@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Burger

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Levantine and Belgian

Nothing beats a nice juicy shawarma with a waffle for desert. Ok maybe a Jet2 holiday beats it, idk.

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