Thread: Favorite and least favorite national cusines

Favorites: Mexican, Italian, Middle Eastern, Indian, Japanese, Chinese

Least favorite: Filipino, Russian, Korean, English

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Worst thing i have ever eaten taste wise was jelly fish

...jellied fishy-tasting briny aspic...disgusting...

Originally Posted by cyrille

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

fries wrapped in newspaper.

Last seen in the UK in the 1980s, Davis.

They use greaseproof paper to wrap the soggy chips nowadays. Got to agree with Davis.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Russian, Korean

I love me some borscht and a piroshki.

Also love me some Kimchi-Jjigae with banchan.

Originally Posted by bsnub

You can stick to your Thai food I will tuck in to an appetizer of half dozen fresh local oysters on the half shell while waiting for one of the best seafood Cioppino's at my local contemporary American restaurant.

You're just defining "cuisine" in a way that isn't really how people eat everyday. You don't eat that everyday, you're citing oysters for Pete's Sake and then claiming that American cuisine is good? That's a meal, not a cuisine. I cited BBQ which encompasses a far bigger set of food.

American food on the whole/on average is in fact shit. Yes, you can avoid the shit if you want but to pretend the average American diet doesn't consist of much shitty food or that its stereotyping is ridiculous. How ridiculous is it to pretend that more than half the country's diet doesn't exist?

Cuisine encompasses the whole set of food, not just the meals you like.

^The best thing about American cuisine is that you can walk a few city blocks in some of the cities that have not yet sunk into urban decay and find restaurants from dozens of different countries. When I lived in DC, I had Italian, Thai, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Ethiopian, Vietnamese and others literally at my doorstep.

Originally Posted by redhaze

American food on the whole/on average is in fact shit

you neglected to footnote your research...

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

When I lived in DC, I had Italian, Thai, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Ethiopian, Vietnamese and others literally at my doorstep.

Totally agreed. I just got done eating Indian and it was absolutely incredible.

Then later I had dinner. Ba-boom!

^Forgot to mention two fantastic BBQ joints and a great "create your own" submarine sandwich shop.

Franklin's BBQ in Austin. Ridiculous.

Stanley's Famous Pit BBQ in Tyler. Unreal

homestyle...deep fried everything with hush puppies and slaw

My grandpa used to make it all the time. Catfish we caught right out of the white river in Arkansas, hush puppies, fried potatoes on our plates within an hour of pulling the fish out of the water. The ladies would be back at the trailer preparing the sides.

It was great. And the meal still is. Once a year or so.

Forgot to put Saudi at the bottom of my list. Dates, goat, fish, rice ---repeat.

Also just about any other Arab cesspool.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Also just about any other Arab cesspool

unfair to Lebanese/Syrian cuisine, though Turkish influences abound...and you forgot to mention lamb in favored Saudi ingredients...

Originally Posted by tomcat

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Also just about any other Arab cesspool

unfair to Lebanese/Syrian cuisine, though Turkish influences abound...and you forgot to mention lamb in favored Saudi ingredients...

I knew someone would quibble, but I didn't count Lebanese or Syrians as "Arabs".

Goat was mentioned. Is lamb so different from sheep/goats? Quibbling.......

This thread is making me hungry....for stuff I can't get here. Time for a balut break.

American food has its Roots in English food.

Originally Posted by tomcat

Originally Posted by redhaze

American food on the whole/on average is in fact shit

you neglected to footnote your research...

I really love the Indian food in Malaysia with the Roti Canai and a cup of Tea Taree.

I am trying to get the missus to make the same and she has almost cracked it.

Originally Posted by Chico

American food has its Roots in English food.

and Germany,Italy,etc....

Originally Posted by tomcat

Originally Posted by redhaze

American food on the whole/on average is in fact shit

you neglected to footnote your research...

Of that there is no doubt. I could elaborate but I think I would be wasting my time.

Originally Posted by Chico

American food has its Roots in English food.

You are completely clueless.

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I have always said arrive at the pearly gates hanging on by ones fingernails

And food I love good indian food especially in Kerala

Originally Posted by bsnub

Originally Posted by tomcat

Originally Posted by redhaze

American food on the whole/on average is in fact shit

you neglected to footnote your research...

Of that there is no doubt. I could elaborate but I think I would be wasting my time.

Originally Posted by Chico

American food has its Roots in English food.

You are completely clueless.

Check out your Colonial past. and your dishes you mother still makes for you. You obviously don't know anything about the history of your country.

Start off with New England on your quest in the google search engine.

Originally Posted by Chico

Start off with New England on your quest in the google search engine.

and the South West and Philadelphia while you're at it. NYC and the Midwest too

Originally Posted by bsnub

Originally Posted by Humbert

Russian, Korean

I love me some borscht and a piroshki.

Also love me some Kimchi-Jjigae with banchan.

It's an olafactory thing for me.

Russian homes I have visited that smelled permanently of boiled cabbage.
Getting on lifts in Seoul and the people reeking of fermented garlic.