Thread: Favorite and least favorite national cusines

Originally Posted by Chico

Check out your Colonial past. and your dishes you mother still makes for you.

My mother never made me anything remotely close to an English dish. My family is German and has been here since before the revolutionary war. American cuisine was influenced by all European cuisines not just British it was also influenced by Native Americans. It also varies greatly depending on the region.

Originally Posted by Chico

You obviously don't know anything about the history of your country.

Riiight..

Originally Posted by Humbert

olafactory

I had to look that one up. OK well I can understand that.

Too many 'bests' to name as I pretty much like most that I've tried but there seems to be a consensus in this thread on Filipino being among the 'worst' and I gotta agree with that.

I remember struggling to even find something palatable when I was there.

Snubby I suppose the next thing you'll be telling me is that lasagne is Italian.

The dish your wife supposedly made in your last picture thread.

Originally Posted by Chico

you'll be telling me is that lasagne is Italian

consider yourself told...Wiki: Lasagne originated in Italy during the Middle Ages and has traditionally been ascribed to the city of Naples (Campania). The first recorded recipe was set down in the early 14th century Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery).

whoodathunk....something made with pasta and red sauce came from Italy

Tomcat you may need to look further into the origins of the dish.

Originally Posted by tomcat

consider yourself told...Wiki: Lasagne originated in Italy during the Middle Ages and has traditionally been ascribed to the city of Naples (Campania). The first recorded recipe was set down in the early 14th century Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery).

Couldn't have a version with tomato sauce though because they didn't show up in Italy in the 16th century.

Originally Posted by Chico

Tomcat you may need to look further into the origins of the dish.

word origin is Greek, method of cooking is Italian...sez googun

Originally Posted by Chico

Tomcat you may need to look further into the origins of the dish.

no need...I'm satisfied that what we currently call lasagna had its roots in Italy...whether or not it was introduced by the Huns isn't relevant...

Originally Posted by Chico

Tomcat you may need to look further into the origins of the dish.

Keep making yourself look the fool.

The British version was introduced in the 14th during the reign of Richard II century and was called loseyns in the first cookery book published in Britain.

14th century.

^...fascinating...

Coming from Italy....

Another proposed link, or reference, is the 14th century dish "Loseyn"[18] as described in the British The Forme of Cury, a cookbook prepared by "the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II,"[19] which included English recipes as well as dishes influenced by Spanish, French, Italian, and Arab cuisines

Fred, as Bert has posted Tomatoes, weren't introduced to into Italy(Tuscany) until 1548
The British version Loseyns was pronounced Lasain.

Yes the Italian influence was the first tomato/cheese based Pizza

Pizza

Originally Posted by Humbert

Originally Posted by fred flintstone

i'm sticking with it being Italian by way of Greece...it was probably Greek till the tomatoes arrived...makes more sense than it being a British invention.

The Etruscan culture which was the foundation for Roman culture was heavily influenced by Greek culture. It should not be surprising that Italian and Greek cooking is actually similar in many respects.

Originally Posted by Chico

Upto you its well documented, bit like Pizza is Italian when it's not

Flat breads with toppings originated in the middle east but they are not pizzas as we know them today. The Italians created pizza as a court dish based upon the use of flat bread, tomatoes, cheese and basil.

Originally Posted by al007

I love good indian food especially in Kerala

I've yet to visit, but I work in the middle east and know many from Kerala.. interesting.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Originally Posted by tomcat

consider yourself told...Wiki: Lasagne originated in Italy during the Middle Ages and has traditionally been ascribed to the city of Naples (Campania). The first recorded recipe was set down in the early 14th century Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery).

Couldn't have a version with tomato sauce though because they didn't show up in Italy in the 16th century.

Yep, nor was any form of what is referred to as pasta until late.

As was most everything contributed and introduced to the much romanticized Roman-Greco world.

Issan food is the only national food I can think of that I won't eat. However, I love Thai food, which FIL, bless him, thought was from farangland....

Chinese cuisine contains some of my most favourite and least favourite dishes. I didn't mind crispy jellyfish, mentioned earlier, but sea cucumber had a texture that almost made me lose my manners. I was once given a chinese love potion that I I think required absolute love and devotion to keep down. It worked, much to my surprise, but maybe that's because I didn't give in to the initial reaction of puking.

A group of us were invited to a special meal in Tokyo. The smell that eminated from the dining room as the lift doors opened was such that we all retired to our rooms early and hungry.

Originally Posted by Troy

such that we all retired to our rooms early and hungry.

555 ...

Currently in countryside Colombia...the Colombians seem to be a bit shy when it comes to garlic, chilies, or bold flavours in general. Yet I have taken a liking to beans and rice (strange as I'm not much of a fan of stodge).