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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 2 months 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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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

South Asian first, probably Middle Eastern second

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Japanese and Thai

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Italian: I can still eat pasta, rice dishes, cheeses, drink bomb coffee, have I memtioned pizza? & let's not start with desserts.

Thai: I can get all the spices and sweetness of SEA food.

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[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Kimchi and macncheese. I could alternate every day

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Haitian and German

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Chinese and Australian

Australian because we don't have a culture of food beyond appropriating the rest of the world's on corner stores and such.

A very cop out answer though

Chinese and pizza maybe?

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Mexican and Italian

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Mexican and middle eastern and I'd die happy

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months 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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[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 months 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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[–] NaClKnight@fedia.io 2 points 2 months 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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[–] Playdoughrepublic@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Italian and Korean. I would count a lot of deli food in the Italian category, so you have pasta, pizza, baked dishes, and deli food. Then Korean for the BBQ and kimchi (to fix my stomach after fucking it up with all the deli food.)

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

Middle Eastern and German

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[–] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Indian and German .

My favourite main is lamb vindaloo and my favourite cake is black forest gateau. Additionally pretzels and pakoras are great snacks.

[–] ninjakttty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

No this is the right answer. Indian is a gimme for the question (as most people rightly answered), but German cuisine is so varied it’s not all just bratwurst and potatoes. I mean it’s mostly meat and potatoes, but there’s also wurst and bread. If that doesn’t suit you, bam you’ve got pickled meat and sauerkraut. Don’t know what to eat for dinner whammo-blammo meat, cheese, and bread. Wake up the next morning, guess what same meal just need a soft boiled egg easy peasy!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

German and Indian. German for the breads and the sausages, Indian for the variety and spices.

[–] itsralC@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Mediterranean and mediterranean

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Probably vietnamese and mexican

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

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

[–] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

this is absolutely fucking delicious

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months 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.

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

Burger

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