Poll: Favorite Cuisine(s)

Poll: Favorite Cuisine(s) May 22, 2019 22:54:56 GMT

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Post by dirtypillows on May 22, 2019 22:54:56 GMT

May 22, 2019 22:47:33 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

May 21, 2019 7:57:56 GMT dirtypillows said:

I went to an Ethiopian restaurant once. I think the country cornered the market on cardamon. Anyway, they served up this gross, sponge like bread and all these different kinds of lentils on this huge rotating plate. There was a big group of us and the person would have to give the plate a big spin to get to whatever pile they had their eyes on. It was kind of like being on The Wheel of Fortune, except that you didn't want whatever it was you were going to win. My best friend and I sat next to each other for comfort and security. While everybody else pretended that it was all delicious, my friend and I bided our time picturing the cooks in the back, force feeding some poor baby then holding the baby over a giant platter and squeezing his belly until he pooped various colors and textures onto the plate. Yikes!

Later that night, my friend and I went to Rally's. Those had to have been some good hamburgers!

I went Ethiopian for the first time about a year ago. I wasn't that impressed. My friends had been there before, not sure why they wanted to go back, I wanted to go to a Spanish place that we often like and order several things of the tapas menu and share. They do the most delicious roast veg dish. The bread had a purple look to it and was kinda sour. Being vegetarian limits my options as well. I shared my mushroom dish with one of them, because she, while not veg, ordered a potato dish. They needed to be shared and the food had a bitter taste. I think they overdid the turmeric perhaps.

My friends husband had a goat meat dish, which he found bony and didn't really enjoy due to the texture of the meat. Can't recall what he described it as. His dad appeared to be the most pleased with his lamb dish which was spicy hot.

Yes! The food did have a bitter taste to it. So weird to come across that particular flavor in a cuisine. It was almost bizarre.

As far as the purple bread.... yikes!!!

I am not all that familiar with turmeric, Toasted Cheese. Is it a bitter flavor? You don't come across this spice too much. The most I know is that turmeric somewhat resembles curry in color. I believe that is right?

"Kinda like goat meat.... maybe a little more stringy..." - Farmer Vincent