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Post by gameboy on May 21, 2019 5:20:12 GMT
I covered the main ones. Some I just have no clue so I didn't include. Like Canadian. What the hell do they eat? If you have one I didn't cover then detail in your response. Some like Burmese or Lithuanian might be great but they're too obscure.
You can choose up to 10.
Explain your choice(s).
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Post by movielover on May 21, 2019 5:33:31 GMT
American
Mexican
Italian
Sushi
Chinese
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Post by ant-mac on May 21, 2019 6:10:38 GMT
Italian...
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Post by gameboy on May 21, 2019 6:19:12 GMT
American Mexican Italian Sushi Chinese Sushi is Japanese.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 21, 2019 6:20:01 GMT
American, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mexican and Thai.
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Post by gameboy on May 21, 2019 6:36:22 GMT
American Mexican Italian Sushi Chinese Oh, I left off Japanese by mistake!
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Post by dirtypillows on May 21, 2019 7:15:58 GMT
I chose French cuisine as my favorite. I have only had French food three times in my life, but in each case, they were over the top delicious. Duck a l'orange, Veal Prince Orloff and Shrimp Berra Terria were the dishes, I remember them so well. The veal dish I ordered strictly because they featured it on an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"! As soon as I saw it on the menu I freaked! I wasn't expecting such verisimilitude from a 70s sitcom. Of course, it had to be Mary!  But I had no idea the dish was going to be soooo delicious. I should have known Betty White would never steer me wrong. lol The Julia Child cookbook has a recipe for it, calling for turkey medallions, in place of the veal. I made this dish exactly two times in my life. Oh, my gosh, was it good! And never again will I think to attempt it. Both times, it took something like six months to make. After that, it would be Thai and the take out I get that passes for Chinese cuisine. The Chinese food I eat just doesn't seem super authentic to me. Who can say? I also like Indian food a lot, too, though, other than fast food in general (which I do like, and I would be a liar to deny it), I would be hard pressed to come up with an example of American cuisine. Hot dogs? Chicken noodle soup? Ho Hos and Ding Dongs? The only thing I hardly ever get at a Mexican restaurant are the fajitas and the free chips. I can't stand the Mole sauce, so much cheese is unappealing, guacamole is just wasted fat intake and refried beans are downright disgusting. I know I am limited in my point of view, but for me the adventurous spirit begins its decline when the hostess is wearing castanets. I think Italian food is over-rated. |
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Post by dirtypillows on May 21, 2019 7:57:56 GMT
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!
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Post by gameboy on May 21, 2019 8:36:07 GMT
I chose French cuisine as my favorite. I have only had French food three times in my life, but in each case, they were over the top delicious. Duck a l'orange, Veal Prince Orloff and Shrimp Berra Terria were the dishes, I remember them so well. The veal dish I ordered strictly because they featured it on an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"! As soon as I saw it on the menu I freaked! I wasn't expecting such verisimilitude from a 70s sitcom. Of course, it had to be Mary! But I had no idea the dish was going to be soooo delicious. I should have known Betty White would never steer me wrong. lol The Julia Child cookbook has a recipe for it, calling for turkey medallions, in place of the veal. I made this dish exactly two times in my life. Oh, my gosh, was it good! And never again will I think to attempt it. Both times, it took something like six months to make. After that, it would be Thai and the take out I get that passes for Chinese cuisine. The Chinese food I eat just doesn't seem super authentic to me. Who can say? I also like Indian food a lot, too, though, other than fast food in general (which I do like, and I would be a liar to deny it), I would be hard pressed to come up with an example of American cuisine. Hot dogs? Chicken noodle soup? Ho Hos and Ding Dongs? The only thing I hardly ever get at a Mexican restaurant are the fajitas and the free chips. I can't stand the Mole sauce, so much cheese is unappealing, guacamole is just wasted fat intake and refried beans are downright disgusting. I know I am limited in my point of view, but for me the adventurous spirit begins its decline when the hostess is wearing castanets. I think Italian food is over-rated. I've read that culinary experts consider French and Chinese to be the two greatest cuisines on earth. I'll admit I've never eaten at a French restaurant though. I don't know why Julia replaced veal with turkey. Veal is heavenly. Anything Chinese is great. Maybe you've just gone to those quickie takeout Chinese places. Try a real restaurant for Chinese. I've become an excellent Chinese chef myself. I've never seen anybody in a Mexican restaurant wearing castanets. Lol. You're a witty guy. Your post on Ethiopian food is hilarious.
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Post by dirtypillows on May 21, 2019 9:00:59 GMT
I chose French cuisine as my favorite. I have only had French food three times in my life, but in each case, they were over the top delicious. Duck a l'orange, Veal Prince Orloff and Shrimp Berra Terria were the dishes, I remember them so well. The veal dish I ordered strictly because they featured it on an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"! As soon as I saw it on the menu I freaked! I wasn't expecting such verisimilitude from a 70s sitcom. Of course, it had to be Mary! But I had no idea the dish was going to be soooo delicious. I should have known Betty White would never steer me wrong. lol The Julia Child cookbook has a recipe for it, calling for turkey medallions, in place of the veal. I made this dish exactly two times in my life. Oh, my gosh, was it good! And never again will I think to attempt it. Both times, it took something like six months to make. After that, it would be Thai and the take out I get that passes for Chinese cuisine. The Chinese food I eat just doesn't seem super authentic to me. Who can say? I also like Indian food a lot, too, though, other than fast food in general (which I do like, and I would be a liar to deny it), I would be hard pressed to come up with an example of American cuisine. Hot dogs? Chicken noodle soup? Ho Hos and Ding Dongs? The only thing I hardly ever get at a Mexican restaurant are the fajitas and the free chips. I can't stand the Mole sauce, so much cheese is unappealing, guacamole is just wasted fat intake and refried beans are downright disgusting. I know I am limited in my point of view, but for me the adventurous spirit begins its decline when the hostess is wearing castanets. I think Italian food is over-rated. I've read that culinary experts consider French and Chinese to be the two greatest cuisines on earth. I'll admit I've never eaten at a French restaurant though. I don't know why Julia replaced veal with turkey. Veal is heavenly. Anything Chinese is great. Maybe you've just gone to those quickie takeout Chinese places. Try a real restaurant for Chinese. I've become an excellent Chinese chef myself. I've never seen anybody in a Mexican restaurant wearing castanets. Lol. You're a witty guy. Your post on Ethiopian food is hilarious. I have read the same thing about French and Chinese cuisines being the most sophisticated and complex and, probably, most delicious as well.Julia gave reasons for switching out veal for turkey, because with the veal you actually had to cut it off the bone, which, according to Julia, could get complicated real fast, even dangerous if you weren't careful. Using turkey instead was just much simpler and it was not all that less delicious; and, of course, it was also cheaper. So, gameboy, what are some of your favorite Chinese dishes to prepare? Do you cook for a small group of friends? That sounds like a lot of fun. Having a friend whip up some rand Chinese cooking!  The experience at the Ethiopian restaurant was made, due to me and my co-hort's shared sensibilities, vivid, memorable and very funny.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 21, 2019 9:10:38 GMT
Italian
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Post by Nora on May 21, 2019 12:36:57 GMT
so what is considered American?
burgers, fries, shakes?
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Post by mecano04 on May 21, 2019 17:59:07 GMT
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Post by dirtypillows on May 21, 2019 18:05:45 GMT
so what is considered American? burgers, fries, shakes? Yeah, I guess. Maybe anything you could get at a hot dog stand, where the waitresses came out to you wearing roller skates, like in "Grease" and "American Grafitti". Seems as likely as anything else. What kind of cuisine is barbeque, anyway? That much I would like to know, as bbq is maybe my favorite thing to eat.
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Post by dirtypillows on May 22, 2019 21:40:20 GMT
I am just enjoying taking another look at your poll, gameboy. Wow, this is some real diversity going on here. Romanian? West African? I had never considered these before. I live in the city and there is no reason why I cannot start trying some of this stuff. I have heard that English cuisine is pretty boring, but there is a big German restaurant not too far from me. I did go to a Polish restaurant once, and my two friends and I did shots of slivovitz (plum brandy, very Polish) and we got our waitress to do a shot with us! Fun! No votes for Swedish cuisine. No surprise there! Cod preserved in lye? Yuck. What a thoroughly unappealing prospect. And I do like the Brazilian food I have tried. What a meat fest!  |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on May 22, 2019 22:47:33 GMT
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.
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Post by dirtypillows on May 22, 2019 22:54:56 GMT
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
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Post by vegalyra on May 22, 2019 23:01:25 GMT
I put Mexican but here in Texas we have "Tex Mex" which is completely different. Lots of cumin, chili powder, melted cheese, ground beef, and pre made crunchy taco shells. It's horrible for your body but it tastes awesome.
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Post by Nora on May 22, 2019 23:02:53 GMT
so what is considered American? burgers, fries, shakes? Yeah, I guess. Maybe anything you could get at a hot dog stand, where the waitresses came out to you wearing roller skates, like in "Grease" and "American Grafitti". Seems as likely as anything else. What kind of cuisine is barbeque, anyway? That much I would like to know, as bbq is maybe my favorite thing to eat. yeah thats how i see it too. dinner food. burgers fries shakes, bacon and eggs. maybe bbq wings and steak. while i do enjoy these things every once in a while its not mu favorite. thai chinese italian and jndian all the way. i want to explore japanese and korean more too. was not too fond of icelandic and whatever they served in hawaii and bahamas as local (other than the amazing fruits and fish). not bad but not my style. leefy and seaweedy). stil have a lot of latam cuisine to discover, hoping to make it over there soon. i bet i will like it. oh and i may also be one of the very few people who actually love british food. minced meat pies, cobbler, marmite on toast, stew, traditional fish and chips, lamb chops with gravy, black pudding baked beens. all good stuff. |
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Post by Lucy on May 22, 2019 23:04:47 GMT
Italian (so addicting) Chinese Mexican Caribbean/Jamaican American
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But I had no idea the dish was going to be soooo delicious. I should have known Betty White would never steer me wrong. lol
