Do the majority of white people realize how bland and tasteless the food they eat is?

[Anonymous]

EVERYTHING has Mayo Or some white creamy sauce..

OR the only other flavor they eat is CHEESE..its really gross and unhealthy..

in black culture, they usually like spices, greens, hot sauces , and real well cooked seasoned meats..

in Asian culture they have a wide variety of veggies and exotic flavors,,, an cool different ways to prapare dishes

in hispanic culture a lot of it is very fresh and they use a lot of ingredients that compliment each other,,

Im Just wondering For A group Of people That Pride Themselves on being "cultured " and have "exquisite" taste, its all a bunch of creamy gooey stuff..
(what we would do if it weren't for the mexican restaurants, southern cajun , and Asian resturants I don't know what we would do?, and most of them aren't even close to real dishes from those countries

AND for those who do eat food with flavor..what kinda of stuff do you eat?

[Levin]

Well, I'd just say, that the way that *white people* do get flavour from their foods, is by eating things with a strong taste, but also, has a commensurate potent effect on the body, in quantity. Stuff like sugar, greasy food, refined and processed 'beige' foods, red meat, too much dairy, eggs, etc. That's why you often see people say, "eww, I couldn't eat that, it has no taste." Yes it does, it's simply that your tongue has been ravaged by the shit you ingest on a day to day basis. Since I had to change my diet, for the sake of my health, my food is a bit bland, but that's mostly ignorance and laziness on my part. I've not been exposed to people who eat healthily, so I have to start from scratch myself. Hopefully my next girlfriend will be a good cook with a healthy diet.

[AshBrown]

Just like that tasteless shit Rachael Ray shows how to cook.

Could not agree with you more on all that you wrote.

[Asker]

hahahah ya...dont forget paula dean and her butter! LOL

[AshBrown]

To be fair, everybody gets used to their cultural food that they have been brought up to. Since they have eaten that blank food all their lives, THAT is what "tastes" like food to them. Just go to any place like TGIF, Ruby Tuesday, Chili's etc and you see how easy it is to order something out of their 67 page menus that ends up being a waste of money.

[Asker]

yes! THIS was another point i was goin to make..its not their fault. if thats all you eat thats all you will KNOW to eat..

i love your answers soo munch ,, I'm giving you MH !! :))) TNX

[AshBrown]

OMG ! My "answerS" ? Who is this? I am freaking out now.

[AshBrown]

But thank you so much. I like one of those users of GAG with the BIG "irritant" factor who's gone lucky today. :)

[Asker]

you wrote back twice that makes it plural hence the S..lol don't freak out i don't know you..but its like you read my mind..hehehe :))

[AshBrown]

Phew... All good then.

[cun7n1nja]

I eat and cook all of those types of food, and I'm good at it. Cooking is one of my favorite things to do. I use as many fresh ingredients as I can, some of which I grow myself, incorporate a wide variety of flavors and spices, and make most meals from scratch. I also love to feed people, lol, so I cook enough for myself and my boyfriend, plus however much extra I'd need based on the amount of company we have over. Enough to feed everyone present even if not everyone ends up deciding to eat, I always welcome company to share in the meal if they're hungry. I enjoy hosting. =] Everyone likes my cooking, especially the guys, they always rave about it and embarrass me lol, but it's sweet. My food always has flavor.

[indian_empress_91]

I think he meant towards meat. I agree in america it seems like you guys only add salt and black pepper to the meat. While in other countries, we use garlic, and seasoning and other good stuff. Why only salt and blackpepper, cause i've tasted meat where you guys only do that, and it tastes bland. No offense

[xHoneyxBeex]

This depends on the geographical area someone lives in, not their race. I live in the South and every "home cooked" meal I eat is well seasoned. There is nothing "bland" about my food. I like spices and food that is rich in flavor.

[indian_empress_91]

i always wanted to try food from the south where you;re from :) it does look good. Yea thats true in the south they seem to really know how to cook =)

[kheserthorpe]

Are you talking about processed or bland restaurant food or traditional European food?

One of those is pretty good.

I do like spicy food but things don't have to be spicy to be good.

I also suspect the mayo you're talking about isn't even mayo.

[Asker]

I'm not talking about food being "hot" ...to me "spicy" and "hot" are two different things...but I'm not saying food has to burn your mouth to be flavorful. on the contrary , I'm just saying its all very boring compared to other cultures..(flavor wise)

[kheserthorpe]

Well some cultures highlight the flavour of the ingredients more. I would say Italian food, though often very flavourful, tends to emphasize the quality of the natural ingredients. But that's also true of a lot of say Japanese food. Northern Europeans tend to eat more fresh and in season food then we do in North America and the difference in flavour is huge. So much of the meat and vegetables we eat now are tasteless compared to how they should be.

French cooking tends to be more complicated and create new flavours via the cooks skills but it also tends to be subtle and depends on quality ingredients.

[Asker]

italian is sometimes flavorful but rarely, and you have to go to Italy in a small town at a grandmas house...
if not , if you think about it , its just all
CARBS AND OF COURSE CHEESE

[kheserthorpe]

No no no. That's not proper Italian cooking. Pasta is supposed to be a course -before- the meat but it's not the meal unless you're like a fieldworker.

Anyway I'm gonna settle in on - meat vegetables and so on should not be bland. If they are (and they often are) it's because the meat and vegetables we are eating is garbage.

I switched to using an actual butcher a few years ago and the flavour difference in beef and chicken is ridiculous.

[Asker]

are you italian?my best friends is.and she says the same thing..you can't really get real italian food in the US..we think italian food is just pizza and pasta..but were goin to her grandmas house this summer in Reiti..so i might get some then..im curious

[kheserthorpe]

No mostly English. Tbh same thing. You get a quality prime rib roast from a well raised cow, roast it with some potatoes and carrots that grew slowly and flavourful: tastes amazing. Average roast beef at a cheap restaurant tastes like nothing.

[MrOracle]

In California, most white people eat tons of Mexican, Italian, Asian (the whole spectrum), Indian, and many other types of foods, few of which could be called "bland."

I think you are mostly referring to Mid-Westerners, who mostly eat locally-grown foods, and often the less expensive foods that they can afford. There is much less variety and spiciness in the Mid-West compared to the West, South, and East Costs.

[DiamondRuby]

I'll just take my "bland" locally raised rib-eye steak elsewhere, then.

[Yang-gwang]

I agree. I spent a day studying world cuisines and concluded western food is just less colorful, flavorful, and healthy than other cuisines
The exception is Mediterranean cuisine such as Greek Spanish and Italian. They emphasize olive oil and seafood which is better for you and truly tasty.

[Asker]

this is my point, thank you for being mature about it

[Anonymous]

Just goes to show how racist white people are about their food. They put their white sauce on their white cheese on their white bleached flour crackers. ;)

[Asker]

hahahah thanks for the sense of humor!!:)

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry the white people you knew had bad tastes. To be fair though, I've met plenty of people of all races with really bland dietary choices. Anybody who thinks any region of people have "bland" tastes probably just haven't had any good cooking from said region before.

[BrunetteNYC]

She's just anti-white and a racist and that's why she's finding any reason to slam white people.

[timetowaste]

I don't experience this white person phenomenon you speak of.. I live in Louisiana so everything is well seasoned. It's bad for you though. A lot of the seasonings contain high amounts of sodium.

[MildlyOriginal]

Actually they've found no correlation to high amounts of sodium to health impacts. What they have found is that when the sodium/potassium ratio is imbalanced (high sodium relative to low potassium) that's when the negative health impacts came into play. Just thought it was worth mentioning.

[timetowaste]

High sodium intake is absolutely related to hypertension, and can contribute to cardiomyopathy. High blood pressure can cause an array of problems. I'm not talking about electrolyte imbalances.

[Yang-gwang]

Isn't a lot of Louisiana good from black culture?

[Yang-gwang]

Food*

[Asker]

@yang..yup thats what i though

[timetowaste]

Not particularly.

[musicbrain5]

You're obviously just talking about white Americans. European food is so much better, seriously. Especially the Mediterranean food, like French, Italian, Greek, all of that. Made by white people and not bland at all...

[indian_empress_91]

I agree

[AndyWes]

Dude. Seriously? Whites eat bland food? Have you ever had pizza or barbecue or hamburgers or milkshakes or fried chicken or cinnamon rolls?

[Asker]

lololol this is a joke right?

[AndyWes]

Okay, so you've never had any of that?

[Yang-gwang]

Sorry man but that stuff is just gross and in flavorful to me. Only so much cheese and meat and bread I can enjoying one sitting

[Magsleigh1]

pizza is itilian, barbecue is greek, hamburger was made in pennsylvania when a young man didn't have time to eat steak and asked for it to be ground and put between two slices of bread:)

[AndyWes]

And the USA is a conglomerate made by Euro immigrants. Not to mention, those are favorite foods of Americans.

[biggie90]

Ummm I'm white and I eat all kinds of foods. Mexican, chinese, etc. I have my own cuisine too at my house we have German/Polish foods and its far from "bland".

[Asker]

cool tnx...i've had polish food ...and i learned some things...i really like the sausage from there..(i went on a trip when i was 16)
i don't think I've had "real" german food though..is it kinda the same?

[biggie90]

Pretty much the same slight variations but lots of sour kraut and sausages and dumplings and such lol.

[Asker]

im not into sour kraut , but i do like proteins,,, and the sausage is really good, and I'm from the south so there's a lot of good sausage over here..tnx for the answer

[biggie90]

potato pancakes and apple sauce is another good one.

[Asker]

potato pancakes!! ? omg that sounds like it has at least 2000 cal LOL.ill have to try them on one of my fatass days LOL

[biggie90]

yeah they are good but lots of cals.

[BrunetteNYC]

I find it interesting that anyone could be so racist in their views.

[Asker]

good forbid white people get discriminated right?

[Asker]

GOD*

[BrunetteNYC]

SO then you admit you're racist against white people? People get fired every day and raise hell over being a racist these days. So sick of chickens going online hiding who they are so they can hate on others. Shame on you, shame on ANY racist!!

[Asker]

i think its funny how people react when they feel ANY form of discomfort, in your case calling people racist when you uncomfortable with something is an easy way out..and I'm not "anti white" this was more about food not race..but since you felt as if i was attacking you.you decided to make it that way..if you knew me you would be embarrassed to call me that...dont get so defensive when one thing isn't they way YOU see it..

[BrunetteNYC]

Well your post is basically designed to put down white people, period. Had I posted this in some way, for instance, to put down Latinos, Blacks, or Asians, it'd STILL be wrong and racist. It's not PC to slam others based on race, and that does not mean it's only for Blacks or minorities, it's for EVERY RACE.

[Asker]

i think it would be easier for minorities to admit somethings "weird" or "different" within their culture than "white people" do...everyone gets really defensive when they're "offended".. its sad, especially something as simple as food..but some people are admitting it, so NOT everyone is like that..

[BrunetteNYC]

But it's not weird and there is nothing wrong with people being different. If anything, I like it.

[Asker]

ok FINALLY something we agree on..

k tnx bye...

[BrunetteNYC]

Cool, and it makes the world a more interesting place to explore all these other cultures. I used to find things weird too but eventually came to embrace all these differences. See u!

[Le_Franglais]

This is ridiculous. Of course Asian, Latino et al foods are nice, but "white" good is pretty damn good too. If all the food was as spicy as Indian it's be boring.

[Asker]

flavor DOSENT ALWAYS mean something that burns the shit out of your mouth..fyi

[Le_Franglais]

Not my point dumbbo

[Anonymous]

You're comparing the opinions high class people ("cultured") to the food of low class people. Rich whites tend to be trim and eat much healthier and diverse foods than poorer whites.

[Asker]

im not.
its every "class" of white people..whats the difference between a chicken salad sandwich or a salmon with a side salad...whatever levels of class they are still the same flavor pallet (bland)

[sovetskii13]

I can't believe what you just wrote. Maybe I need glasses to be sure I'm seeing this correctly.

[TallyWho]

Yes our food is bland... hence I live on spicy indian and African food

[Asker]

whats African food like?

[TallyWho]

Most of my experience is Nshima with goat curry, chicken covered in spices, lamb shanks in a spicey gravy. Mostly Zambian, goat curry Uganda and Ghana

[princesswitch]

African food is soooo good.

[TallyWho]

Curries tend to be a bit less sauce than Asian, but even the chips are cajun lol

[Yang-gwang]

I agree I tried Ethiopian and Kenyan food really tasty.

[springocelot]

Of the "white people" food I tried, Mediterranean and French food is pretty good

i enjoy foods with contrasting flavors - spicy/sweet, spicy/sour, sweet/sour, etc.

[TadCurious]

I love Italian food, and I'm not gonna apologize for it.

[NovemberJoseph]

This is one of the stupidest post I've ever read tbh.

[NovemberJoseph]

*posts

Ps: Who said white people eat only food from white cultures? That's like saying a Mexican never eats lasagna because it's Italian.

[Asker]

obviously people eat food from different cultures..but what if we didn't that would suck right? especially for a certain group

[NovemberJoseph]

If we didn't, that would DEFINITELY suck. There's no way I can eat beans and tortillas all day err day. I need my mashed potatoes and sirloin steak and pasta!

[NovemberJoseph]

Then again taste is relative. You can't declare a food bland, others might like it.

[Asker]

I'm pretty sure mexican food isn't just beans and tortillas..thats just what america makes it out to be..and everyone has steak..

[NovemberJoseph]

It was just an example, cause I'm Mexican and I dislike the majority of Mexican dishes. Taco Bell tacos over Mexican tacos any day.

[apropos]

^ This.

[NoblesseOblige]

It's 2014. White people can eat any country's food by VISA'ing it lol.

[iamnotalizard]

"EVERYTHING has Mayo Or some white creamy sauce"

I'm guessing people who are lactose intolerant just die then?

[nickstaa]

I love European English/Italian food. I would prefer a lamb roast over butter chicken anyday. Or a steak over fried duck rice.