It doesn't bother me in the slightest what other people eat. I'm just very fussy with my likes and dislikes regarding food. I hate anything with too much salt, fat or sugar.
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Purists will be purists.
I used to find them to be pathetically humorous, now I view them as, wait,... yeah, still pathetically humorous.
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I don't know about other people, but the only time it's a big deal to me is if I go to a place expecting/hoping for authentic and I get a Westernized monstrosity.
Like when I got Chinese food im a super white community and instead of Sriracha they gave me fucking MARINARA SAUCE. With damn Chinese food.I’ve never heard of that terminology before but for example, when “style” is used in a description of an item, that means, it’s their specialized version that’s similar but not quiet the authentic way of making it. If it’s an American restaurant serving a Mexican dish, they mainly focus on American food. Therefore, they have more American ingredients and so just by adding a Mexican dish to an American menu they just want to broaden their variety of dishes to help please everyone to bring more people in. So if you want the authentic version, go strictly to a Mexican restaurant.
The Italians are the worst for that. If a recipe doesn't match exactly how their family has made it for 200 generations they need counselling to cope with the stress.
The truth is we don't all have authentic ingredients and have to use what's freely available in our country and quite often need to adjust a recipe for local tastes.They get annoyed when people try and make it look like the "bastardisation" is the real deal, when it actually tastes far different and so people might get the wrong idea on what it should be like.
If you make it clear it's just 'taking inspiration' from the original or something like that, most won't mind.Im gonna like what I like.
My work recipe for pico de gallo calls for red bell peppers, which I'm told doesn't traditionally go into that dish. If if we're my recipe too I wouldn't care about adhering to traditions, I just want what I think is flavorful.Italians are the most apt to get butthurt. I agree that it's fine to eat whatever you want. But after a certain point it stops being the food you're claiming it to be.
If I wanted to make Pho, and made it with tomato soup, bowtie pasta, and oregano... how can it possibly be Pho?Speaking as a chef, all cuisine draws from other cultures. Even the authentic ones. Some tacos, for example, had a lot of Lebanese influence. At the end of the day, you like what you like and anybody who gives you shit can eat your bastardized dick 😁
By "bastardizing" I assume you mean calling something and ethnic food while it is nothing more than a variation of an American recipe.
I am Sicilian by decent. I always laugh my ass off when I go to a so called Italian restaurant and see everyone eating spaghetti and meatballs. Italian food is much that that. Try some eel for a change.
Same with Chinese food.some people talk like their nationality gives them a culinary degree - i think, aside from giving advice, people should just let others cook their own food in peace & not demonise them lol
It's called pride. Many people want to preserve these recipes because it's important to them. It's that simple. You probably know that but it's just not as important to you.
We bastardized the Mars bar with batter and deep frying it using the same oil as fish and chips..
you do know uncle roger is just poking fun at people🤔
its only appropriation when it isn't white people doing it AND when it's convenient to use as a weapon to bully people.
They don't like Americans/white people
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