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What kind of cuisine do you like?

I like ......

  • Italian

    Votes: 13 86.7%

  • Spanish

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • French

    Votes: 9 60.0%

  • Greek

    Votes: 7 46.7%

  • Austrian

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • Russian

    Votes: 5 33.3%

  • Greek

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • Indian

    Votes: 8 53.3%

  • Chinese

    Votes: 11 73.3%

  • others

    Votes: 12 80.0%
  • Total voters
    15
My least fav is Mexican...all my kids love it...go figure...
 
Rumpel said:
Just create a poll of your own - and you can see what's it like to create such a poll. :mrgreen:

But: And I also like Haggis.
I enjoyed it in Scotland.
Did you have Haggis in Scotland as well?
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Right here in NYC. At an oatmeal festival.
 
I like it all, but in the spirit of the poll, I had to go Italian. All the food varieties listed have menu items I both love, and a few I don't like.

Except Italian. Litterally every menu item is a home run. Italians know how to please a crowd, how to make EVERYONE happy.
 
Rumpel said:
Sorry, but you are quite wrong there. :)
Case closed. :)
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Open the case. Cross pollination of cuisines in Europe are almost limitless. Marco Polo bringing pasta to Italy was a myth. Pasta originated in Egypt and travelled everywhere else. The dumpling culture of northern and eastern Europe signifies interaction between ancient Egypt with Anatolia, the great Turkish steppes, which led to trade with the tribes of Russian steppes, which in turn led to trade and migration into eastern and northern Europe, well before Italians started stuffing pasta with farmers cheese and herbs.

You unknowingly opened a can of worms. Ah, now we are speaking of British naval cuisine, hard tack with worms, extra protein. I could sing Ode to Cracked Teeth in memoriam thereof.
 
OldFatGuy said:
Open the case. Cross pollination of cuisines in Europe are almost limitless. Marco Polo bringing pasta to Italy was a myth. Pasta originated in Egypt and travelled everywhere else. The dumpling culture of northern and eastern Europe signifies interaction between ancient Egypt with Anatolia, the great Turkish steppes, which led to trade with the tribes of Russian steppes, which in turn led to trade and migration into eastern and northern Europe, well before Italians started stuffing pasta with farmers cheese and herbs.

You unknowingly opened a can of worms. Ah, now we are speaking of British naval cuisine, hard tack with worms, extra protein. I could sing Ode to Cracked Teeth in memoriam thereof.
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Wrong again. From a trusted source ;)

Sophia: In Sicily, we never went to the doctor. We went to the Widow Caravelli. Whatever you had, she had a cure. She was most famous for her green salve to cure ear infections. One day, she gave some to Salvadore, the village idiot. He misunderstood the directions and put in on his linguine instead of in his ear.

Dorothy: Well, I guess if you’re an idiot with a hearing problem, you do things like that.

Sophia: Actually, it turned out ok. The stuff tasted great, so Salvadore decided to market it. At first, things didn’t go so well. Linguine with ear salve wasn’t very appetizing-but once he changed the name to pesto sauce, it sold like hot cakes!

Dorothy: Ma, you’re making this up!

Sophia: So what? I’m old, I’m supposed to be colorful.
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Rumpel said:
Not all that much - but I do! :)

Btw: We have several Mexican restaurants here in our town - near the River Rhine - - as opposed to one Spanish restaurant only.
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Are they truly Mexican or really Tex Mex? Would you know the difference? Hints - Real Mexican chile is made without beef or tomatoes. Instead water, peppers, beans, corn meal, more peppers and tomatillos. Wheat tortillas are from Arizona. Fajitas were the result of roosters who lost cockfights in Mexico. Tough old birds. Tex Mex made the move to beef fajitas.
 
Rumpel said:
What kind of cuisine do you like?
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Other, all the above and many more. We could eat ourselves around the world twice and never complain, although we prefer more flavorful vegetarian cuisine rich in spices and aromatics.
 
Lovebug said:
Wrong again. From a trusted source ;)
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Not so trustworthy. Before the tomato arrived from the New World, pasta, a street food, was served with rendered pigs fat. We have Roman recipes from ads on walls in Pompeii, among other sources, including a carved sign and recipe on the walls of the Coliseum, "Eat at Luigi's." Since pasta was considered a peasant food, enterprising restauranteurs seeking business from the rich priest venturing out of the Vatican, they introduced pasta in olio, olive oil, flavored with basil, to lure the priest more refined gluttony. :) The History of recipes, like wikis, completely unreliable. :doh
 
OldFatGuy said:
Not so trustworthy. Before the tomato arrived from the New World, pasta, a street food, was served with rendered pigs fat. We have Roman recipes from ads on walls in Pompeii, among other sources, including a carved sign and recipe on the walls of the Coliseum, "Eat at Luigi's." Since pasta was considered a peasant food, enterprising restauranteurs seeking business from the rich priest venturing out of the Vatican, they introduced pasta in olio, olive oil, flavored with basil, to lure the priest more refined gluttony. :) The History of recipes, like wikis, completely unreliable. :doh
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I reckon you are not a fan of the "Golden Girls".
 
Rumpel said:
I agree!
And they have good wine to go with it.

:)
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If their wine was that good, they wouldn't drop sugar cubes at the bottom of the glass. The French are known to do the same.
 
Rumpel said:
What kind of cuisine do you like?
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1. New Mexican cuisine (green and red chili are the best)
2. Persian cuisine
3. Traditional mid-Western/Southern Americana (fried chicken, mashed potatoes, barbecue)
4. Italian
5. French
6. Chinese food
7. Japanese Food
8. Thai Food
9. Traditional Mexican food
10. Indian Food
 
Felis Leo said:
1. New Mexican cuisine (green and red chili are the best)
2. Persian cuisine
3. Traditional mid-Western/Southern Americana (fried chicken, mashed potatoes, barbecue)
4. Italian
5. French
6. Chinese food
7. Japanese Food
8. Thai Food
9. Traditional Mexican food
10. Indian Food
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I like all of it also - minus the Japanese food. :)
I do not like raw fish.
 
Rumpel said:
I like all of it also - minus the Japanese food. :)
I do not like raw fish.
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Sushi tastes great. Take it home, cook it and it tastes just like fish.

Tempura is not raw anything. Neither is a real Kobe steak. Ramen, everyone's favorite living off campus college food.
 
Salzburger Nockerln
That's some Austrian dish that I like a lot.

Salzburger Nockerln is a classic recipe from the home town of Mozart: Salzburg in Austria.
The recipe can be traced back to the 17th century, and it is been said that it is featuring the hillside surrounding Salzburg: the Gaisberg, Moenchsberg and Nonnberg.
True, if you make them right you have a mountain-like structure on your plate. And the dusting of powdered sugar will turn them into snow-covered peaks. The recipe also had been praised in Fred Raymond’s 1938 operatta, Season in Salzburg, as “Suess wie die Liebe und zart wie ein Kuss” (means “Sweet as love and tender as a kiss”).
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Salzburger Nockerln - Traditional Dish from Austria • Best German Recipes
 
Middle eastern(Lebanese, Persian and Moroccan) Afghani, Turkish, Indian and SE Asian (Thai, Vietnamese, and Cambodian). Start in Morrocco and go all the way east to the South China Sea and I'd probably eat or it have eaten it.

I grew up in a French-German household so that might be ethenic too some but it was home cooking to me.

Good Mexican that hasn't been diluted for American tastes is hard to find.

I want to try Phillipino food
 
Lisa said:
I grew up in a French-German household so that might be ethenic too some but it was home cooking to me.
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A mix of the best. :)
 
I could do with a pizza now! :)
 
Tex-Mex
 
I could do with a paella now! :)
 
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