tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5628083105464332596..comments2024-03-29T09:53:45.879-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Food as a means to inspire national unity?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86083622852164698562017-06-20T10:56:52.206-05:002017-06-20T10:56:52.206-05:00I noticed that once upon a time. I've also se...I noticed that once upon a time. I've also seen it among immigrants to the United States. Folks who immigrated and should have been making outstanding fare from their native traditions descend into casseroles because it's 'more American'. It's their kids and grandkids who revive the old recipes. I've watched on old German grandmother who came over after WWII fall into tears when her granddaughter presented her with a plate of rouladen and spaetzle. She hadn't had it since coming to the United States.DaddyBearhttp://daddybearsden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57871868847221024462017-06-18T05:24:20.396-05:002017-06-18T05:24:20.396-05:00Speaking from 'flyover' country, I think t...Speaking from 'flyover' country, I think the whole world would be better off with a diet of corn on the cob, fresh garden tomatoes-with a main dish of bratwurst from the grill. Given the growing season in Wisconsin though, better off would be confined to August and September. Might be an improvement from now however.Parklake guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05194480481717362821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73237966480762079552017-06-18T03:43:34.431-05:002017-06-18T03:43:34.431-05:00Actually, this one seems closer to the original th...Actually, this one seems closer to the original that I remember (archive link): <br /> http://archive.is/hoS71<br />It's the first post on the page. Language warning, of course. Bibliotheca Servarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643412827583261562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36746587587178825732017-06-18T03:24:53.541-05:002017-06-18T03:24:53.541-05:00Here we go! I think this is the original:
http://w...Here we go! I think this is the original:<br />http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/544975/posts<br /><br />(Texas chili eating contest)Bibliotheca Servarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643412827583261562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24872483832305054312017-06-18T03:20:12.704-05:002017-06-18T03:20:12.704-05:00I *love* that story! I'd always heard it as a ...I *love* that story! I'd always heard it as a *chili* contest, but curry works too! Either way, I had to stop before the second tasting description, because I can't risk the inevitable, agonizing gales of laughter and tears right now. <br /><br />PS: that's a story that is even more dangerously hilarious when read aloud, with a bit of voice acting sprinkled in to drive home the suffering...oh the suffering ...that poor b@st@rd...<br />*snorts/giggles* *covers mouth*Bibliotheca Servarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643412827583261562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71609189197540230512017-06-17T22:14:28.179-05:002017-06-17T22:14:28.179-05:00Just had 8 pounds of crawfish tonight myself. Yum!...Just had 8 pounds of crawfish tonight myself. Yum!<br /><br />I understand their reasoning, but it is sad they gave that up, instead of adding new flavors to it.<br /><br />I too say +1 on Mostly Cajun. :)LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-27929379809378984562017-06-17T20:06:07.635-05:002017-06-17T20:06:07.635-05:00...but cultural appropriation, you are only allowe......but cultural appropriation, you are only allowed to eat food that your grandmother made...<br /><br />This great melting pot has cracked and now we all are in the fire...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56241563656930005732017-06-17T16:56:49.686-05:002017-06-17T16:56:49.686-05:00It seems vaguely familiar, somehow, but it was HIG...It seems vaguely familiar, somehow, but it was HIGHLY funny.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41830184120586899482017-06-17T13:58:40.650-05:002017-06-17T13:58:40.650-05:00For those who have not encountered this story befo...For those who have not encountered this story before:<br />https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/showthread.php/841-Natal-Curry-Contest<br /><br />NSFWBadFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051102067870927677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34260220357952331582017-06-17T12:25:28.673-05:002017-06-17T12:25:28.673-05:00Commenter Cambias brings up what the original arti...Commenter Cambias brings up what the original articles don't - what we think of as "Jewish food" is a mix of the foods in countries where Jews settled and interacted with western Gentiles. There's a strong influence of German and Russian foods in there. There was also a recent repatriation of Ethiopian Jews into Israel. I'll bet few of the Ethiopians had heard of the European dishes. <br /><br />I've been to Israel twice; once on a short business trip and once on a longer leisure trip. The constant is that Israelis have a larger breakfast and lunch than their dinner - except for Tel Aviv restaurants that cater to tourists. At one kibbutz I was in, lunch was a massive buffet of various styles of food. The hotel I stayed in for the business trip had a mind blowing breakfast buffet. Traditional western style foods: eggs, quiches, muffins, (not having bacon is not a surprise, right?) along with salads and foods Americans would think "too heavy" for breakfast. Lox and eggs became my favorite. <br /><br /> SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32146579120621666942017-06-17T11:29:58.780-05:002017-06-17T11:29:58.780-05:00Personally, I like our diversity of cuisines. Who...Personally, I like our diversity of cuisines. Who wants to eat the same things day-in-n-day-out?<br /><br />But here is another look at everybody eating the same cuisine, different agricultural climates in the same country. What grows well in the desert SW doesn't grow well in New England and vice-versa not to mention the South or the Pacific NW. Israel is one growing climate not the 14 zones we have here in the USA.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51400251210503443682017-06-17T11:03:47.181-05:002017-06-17T11:03:47.181-05:00France did something similar to encourage the assi...France did something similar to encourage the assimilation of Alsace and Lorraine back into France after World War I (the two provinces having spent 40 years under German rule). The French government subsidized high-quality French restaurants in the newly-regained areas, on the theory that a few years of excellent French cooking would erase any lingering Germanophilia.<br /><br />As to Israeli vs. Jewish food, a while back my wife acquired a cookbook of Jewish recipes from around the world. It was striking how little the dishes had in common with each other. Essentially it was a mix of Russian, German, Italian, Dutch, Greek, Levantine, etc. recipes, all adapted to Orthodox dietary rules but otherwise indistiguishable from what Gentiles in those lands were eating. <br /><br />Even those "Jewish" foods mentioned in the article — salmon, bagels, cream cheese, etc. — would not be out of place on a Gentile breakfast table anywhere east of Switzerland, especially on Fridays.<br /><br />So Israeli cuisine pretty much HAD to be a new creation, and it makes sense to adopt indigenous foods; there's usually good reasons why the locals eat what they do.Cambiashttp://www.jamescambias.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42848108513614493432017-06-17T10:07:44.469-05:002017-06-17T10:07:44.469-05:00+1 on Mostly Cajun, and add good brisket to the mi...+1 on Mostly Cajun, and add good brisket to the mix! :-DOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-72996491290146395952017-06-17T09:12:04.869-05:002017-06-17T09:12:04.869-05:00A pox on all the houses.
Give me my gumbo and my ...A pox on all the houses.<br /><br />Give me my gumbo and my rice and gravy and my boudin and my catfish courtbouillon and I will stay down here in Acadiana.<br /><br />Mostly Cajun.mostly cajunhttp://mostlycajun.comnoreply@blogger.com