Indo-asian cooking is huge over here, is it not much of a thing in Merica?
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What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2023)?
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Indian food is a "millennial, gen-XYZ" thing here, and my city of Frisco has a big Indian immigrant community. It is one of those foods that I am "supposed" to love, or I'm apparently devoid of any sense of good taste.
As for SE Asian, I am hit and miss. I either like it or I don't, depending on what is on my plate at the moment.
My hometown of Port Arthur is about half Vietnamese. Most of the fishing boats (mostly shrimp fishing) there are Vietnamese immigrant owned and operated. There is a huge Vietnamese/Cajun fusion thing going on along the SE Texas coast called Viet-Cajun, and is huge in Southern parts of Houston. Vietnamese restaurants there serve crawfish in these big plastic bags that are quite good.
How the Vietnamese Made Their Mark on Cajun Cuisine
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Looks tasty but food served in a bin bag doesn't appeal much
I can remember my grandparents generation refusing to "touch that foreign muck" or eat any spices but I'd say they were probably the last generation over here to not embrace a new (to them) cultures cuisine.
I remember my pops who is now 74 not wanting to eat spaghetti ("bland rubbish") and I didn't have my first curry until I was 18 years old but it was a fast change from "no thankyou" to "yes please" from the 80's onwards.
It's very much a round the world experience here now, which I really love. Even the drop down lists categorising foods in online supermarkets will have many many countries listed to choose ingredients or recipe suggestions from.
I remember my pops who is now 74 not wanting to eat spaghetti ("bland rubbish") and I didn't have my first curry until I was 18 years old but it was a fast change from "no thankyou" to "yes please" from the 80's onwards.
It's very much a round the world experience here now, which I really love. Even the drop down lists categorising foods in online supermarkets will have many many countries listed to choose ingredients or recipe suggestions from.
Looks tasty but food served in a bin bag doesn't appeal much
That's not a "bin bag."
The best food, IMO, looks like that, and you eat it with your fingers. How do you think working class Indo-Asian people eat?
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Oh I should have said thats not decrying your non love of Indian food. Some things just don't float our boats. I happen to dislike most Iranian food.
No problem eating with my fingers at all but out of a plastic bag doesn't appeal at all. The plastic bag wasn't even invented until 1965.That's not a "bin bag."
The best food, IMO, looks like that, and you eat it with your fingers. How do you think working class Indo-Asian people eat?
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The bin bag part was a wee joke
I had a Persian (Iranian) neighbor who was great. He shared my love for cooking, and he taught me about Persian food. He was very cool, and didn't mind if I didn't like something. I am hit and miss with Middle-Eastern foods. Baked good, especially the breads, were great!
Cancer got him a few years ago.
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Well I like Yottam Ottolenghi's stuff a lot so I don't dislike it full stop but I am wary of anything too perfumed.
I don't know why they serve it that way. I just know it is good -- if you like crawfish.
Here is how I serve a crawfish boil... Cajun style. Just dump everything of a table covered with newspapers, and let folks dive in.
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I figure karadekoolaid will tell us!
Kroger and the international market:
I had to get two of those biscuit tins - one for us and one for MrsT’s friend. They go with the commemorative QE2 tin from a couple of months ago.
That melon…$3US, so it probably needs to be eaten by tomorrow, and that pineapple was cheap, too.
Booze-a-polooza! Four big cans of that Paulaner - $2. The pilsner - $3. Even the jam was $3!
I got two each of the crisps/chips, and that “instant spaetzle” was too intriguing to leave behind.
Very interested in trying those beans. Original Bush’s beans are 7 points on WW - that’s a meal. Those zero-sugar ones are a mere 2 points. That’s doable.
detroitdad ’s ribeye made me hungry for steak, so I got those on special today.
The kohlrabi was a surprise for MrsT - she loves the stuff.
I had to get two of those biscuit tins - one for us and one for MrsT’s friend. They go with the commemorative QE2 tin from a couple of months ago.
That melon…$3US, so it probably needs to be eaten by tomorrow, and that pineapple was cheap, too.
Booze-a-polooza! Four big cans of that Paulaner - $2. The pilsner - $3. Even the jam was $3!
I got two each of the crisps/chips, and that “instant spaetzle” was too intriguing to leave behind.
Very interested in trying those beans. Original Bush’s beans are 7 points on WW - that’s a meal. Those zero-sugar ones are a mere 2 points. That’s doable.
detroitdad ’s ribeye made me hungry for steak, so I got those on special today.
The kohlrabi was a surprise for MrsT - she loves the stuff.
Cantelopes here today still looked too green to be ripe inside.
I'm also intrigued by those beans. Bush's beans with no brown sugar?
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