People Are Sharing Their Favorite Recipes From Their Cultures, And I Can't...

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#1

What say you?

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#2

  1. Is this written by a top-ten author?

  2. Is it on the Top Ten Top-Ten Lists List? What about the Top Ten Top-Ten-Listsā€™ Top-Ten Lists Lists List?

  3. Is Buzzfeed a top-ten top-ten-lists site? :smile:

But seeing famous recipes is good anyway. :+1:

(Note: I typed numbers at the left margin, but to make it look nicer the HO software moved my listing to starboard.) :slight_smile:

#3

I say interesting! Lots of interesting ideas. Butā€¦ I clicked because it said ā€œI canā€™tā€. I wondered " I canā€™t what"?

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#4

I wondered the same thing - in my mind, that might even have been the end of the sentence.

The recipes of my culture:
Press here to open; remove cheese packet. Bring water to a rolling boil. Stir in macaroni, ā€¦ :smile:

So, yeah, People Are Sharing Their Favorite Recipes From Their Cultures, And I Canā€™t.

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#5

I assumed it was. And it would probably have been a more interesting article if it had been.

As it was, Google for the cuisine of various countries, pick a dish and write about it. Assuming the author got paid, then I was in the wrong business for all those years.

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#6

Well.
I just thought the selection of recipes contributed by readers rather than professionals was an interesting contrast + they all sound delicious and makeable.
:cowboy_hat_face:
Youā€™re probably right about serious journalism as a career these days.

#7

I suspect that even frivolous journalism isnā€™t what it once was. :slight_smile:

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#8

An Oprah joke!
Well done :+1:

#9

The only Oprah joke I know about is the one by Letterman. :thinking:

#10

Not bad. Those bemoaning the state of journalism or ā€˜frivolousā€™ journalism might want to remember that Buzzfeed, whilst having a news division is also (and most known for being) a content provider. And this is not bad content in light of the click bait out there. Itā€™s an assertion of a diversity of their community and offering glimpses into foodways for those not about to make an effort otherwise (i.e. not HOs). I might check out some of the recipes.
I guess thatā€™s what I say? Thanks for posting.

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#11

I made fun of their frequent lists, but itā€™s certainly true that this one has legitimate content.

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#12

ā€˜I canā€™tā€™ because Iā€™m an unremarkable white guy from Minnesota so I have no culture. :man_shrugging:t3:

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#13

Sad but probably true.

It may be the problem of coming from somewhere that people like me could not identify on a map.

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#14

We should change the title of this thread out of self-defense. Someone is going swoop in shrieking ā€œcultural assimilation.ā€

Theyā€™ll pry my globally diverse recipes and techniques from my cold dead hands.

That said, and to answer @bbqboyā€™s questions, about half of those look interesting to me which is a pretty good hit rate.

As Iā€™ve posted before my mother and paternal grandmother werenā€™t good cooks so what I have from my own cultural background Iā€™ve had to reconstruct. Euro-Catholic doesnā€™t have much culinary depth so that left Russo-Jewish. Then there is my sisterā€™s Tibetan adopted heritage, my wifeā€™s Italian, my SILā€™s Thai, affection due to travel for British and Scandinavian cuisine, stumbling over Indian and SEA foods, and a carbohydrate craving interest in US Southern biscuits.

Iceberg lettuce wedges with feta, bacon, and a drizzle of vinegar just worked its way in from somewhere. grin

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