I like how he can list all these neat little factoids about India but fail to even understand what the word Curry even means. This doesn't really even account for the Anglo interpretation of what this word has become or even the history of what even is a "curry." Just smooth brain shit all around, well done Gene 👍 https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1429802465055096842
Does he think curry powder is a single spice and the basis for all indian food?
Yeah he saw "Curry powder" once in the grocery store and was like, "ah, the pure source of everything I hate, this must be what they use when they make my chicken vindaloo"
Ah yes, ground up leaves from the curry tree :very-smart: The basis of all Indian seasoning
I mean, Indian food does use curry leaves, but I don't think that's what this guy means when he's thinking about curry.
Which is funny because I don't think I've ever made or eaten Indian food with curry powder in it. The flavor base is pretty much deeply browned onion/garlic/ginger paste in ghee with a mix of cumin, cardamom, coriander, etc. Some kathuri methi (spelling) and you're good.
a mix of cumin, cardamom, coriander, etc
psst, that's what "curry powder" is
It's a mix of like 10 different spices but I love how it's just 'one spice'
That's part of what goes into garam masala. Curry powder usually refers to the yellow powder of dry curry tree leaf.
100% in the u.s. when people say curry powder, they mean the yellow stuff, not garam masala.
Biggest spice brand in the US's "curry powder" ingredient list:
No curry leaf. It's mostly yellow from the turmeric.
They also sell a garam masala under their "gourmet" label, which is just labeled as:
SPICES (INCLUDING CORIANDER, BLACK PEPPER, CUMIN, CARDAMOM, AND CINNAMON).
idk
Huh. Ok weird. I mean I've had yellow "curry powder" before but it tastes nothing like I'd put in Indian food, and nothing like I'd get from a restaurant either. Well maybe I'm wrong from the beginning then. :shrug-outta-hecks:
I do like that they gave him a babys bib though, at least the artist knew what's up.
He probably thinks there are only three spices: sweet (good), sour (good with sweet), and spicy (bad)
Two of the other foods he mentions that you can't make him eat are: hazelnuts, and balsamic vinegar. Absolute sicko, straight to a gulag, right away.
Not liking balsamic vinegar
What the fuuuuuuck
The article is linked below and super short. It actually comes off like a third grade free form writing project for English class
What the fuck do white Americans even want to eat all day? This country would be an absolute wasteland without all the ethnic food?
What are you gonna do, eat your Oreos and shitty microbrews?
Listen, I'm embarrassed to admit this but I've had many white people in my life insist on doing some of the worst possible culinary mistakes of all time. Overcooking everything, never using seasoning, even salt on veggies, never taking the time to properly defrost things, like microwaving frozen ground meat and literally partially cooking it because they didn't pay attention or just don't understand how defrosting works or just simply planning ahead. I've seen people insist things are supposed to be bland which is why stuff like ketchup, ranch, just mayo or some other sauce is needed to enjoy things.
One time I made real eggs benedict for mom instead of that packet stuff and she liked it but couldn't grasp that Hollandaise sauce wasn't just some thing McCormick invented that has always been sold in a packet.
It's just a very very deep disconnect of what even is food, what's in it, what goes into making it and how it came to be. A lot of people seem to almost take pride in being ignorant about everything and food is definitely a big one. It's fine not to like things, but it's another to never ever want to do better, to explore flavors and maybe even learn a little bit of history and culture. It can be maddening to me, I really think sharing food with others is one of the greatest things people can ever do with each other.
As an American with full Mexican ancestry I'm more confused as to why Mexico has an enormous, wide ranging food culture that still exists today with a myriad of signature dishes and regional variations that are immediately recognizeable whereas checks notes
the USA has
New England Clam Chowder Hamburgers Corn Dogs Grits Texas Barbecue (!?!) Cajun
It seems sometimes like there was an emergent regional culture ages ago but I have to wonder if the settler colonial mindset is inherently sterilizing or something. I've seen it in the attitudes around the white people I've known growing up back in my de facto segregated hometown, a lot of them seem to absolutely fucking terrified of anything "foreign", to the point where you have grown ass women screaming at you for speaking Spanish as a child.
This place is weird, like I saw an ad for a tiki bar or something the other day and I made the connection between a post I saw talking about how stuff like tiki is just an outgrowth of colonialism and how they only seem to be able to enjoy a foreign culture at a distance: see the litany of Taco Bells and Chipotles dotting the landscape (which is itself an artifact of capitalism commodifying culture itself, but I still think there is a connection to be made ...)
It seems sometimes like there was an emergent regional culture ages ago but I have to wonder if the settler colonial mindset is inherently sterilizing or something.
Chains are the way to really make money in the restaurant business. They're probably what flattened out a lot of regional culinary differences in the U.S.
I mean barbeque is pretty diverse but it's by no means a white food.
Probably the most unique food type we have here but it came about from black slaves for the most part.
Yeah, I disagree with the Mexcan comrade. America has unique, good tasting food. Cajun, Tex-Mex, Mid-Atlantic seafood, I can't think of anything else but I'm sure it exists.
That's the thing though, Tex-Mex came from Mexicans and United Statesians mingling when the latter wasn't busy abusing/genociding the former, Cajun (IIRC) is the confluence of multiple cultures including that of African Americans
It's not that we don't, but when I see rants like the one in the article I have to assume that a lot of these guys would have been perfectly fine with none of those groups existing or ever coming anywhere close to the country.
I just rage because I see white dudes from the midwest talking about how much they love tacos while talking/implying about how Mexican Americans should GTFO and uninstall America
you either want the benefits of being a melting pot or you don't, and if you don't enjoy your lack of 11 special herbs and spices
Trust me, I understand you completely and the sentiment extends to libs who 'appreciate the food'. I went to eat at an Indian restaurant the other day, it was full to the brim with white people. Literally 3 tables away from me some patrons were throwing racial slurs about me (they though I was black). I was getting racially abused as an Indian, for being black, in an Indian restaurant. brainworms shit lmao If it were up to America, there'd be nothing but boiled potato and dry turkey being served for 3 meals a day.
Oh yeah I agree with your post, just wanted to throw out a defense of BBQ. Otherwise you're on the money.
Might have to do with the fact that the natives of the US were largely displaced and replaced by Europeans, whereas Mexico retained a lot more indigenous influence. Colonization is inherently sterilizing in the sense that there is a leveling of cultural differences between colonizing peoples that necessarily leads to less diversity than the cultures of populations that have been settled in an area for a relatively much longer period of time. It's only with time, distance, and relative lack of communication and population movement that colonizing/conquering cultures can develop similar diversity to what existed beforehand. You see similar phenomena with the diversity of language (which is heavily intertwined with culture) and biology - diaspora populations tend to be more homogeneous than long settled ones.
whereas Mexico retained a lot more indigenous influence.
It helps that some Mexican political leaders, political movements and even Presidents in some capacity embraced aspects of Indigenous culture and identity as a means to create a Mexican identity separate from Spain's and France's cultural nexus.
Look you can't blame them, historically food hasn't been an important piece of culture, community, jobs, resources, responsibilities, and wasn't and isn't crucial to the survival of each individual human and living thing. So I get it, there's no reason to learn anything about food.
I blame the British mostly, they've influenced too much and need to be put down like a rabid dog
I always find it so weird. YOU EAT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY! You should get good at making food cause it makes every day of your life better.
I still remember I want to have Coronation Chicken but without the fruit in it and replace it with Jalapeños.
One of my friends was like "you know you can just make it and it's like 3 ingredients" and sure enough it's chicken, mayonnaise and curry paste, and then the fruit which I replaced. Turned out better than the store bought stuff.
I've also made Prawn Cocktail as well. Been meaning to make homemade mayonnaise at some point though, never tried.
Homemade mayonnaise is super easy. Same with vegan mayo. It takes less than five minutes.
I've basically just never had the ro om in the fridge and never really needed mayonnaise for anything.
You can make like, a bowl at a time. It also tastes way better if it's home made.
I'll make it at the end of the week I think. Fridge will be less full by then.
For vegan mayo you substitute the egg for the water from a can of chickpeas, that stuff is a crazy good whipping agents. Then just some olive oil, lemon and spiced
Bean juice is crazy useful for so many things. It's a great egg substitute for baking a whipping
It’s just a very very deep disconnect of what even is food, what’s in it, what goes into making it and how it came to be.
You see this theme all the time. It's like they don't understand the fundamentals of what makes something.
They unironically think we can "go to and terraform mars" when the fucking sahara desert still exists
when the fucking sahara desert still exists
Ehhh the Sahara is pretty important for the fertilization of the Amazon Rainforest, don't wanna get rid of that
And American vegetarian food barely exist outside of substitute animal products. Even the vegetable sides are basically flavorless.
The whitest place I've been to my whole life was Portland, Oregon. The food there was so fucking bland you'd think the people all had a deadly allergy to anything more than a pinch of salt and pepper.
Portland was one of the original west coast white flight/KKK towns too :soviet-hmm:
The only spice a god-fearing American needs or wants is salt on a fried breadcrumb shell
Pizza or hot dogs with more than two toppings
Actually a child
Hahahahahha the cooked green peppers one legit made me laugh. Dude is an actual fucking baby
- Garbage sushi
thanks for letting us know you don't like garbage Gene
I love most of those foods, especially Bleu cheese and cooked green peppers.
I don’t really care for anchovies and have never put garbage in my sushi, so guess I’m with him there.
Old Bay sucks, it gets gritty.
Cajun Land is the correct way to do crawfish.
Old bay is useful for making vegan fake seafood. My carrot lox demands it
I got it from a workplace with a jucier so we used the pulp from carrot juice, at home you can grate carrots, take a knife to chop it into mush and drain as much liquid as you can. Pop that in a bowl, add a pretty good amount of apple cider vinegar, arame(dried seaweed), old bay and super finely diced capers. Massage it all together.
I have a friend that can do it with strips and make it like slabs of smoked salmon, but I'm not there yet
Edit: also after mashing it all, leave it for a bit and then wring out most of the vinegar, you still want it to be wet but you don't want it swimming, just a nice mush
I’m fine with Old Bay, but I don’t get things because they have Old Bay.
I’ve also never had crawfish, so my Old Bay experience has been with French fries
Arrrrrrrrrrrrg OLD BAY IS THE BEST! (Anime fighting noises)
I mean it's not bad if you don't mind the feeling of eating sand.
Maybe you don't get the fresh stuff? I've honestly never had gritty old bay.
This is literally like a four year old. Wow. What the fuck editor saw this and said 'yes, this is news for a paper'?
Sandwich -
I need the crust cut off or the whole thing tastes bad!
He was the first to do it as well. It's pretty old hat now but he started in 2004
Gonna get offended by this but on account of being British.
Like, even the Anglo variants of curry are incredibly diverse, in taste and heat. If you're genuinely gonna say that Korma and Jalfrezi have the same spices then I don't think you've eaten any of them.
Even ignoring that it feels like they don't know that Indians eat things that aren't curry as well, that you can also get in restaurants. This isn't hidden stuff.
This post is also making me realise how much I've missed my local curry place.
Probably going to make some Indian food tonight now actually lol, been at least a week since I've had it 👍
I've not made anything in a while. My dad makes his own but I always hated his version lol
Why are you named after a Dark Brotherhood assassination target in Skyrim?
Edit - RIP Deekus
I wish I had a job where I could just go in and be like, "Chinese food is yucky bc they don't use noodles" and get paid like $200k/yr for it.
Editorials are where the bourgeoisie go mask off and blatantly say whatever is on their mind.
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how the fuck does someone even come to that conclusion?
makes as much sense as "i don't like vegan food because it has meat in it"
just standard gweilo utterances
I remember on The Office one of the white women was like "bruh Indian people eat cow brains"
which is literally...how...it's the literal opposite of reality in every way imaginable.
10,000 taste buds but if one of them activates it means it's yucky
the funny part is that caucasoids actually have fewer taste buds. Asian and African people are far more likely to be supertasters.
What EDITOR let this slide? One who hates him? Saw him about to pratfall and set up a camera?
I mean judging by the artists rendition of him, I think they're all in on it now that I think about it some more lol
this is like a thing a complete rube says thinking they are a genius. it is not anything that anyone writes down and publishes under their name.
also, highly recommend the recipe book 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer.
I had some of that on a french fry once and had to drink a second gallon of milk. Way too spicy.
I like indian food quite a bit, but haven't found a way to really ensure it doesn't have Cardamom in it (deathly allergic to that of all specific things), so I don't eat it at all unless I cook it myself, which is sad, as I don't think I'm very good of cooking it. Seems like cardamom is in a ton of spice blends (indian an otherwise), often without specifying what's in the blend. Don't have a point, just want to complain, cause shit sucks.
Didn't know there was a difference, honestly. May test it at some point. I did make some curry power and garam masala myself, just skipping cardamom, but if I can pick up some black cardamom cheap next time I go shopping, I may try a small piece and see if I react.
Its in a decent amount of thai food too, along with fish/shrimp paste, which is also an allergy, but at least I can find some thai curry that's safe for me.
