For me it’s Indian food, but then… what else? Ugh… what a question.

Bah. My mind is a whirling blank right here. I mean, freshly-prepared tiradito right off the boat is like… ffff, like tasting heaven.

I mean, I’ve never had *truly* fresh, truly authentic sushi, but I imagine it would be like tiradito? (note: it’s a form of ceviche, i.e. latino lime-cooked fish slices)

  • Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    13 hours ago

    American / Canadian and arabic. Great Shwarma can be so flavorful and delicious. I also can’t do without a great burger every once in a long while.

  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
    35·
    6 days ago

    Mexican and Italian. Both have very rich regional traditions with a ton of variety. Of course, Mexican food is a blend of Native American and European traditions, and Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn, so these strict delineations are not real

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      8·
      6 days ago

      Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn

      It’s so curious-- so what was late-stage Western Roman food like, anyway?

      Max Miller is a dang-ol’ genius at this stuff, but he always has to make a huge production about it, y’know…?

      • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
        8·
        6 days ago

        I can only assume they just drank gallons of garam!

        In all seriousness though, we have a very dedicated restaurant near us run by a couple from the Verona area in far-northern Italy, and they use no tomatoes or corn. Pretty much every dish they make would’ve been possible pre-Columbus. This includes many styles of pasta, sauces based in olive oil or butter, and other things like beef, shrimp, mushrooms, pistachios, peas, and a variety of cheeses.

        • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          Wow, that’s… yeah!

          So, hehe, I’ve been to Italia a grand total of <once>, when we visited my aunt in Firenza, many years ago. (One of the things I really loved about Italia is how it busted our mindset about ‘American expectations’)

          Eh, but they use no tomatoes or corn.

          Fair! But we also came up with potatoes, chiles, and quite a number of spicy meatballs, not just of the polpette piccanti variety, eh?

    • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
      31·
      5 days ago

      It seems to be a belief many Americans have, but usually they are mainly familiar with American Italian cuisine, which is quite different from mist actual Italian cuisine.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        is quite different from mist actual Italian cuisine.

        That was my sense as well from my one visit to Italy. As is completely common, an ethnic / cultural food almost always get adapted towards the tastes of other regions / nations.

  • calmblue75@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    If Indian qualifies as one single cuisine - then Indian. I’ll have enough dishes to try out in my lifetime and that’s after considering I am vegetarian.

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      If Indian qualifies as one single cuisine

      I guess you’re probably right. India is a large country, with roots, cultures and traditions like an ancient sequoia tree’s vast, extensive roots in the ground.

      So just out of curiosity (especially as an ignorant Westerner), just how many distinct cuisines would you say there might be across India and the India-adjacent regions?

      Note: let’s try to avoid going ‘regional’ if possible, because any nation can be broken down in to heaps of regional variations, yeah?

  • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
    33·
    6 days ago
    1. Indian
    2. Mexican

    I try to eat mostly vegetarian at home, and Indian recipes are my go-to for that. Indian food is the best tasting vegetarian food in my opinion. I was tempted to put Chinese here because I make tofu stir fry somewhat frequently, but I go with Indian recipes more often.

    Mexican for the second choice because that gives you huevos rancheros, Mexican rice and beans, and homemade corn tortilla chips with guacamole. And breakfast burritos from the place down the street from me.