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Your favourite foreign food? (pg. 10)
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| Desiderata |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I've never been able to get into the thai food that uses coconut like Tom Kha. The combination of that and the spices just remind me of soap or sunscreen or something. |
The smell of coconut does the same for me, as if I'm at the beach or going swimming or on the bus next to a black lady with coco butter. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Ramen is also #8 on that list. |
REAL ramen is a very serious meal. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
I agree it's rather shameful, given the means and variety that are available to most every American living in or near a major city, but I don't think it's a strictly American convention at all. Humans are by and large creatures of habit.
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This.
Oh wait, did I interrupt srussell's anti-American circlejerk again? Fiddlesticks. |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
This.
Oh wait, did I interrupt srussell's anti-American circlejerk again? Fiddlesticks. |
I said it was funny. I didn't say I don't like Americans for liking ty food. |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
REAL ramen is a very serious meal. |
And only 99c for a 6 pack too! |
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| Lagrangian |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I said it was funny. I didn't say I don't like Americans for liking ty food. |
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| ziptnf |
| I dunno, I see what he's saying, though. I pretty much eat the same things every week. Going out to eat/trying new dishes is usually pretty expensive. Making it at home can be expensive too if you aren't buying things in bulk. |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
I dunno, I see what he's saying, though. I pretty much eat the same things every week. Going out to eat/trying new dishes is usually pretty expensive. Making it at home can be expensive too if you aren't buying things in bulk. |
I think you're in the minority though. I'd say more often it's that people are lazy and want a fast cheap meal and either don't want to, or aren't able to cook good food. If they can have a deep dish pizza delivered to their house without having to get off the couch, why not?
Cooking interesting things can be more expensive, but a lot of Asian markets and/or farmer's markets (I don't know if they have those near you) are actually a lot cheaper than grocery stores, and a lot higher quality. There's also local grass-fed organic meat markets here too which are cheaper and taste way better than store bought meat.
It seems like most people just don't care about what they're putting into their body, and a Big Mac is more appealing to them than something more exotic. |
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| ziptnf |
That's definitely the case with people in my office building. Good ing lord, the women there are enormously disgusting fat blubbery beasts. I see them walking in with big bags of McDonalds because it's so convenient.
Lately I just use my bag of brown rice, bag of raw beans, and whatever veggies I have gotten from the grocery to make some kind of simple veggie+rice dish. I guess convenience is a part of modern culture, though. It takes much less effort to have someone else make your food for you if you're willing to pay more. I think all of us are occasionally guilty of laziness in that regard. |
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| srussell0018 |
I just started doing the paleo thing so I pretty much make everything I eat. It's surprisingly not that difficult to eliminate grain from your diet entirely, and I actually feel so much better in general. More energy, etc. The more I read about how grains effect your body, it seems like they're unhealthy at best and dangerous at worst. With the explosion of the popularity of processed foods it's definitely not surprising that things like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, etc. have been on the rise.
I used to snack a lot, so I was guilty of eating processed foods because I really love crunchy and I really love salty, so I've pretty much just replaced that with celery and a yogurt based dipping sauce of some sort (that sriracha/ranch combo you put me on to is a go-to of mine). |
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
REAL ramen is a very serious meal. |
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