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I had a similar reaction. It seemed strange to present this as the "answer" to barbecue, as if barbecue had been developed as a challenge to other cultures to t
by markkanof 8y ago
I had a similar reaction. It seemed strange to present this as the "answer" to barbecue, as if barbecue had been developed as a challenge to other cultures to try to be as good. Why must everything today be so adversarial. Can't we just appreciate an interesting cooking method from another culture.
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoI don't see it as adversarial when X is Y's answer to Z, but just showing that different cultures solve problems in different ways. The best thing to do is look at the alternatives and see if they work for you. I love cooking and have borrowed lots of ideas from Asian and Latino cultures in what I make. I'd hate think someone would accuse me, a white American in the suburbs, of cultural appropriation or being adversarial... I'm just borrowing ideas I like. There is nothing new under the sun... all creative people just take existing things and modify them or combine them in new ways.
- quirkot 8y agoWhat you are describing is some form of cultural exchange. You have received some expression of another culture and "answered" it by modifying or combining them with your existing cooking repertoire. My point is that I don't think the article established that the profiled Bedouin people are responding to an external stimulus.