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Hmmm, I totally agree there are local cultural food grammars. And I love trying some of the things that stick outI would not have thought of like the fruit in w
by asiachick 6y ago
Hmmm, I totally agree there are local cultural food grammars. And I love trying some of the things that stick outI would not have thought of like the fruit in whipped cream sandwiches (yum) or the hamburger served as a steak (also yum).
But some of the things in the articles are like???
> TO an Italian, and they may question why pasta and meat are being served together.
Pasta and meat together are common in Italy.
https://www.google.it/search?q=ricetta+pasta+carne&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.it/search?q=ricetta+pasta+carne&source=ln...
> In China, explains Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, rice is served after the main and before the soup
Never heard of this. I'm Chinese. Spent lots of time in China. Never once had this experience.
> shokupan, a Japanese white bread that’s even sweeter and softer than American Wonder Bread
shokupan is not sweeter and softer than wonder bread. It is delicious though!
- tomcooks 6y ago> Pasta and meat together are common in Italy. As you can see in the results of the search you linked, its all ragù or other tiny bits of sausage. The reason why pasta and meat is considered dumb ("bad grammar") in most parts of Italy is that a big chunk of meat would off the pasta/meat ratio in a bite.