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They are core essentials for the Western cooking tradition codified by Escoffier. The Indic tradition is different (and North India is quite different from Sout
by dsr_ 4y ago
They are core essentials for the Western cooking tradition codified by Escoffier. The Indic tradition is different (and North India is quite different from South). There are at least four major groups of African traditions. I am being profoundly ignorant by referring to the Asian tradition - Northern Chinese is wheat-centered and Southern is rice-centered, and Thai flavors are quire different from Viet not to mention Malay...z
And none of them use the mother sauces except the Western tradition.
Humans have great diversity in food, and that is wonderful.
- mattkrause 4y agoNot those mother sauces, and not by that particular name, but Indian cuisines do have the same "variations on a theme" structure. A lot of North Indian dishes start with a base of tomato, onions, ginger, and garlic, to which various things are subsequently added. I think you could call that a "mother sauce", and people occasionally do: https://food52.com/blog/19216-does-indian-cuisine-have-mother-sauces https://food52.com/blog/19216-does-indian-cuisine-have-mothe...