I'd like to provide a counterargument to: > Second, European meals tend to focus heavily on a main and some side dishes, but a TON of countries simply do one d

I'd like to provide a counterargument to: > Second, European meals tend to focus heavily on a main and some side dishes, but a TON of countries simply do one dish for the whole meal. A ton of German cuisine, especially historically is either Soup or "Eintopf" (literally one-pot). You might add bread, but the dish stands by itself. Especially in the winter time, this is something people still do a lot. Still looking forward to kale (Grühnkohl, or where I'm from: Braunkohl). I still love stuff like Schmohrkohl and Grühnkohl. Not so much the carrot and potato soup and things like that. PS: I'd consider "Auflauf" (casserole?) to be a one-pot dish as well.