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South Indian erasure once again. No one eats this in wide swaths of the country.
by brcmthrowaway 3y ago
South Indian erasure once again. No one eats this in wide swaths of the country.
- gregjor 3y agoButter was invented in Africa a long time ago. Chickens got domesticated in SE Asia and China, introduced to India thousands of years later. So India can’t now claim they invented either.
- morkalork 3y agoAnd tomatos, potatoes and chili peppers are all from the Americas. Hmmmm? Seems like nobody's iconic cultural dishes are safe!
- arcticbull 3y agoAh yeah, there's a great wikipedia article that shows which common vegetables and fruits originated in which parts of the world before the Columbian exchange. Really makes you think that Italian food once had no tomatoes. And Irish and Eastern European food had no potatoes. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange
- morkalork 3y agoAnd in this case, south Indian food without the heat of chilis.
- arcticbull 3y agoAhh yes, apparently they were introduced by the Portuguese in the late 1400/early 1500s. They did have black pepper though.
- fuzztester 3y agoAnd long peoper, which fewer people know of or talk about than black pepper, these days, but it is quite good too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper
- captn3m0 3y agoI remember seeing it often in my grandma’s kitchen as a kid.
- iknowstuff 3y agoWhy is it erasure?
- mangamadaiyan 3y agoBecause the term "Indian" is largely used to refer only to Northern Indian "things". In this case, Butter Chicken. It's not something that you'd normally find anyone cooking down South.
- callalex 3y agoWho is being erased and who is doing the alleged erasing? I’m very confused by your statement.
- resoluteteeth 3y agoI'm guessing they're responding to this sentence from the article: > It’s one of India’s most beloved dishes and can be found bubbling on kitchen stoves or served on silver in restaurants across the country.