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> "your "immigrant" food however is quite good" As an immigrant I'm struggling to find a way to parse that sentence that isn't at least slightly derogatory. I
by potatolicious 13y ago
> "your "immigrant" food however is quite good"
As an immigrant I'm struggling to find a way to parse that sentence that isn't at least slightly derogatory.
Isn't pizza an "immigrant" food? Or General Tso's chicken? California rolls? In the context of being in the USA, wouldn't French food be "immigrant food"?
I'm not trying to be purposely obtuse - but like the word "ethnic food" I can't see any reasonable definition that doesn't betray an unfamiliarity with what's being discussed.
I have a feeling that "immigrant food" falls into the same category as "I like ethnic food" - it's a concept that doesn't even parse if you've got even a basic familiarity with a wide range of cuisines.
- grogenaut 13y agoImmigrant food is all of the food that isn't already americanized. To me it's a good thing. Influx of new stuff. I'm all for the new tastes. And yes all of that is and yet it's now 'murican as general cho's chicken. OIt's all a lookout for foods I've never seen before as well as getting better and better at the giant melting pot of food we already love. I'm not trying to be a jerk but and I know it feels bad to stay "Immigrant food" but that's what it is. New food new people. I love it. Where are the martians. I want martian nachos.