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The way it is worded, it sounds like he trying to imply that 'milk, butter, bread, and rice' are not staples in Indian food. The main thesis is that Indian foo

The way it is worded, it sounds like he trying to imply that 'milk, butter, bread, and rice' are not staples in Indian food. The main thesis is that Indian food is tasty because it uses flavors that do not overlap. Adding a caveat for milk, butter, bread, and rice of: "When any of those ingredients appeared in an Indian dish, there was a good chance there would be a lot of flavor overlap." kind of obliterates the main thesis. Am I misreading? SubEDIT: Awwww, looking at the source paper, they count 'ghee' as completely separate from 'butter'. Rice still seems pretty staple-y though. EDIT EDIT: Wait, Table S3 lists 'rice basmati' with a frequency of occurrence of 69, but Table S4 lists 'rice' with a frequency of occurrence of 256. This smells of improperly sanitized data.

scott_s 12y ago
I can understand how one would interpret it that way - implying that milk, butter and bread are not staples in Indian food - but I don't think that's the case. The wording is confusing, but I think we get the most consistent meaning interpreted my way. Whether or not that interpretation actually represents reality, however, is a different matter.
vram22 12y ago
>EDIT EDIT: Wait, Table S3 lists 'rice basmati' with a frequency of occurrence of 69, but Table S4 lists 'rice' with a frequency of occurrence of 256. This smells of improperly sanitized data. I haven't read the article yet, but replying to your comment, it may not imply improperly sanitized data (if by sanitized you mean something like normalized, in this context); because basmati rice is different from "general" rice - it is a more expensive kind, typically used in biryanis and pulaos, and not so commonly eaten, except that nowadays it is starting to get more common. And BTW, it smells good - basmati I mean, and that's why it is called that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmati#History_and_etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmati#History_and_etymology

scott_s 12y ago

I can understand how one would interpret it that way - implying that milk, butter and bread are not staples in Indian food - but I don't think that's the case. The wording is confusing, but I think we get the most consistent meaning interpreted my way. Whether or not that interpretation actually represents reality, however, is a different matter.

vram22 12y ago

>EDIT EDIT: Wait, Table S3 lists 'rice basmati' with a frequency of occurrence of 69, but Table S4 lists 'rice' with a frequency of occurrence of 256. This smells of improperly sanitized data. I haven't read the article yet, but replying to your comment, it may not imply improperly sanitized data (if by sanitized you mean something like normalized, in this context); because basmati rice is different from "general" rice - it is a more expensive kind, typically used in biryanis and pulaos, and not so commonly eaten, except that nowadays it is starting to get more common. And BTW, it smells good - basmati I mean, and that's why it is called that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmati#History_and_etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmati#History_and_etymology