What do you think is the top cuisine in the world?

[DigDog]

as said by @lxskllr poor people will try to eat anything.

back in the days, roman butcheries would throw away the cow's tail, because it was considered offal, "stuff you don't eat". Oxtail is amazing, just as good as the best cut of steak, but nobody would buy it, so they would throw it out, or sell offal really cheap, pennies. So poor people, people who could barely afford clothing, would buy tripe, intestines, tail, ears, bones all the stuff that otherwise would go in the garbage (or would even go dumpster-diving, that's not something that hipsters invented), and some of the dishes they came up with are amazing.

Sure, oxtail takes 4 hours to stew, but when it's ready, ermagherd.

LOBSTER was previously considered poor people's food. Servants would often stipulate in their contracts "that they not be fed lobster more than 3 times per week" because it was so cheap, that's what you would feed your servants if you owned a mansion.

 

[lxskllr]

as said by @lxskllr poor people will try to eat anything.

back in the days, roman butcheries would throw away the cow's tail, because it was considered offal, "stuff you don't eat". Oxtail is amazing, just as good as the best cut of steak, but nobody would buy it, so they would throw it out, or sell offal really cheap, pennies. So poor people, people who could barely afford clothing, would buy tripe, intestines, tail, ears, bones all the stuff that otherwise would go in the garbage (or would even go dumpster-diving, that's not something that hipsters invented), and some of the dishes they came up with are amazing.

Sure, oxtail takes 4 hours to stew, but when it's ready, ermagherd.

LOBSTER was previously considered poor people's food. Servants would often stipulate in their contracts "that they not be fed lobster more than 3 times per week" because it was so cheap, that's what you would feed your servants if you owned a mansion.

I had Jamaican style ox tail for thanksgiving last year. My daughter's boyfriend made it. Not something I'd have ever gotten on my own accord, but it was damned good. Would definitely eat again.

 

[KMFJD]

oxtail soup is great

 

[Ns1]

As far as I'm concerned you haven't eaten real meat until you've eaten bull penis.

 

[whm1974]

Besides Kimchi, I think that Peanut Butter is also one of the greatest foods invented. It's cheap, very filling, and tastes really good.

 

[whm1974]

The Irish-American dish known as Corned Beef and cabbage is very decent.

 

[KMFJD]

The Irish-American dish known as Corned Beef and cabbage is very decent.

How is it an Irish-American dish? what makes it different from the Irish version?

 

[whm1974]

How is it an Irish-American dish? what makes it different from the Irish version?

The Corned Beef.

 

[sdifox]

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How is it an Irish-American dish? what makes it different from the Irish version?

Less spirits involved :awe:

 

[KMFJD]

The Corned Beef.

corned beef is english/irish though, not american

 

[quikah]

corned beef is english/irish though, not american

The dish is bacon and cabbage in Ireland. Irish immigrants in the US substituted corned beef for the bacon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage#Descendants

 

[woodman1999]

Mitsuwa

Isn't that the grocery place in Edgewater? Used to live right by there.....

An American Cheeseburger dominates anything the world could ever throw at it. If it's done right, there's no need for any condiments.

 

[dasherHampton]

I agree an American Cheeseburger can be a great thing, but no condiments?

 

[KMFJD]

The dish is bacon and cabbage in Ireland. Irish immigrants in the US substituted corned beef for the bacon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage#Descendants

True, but corned beef is irish/english

 

[woodman1999]

If done right, I really think there should be no need to add anything to meat, cheese, and bread. Same idea with a well done (as in cooked properly and simply seasoned and not the cooking temp) steak. No need for any acutraments.

I am not saying I don't put condiments on burgers ever, but if I am making them myself at home, I rarely find the need to add.

 

[MrSquished]

Isn't that the grocery place in Edgewater? Used to live right by there.....

An American Cheeseburger dominates anything the world could ever throw at it. If it's done right, there's no need for any condiments.

That's the place - Japanese grocery and food court in Edgewater. I live about 20 minutes away.

If I had to pick the minimum toppings for a burger I fresh ground myself and cooked it - I would use a little bit of Mayo and some raw onions - that's it.

I do like burgers with a Shake Shack style sauce on them - ketchup/mayo/some sort of finely minced pickle in there - plus raw onions and maayyyybe tomato. But that's it. I don't load my cheeseburgers with toppings. No bacon, no blue cheese, no hot sauce, no nothing else. I stick to those two variations 95% of the time.

 

[woodman1999]

That's the place - Japanese grocery and food court in Edgewater. I live about 20 minutes away.

If I had to pick the minimum toppings for a burger I fresh ground myself and cooked it - I would use a little bit of Mayo and some raw onions - that's it.

I do like burgers with a Shake Shack style sauce on them - ketchup/mayo/some sort of finely minced pickle in there - plus raw onions and maayyyybe tomato. But that's it. I don't load my cheeseburgers with toppings. No bacon, no blue cheese, no hot sauce, no nothing else. I stick to those two variations 95% of the time.

Why do I get the feeling you Zeze and I live awfully close to each other?!?!?

I agree that burgers can be very very good with sauces on them as well as some onion or pickle. I'll take bacon too as I will almost never turn that down in any pig related form. I just really enjoy a perfectly seasoned, hand formed burger, especially in my backyard on a summer day. To me, it doesn't get any better, ever.

 

[MrSquished]

Why do I get the feeling you Zeze and I live awfully close to each other?!?!?

I do live right around y'all. Edgewater is like 20 minutes north of me. Zeze posted a thread just the other day for a meetup with the NYC metro area folks and a few of us responded. Check it out if you are interested. It should be a hoot. I'm already planning my disguise

 

[whm1974]

True, but corned beef is irish/english

True, but corned beef is irish/english

I'm not sure the British even ate cabbage at the time. But Corned Beef and Cabbage is pretty much an Irish-American dish.

 

[feralkid]

french is the greatest. You can fuse french with any other cuisine on the planet and create amazing dishes. Its literally the glue that can gel all cuisine.

Not literally the glue...think about that for a moment.

 

[IronWing]

Not literally the glue...think about that for a moment.

The French enjoy horse meat so it very well could literally be the glue.

 

[whm1974]

The French enjoy horse meat so it very well could literally be the glue.

Has anyone here eaten horse meat before? How was it?

 

[sdifox]

Has anyone here eaten horse meat before? How was it?

Very lean, it's not bad cured or in a salami.

 

[feralkid]

Has anyone here eaten horse meat before?

Nay.

 

[whm1974]

Cottage Cheese is a very decent food. I like mine with pepper and a little salt.