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Hypothetical-- you can only choose two cuisines to eat for the rest of your life. What might they be? (media.piefed.social)
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For me it's Indian food, but then... what else? Ugh... what a question.

Bah. My mind is a whirling blank right here. I mean, freshly-prepared tiradito right off the boat is like... ffff, like tasting heaven.

I mean, I've never had *truly* fresh, truly authentic sushi, but I imagine it would be like tiradito? (note: it's a form of ceviche, i.e. latino lime-cooked fish slices)

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[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Turkish and French. Turkish because it has an extremely wide variety, French because they are the goat.

[–] CromulantCrow@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Probably Thai and Indian, since they both have a strong vegetarian side.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 1 points 1 hour ago

Just pick Burmese, covers both. I'd probably choose that and Japanese.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Asian and Italian. I’ll go Japanese if you want more specific than Asian, ooh or maybe Thai. Hard one

[–] Elaine@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Mexican food and Chinese food - that should cover me pretty good. RIP Italian food, sushi, Indian, and American french fries.

[–] Tehhund@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

New York style pizza and Chicago style pizza. I can't see this going poorly for me, ever.

[–] WhiteRice@lemmy.ml 1 points 36 minutes ago

Based

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Indian and Mexican. I'm Indian. Makes total sense. Equator foods for the win!!!

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 points 3 hours ago

Italian and Vietnamese. I’m from neither of the places, but their food is so much better than anything we’ve got.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Japanese and Mexican I think.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Indian and Mexican. As a pescatarian married to someone who can't eat soy or eggs, we're already more or less doing that. Though Italian will be missed. Fourth would be American because unfortunately that's what we are

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I'm American of Indian descent and I agree. I'm also celiac so I can't eat gluten. Indian and Mexican is so versatile. All the foods have almost every amino acid and nutrient. There are pastas we can eat! We have to make at home unfortunately but I refuse to give up Italian food!

Also, let's get lunch.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Chinese, mostly Cantonese food, because I'm just so used to it.

Japanese, because sushi, ramen, robatayaki etc...

I just realized I actually haven't tried much food lol, too picky to try new things... sort of just ate whatever I grew up with...

What does the average westerner eat btw? I feel like my life is just a small bubble.

[–] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I could probably live forever off of Korean and Caribbean food.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Haitian and German

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Probably vietnamese and mexican

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago

parenteral nutrition.

Because I'm dying and I have no choice.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Mexican and italian. Mexican and Indian, mexican and korean.

So many options!!

[–] magusfungus@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Japanese and Italian. What is life without katsukaree and pizza?

[–] itsralC@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

Mediterranean and mediterranean

[–] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago

I natively cook California Fusion. Which is, uh, everything, everywhere, all at once.

Thinking of cuisines as regional or ethnic is so 1900s.

[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How has no one said French? French for me please

[–] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

French food is complicated to make compared to other European countries and looks very fancy but it really isn't better than Italian, German, Spanish, or indeed British food. Don't get me wrong, I still make the odd quiche, crème brûlée, or sole meunière, but it's just to change things up when I get bored of making my usual repertoire of dishes. It's nice but more labour intensive for what it is. OP didn't say you'd be getting it from a restaurant every day. Your probably going to be making things from scratch a lot. Do you even own a blowtorch for caramelising deserts or a water bath for sous vide?

[–] Regulator0394@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As a south european person I feel kind of offended by seeing someone put German or even British gastronomy on pair with French, Spanish or Italian cuisine

[–] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

What exactly do you think British cuisine is out of curiosity? I know none of those countries have cake as good as black forest gateau so don't even try to claim otherwise.

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 hours ago

Korean and Italian

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

Pizza. Endless combinations available.

[–] simon574@feddit.org 6 points 10 hours ago

Chinese food! More specifically, Sichuan and Northwestern style food.

I don't need to pick a second one.

[–] oyfrog@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Japanese and Mexican for the sake of the question. It's what I grew up eating, and I hate the idea of being without my familiar comfort foods.

Truthfully though, I love eating too much to limit myself regionally or to just two countries. There's so much I haven't tried.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

German and Indian. German for the breads and the sausages, Indian for the variety and spices.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Mexican, Indian. Hands down.

Though there some other traditional foods I haven't had yet (South American, African)

[–] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Just so you know. Jollof rice is either Ghanaian or Nigerian depending on the nationality of the person feeding it to you and their version is the original and best. They're quite serious about it.

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[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Mexican and Italian

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago

Japanese or Mexican probably.

[–] guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

1: something East Asian; Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai. I’d be happy with any of them, I just can’t decide.

2: something Hispanic/South American, basically just Mexican food.

With any two in those categories there’s enough variety for me to spend my life eating

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Peruvian and Mexican

[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Brazillian and Brazillian again

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