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[Admiral Yi]

Did other cuisines leap forth fully formed from Zeus' head or something?

There is a lot of room between those two options.

[alfred russel]

Did other cuisines leap forth fully formed from Zeus' head or something?

There is a lot of room between those two options.

A lot of our perception of national cuisine is just what things looked like when people started writing cook books. Pasta sauces that include tomatoes are considered a staple of italian food, but of course tomatoes are a new world fruit.

[Admiral Yi]

A lot of our perception of national cuisine is just what things looked like when people started writing cook books. Pasta sauces that include tomatoes are considered a staple of italian food, but of course tomatoes are a new world fruit.

And a lot developed organically.  So my statement stands.

And even on the issue of tomato sauces, the Italians didn't import a recipe from the Incas and touch it up a little.

[Barrister]

A lot of our perception of national cuisine is just what things looked like when people started writing cook books. Pasta sauces that include tomatoes are considered a staple of italian food, but of course tomatoes are a new world fruit.

And a lot developed organically.  So my statement stands.

And even on the issue of tomato sauces, the Italians didn't import a recipe from the Incas and touch it up a little.

I should think not, since tomatoes came from central america / modern Mexico.

The Incas gave the world potatoes.

[Josquius]

Did other cuisines leap forth fully formed from Zeus' head or something?

There is a lot of room between those two options.

A lot of our perception of national cuisine is just what things looked like when people started writing cook books. Pasta sauces that include tomatoes are considered a staple of italian food, but of course tomatoes are a new world fruit.

As are chillis and potatoes.
Hard to imagine Indian food without them.

[Valmy]

Did other cuisines leap forth fully formed from Zeus' head or something?

There is a lot of room between those two options.

Either they organically evolved from someplace or they developed out of nothing.

I fail to see where the room is between those two.

[Admiral Yi]

Either they organically evolved from someplace or they developed out of nothing.

I fail to see where the room is between those two.

Developed out of nothing or are 100% imported.  Most cuisines are a combination of the two.

[Valmy]

Either they organically evolved from someplace or they developed out of nothing.

I fail to see where the room is between those two.

Developed out of nothing or are 100% imported.  Most cuisines are a combination of the two.

As is Tex-Mex despite GF's blasphemous and outrageous accusations.

[Oexmelin]

A lot of our perception of national cuisine is just what things looked like when people started writing cook books.

That's certainly a big part of the story, and the capacity of some foods to be sustained by industrial capital, or by cultural prestige and diplomacy. Then there is also the rise of nationalism, and the invention of tradition.

[Admiral Yi]

As is Tex-Mex despite GF's blasphemous and outrageous accusations.

My bad.  I didn't understand you had been micro-agressed.

[Valmy]

As is Tex-Mex despite GF's blasphemous and outrageous accusations.

My bad.  I didn't understand you had been micro-agressed.

MICRO?! MICRO!!!??1111

The only way he could have macro-agressed more is if he claimed beans belongs in chili.

[PDH]

Mmmm, New Mexico chili with beans in it, can't be beat.

[Valmy]

Mmmm, New Mexico chili with beans in it, can't be beat.

You acknowledge that the beans are something added to chili? You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.

[Admiral Yi]

MICRO?! MICRO!!!??1111

The only way he could have macro-agressed more is if he claimed beans belongs in chili.

Once you've settled down Captain Lone Star, tell me what's original in Tex-Mex besides 1) no bean chili, 2) smoked brisket, and 3) sour cream.

[PDH]

Mmmm, New Mexico chili with beans in it, can't be beat.

You acknowledge that the beans are something added to chili? You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.

Yeah, they don't know how to make proper chili there either.