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[–] 90 points 6 months ago* (7 children)

Fusion kitchens are the best and maybe the only good thing to come out of colonialism. Indonesian-Dutch food slaps. Vietnamiese-French cuisine kicks my ass. Must I bring up Italian coffee or Swiss chocolate? Turkish-German Döner is so popular it is sold basically everywhere now.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Well, colonialism did bring tomatoes and potatoes to Europe.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    said cultural exchange happens without colonialism. look at sweet potatoes.

    that's like saying well, without rape, there wouldn't be rape babies, and implying that we should thank rapist for their lives.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Things like cane sugar could never grow anywhere near a Northern climate. If you want that to influence an entire continent's food you can only do that through an incredibly unfair deal (like cash crop colonialism).

    You certainly don't get a ton of culinary creativity when you're paying a fair (read: expensive) price for goods grown halfway around the world. They're too precious to be anything but a novelty for the rich.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    Fusion kitchens are the best and maybe the only good thing to come out of colonialism

    Well, there's also a pretty good music that jazz doesn't happen the way it did without putting European instruments in the hands of formerly enslaved Africans. Would be a lot cooler world if we could figure out how to evolve our art and culture without crimes against humanity, tho.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I want to protest the Döner one. Other countries sell something they call Döner, but the similarity is superficial at best to a real one. It's a fun little thing I do on vacation in other European countries: try to find a "Döner" and see what travesty they give me

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I miss German döner so much. It’s just not right elsewhere, and I can’t understand why.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    ... One time I asked for a doner in Stuttgart. And they ask me "Spicy or no Spicy?" I am curious so I say Spicy. It's fucking curry. They added some sort of Indian curry to a kebab.

    So yeah, I don't know if it's a normal thing in Germany, but I am judging you as an entire nation over this. It wasn't even bad, it was pretty good actually. Just... Why?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Most often the changes I saw till now is the missing (red) cabbage and the bread is different.

    But yeah, I'm with you: I haven't yet found one that is better or even equal to the real one

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I also don’t find many places near me that have the mystery meat on the spindle. That’s a prerequisite. I also don’t know what’s in the “scharf” sauce but it seems hard to find too.

    Edit

    I have to assume that in Germany, there is one or a couple food distributors who sell all the ingredients, since they’re pretty consistent through all the independent shops. Why don’t they just export everywhere?!

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Turkish-German Döner is so popular it is sold basically everywhere now.

    I fucking wish. I lived in France 20+ years ago and loved the stuff. Came back to the US and have been waiting to see a good Döner kebab for over 2 decades now.

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