megopie comments on CULINARY MAP

[–] megopie@beehaw.org 18 points 1 day ago* (6 children)

“We stole half our flavor profiles from them and refuse to admit it, so we pretend like anything we stole is actually just common knowledge.”

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[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 point 20 hours ago (3 children)

We improved them. One of Italy's most famous dishes, carbonara pasta, has a French version that is way better.

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 1 point 19 hours ago (2 children)

the Korean version is even better.

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[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

I looked it up and it's spicy carbonara. I should try this.

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 1 point 19 hours ago

There are massive leaps to be made by combining French techniques with foreign ingredients, it just requires accepting that maybe other places also have good food, perhaps even better food in some cases.

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[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

it is not like tomatoes are native italy

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 2 points 19 hours ago

The Italians embraced them much sooner and did a lot more with them. The French were too worried they were poisonous because they were nightshades and only slowly adopted them with the advent of tomato exports from Italy and Spain.

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