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Originally posted by konata88:

I buy premium, rather pricey rice from Japan. It’s one of my daily indulgences.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

that Cheese isn’t legal here

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

that Cheese isn’t legal here

What type cheese?

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Originally posted by konata88:
Now I have all kinds of questions. Like:

1. are tacos, burritos, tostadas, enchiladas spanish food? mexican food? central america food?
2. do the words mean anything in spanish? or just a word?
3. who had tacos, tostadas, etc first? Mexico? Honduras? Other?
4. Why would mexico call something tostada and honduras call it enchilada?
5. what about other central american countries - is everyone different or are most of them consistent and only honduras uses different names?
6. why doesn't a mexican enchilada exist in honduras?
7. and something that i've been wondering about for years: is a tostada just a flat taco? If i fold a tostada, am i now eating a taco? or just a folded tostada? how does one eat a tostada (pick up with hands? fork and knife?).

I rarely eat mexican food. but it is pretty tasty when i do. i think i usually get a chicken mole if available. otherwise, something like chile verde or something. unless it's lunch time, then i'll try a taco or burrito.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

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Originally posted by konata88:
Now I have all kinds of questions. Like:

1. are tacos, burritos, tostadas, enchiladas spanish food? mexican food? central america food?
2. do the words mean anything in spanish? or just a word?
3. who had tacos, tostadas, etc first? Mexico? Honduras? Other?
4. Why would mexico call something tostada and honduras call it enchilada?
5. what about other central american countries - is everyone different or are most of them consistent and only honduras uses different names?
6. why doesn't a mexican enchilada exist in honduras?
7. and something that i've been wondering about for years: is a tostada just a flat taco? If i fold a tostada, am i now eating a taco? or just a folded tostada? how does one eat a tostada (pick up with hands? fork and knife?).

I rarely eat mexican food. but it is pretty tasty when i do. i think i usually get a chicken mole if available. otherwise, something like chile verde or something. unless it's lunch time, then i'll try a taco or burrito.

1. “Spanish” by definition means one able to speak the Spanish language, or relating to Spain or it’s people, the food we’re talking about is Hispanic. Or more specific, Latin cuisine. “Tacos” as Americans see them are 100% Mexican, doesn’t mean “Taco” in Honduras is the same “Taco”.
2. Yes, every Spanish speaker knows what this words mean, but it’s like saying, “we don’t have kimchi in America”, we know what the word means but we don’t have an equivalent here. Or more apples to apples, I know what cream of wheat is, but in the south it’s referred to as, “shit nobody would eat”, or “northern shitty grits” lol.
3. How the fuck would I know lmao
It’s the argument of, who had a sandwich first, it’s crazy as more than likely 2 or more places realized they could put meat between bread before word of such spread. Who made the tortilla first? No idea, but once that was established how advanced would one need to be to put meat and veggies on top, in it, around. More than likely it was a collective effort around the same times.
4. Why would Some folks call it a crawfish, some a crawdad, others a mud bug. Remember, before defined borders it was no different than regions of the US speaking differently. I could get into the etymology of enchilada particularly, which mean “season with chili”, but you can see how easily that could be applied to any dish.
I Korea there is a dish that translates to, “chicken shit bags”, typically served with sesame oil, salt, pepper, onions. We know it here as gizzards, typically fried, both are correct, but horrible different wordings.
Curry means one thing in the US, in India it has a much more broad meaning. Different places take names and run with them.
5. They are similar by locale, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala have similar wording but overall I can’t answer that definitively as i don’t have that many wives.
6. Why doesn’t a Korean Silk worm soup exist in America? That question could be asked of any non-universal food.
7. That question jumps back into what folks are calling things where they are from. “Is a hot dog a sandwich”?

I think most question go back to our limited knowledge of Hispanic culture, something I’ve only come to realize is much more diverse than most Americans understanding of it recently, once I married a Honduran.

Kona ya, you and I have talked before about folks acceptance and understanding of Asian culture, I think this is no different, folks eat Chinese Buffet but it doesn’t mean they know shit about East Asian culture or cuisine.

Eat at your local Mexican restaurant and you know 2% about Latin American cuisine.

I know you’re more open than most so I’m not insulting you by any means, I’m just learning a whole different culture from Southern American and Korean. I want to point out that the differences you notice between Japanese and American aren’t TOO much off from some of the more slight differences within Latin American cuisine, regardless of geographical proximity.

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Originally posted by konata88:

are tacos, burritos, tostadas, enchiladas spanish food?

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Originally posted by konata88:
Bald1: pics of my cutlets tonight. Before plating. With the karashi (Japanese style mustard) and tonkatsu sauce (cutlet sauce which is basically a spin off Worcestershire sauce).

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Made $12 Chuck roast, turned in steak. Sous vided Chuck roast for ~26hrs then seared on grill with a little pear wood for flavor. Found recipe years ago and always wanted to try it. Lived up to claims, tastes like a steak with really good beef flavor. Really surprised it came out so well.

Made homemade peasant bread, green beans, and mashed potatoes for sides.