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Adopting another culture's style of cooking?

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If you could adopt another culture's style of cooking, I'm curious to know which one you would pick. I am a Nigerian -American, and goodness does that make a tasty combination. If I were to experiment with preparing food staples from another culture/country/you-get-the-gist, I would choose Ethiopia. I've had some ethopian food before and it's delicious!
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As an American, I feel like we have adopted everyone else's cultures when it comes to our food. There are very few things that are 100% American, people included! My cooking is a watered down blend of mostly German, Japanese, Mexican, French, and Italian. Who knows what else has influenced what or how I cook!
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Ethiopian food is amazing. I've made kitfo myself, but not much else.

Most of my cooking tends to be East-Asian style-- Chinese or sometimes Thai.
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Post by Archie Tewksbury »

Yea its good to adopt another cultures style of cooking,not fully but partially.Like we will be able to fusion two different countries style of cooking and that may turn pretty good too.
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It may not count as haute cuisine, but the Currywurst is, I suppose, a blend of German and Indian, and boy is it tasty!
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Am a Nigerian, Eastern part if I want to adopted another culture's style I would go with the South- South, I love their food.
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I would really like to learn how to cook Indian food. I love spices so I think that would be a good area to start.
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When we adopt another culture's style of cooking to cook their traditional recipies, it is very interesting.
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I've adopted the Mexican culture of cooking. It's delicious.
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I love learning all about other cultures and love learning new recipes and styles.
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I’m Sri Lankan and here we enjoy all kinds of foods from everywhere across the world. We also love to put together flavors. For example, I would add Indian flavors to a lasagna with no guilt and it turns out delicious.
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I have always wished I had access to a traditional Indian mother or grandmother that had received all their recipes from the previous generation and learned to cook Indian cuisine from them rather than from American-ized cook books. The food in the cook books tends to be less spicy or not include spices that are harder to find in the US.
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I haven't tried Ethiopian food, but now that it has been mentioned, I would be down to try some!

I have been making curry a lot more lately. I've also had American tacos a lot, especially since my 5-year-old likes them and she hardly ever likes what I cook, lol.

I am American, but I haven't had a lot of opportunities to pick out foods from different cultures. Growing up, we always had meals that were incredibly easy to make, just pop it in the oven and add mayo or some other dipping sauce. Since I am older, I have been trying to branch out. I'll be looking up some Ethiopian recipes :)
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I love testing all cuisines. Sometimes I will have Taco Tuesdays and enjoy making a variety of tacos with different ingredients. Other days I crave pizza and pho.
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CommMayo wrote: 16 Nov 2017, 19:09 As an American, I feel like we have adopted everyone else's cultures when it comes to our food. There are very few things that are 100% American, people included! My cooking is a watered down blend of mostly German, Japanese, Mexican, French, and Italian. Who knows what else has influenced what or how I cook!
America is definitely a gastronomic melting pot. Especially if you live in a large city, you are likely to find just about every cuisine imaginable. Having traveled to and lived in several other countries, I have discovered that no food is ever the same, though. For example, Japanese food is very different if it's made in Japan, vs. made to the taste of Americans here in the States. I've even talked with people of other cultures that have owned restaurants in multiple countries, and they admit to tweaking things to appeal more to the the taste of the country in which they currently reside. (Part of that also stems from the occasional inability to get certain spices at a reasonable cost.) For me this is a real let-down, as I absolutely love Japanese food. I have yet to find an (affordable) restaurant that serves food just like I remember it in Japan.
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