Poll - best food by country/ethnic group

[Groff]

Mayonnaise ? I don't remember mayonnaise. When did they start doing that ?

Honestly since I can remember, at least here where I live. A lot of people put both ketchup and mayonnaise on their pizza's.
EDIT: forgot to add that's usually in the cheaper, fast food, joints. The "fancier" one's usually bring you extra tomato sauce so you can dip or pour it over your pizza if you want.

 

[warpus]

If you mix mayo with a good hot sauce you can get a good dip going. So I can see mayo working on pizza.

From what I remember Polish ketchup is spicier and not as sweet as North American ketchup. How about Yugoslavian ketchup?

 

[inthesomeday]

Mayo and hot sauce... CLASSIC impromptu dip.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Honestly since I can remember, at least here where I live. A lot of people put both ketchup and mayonnaise on their pizza's.
EDIT: forgot to add that's usually in the cheaper, fast food, joints. The "fancier" one's usually bring you extra tomato sauce so you can dip or pour it over your pizza if you want.

Where do you live ? I assume RS stands for Republika Srpska. My parents have a house near Banja Luka and that's where I ate most of my Yugo-pizzas.
Come to think of it, there was no ketchup in Dubrovnik, but that's basically a Croatian speaking Italian city state full of tourists.

From what I remember Polish ketchup is spicier and not as sweet as North American ketchup. How about Yugoslavian ketchup?

Mostly regular tomato ketchup. Not really sweet, but since I never had North American ketchup I can't compare them.

If you mix mayo with a good hot sauce you can get a good dip going. So I can see mayo working on pizza.
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Mayo and hot sauce... CLASSIC impromptu dip.

Mayo is a good base for almost anything sauce related. Dips, sauces, salad dressings with any kind of spice I've tried always turn out well, but curry and/or garlic yield the best results.

Hey, let's talk about garlic ! Garlic is awesome ! I remember that Germans back in the eighties and early nineties really didn't like garlic and would hold their noses when they got so much as a whiff of it. These days they are far more tolerant even appreciative of it. Of all the cultural influences guest workers had on this country, that's probably the best one.
We still have to work on raw onions though. Whenever I request onions on my kebab the Turk [it's almost always a Turk, maybe sometimes a North African or Middle Eastern guy (it's almost always a guy)] looks at me, probably thinks "this dude doesn't look Turkish" and asks if I really want onions. When I confirm that I indeed want onions I usually get an approving nod or smile.

 

[warpus]

North American ketchup is very sweet

 

[AdrienIer]

We still have to work on raw onions though. Whenever I request onions on my kebab the Turk [it's almost always a Turk, maybe sometimes a North African or Middle Eastern guy (it's almost always a guy)] looks at me, probably thinks "this dude doesn't look Turkish" and asks if I really want onions. When I confirm that I indeed want onions I usually get an approving nod or smile.

That's odd, here the kebab guys assume you want salad + tomatoes + onions unless you tell them otherwise. It must really be a cultural thing

 

[warpus]

I've also never heard of Germans not liking onions. Onions are a big part of Polish cuisine, I guess I assumed they were a big part of German cuisine too..

 

[GoodSarmatian]

That's odd, here the kebab guys assume you want salad + tomatoes + onions unless you tell them otherwise. It must really be a cultural thing

Here they either assume you don't want them, ask if you really want onions if you say you want EVERYTHING !!!, or they just have really bland, tasteless onions for sophisticated people who "like onions" but don't really like onions.
Definitely cultural. My perception of French cuisine is that it has very strong Mediterranian influence + a lot of cream and cheese.

I've also never heard of Germans not liking onions. Onions are a big part of Polish cuisine, I guess I assumed they were a big part of German cuisine too..

Plenty of German dishes contain fried or glazed onions with all the onion burnt out of them.
I'm specifically talking about raw onions that will clear your throat and possibly bring you to tears.

 

[AdrienIer]

My perception of French cuisine is that it has very strong Mediterranian influence + a lot of cream and cheese.
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I wouldn't say a lot of cream or cheese, but they can be an important part of the food in certain regions (the north, Normandy and the Alps mostly). I've never lived in those regions so it's not in my habits.

An important thing to keep in mind is that french cuisine varies a lot depending on where you go. In the southwest around Toulouse you'll find sausages, cassoulet, foie gras, duck breast. In the southeast you'll have bouillabaisse and Mediterranean food. In Alsace, Flammekueche (basically a pizza with cream instead of tomato sauce) and German influenced food. In Britanny, crêpes, galettes (made with Buckwheat flour), and salted butter (which makes for the best pastries in the world). In the north you have a heavy Flemish influence (lots of things cooked in beer). And then you add to that the more widespread dishes that are made special by their sauces (burgundy beef with red wine, veal blanquette with flour butter and cream in the sauce, carrot beef, etc...).

But the most important part is that almost everywhere in the country you can find good local ingredients, and some kind of good alcohol to go with it (cider, beer, liquor, wine, cognac, armagnac, depending on the region).

 

[Groff]

Where do you live ? I assume RS stands for Republika Srpska. My parents have a house near Banja Luka and that's where I ate most of my Yugo-pizzas.
Come to think of it, there was no ketchup in Dubrovnik, but that's basically a Croatian speaking Italian city state full of tourists.

In Banja Luka.

 

[warpus]

Plenty of German dishes contain fried or glazed onions with all the onion burnt out of them.
I'm specifically talking about raw onions that will clear your throat and possibly bring you to tears.

Yeah, the perfect kind of onion you want to eat with any sausage! Germans eat a lot of sausage, do they really dislike raw onion so much? It does not compute (for me)

 

[GoodSarmatian]

In Banja Luka.

Cool, I plan to go to Banja Luka some time next summer. Maybe we can meet up and discuss garlic, onions and classic RPGs.

Yeah, the perfect kind of onion you want to eat with any sausage! Germans eat a lot of sausage, do they really dislike raw onion so much? It does not compute (for me)

I've also never heard of Germans not liking onions. Onions are a big part of Polish cuisine, I guess I assumed they were a big part of German cuisine too..

There's Zwiebelmett, which I heartily recommend for breakfast. Occasionally, not every day. Might add up to (a quite satisfying) half an hour to your morning routine.
Feels great once a week or month. More often than that, it gets annoying.

And that's pretty much it. I've only lived in the Northern Rhineland (where they mix raisins with horsemeat, it's pretty good in general and very good for German food) and the Southern Rhineland (where I didn't see much difference, except that they drink more wine and less beer).

 

[civvver]

mayo + sirracha is my favorite burger condiment.

 

[inthesomeday]

I like weird novelty theme burgers. Like a Caprese burger or a teriyaki burger.

Is it true what they say that Brits put vinegar on their burgers?

 

[AdrienIer]

The Brits have committed many crimes in history. But their food is among the worst

 

[Groff]

Cool, I plan to go to Banja Luka some time next summer. Maybe we can meet up and discuss garlic, onions and classic RPGs.
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Absolutely, all over a slice or two of pizza (no mayonnaise I promise).

 

[warpus]

Is Norway the only place where people put bearnaise sauce on their pizza?

 

[W|M]

Is it true what they say that Brits put vinegar on their burgers?

I've never heard of that happening, but I have put vinegar on spaghetti myself

 

[PhroX]

I like weird novelty theme burgers. Like a Caprese burger or a teriyaki burger.

Is it true what they say that Brits put vinegar on their burgers?

Nah, vinegar generally goes on fish and/or chips. If you're careless, you might spill some on your burger while putting it on the chips, but I've never come across anyone doing it intentionally.

 

[Kyriakos]

Nah, vinegar generally goes on fish and/or chips. If you're careless, you might spill some on your burger while putting it on the chips, but I've never come across anyone doing it intentionally.

Fish and chips are tasty, but that is really a fast-food, not anything needing an actual person who knows what they are doing.
And other than fish and chips, i am not sure if anything is readily identifiable as "english food". I mean... beef/steak is a food type, not an actual recipe.
Same with uni meals, eg:

Which are just random junk, badly cooked (which is a feat in itself, given it doesn't take much skill to fry an egg or what passes for a sausage -- the beans and the tomatoes are terrible as well)