A minor fun fact about St. Patrick's Day is corned beef and cabbage isn't really a native Irish thing Like yes, they had corned beef in Ireland (and since this became a thing some people have really pushed the theory it was invented in Ireland) But it wasn't a traditional dish
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The amount of meat and oil and stuff being tremendously indulgent by Old Country standards and yet the level of craftsmanship and quality etc. being at the level of the meanest peasant food The invention of junk food/fast food The whole American experience in a nutshell
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My favorite thing about this is the invention of orange chicken Traditional Chinese haute cuisine did in fact use orange *peels* in chicken marinade, which isn't that different than French chefs making Duck a L'Orange
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Which is why it's delicious. Seriously, most cuisines were ways to stretch a small amount of meat into something that would fill you up. This is a problem Americans no longer have.
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Immigrants from West African countries will barely acknowledge the existence of red rice, let alone admit that it’s jollof rice’s lost cousin, so I feel you there.
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