It’s pretty obvious that the mods are biased towards white people and the Midwesterners in particular. You can make fun of white people all you want, but the moment you even dare criticise a black person then the kid gloves come off and the Nazi mods ban you.

I’m Midwestern and honestly, I’m offended by the comments I see here about Midwestern cooking. I know a lot of Midwestern people on this site feel the same but are afraid to speak up because of the authoritarian mods.

We don’t all eat deep dish pizza. I come from Minnesota. Here we have a dish called Tater Tot hotdish. It’s meat, tater tots, and onions all served submerged in cream of mushroom soup. Does that sound bad to you?

If there is black pride and gay pride, then why can’t I be proud to be Midwestern?

I am Midwestern and I am proud. I won’t be afraid anymore.

  • Slaanesh [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Poverty food in the modern west is so strange. I grew up on a lot of it. Most of it is opening the cupboard and throwing canned goods in a pot and seeing what happens.

    My favorites:
    Pork chops casserole with cream of mushroom, onions, garlic, stale bread (or boxed stuffing) served with a can of green beans.
    Can of crushed tomatoes, can of salmon, whatever spices we have (nowadays I make it with curry and cumin), onions, and a bit of ketchup. served on rice.

    But I have a Trini step mom, and the poverty food she had was so much.... cheaper, but harder to make (curry chicken liver, one pot curry chiken/chickpeas, microwave Baigan Choka, bake/roti).

    I think a big push for the western (modern) poverty dishes is speed of preparation. People don't have time to cook somewhat complex meals after work. Throw shit in a pot, and eat in an hour.

    Also fuck it, sharing the microwave baigan choka recipe cause it's awesome and I've never seen it outside of my step family:
    Preface: Choka is just like... a mash, Baigan is eggplant (could be wrong I'm mayo).
    Get a nice eggplant, cut a bunch of slits throughout (maybe 15ish, just poke a knife into it).
    Put 5+ garlic cloves (peeled, can crush em for a quick peel) into some of the slits.
    Toss it in a microwave for 10 mins.
    while it's microwaving, cook some onions in oil (maybe a bit extra oil) until soft and translucent.
    Transfer the oil and onions into a bowl.
    Once the Eggplant is done, it will probably be very deflated and split, scrape out the flesh into the same bowl.
    Quickly mash everything (a fork will be enough).
    Season with salt and pepper.

    Beast eaten with some fresh flakey Roti.