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.
IDK the relative levels of access to food but I used to live in a city where the large majority-black neighborhood had literally no supermarkets
also if I worked two jobs im not gonna come home and cook anything with more than 2 steps
Yeah, I had friends whose parents were pretty solidly "middle class" but made hotdish a lot. There are very cheap, poverty versions, but I think the more overarching character is saving time and effort. It is more of a thing of, usually, the mother needing to throw together a home cooked dinner after working all day and picking up the kids from soccer practice. That is why there are several versions where it is something to the effect of put in ground beef, pour canned veggies on top of that, pour cream of mushroom on top of that and top with chow mein and bake.