• buh [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    Now I understand why the guys in Slipknot are so angry

  • CommunistBear [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    This is legitimately revolting. The ICC should charge Iowa for crimes against humanity for this

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    It wasn't until I learned how to cook for myself that I realized how truly bland the """food""" is here.

    Folks? They don't rinse their canned beans! They use ketchup as a barbecue sauce! Black pepper is too spicy!

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      I always thought "white people eat bland food" was a stupid stereotype, or perhaps something from Mexico, Korea, Thailand, or some other place that eats hot food, and that by bland they just meant "not hot". In my experience white people in Hawai'i didn't really eat more or less bland food than everyone else.

      Then I went to the Midwest

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        Where I'm from is whiter than old dog shit but the "local" cuisines at least have flavor and spice.

        It was wild the first time I got a slice in the Midwest and they somehow managed to have three distinct layers of bread, sauce, and toppings which somehow were completely distinct and did not interact with each other at all.

        It should be considered a skill to be able to cook the flavor out of stuff the way they do.

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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          7 months ago

          Hmm, how should we cook broccoli? Should we grill it? Fry it? Bake it?

          No!

          Boil that shit until it turns green-grey and serve it with several tbsp of butter!

          • Adkml [he/him]
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            7 months ago

            What if we find a way to cook it that not only makes it taste like stale water it also removes half the nutrients from it?

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        The Midwest blended the blandest foods from Germany, England, and France.

        Texmex has slowly infiltrated but the Midwestern pallet can't handle it.

        • SerLava [he/him]
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          7 months ago

          Actually I found out that Italians are fucking garlic-phobic compared to anyone from Chicago. Like they cut out the middle of their singular garlic clove and throw it away because it has some more flavor in it

    • KhanCipher [none/use name]
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      7 months ago

      They don't rinse their canned beans!

      That's completely fine depending on what you're doing. Essentially if you're dumping a can of beans right into something that's going to dilute the liquid (like say a pot of chili), it's completely fine and hardly noticeable.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        I notice. The difference in chilli is night and day, it's way too starchy. I thought I hated beans for years because of that shit 😠

  • ColonelKataffy [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    i mean, cream cheese and mashed avocado is probably decent tasting, but it isn't guacamole data-revolutionary

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    7 months ago

    The chef also stated cottage cheese can be substituted for the cream cheese and ketchup for the Tabasco if the crowd looked especially not spice tolerant.

    See, this right here is why white genocide is justified

  • poppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]
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    7 months ago

    The funniest taco I've ever seen came from a white owned Mexican restaurant. Taco Bell shell, ground beef, and shredded cheese. That's it. Calling that a taco is offensive.

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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    7 months ago

    holy shit they actually put avocado in it. Isn't that too offensive for the tongue of the white midwesterner?

  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]
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    7 months ago

    While I live on Liberal Mountain, I can testify that Iowa seems to have no culinary tradition. It's south of Midwestern German/Scandanvian/Polish food, and north/east of the Southern/Tex-mex food.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      7 months ago

      As someone who lived in Kansas ditto

      They had a weird thing about Cinnamon Rolls and Chili. Together.

      • Moonworm [any]
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        7 months ago

        Cinnamon is honestly pretty good in chili if you want to take it that direction.

        • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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          7 months ago

          Cinnamon is definitely underrated as an ingredient in savory dishes. Mexico got that shit figured out.

          But also I disagree with cinnamon rolls and chili as a pairing on principle so please don't try and use logic here.

      • CommunistBear [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        I will admit, I tried cinnamon rolls and chili. As long as the chili itself isn't sweet it's really good. Cornbread and chili is already an amazing combo so it's only a half step away from that

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    I can only begin to imagine the suffering the Mexican chef goes through every day, having to make that slop.

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      They solved that problem by refusing to hire any minorities to work in theiir mexican restaurant.