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ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 21 hours agospam musubi
That’s sushi with spam. I wouldn’t call that unique because how similar it is to any other sushi, its just an ingredient replacement. Now if the spam was specifically seasoned or prepared then yeah, it’d be a unique snack.
Frybread is basically hungarian lángos
And deep fried podpłomyk recipe is also very similar.
loco moco I can’t find anything similar, so I’d call it unique
cheese zombies, jojos, Seattle dog, huckleberry everything, etc.
Grilled cheese sandwich, potato wedges, hot dog with a different ingredient, huckleberry is an ingredient, not a dish.
Southwest USA and Mexican have a lot of overlap but are also just as distinct with “Tex-mex” being it’s own culinary thing. Puffy tacos, chili con queso, cornbread, cowboy caviar, nachos, etc.
Igredient replacement, literally not a dish but a dip, Native American, a bean salad, nachos are Mexican. Tex-mex I think is mostly one ingredient replacement. Literally you had a lot of beef and cheese and that’s how you made Mexican recipes.
Midwest, Alaskan, southern, east-coast, Puerto Rican
Midwest and Alaskan, as well as east-coast, those three sound most promising. Can you maybe tell a bit more about them,
Southern is likely to be European cuisine with one ingredient replacement, Puerto Rico is famously territory of the USA, but not a state :-)
pasta is any less “Italian” despite it just being Chinese noodles with a few changed ingredients.
Yeah, pasta is not an unique Italian dish. It was invented by so many cultures independently. Bolognese sauce on the other hand is, as I can’t find any other similar dish that was invented independently from it. Do you see the distinction I’m looking for?
There is nothing new under the sun…
I guess thats why gastro restaurants that are using wild cooking techniques to come up with new dishes and flavours combos.
Foam?
But dishes most people cook in their own home have legacies reaching far beyond time.
Take the Pavlova. Legend has it that it came from the long long ago, in the mist of times of Australia, long before any NZ bastard tried to steal it from us.
SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Spam musubi is identical to your pumpkin pie example, main ingredient changed and often with different sauces/sides/etc like spicy mayo, teriyaki or gravy. Either they’re both unique or neither one is and, based on how you categorized everything else, nothing is unique.
Loco Moco is just egg curry with hamburger.
Gumbo is just bouillabaisse over rice.
Tomato based meat sauce? That’s just curry with some of the complexity removed.
Poutine nachos? Authentic Mexican food!
Also, think about what it means when you dismiss a food as “uniquely American” because it’s “Native American” cuisine.
I’m sorry to say, but there’s nothing unique in any of those places either. Ambrosia is a standard fruit salad, Cincinnati chili is just spaghetti and hot dish is just shepherds pie. Sloppy Joes are just a
ragúcurry sandwich and corn dogs are tamales on a stick. Akutaq is just ice cream with an extra ingredient or two and birch syrup is “an ingredient, not a dish”.