Comment on Country music
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I had a European friend complain that Americans are so egocentric that they call their music “Country Music.” He was also mad we put mayonaise on a pasta and call it a salad.
nifty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Do they not use the word country as a synonym for rural? I checked the Cambridge dictionary, it’s their second definition listed, even higher than where that definition is listed in Merriam Webster. It’s like complaining rock music is made with guitars instead of boulders. Does he also think that country is like the only genre of music made in America? Though some country singers do like to put a lot of nationalism in their music which does kind of confuse things.
I’m a firm mayo by itself as a sauce hater though so I’m with him there. Even more abominable are the jello (or jelly for those in the UK) “salads.” It’s not a salad!
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think maybe he was just making a joke.
BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
But Germans have litterally every kind of salad.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Germans will literally put mayonnaise on sliced sausage and call that a salad.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
[deleted]AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
So it’s the same idea as tuna salad?
TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 11 months ago
TWO salads*
Keep in mind that Fleischsalat is different from Wurstsalat. The main difference is that Fleischsalat is made with mayo to be creamy while Wurstsalat is made with a simple vinaigrette as the dressing.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
There’s also Ochsenmaulsalat which is basically just thinly sliced beef mouth with vinaigrette and onions.
rainynight65@feddit.de 11 months ago
The recipe you’ve linked has more than two ingredients. To say that it’s ‘mayo on sliced sausage’ is misleading. We Germans are a smidgen more sophisticated than that.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
The onions are optional (frankly never heard of it being used Fleischsalad although it could give it a nice bite), pickle juice and sugar is just used flavor the mayo, salt and pepper to taste is standard for pretty much anything savory. The only REAL other ingredient here are the pickles.
So yes, Mr. German Police, you’re technically correct (of course), but I will count this as an off by one since you COULD just put the sausage, pickles, and mayo together and already have a decent approximation of the dish.
Blyfh@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, I don’t get that one either. As a German I’ve seen plenty of “Nudelsalate” which have pasta and mayonnaise.
marcos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That second one is absolutely disgusting.
It’s not a reason to get mad, though.
Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am also mad about the second part.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you want rage, Midwesterners put marshmallows in pistachio pudding and call it salad.
chknbwl@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Green Fluff is just a derivative of Ambrosia, which is very much a Southern-States creation. We Midwesterners simply made it better. /j
Jokes aside, my grandmother used to make her own homemade cherry ambrosia. That recipe is lost with Dementia (she never wrote it down either, heh) so I’ll probably never have Pink Fluff that good again. Don’t knock it 'til you try it.
variants@possumpat.io 11 months ago
Pistachio pudding sounds amazing
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s a great dessert. But Midwesterns treat it exactly like a lettuce salad. Like you go to a buffet and people will put pistachio/marshmallow pudding on their plate next to their steak.
Maeve@kbin.social 11 months ago
I never cared for it. Green jello pudding and I've never seen pistachios in it
margaritox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I was about to comment the same thing.