indian food vs. italian food

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haha

horsehoe's dad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjWd9a8Ck8U

i see we are undertaking a rhetorical sleight-of-hand that allows us to divide "indian food" into region-specific cuisines but regards "italian food" as a monolith. i will not take part.

is there any region of Italy where the cuisine doesn't involve onions or garlic and is still flavorful? there's no question northern italian vs. southern italian is a whole range of tastes but the vaisnavas seriously elevate the game when they do their "take away our onion and garlic and we can still make stuff that will make you slap yourself" deal

omg ledge! that skit otm.

i see we are undertaking a rhetorical sleight-of-hand that allows us to divide "indian food" into region-specific cuisines but regards "italian food" as a monolith. i will not take part.

In fairness India is like 10 times the size of Italy at the very least.

I really love all the Italian staples obviously but when you go to one of the more authentic Italian restaurants in London the main fish/meat courses, while usually really great, aren't exactly anything you don't get in other cuisines.

Indian food > British Indian food > US Indian food >>>>>>> French Indian food. By contrast I don't think there such a variance in the quality of Italian food outside Italy.

I'm going to vote Indian here but the playing field is considerably levelled here when you factor in all the awesome Italian desserts. Indian desserts are basically just a load of different uses for condensed milk.

yeah not a fan of indian desserts beyond rasmalai. indian sweets are an abomination.

Kulfi is great but Italy invented ice-cream so that's an automatic point in its favour.

I don't understand gelato, can somebody explain gelato to me

- tastes good

every time I've thought, I would rather be eating ice cream

overall indian much tastier to me but yeah dessert is a total victory for italy. what does one eat for breakfast in india???

cheerios

or w/e you want to call early morning meal/snack

aloo paratha
harissa
an omelet
cheerios

Masala Dosa. Breakfast of Kings.

paratha is a perfect food all by itself

gonna open up an indian breakfast shop called harissa dalloway

Had breakfast at an Indian wedding (in the uk), was sooo good. It was... curried stuff, y'know? Thank you, my incredible memory.

Breakfasts I had in India basically revolved around eggs, bread and fruit. Nothing to write home about.

every time I've thought, I would rather be eating ice cream

I'm the total opposite, I realized recently that 'regular ice cream' is basically my least favorite types of frozen dairy dessert...prefer gelato, frozen yogurt, sherbert, custard

least favorite type

another day another poll

Haggis pakora vs pizza crunch.

in the most one-note, reductionist, misguided, ignorant reading of this poll: curry w/ rice >>>>>>>>>>> pasta w/ tomato sauce.

Because of this thread I am totally sauteeing some garlic in butter and dumping in a can of tomatoes. Thank you, all.

^ occams razor

xp

i am eating a tuna sandwich and its the first thing ive gotten to eat since about 8 am because i didnt get a lunch break and i kind of hate this poll and anyone who has the option to eat either of these cuisines right now (or really anything better than a soggy tuna sandwich at this moment in time). (though in the future whrn im hungry or trying to lose weight i might just look up old loujag posts about food and creaming.)

also : indian.

every time I've thought, I would rather be eating ice cream

man I am often with you on food-related issues but what are you even on about here. gelato is a thing, is what. anybody who gets all "gelato is vastly superior to ice cream" is posing but it certainly isn't ice cream's inferior.

come with me to a state where they allow ice cream to be made with >20% milkfat, you'll change your tune

I concede that I am not familiar with the local ice cream milkfat laws

is that really a thing? tbf i cant even remember the last time i had ice cream.

I spent a summer up at penn state, I think because of county laws you could make ice cream with 20% milkfat, it was glorious

unfortunately since penn state is actually located at the gates to the entrance of hell you only had about .5 seconds before the intense searing demonfire vaporized your ice cream

& every time I've thought, I would rather be in pennsylvania eating ice cream

ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Sunday, November 6, 2011 5:56 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i have plenty of other ways to get fat that arent subject to antiquated laws or driving more than 40 miles outside philly city limits.

a.k.a. the part of pennsylvania we pretend doesnt exist.

lancaster?

well these i prefer to pretend none of it exists and i actually live beachside in the keys

I spent a summer up at penn state, I think because of county laws you could make ice cream with 20% milkfat, it was glorious

lol actually yeah, I think I had some ice cream at swarthmore once and noticed it was really rich

swarthmore is higher on us news I think that means the ice cream is better than penn state ice cream

Italian food is one of those unchallenging comfort things that it's stupid to say you like because EVERYONE LIKES IT EXCEPT VEGANS AND WEIRDOS. It's way cooler to say you like I don't know one specific kind of kimchee, or unagi sushi or something. You know what? I fcuking love Italian food, Americanized or otherwise. To me, there's no greater flavor range in the world than garlic + tomato + lemon + rosemary, and 100 variations on that theme.

― WE DO NOT HAVE "SECRET" "MEETINGS." I DO NOT HAVE A SECOND (Laurel), Sunday, November 6, 2011 10:11 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Laurel OTM. Though for me it's more about the magic TOMATO AND CHEESE combination. Also, pasta is approximately a billion times nicer than rice.

swarthmore is higher on us news I think that means the ice cream is better than penn state ice cream

lol'd really hard at this

Also, pasta is approximately a billion times nicer than rice.

we had this discussion I think and rice destroyed pasta and pasta was all cowering in a corner goin ok yeah I concede that I am not as good but can I still exist? and rice showed mercy because rice slays, that's how I remember it anyway

I would like to have fresh made pasta one day instead of the hard stuff that comes in plastic bags

Rice is just about the only base carb foodstuff that I don't like. Potatoes = nom, bread = nom nom nom, pasta = om nom nom nom nom nom.

would eat the hell out of: tandoori pizza

http://writinghappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tandoori-pizza.jpg

let me be clear, I love all carbs, but rice...rice is life!

You can have the rice! I don't want it! Actually, I think in a carb poll I would probably vote bread over pasta. Actually, have we done that yet?