Poll: Your Favorite National Cuisine

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This-is-Hip-Hop

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For as long as I can remeber, I have had an obsession with cooking. ever since I saw my mother laboring over a hot stove for dinner, I have wanted to learn to cook. But unlike normal kids who just wanted to learn how to boil water to make there Mac & Cheese, I wanted to learn how to Saute Vegatables to make my favorite dish, Dell's Barbeque Chicken.

Though enough about me, what I want to know from you is your favorite National Cuisine. Just like College, Culinary Shool's have a specfic region you can "Major" in, for instance, Italian is a popular region to "Major" in. Though I am not asking you to decide my major for me, I just have always been curious to see what my peers pefer in the national department for tastes. All polls options are broad terms, done with short summarys of the flavors used in this distinct area, the sheer diversity of flavors throughout these areas would make listing impossible to do.

North American: this national flavor is not so easily summed up with two sides, North and South, the North involving more vegtables with more of a herbal focus and the main cooking method is broiling (Oven Baking). But the south has more of a meat focus with deep frying as the main cooking method. (Very Broad, take no sweeping generalazations seriously.)

Asian: A term to describe Japenese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese tastes, These regions share a similar background in tastes, and most all of them are sea-oriented, Espically the Japanese. Rice is a large part of there national flavor.

European: A sweeping term used to describe all European contries, or if you pefer, Western Countries. These styles depend on the natural rescources that appear at whichever lcale they are speaking of, For instance, Italians use Hefty pastas due to thier abundance of wheat and Olvie Trees.

Latin America: The only non-sweeping term in this poll, this regional flavor has a lot of outside influences due to the much more open immigration polices they have had in the past, raning from African to European, and even including Asian. This style focuses heavily on spices, and is suprisngly sparring on meat. Though the Cusinie istself tends to serve a lot on one dish, which is just a personal observation.

Sorry for the generalazation, if you have any questions on the selections, feel free to ask, I will be here to answer the questions. Also, if you have a more specfic prefrence, I.E. (Tex-Mex) do not be afraid to post it.

-This-is-Hip-Hop
 

ellimist337

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I happen to be a mostly meat-and-potatoes man myself, though I like it with more spice and flavor than most midwesterners. Mmmmm. Steak.
 

xitel

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I will admit to being a crass American, but I don't think you can get better than a good rack of ribs. The kind that fall off the bone into your mouth, and are perfectly tender and juicy. Plus, whereas most countries' cuisine focuses equally on appearance as it does taste, American cuisine is all about the flavor, which I appreciate quite a bit. I mean, we've got New England Clam Chowder, Ribs, Chicken Fried Steak, Philly Cheesesteak, biscuits and gravy, the Reuben sandwich, and all that stuff that looks like it's just slathered with stuff but ends up tasting delicious.

Plus, the Hamburger was invented in America, so I claim it as American cuisine. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't invented in Hamburg, Germany, but instead it was made at Louis' Lunch in Connecticut. The name comes from the style of meat patty. NOW YOU KNOWWWWW...
 

santaandy

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While I do love me some Middle Eastern, Asian, Indian, and Latin American, nobody does food (and beer) better than Europe.
 

Mstrswrd

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Various Asian foods. I don't know why, I just enjoy them. Also, Geek, because I'm half Greek, and my Dad can really cook well (and is Greek).
 

Bofus Teefus

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My mom started dragging my little white self into the sushi bar when I was five years old. It's always been my absolute favorite. It helps cut the price down if you learn to make it yourself. The toughest part is the sticky rice...just make sure you get your hands wet before screwing around with the sticky rice. I didn't the first time, and I ended up with sticky rice decorating the fridge, stove, TV, doorknobs, clothing, and everything else in the apartment.

The close second would be Mexican food.
 

justnotcricket

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xitel said:
Plus, the Hamburger was invented in America, so I claim it as American cuisine. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't invented in Hamburg, Germany, but instead it was made at Louis' Lunch in New York. The name comes from the style of meat patty. NOW YOU KNOWWWWW...
I thought Louis' Lunch was in Connecticut...?
 

The_Prophet

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarma_(food)

THIS, And don't trust what wikipedia says. It's really a serbian dish.
 

Abedeus

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Sushi and rice dishes are pure win.

I could eat them every day.

Other than that, Italian. Pizza, spaghetti, lasagna.
 

SimuLord

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Every Labor Day weekend I discover the best damn food on the planet, from the dozen or so booths set up in downtown Sparks, Nevada at the John Ascuaga's Nugget Best in the West Rib Cook-Off. More dead swine in one place than Stalingrad after the Nazis got through with it (or it got through with them).
 

GRoXERs

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Yeah, I'm going to say asian, mostly because I love curry and the american version of chinese food. (Real chinese food is... unpalatable. Fried starfish? Like rubbery sand. Terrible.)