Misconceptions about your heritage in food? (ingredient, restaurant, tomatoes, mild)

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by momtothree

Where in the world did I say that? Geesh! All I say was another misconception was that Irish cooking was all boiled and potato.

Then I obviously misread your post and I apologize.

[MissNM]

My misconception is that I am not New Mexican, but I have adopted that culture. People find it amusing that I staunchly defend "New Mexican" cuisine as not being Mexican or TexMex.

Flour tortillas are poofy and thick, not like the California wraps they sell at the grocery store.

Green chile is a spicy vegetable, not salsa made with tomatillos.

Sopa is a form a bread pudding with colby cheese - not soup, rice, or pasta.

[chiroptera]

Originally Posted by TracySam

Anyway, my point was that all the rumors about German and Swedish dishes were untrue, but I wholly endorse the rumors about British food.

Have you ever been to the UK?
I'm guessing not, by your post. You're just judging traditional foods online by their pictures, not in real life.

I spent many years growing up in Scotland and England. I've eaten everything plus ten on your list hundreds of times and love it. Fresh haggis, freshly-made steak & kidney pud, black and white puddings, shepherd's pie, pigs in a blanket, tongue, eel, bread pudding, spotted dick, tatties and neeps, smoked fish, real porridge, the lot.

I'm hungry now!

[Westerntraveler]

Originally Posted by MissNM

My misconception is that I am not New Mexican, but I have adopted that culture. People find it amusing that I staunchly defend "New Mexican" cuisine as not being Mexican or TexMex.

Flour tortillas are poofy and thick, not like the California wraps they sell at the grocery store.

Green chile is a spicy vegetable, not salsa made with tomatillos.

Sopa is a form a bread pudding with colby cheese - not soup, rice, or pasta.

Ya Im from Texas and I went to ABQ and it was obvious to me from eating it that it was not Tex-Mex.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

It's easy to find a dish in any country's cuisine that's "weird and icky."

Czarnina, anyone?

Originally Posted by MissNM

People find it amusing that I staunchly defend "New Mexican" cuisine as not being Mexican or TexMex.

Oh, yum ... Every time I got to New Mexico, I eat myself silly and come home with a half-dozen cookbooks and a dozen mail-order sources for the ingredients.

[Cubanchic]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

And that makes you an expert on Irish cuisine?!?!

My dad's mom was a orphan, her dad Virginia (don't know the heritage therE working on it, but thinking Irish or English) worked the mines in Virginia and her mom was a poor country Cuban girl, they both died and she was a charity case. My grandma grew up with a very quirky wealthy blue blood family that I think just collected her, she was one extremely unhappy person, but she LOVED my grandpa and was a political super power.


Don't blame the Op on this, because as we mix with other cultures circumstances mean something.

I mean for me my grandson is a mix of Irish, Cuban( well that is in question because he can be only 1/4 ) and other heritages.

So misconception on Cuban that is SPICY, it is not! It uses citrus marinated mostly. IT is flavorful!
Irish that we only do bar food.
That Midwestern food is bland and not good, damn! I think one of the worse ones.
The Peruvian side (half of grandson) is only Ceviche! Nope a lot of excellent food!

[gentlearts]

My heritage is Swedish and English, and all the foods we had were super good. I think there are bad examples in any nationalitie's recipes.

[in_newengland]

Another endorsement for good English food. People think it's vegetables boiled to death.

But there is Yorkshire pudding (like popovers, served warm with a roast and gravy), bubble and squeak (cabbage and potato cooked together), fish 'n' chips, great cheeses, yummy desserts and pastries.

Cornish pasties (meat pies), shepherd's pie, all kinds of pies.

[Cubanchic]

Btw Dirt, Anthony Bourdain did mention how it has change a lot and while it might not be Noma, I know that there is at least a some places that I want to visit.

I would love any recipes that you would share, I have a awesome leak and bacon one, considered British for what ever reason!
Actually any recipes that are your families I would love, simply because you give dead own advice and I would trust anything you would say.

[Jan Alaska]

I'm English as in born and bred, spent the first 39 years of my life there so here goes ...

I've met an awful lot of people here in the US who seem to think British cooking is bad, turns out they were either:
a) over there during the war when food was rationed
b) "once had someone give me steak and kidney pie" and we all know the average Americans idea about offal
c) have never been there, they just buy into whatever is popular to say.

I cook several British dishes, my family love my great British roast dinner with roasted meats and potatoes, vegetables and lashings of hot thick gravy, DH likes shepherds pie (yes made with ground lamb not beef that's cottage pie) and what could be more British than a chicken tikka masala ? delicious !!!
While we were visiting a couple of years ago my all American husband had a chance to taste haggis which he loved, the description puts so many people off but really it is quite edible.

DH is of Norwegian descent and here's what he says about his native cuisine, he equates lefse with Styrofoam and don't even mention lutefisk in front of him, apparently tha'ts toxic !