A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Also, just to cut everyone off at the pass, Spain and Portugal beat everyone else in every culinary category.

England's national dish is Indian food. Every other European country conquered the world because they were desperate for spices because their food sucks.

Spain and Portugal had such enormous swinging dicks they went to other countries and said "here's how you cook, bro" and the national dishes of those countries originate from the Iberian peninsula.

Get rekt, Europe. Viva.

flavor.flv posted:

When hard cheese gets so old that crunchy little crystals form in it, that's the best cheese

Cheddar, beemster, asiago, doesn't matter. if it's got crystals it's the best cheese, no arguments

flavor.flv posted:

When hard cheese gets so old that crunchy little crystals form in it, that's the best cheese

Cheddar, beemster, asiago, doesn't matter. if it's got crystals it's the best cheese, no arguments

OwlFancier posted:

They are cheese crystals, usually calcium lactate. Salty, but not salt.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Also, just to cut everyone off at the pass, Spain and Portugal beat everyone else in every culinary category.

wikipedia posted:

Cheese crystals can consist of different substances. Most commonly found are calcium lactate crystals, especially on younger cheese, on the surface, and on cheddar. Depending on the cheese and its age, these crystals can consist of either or both enantiomers.[1] For grana padano, grainy amino acid crystals inside the cheese consisting mainly of tyrosine and of leucine and isoleucine have been reported.[1][3] In general, any substance that has a low solubility in water and a tendency to crystallize could form crystals as the cheese dries out during aging.[citation needed]

CainFortea posted:

Asian countries win that hands down.

I mean, which is better? Boiling some meat and potatos in some water or Ramen?
Who did crispy rice dish better?
Spanish Paella (which can't even go in a burrito) or Dolsot Bibimbap which is served in a stone bowl so hot it's still cooking your food for you?

Like, they don't even have Tapas places that serve you food on a conveyor belt!

Just sad really.

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

look, I hate the british as much as anyone and I live amongst them, but they have perfected two things
- day drinking
- cheese

mind the walrus posted:

Been doing some thread archaeology while laid up with the flu and this has aged like fine loving wine.

CainFortea posted:

No british food is good. The entire british emipre was founded on the search for flavor.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

England, with no bitches: "behold, cheddar!"

Ireland and Australia, simply awash in bitches: "alright but what if it hurt a little when you ate it?"

Josef bugman posted:

Actually this is not really accurate. A lot of the more stereotypical British dishes were born out of post war rationing. That and, of course, we are comparing different social classes food. Lots of British rich folks had extremely spicy foods in the late 1700s.

Alongside that, but sometimes you can overflavour stuff, as heretical as this may be to say.

Who What Now posted:

There's no way in God's green Middle-Earth that Pippin is literate

OwlFancier posted:

BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:

I was gonna say the war ended in 1945 and they could slowly start adding flavor back in but considering current events they might as well keep rationing.

OwlFancier posted:

Also the war ended in 1945 but rationing did not until 1954.

OwlFancier posted:

Also the war ended in 1945 but rationing did not until 1954.

90s Cringe Rock posted:

wizards love massive cheeseboards with all the varieties: cheddar, red leicester, normal

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Pitting anyone against Korea in cooking is unfair.

They turned corn dogs into a culinary masterpiece. loving unreal.

Josef bugman posted:

sometimes you can overflavour stuff, as heretical as this may be to say.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Korea: "what if we turned the Wisconsin state fair into a 3 Michelin Star experience"

Mega Comrade posted:

Wasn't the Iberian peninsula where all the Muslim migrants lived before the Catholics purged them?

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

China / India: "the flavor comes from the simplicity of the dish and 5000 years of artistry and tradition"

Japan: "you must study 18 hours a day for 70 years to master the basics of cooking. The flavor comes from pain and toil."

Korea: "what if we turned the Wisconsin state fair into a 3 Michelin Star experience"

Modal Auxiliary posted:

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Also, just to cut everyone off at the pass, Spain and Portugal beat everyone else in every culinary category.

England's national dish is Indian food. Every other European country conquered the world because they were desperate for spices because their food sucks.

Spain and Portugal had such enormous swinging dicks they went to other countries and said "here's how you cook, bro" and the national dishes of those countries originate from the Iberian peninsula.

Get rekt, Europe. Viva.

dialhforhero posted:

Look, if there is one thing the Spanish have done really well is, despite also totally wrecking an entire continent’s worth of civilizations AND nearly all of the Pacific islands, they somehow have gotten away with the blame of Colonialism while the U.K. and by modern extension, the USA have gotten all the heat. Hell, even in the entirety of Latin America I would put good money down that there is a natural distrust/hate for an American or Brit than there ever would be against a Spaniard.

It’s impressive really.

Modal Auxiliary posted:

cult_hero posted:

Vietnam: "This bread thing ain't half bad"

Thailand: "Whatever you're making, you're making it wrong."

Guillermus posted:

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Is that elden ring with quotes from a sitcom?