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Loomer
Dec 19, 2007

A Very Special Hell
Yeah, I mean if you're going far back to the real origins, maybe you should try making some ancient Israelite recipes.

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Loomer
Dec 19, 2007

A Very Special Hell

coyo7e posted:

Yes, feast your eyes on the rampant religious-based biases of which I began my request


I mean hummus only became popular in Israel like what, 40 years ago? So should I just assume they're equally entitled to ownership of the cuisine?

If I were to go find a first-generation german-mexican, should he be my first go-to for salsa and huaraches recipes?

And Murgos? Delete your account.

You know that a large number of Israelis are actually from the middle east and have been for centuries, right? Like, Israel isn't just a bunch of white dudes from Europe rocking up one day and saying 'yo, we own this now' - it's also a whole bunch of brown dudes from across the middle east, including Israel's own land, rocking up and saying 'hi, we'd like to join' (and also a whole bunch of dudes from Ethiopia, and a whole bunch of non-Jewish dudes who've been living there forever). The reason hummus and falafel became a big thing in Israel is because, shocker, a whole bunch of Israeli dudes were cooking really good hummus and falafel in the Palestinian style because they were Palestinian Jews who lived in Palestine and so did their parents and their parents and their parents and their parents.

You can have ethical objections to supporting Israel. I do myself. But when those objections start to get into a weird place of 'no Israeli is equally entitled to 'ownership of the cuisine' of a region despite a large number of Israelis having family roots that go back literal centuries in that region, it gets ugly. I mean, you've basically decided the Mizrahi don't have a title to their own cuisine anymore - and that there aren't proud Arab Israelis cooking drat good hummus up.

Loomer fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Jan 20, 2017

Loomer
Dec 19, 2007

A Very Special Hell

coyo7e posted:

what do you look for in south african cuisine?

I'm just going to say this. If a South African cookbook doesn't include a good bunny chow curry, I am out.

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