indian food vs. italian food

wow chutney was a british invention??

cheese, beer, whisky, cider are all fermented

even bread! bread is fermented

and speaking of cheese, it rules, and you cant find any of it in china, so lets call it even

not enough cheese in indian food either tbh

no, stolen from india (this was part of the problem, militarised access to all the world's foods) but pickling and fermenting stuff generally is a long-standing rural DIY activity

aero it is vital that we get yr opinion on Lik-A-Maid

(ps: INDIAN FOOD 4 LYFE)

stilton is english, right? thank you england!

glad to see all of you are agreeing to go on the cheese and whisky diet, sounds great

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/The_Tale_of_Ginger_and_Pickles_first_edition_cover.jpg

british cheeses are fantastic

also as a happy paneer addict I really don't understand criticizing Indian food for its lack of cheese

paneer is great, but there aren't a bunch of different varieties of indian cheese, is all i meant.

afaik anyway

I guess I'm just trying to understand why british food sucked for so long when france and italy were innovating up a storm during the same time period

really I'm just mad that america inherited the uk's shitty food legacy

we didn't need to innovate! during the upheaval of the industrial revolution, we could just help ourselves to an empire's-worth of excellence, plus many chefs fleeing from turbulent france/italy etc ended up in the uk also!

From wikipedia:
Dates of introduction of various foodstuffs and methods to Britain

1492 to 1914:
turkey: 1524[22]
cayenne pepper,[23]
parsley:[24] 1548
refined sugar: 1540s[19]
lemon: 1577 (first recorded cultivation)[25]
peach (cultivated): 16th century[25]
potato: 1586
horseradish:[26] 16th century
tea: 1610 or later[27]
banana (from Bermuda):[28] 1633
coffee: 1650[29]
chocolate: 1650s
ice cream: first recorded serving in 1672.[30]
broccoli: before 1724[31]
tomato (as food):[32] 1750s
sandwich: named in 18th century
curry: first appearance on a menu 1773; first Indian restaurant 1809[33]
rhubarb (as food): early 19th century[34]
three-course meal: about 1850 (developed from service à la Russe)[13]
fish and chips: 1858 or 1863[19]
Marmite: 1902[35]

Marmite: 1902[35]

I rest my case.

british cheeses do own

My Indian grandfather trying Marmite for the first time is literally the funniest thing i've ever seen in my life.

tomato (as food) made me lol, too: as opposed to what?

tomato (as food):[32] 1750s

was there some industrial use for tomatos?

xposts

tomato (as blood sausage)

people thought tomatoes were poisonous for ages iirc

tomato plants were used as garden plants I think?

number none OTM

those poor fools

tomatoes are a new world crop, along with the potato

always amazed me that italians have been working with tomatoes for only a few hudnred years

This thread has reminded me how much i hate when 'marinara sauce' is used by 'merkins to mean 'napoli sauce'. Anyway, this could boil down to How much time does everyone like spending in the toilet per day.

4 hours a day for me

was wondering where ur display name came from

lol

put a lot of work into it

"In certain areas of Italy, such as Florence, however, the fruit was used solely as a tabletop decoration* before it was incorporated into the local cuisine in the late 17th or early 18th century."

*ie by the Borgias

I like that they called it a day after marmite

This thread has reminded me how much i hate when 'marinara sauce' is used by 'merkins to mean 'napoli sauce'.

now we're gettin down to some kick-ass food pedantry

btw DJP Lik-M-Aid the powder ranks beneath the amazing Mexican sour sugar-and-chile powder "Brinquitos," but Lik-M-Aid sticks are generally considered an outstanding food

you sicken me

oh my god

where the hell has "Brinquitos" been all my life

Was Whiney seriously saying "italian sux bcz Chef Boyardee" or just being an arse?

I like Indian food but it doesn't like me

where the hell has "Brinquitos" been all my life

dude they are...sooo....good

what did my girlfriend buy me for my birthday in 1991? a big ol' bag of BRINQUITOS

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Assuming the ingredients are of the same quality, going with Indian.

Tough call, but I don't think there's an Italian dish I love as much as butter chicken.

real talk

cannot decide

this thread is reminding me that
a) hongry
b) i basically never ever eat italian food anymore?
c) crave indian food
d) have like a bazillion dollars worth of saffron in my kitchen right now that my mom got in Goa for like $2

I just bought saffron today for the first time ever! It reminded me of when my friend's co-worker went to Turkey on vacation and brought him back a lifetime's worth for like $15.