Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2015)

Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by kinsho on Thursday March 11, 2021 @07:21PM (#26430785)

You know, you could have ended your post by the end of the third paragraph and everything would have been fine. Your post would have been one's honest opinion about a particular cuisine, that's all. Even though I sincerely disagree with you (being an Indian man born and raised on Indian-style cooking) but at least I'd respect your opinion.

Then you treated your dislike of Indian food as some sort of objective statement, alleging most non-Indian folk like it only because of political wokeness. You illustrated that point by bringing up your sous chef's love of Indian food, despite this weird idea that his Aryan physical features should have marred his palette for life when it comes to food rich in spices.

There's some troubling racial undertones peppered throughout your post, let alone some serious notes of snobbery. Honestly, you seem like a bright guy, so I hope you take this moment to do some seriously deep introspection here. As it stands right now, it seems to me you harbor some old-fashioned beliefs regarding non-white people that are just factually wrong.

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Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by macg333 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @09:14PM (#26431526)

Thank you for this comment. I can't believe I have to read someone say Indian food looks like excrement and then have the first response be that the comment about Spain is the most offensive... Indian food is incredible, its delicious and vibrant. I think it is obvious the original commenter has never tried to cook Indian food from scratch and so has never had the opportunity to taste Indian food at each stage of the cooking process and learn how beautifully the flavors play on each other as the taste profile of the dish grows in complexity throughout the cooking process. Nor did they apparently care to read the article which says essentially the same thing. Such a gross elitist comment and blatant racism it is odd how it encapsulates the original shift away from spices. Huh.

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Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by esyir on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:17AM (#26432432)

My Indian colleagues themselves make that exact same comparison, even as we're eating it. I'm thus pretty numb to that now.

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Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by llampx on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:42AM (#26433856)

I think this is something that has to be pointed to you. I grew up eating Indian food and it never crossed my mind. Came to the US, suddenly Indian food was smelly and looked unappetizing because that was the popular opinion.

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