#the idea that american foods are 'bastardizations' is kind of baffling and lowkey racist | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

melonisopod · 1 year ago

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Where do they think Mexico is located? Can they point to Mexico on the map?

everytime i tell europeans my favorite cuisine is texmex & sonoran they are like “American bastardized Mexican food?” and i feel like im going insane. its not bastardized. its their fucking cuisine.

#the idea that american foods are 'bastardizations' is kind of baffling and lowkey racist #cause apparently people don't think about immigrants getting their hands on new ingredients and working with them #they just think that american-x food is made in a factory ig?#yeah bro american-chinese is that way cause chinese immigrants had some fun with fat butter salt sugar and spices #that they didn't originally have #corned beef and cabbage was diaspora irish families cooking up shit they had in the new place #read up on the real chef boyardee (it was nto spelled this way he changed it to be 'easier' to pronounce/spell for anglophones)#he would make up jars of tomato sauce for his neighbors to help feed them #it's all cool stuff you gotta read up on immigrant culture #cause that is a ton of what america is built on

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