Post by karinothing on Aug 27, 2012 9:49:02 GMT -5
I think this is a poorly worded question, but I was up 11 billion times last night, so I can't think of anything else. Anyway,
I was thinking this weekend how DH and I rarely cook typical American or Western food. Our typical week consists of stirfries, curries, and some type of Mexican food. Even when I make burgers they are thai peanut burgers. It is a rare rare day when I make a dish where meat is the star, like most typical American dishes.
I was reminded of this again on my BMB when everyone was talking about weekly menu items and meat main plus veggie sides. I mean I am pretty sure every item I cooked last week was some type of Asian meal. I mean drunken noodles w/tofu, butter chicken, chicken stir fry, and green Thai curry.
So, am I odd to never make American/western dishes? We rarely eat Italian either (which I guess also makes us odd).
Probably Italian but Mexican coming in close second. I don't have a lot of success with curry. It is never as good as a restaurant. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Probably Italian but Mexican coming in close second. I don't have a lot of success with curry. It is never as good as a restaurant. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
They have a few different flavors (butter; curry; and byriani) and some side dishes, although I just make my own for that.
Which I realize makes our meal slightly processed, but I figure I still have to cut up the chicken and add butter, water, etc. Plus the ingrediants aren't bad (Tomato Paste, Water, Sunflower Oil, Spices Onion, Garlic, Gram Flour, Sugar, Salt, Skimmed Milk Powder, Fresh Ginger, Melon Seed, Cashew & Spice Extract )
So I figure it is not really any different than adding the spices together myself. Although, i think want to learn how to make my own curry paste, becuase I like the flavor better than using dry spices.
I do make my own chickpea curry and saag paneer, which are delicious.
Probably Italian but Mexican coming in close second. I don't have a lot of success with curry. It is never as good as a restaurant. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
They have a few different flavors (butter; curry; and byriani) and some side dishes, although I just make my own for that.
Which I realize makes our meal slightly processed, but I figure I still have to cut up the chicken and add butter, water, etc. Plus the ingrediants aren't bad (Tomato Paste, Water, Sunflower Oil, Spices Onion, Garlic, Gram Flour, Sugar, Salt, Skimmed Milk Powder, Fresh Ginger, Melon Seed, Cashew & Spice Extract )
So I figure it is not really any different than adding the spices together myself. Although, i think want to learn how to make my own curry paste, becuase I like the flavor better than using dry spices.
I do make my own chickpea curry and saag paneer, which are delicious.
Most nights I cook for my parents and grandfather, and they have VERY limited pallets. Meat and two sides is the standard. A little italian thrown in, and I manage to sneak in some mexican too.
If I was cooking for myself I'd eat indian and other asian every night of the week. I can't get enough curry, pad thai, and sushi in my life.
We do a mix of everything, but I would agree that what seems like traditional "American" meals are probably not high on our frequently eaten meals. Asian and Italian inspired dishes are our most frequent, along with Mexican, Indian and Thai. It's difficult to incorporate lot of American staples into a mostly vegetarian diet, IMO.
I forgot, we also like a lot of Greek/Mediterranean food.
Mostly American. We avoid pasta so Italian is rare but I love it and I'm running high mileage again so we'll be eating it more now. We usually do Mexican once a week or every other.
I make lame meals regardless of ethnicity. I make pasta with turkey sauce ( so I guess that's lame italian) Chili ( lame American? ) Occaisional Trader Joe's Indian ( really lame Indian? ) Taco's, Burritos and Quesadillas ( lame Mexican) Sometimes I get creative but I am mostly lame.
I make lame meals regardless of ethnicity. I make pasta with turkey sauce ( so I guess that's lame italian) Chili ( lame American? ) Occaisional Trader Joe's Indian ( really lame Indian? ) Taco's, Burritos and Quesadillas ( lame Mexican) Sometimes I get creative but I am mostly lame.
Post by Mrs.Beagle on Aug 27, 2012 10:16:00 GMT -5
I make Italian, Mexican, and American foods. I also make vegetable dumpling stir fry, but I don't really think that's Asian. More like American version of Asian food.
I would say in order of frequency, it goes American, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Italian, Asian, Indian.
I also make some Greek, Turkish, Moroccan, Cambodian, Eastern European, and Irish dishes, but none of them are with enough breadth or regularity to include in that list.
*The Asian dishes I make are mostly Chinese, Thai, Korean, occasionally Vietnamese. Even though India is obviously in Asia, I separate them for food purposes because the ingredients and techniques are different.
I rarely cook. DH will eat very few foods, so it isn't worth it to mess with. When I do cook it is usually just baked chicken and potatoes or spaghetti.
I most like to eat any food that is spicy and dairy free. I do enjoy a lot of soups though--that seems more American to me--chicken and dumplings and such.