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Originally Posted by MMM
My feeling is that people that don't know any better think they can accept foreign cuisine without much thought, while those that have lived in a foreign culture understand that regardless of where you come from, the tastes from home will become a security blanket of sorts, no matter who you are.
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Then we're pretty much in agreement, although I do think that it then depends on how much you -need- the security blanket of home foods because of other things going on.
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Originally Posted by edelweiss
I know it's OT but it does make me wonder, where do croquettes and tempura fall in this definition? It is said Portuguese brought them over in the 16th century. How long before an adopted food becomes a cultural food?
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Good question; maybe it depends less on time and more on how popular or cultured the adopted food becomes. Good tempura is something of a celebration food; a good croquette is still only a croquette. Also, probably by how much the form is adapted from the original. Tempura probably started life as a simple cheap fried dish along the lines of whitebait, but it's now something highly adapted; croquettes pretty much resemble croquettes elsewhere.