tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoIndian Food is praised worldwide and celebrated in countries like the UK and Germany. Americans, why do all your comedy shows rag on Indian food?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down147
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareIndian Food is praised worldwide and celebrated in countries like the UK and Germany. Americans, why do all your comedy shows rag on Indian food?tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareAllonzeeLV@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-27 months agoMy problem is with a specific, hyper common ingredient of Indian food: Cumin I’m sorry, but garlic, onion, cloves, etc don’t even come close to the clinging, pervasive staying power of cumin. I don’t like to smell what I cook or eat for days after the fact.
minus-squareRoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoThis has never made sense to me. I love the smell of food. When people apologise for the smell of garlic on their clothes, all I can think is “Why?? You smell delicious.”
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months ago“I could just eat you up” “Awww… wait you meant that figuratively right? …right???”
minus-squareSwiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIsn’t it also super common in Mexican cuisine? I love cumin and it is probably in my top 5 of most used spices in the kitchen. You would hate me!
My problem is with a specific, hyper common ingredient of Indian food: Cumin
I’m sorry, but garlic, onion, cloves, etc don’t even come close to the clinging, pervasive staying power of cumin.
I don’t like to smell what I cook or eat for days after the fact.
This has never made sense to me. I love the smell of food. When people apologise for the smell of garlic on their clothes, all I can think is “Why?? You smell delicious.”
“I could just eat you up”
“Awww… wait you meant that figuratively right? …right???”
Isn’t it also super common in Mexican cuisine?
I love cumin and it is probably in my top 5 of most used spices in the kitchen. You would hate me!