I was just reading today about this confluence of american racism and immigration laws resulting in a good number of Punjabi-Mexican marriages in the early 1900s and how it led to a unique fusion of cultures and i'm like fuck yeah fuck me up with some Punjabi-Mexican food, I bet that shit's unique af

But certain people would be all "noooo you can't put curried chicken on a taco 😰😰😰😰" (i don't think curried chicken tacos are a thing, I just remember it saying a punjabi Mexican american restaurant had curried chicken and roti on the menu)

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

It is literally reactionary in the political sense. It's retvrn mindset applied to food and it's bad. Now, you do also need to learn the rules before breaking them but that's like you gotta be good at curried chicken and tacos before going for a curried chicken taco. I can also add, if we were going full in and genuinely making shit you'd otherwise have to go to Italy to eat, I could understand being a stickler, but being trad brained on recipes invented in the 60s is dumb as hell. Also I do think being open to experimenting with different culinary traditions vs being full on trad recipe (this mostly applies to French and Italian food. Colonized people holding onto traditional recipes is a big part of maintaining culture) does reflect on your values outside of food. Food is possibly the most political thing and it's history is historical materialism.

[–] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I put teriyaki chicken in a taco all the time, I don't know how to make curry.