My aunt and uncle went to Lebanon to visit his extended family. They were extremely lovely hospitable people to my Aunt and Uncle. They were also visibly disturbed that my aunt and uncle pronounced words like a Syrian, the Arabic tapes they were learning from were Syrian. Also apparently it is very bad to buy Syrian Za'atar. Based on the way my Aunt told the story they'd absolutely be willing to throw hands over who makes the best Za'atar. So, I think feuding over niche inconsequential things is pretty universal.

[–] rainn@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Ah, I flew a little over my head, I mainly thought of the water scenario lol, my bad

Yep we have similar here especially related to language and food

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago

That shit is a goddamn miracle though, can save almost any dish from blandness. I think it's justified.