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    Quote Originally Posted by Honest Tiefling View Post
    That and a LOT of Americans like to explore their heritage.
    So I've noticed.

    Which does not in anyway explain the desire to eat lutfisk a second time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scalyfreak View Post
    So I've noticed.

    Which does not in anyway explain the desire to eat lutfisk a second time.
    Well seeing as you can substitute the lutfisk with wet cardboard as the taste and consistency would be similar I guess it comes down to the accompanying items on the plate, or that you had so much Akvavit, Absolut Vodka and or Brännvin, that you think you recall having a good time and therefore would like to try it again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honest Tiefling View Post
    Well, congrats. Did the other party also partake in strange food?
    No, my wife was actually quite horrified I would eat an animal as cute as a wallaby.

    I have been informed if I eat horse or frog (twoof her favorite animals), there is a chance she will leave me!

    ...I do want to try snails.

    Oh, and earlier this year I ate Balmain Bug: tasted somewhere between crab and prawn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scalyfreak View Post
    Yes, actually, and I agree it is delicious. My oven recipe was originally for grilling, but when I moved and the grill didn't move with me, I adapted it for an oven with a broiler instead. :)

    Hmmm. Perhaps I need to obtain something to grill on....
    This confused me for a moment. Another one of those words that mean different things in the UK vs US. Grilling in the UK is more commonly used to mean direct radiated heat from an element overhead - what you call broiling, I think? I think what you call grilling (kinda like frying but with a ridged pan so it's not sitting in fat, isn't it?) we maybe call griddling, but mostly just don't do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heliomance View Post
    This confused me for a moment. Another one of those words that mean different things in the UK vs US. Grilling in the UK is more commonly used to mean direct radiated heat from an element overhead - what you call broiling, I think? I think what you call grilling (kinda like frying but with a ridged pan so it's not sitting in fat, isn't it?) we maybe call griddling, but mostly just don't do.
    Yes, that is broiling.

    Grilling can be done in a ridged pan like you described, but most of the time when that word is used it's referring to cooking food on grates over flames or hot coals. Heat radiates from underneath the food, in other words.

    Looks a bit like this: http://assets.simplyrecipes.com/wp-c...2-1024x683.jpg
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    So, this is all sorta vanilla, but I guess some people consider it unusual? Sometimes my family will get together to eat mussels, and we'll just get a big bag of them. There are always a bunch of tiny dead crabs inside. Never considered it unusual until other people seemed surprised by it.


    Also! Since someone mentioned American cheese, I was at this Korean restaurant yesterday, and one of their bowls literally had a slice of American cheese just sitting in the soup and noodles. Just... Why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by scalyfreak View Post
    So I've noticed.

    Which does not in anyway explain the desire to eat lutfisk a second time.
    Bacon and booze.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scalyfreak View Post
    Yes, that is broiling.

    Grilling can be done in a ridged pan like you described, but most of the time when that word is used it's referring to cooking food on grates over flames or hot coals. Heat radiates from underneath the food, in other words.

    Looks a bit like this: http://assets.simplyrecipes.com/wp-c...2-1024x683.jpg
    Ah, using flames or hot coals, it's specifically "flame-grilling" or "charcoal-grilling", or if you're outside it's probably "barbequeing".
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    Yeah, here in Australia what's called broiling in the USA is known as grilling.

    It's a bit confusing, because I conflated the words boiling and broiling - I assumed broiling included liquid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heliomance View Post
    if you're outside it's probably "barbequeing".

    Barbecue has a very specific definition. It is a method of cooking with low indirect heat and smoke for many hours, usually using a heavy spice rub or sauce. Calling anything with direct heat (as in the picture) barbecue is an abomination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gnoman View Post
    Barbecue has a very specific definition. It is a method of cooking with low indirect heat and smoke for many hours, usually using a heavy spice rub or sauce. Calling anything with direct heat (as in the picture) barbecue is an abomination.
    Barbecue has several definitions. It can refer to the grill itself, the method (which has several definitions itself) or the meat cooked via the method.

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    I realize this probably isn't that weird for some people, but it was super weird for an American like me: mocotó in Brazil. It's cow hoof. I remember thinking it had a weird texture the first time I had it but still liking it because of the flavor. I think that was just self-denial, though, because the next time I had it I hated everything about it. Definitely the weirdest food I personally ate while living in Brazil.

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    Also! Since someone mentioned American cheese, I was at this Korean restaurant yesterday, and one of their bowls literally had a slice of American cheese just sitting in the soup and noodles. Just... Why?
    Possibly it's budae jjigae, literally "army stew."

    It's the product of Korean War era improvisation using foods (mostly canned, processed ) brought in by the US Army--Spam, hot dogs, Kraft cheese, baked beans, for example--with Korean foodstuffs typically used for stews (jjigae)...kimchi, ramyun noodles, gochujang, tofu.

    It's also drunk/hangover food, which explains everything even better than the historical context and cuisine fusion.

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    Where I'm from, we eat our fries with apple sauce. Especially kids love fries with applesauce.

    When I went to the US I was pretty confused when I got ketchup with my fries, it's not super popular overhere. :O

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yelwyn View Post
    Where I'm from, we eat our fries with apple sauce. Especially kids love fries with applesauce.
    Oddly, I have heard of people eating latkes with apple sauce in America, just not fries.
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    There's a few places at the south jersey shore that serve fries with straight vinegar (as opposed to ketchup, which is of course a mix of vinegar, tomato, and spices. Though you can generally get ketchup at those places too.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honest Tiefling View Post
    Oddly, I have heard of people eating latkes with apple sauce in America, just not fries.

    I have.

    It's OK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bohandas View Post
    There's a few places at the south jersey shore that serve fries with straight vinegar (as opposed to ketchup, which is of course a mix of vinegar, tomato, and spices. Though you can generally get ketchup at those places too.)
    This is common throughout New England and old England.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Razade View Post
    This is common throughout New England and old England.
    Pretty standard to serve fries with vinegar over here in Washington(the west coast one) too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Togath View Post
    Pretty standard to serve fries with vinegar over here in Washington(the west coast one) too.
    Yeah, fries and fried fish with malt vinegar is not uncommon at all. I personally am not a fan, but never considered it unusual.
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    Is your vinegar the same as our vinegar, though? Because I find this combo exceedingly odd.
    You could maybe get away with it by using glazed vinegar, or just balsamic vinegar, but the first is strictly Italian, I think, and the second is also expensive as hell.
    So unless you have some kind of lighter vinegar... ew?
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    Is your vinegar the same as our vinegar, though? Because I find this combo exceedingly odd.
    You could maybe get away with it by using glazed vinegar, or just balsamic vinegar, but the first is strictly Italian, I think, and the second is also expensive as hell.
    So unless you have some kind of lighter vinegar... ew?
    It's malt vinegar.

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    It's malt vinegar.
    How does it compare to regular vinegar?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kalmageddon View Post
    How does it compare to regular vinegar?

    More flavor.

    I like it better than tartar sauce, that's the usual condiment for fried fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kalmageddon View Post
    How does it compare to regular vinegar?
    What's regular vinegar? White vinegar? It has a different flavor because it's made out of a different base.

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    No, regular vinegar would be wine vinegar, at least here. And if there is something I wouldn't call vinegar is bland, it's one of, if not the, stronger condiments you can put on anything, which is why it's mostly used as a preserving agent instead.
    There are exceptions in various recipes and with special kinds of vinegar, like balsamic vinegar, which is sweeter and less of a punch in the gut.
    But normal vinegar around here is eye-watering, throat burning, tongue scraping, "oh God why did I used so much of this?!" material.
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    I'm guessing you don't have rice vinegar over there either in large quantities, which over here is another contender for 'vinegar'. (It keeps us on our toes when grocery shopping)

    Do Italians just not have vinaigrette, or do you just use smaller amounts of vinegar for that?
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    No, regular vinegar would be wine vinegar, at least here. And if there is something I wouldn't call vinegar is bland, it's one of, if not the, stronger condiments you can put on anything, which is why it's mostly used as a preserving agent instead.
    There are exceptions in various recipes and with special kinds of vinegar, like balsamic vinegar, which is sweeter and less of a punch in the gut.
    But normal vinegar around here is eye-watering, throat burning, tongue scraping, "oh God why did I used so much of this?!" material.
    What color is said "regular vinegar"? Because there's red wine vinegar and white wine vinegar and they have different flavors, but both could plausibly be considered "regular vinegar."
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    Quote Originally Posted by WarKitty View Post
    What color is said "regular vinegar"? Because there's red wine vinegar and white wine vinegar and they have different flavors, but both could plausibly be considered "regular vinegar."
    I was in fact referring to both, actually, they taste different but both are very strong condiments that are used only sparingly.
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