I mean… Maybe we shouldn’t jump to conclusions here? I’d give it a go lol
Also, it looks like Philadelphia roll, so might actually go well together.
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?! They came up with the Genova convention for this to never happen again iirc
It’s the Vagina Convention.
well that’s all the way over in Swotzarland
Ain’t nothing wrong with fusion cuisine.
This is also a grocery store Philly Roll. We’re already past simple fusion and into some Red Giant Helium-to-Oxygen shit. If my man wants some ranch, then so be it. He’s not denying himself an unsullied cross-cultural experience.
Isn’t that more of a California Roll? Around here, a philly roll is salmon, cream cheese and cucumber, no sauce.
Around here (Texas), it’s the cream cheese and smoked salmon that make a place call it a Philly Roll, and the avocado vs cucumber varies by restaurant. Avocado is pretty popular though, because anything that evokes Tex-Mex will find an audience.
I’ve never seen that around here. I bet it’s delicious though.
I think I see salmon, cream cheese, and guac, so neither?
Oh you’re right. If the avacado hadn’t darkened, I would think that was good.
My favorite fusions:
Sushi Burritos
California Burritos
Kimchi Mac N Cheese
Chicken tikka masala pizza
I’ve seen photos of sushi burritos on menus, but I’m always confused as to how you’re supposed to eat it? Do you pick it up and bite into it like a burrito? And it doesn’t immediately fall apart?
Sushi burritos are basically a giant sushi roll you eat like a hand roll or sushi rolls.
If the burrito is say two pieces only, pick it up, pour your preferred sauce on top and bite.
If the burrito is more than two pieces, it’s now a giant sushi roll you can eat with chopsticks or a fork.
Try one! They’re delicious.
I’m just trying to imagine biting into a giant sushi roll and tearing, without it breaking and falling apart… Have you ever tried eating a regular sushi roll in more than one bite? That shit does not tear cleanly.
Kimchi Mac N Cheese
Mac & kim-cheese.
Kimchi Mac N Cheese
For those reading and thinking “what the actual fuck”, don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. This is in steady rotation at my place. You’d think American cheese is a bad fit for asian food, but budae jjigae has been a staple comfort dish in Korea since the war and proudly boasts this flavor combo.
Anyway, this dish is incredible. The kimchi funk is mellowed by the other ingredients and contributes acid, spice, and seasoning to the overall dish for practically zero effort.
Top and finish as you like. Here, we like to take it deeper into East Asia by adding chopped green onions, fried shallots, peanuts, and chili crisp.
I will never knock anything with kimchi in it. That shit is so goddamn good
Edit: holy shit I just clicked that link lol… Looks like the kind of dish that I would make at 4am, stoned, in college. Just throw everything I’ve got in a bowl and mix it up.
And that is not a criticism haha. Looks insane
I think you hit the nail on the head there. IMO, it’s very much late-night drinking/partying food. It’s right up there with the Rochester Garbage Plate, Jumbo Slice in downtown D.C., or those hotdogs they serve on the street in Reykjavík.
You make boxed mac and add a spoonful of kimchi after?
Yes, but more like “kimchi to taste”. For the typical Kraft box, I’d say more like half a cup of kimchi, but please do sneak up on what you think is a good amount if its your first time. For reference, a lot of Korean dishes serve at least a quarter-cup per serving.
Kimchi grilled cheese is a very tasty and very easy lunch!
Ah this just reminded me that last year I had a kimchi Reuben sandwich, and it was outstanding. Subbed in kimchi instead of sauerkraut.
Pricey as fuck though.
Curry pizzas sound like a bad idea till you realize a lot of curries are just pizza ingredients that you put on bread.
It’s also not as big a leap as one might think. There are all kinds of chaat that are basically small rounds of bread that are just wrecked with toppings. They may as well be pizza with 100% Indian street food ingredients.
Chicken Tikka Masala burrito! Holds the sauce so good!
Also, California burritos are fusion? Burrito is a Californian invention, and French fries are pretty American (sorry Belgium).
Edit: apparently I’m mistaken. I was under the impression that burritos were an invention of the California Gold Rush (distinct from tacos and using flour & lard tortillas).
The California Gold Rush was literally right after the territory was ceded from Mexico, so even if burittos had come from then they might as well have been still effectively Mexican anyway.
Yeah, I definitely used Californian instead of American there with that in mind. I wouldn’t want to give credit to the white man for burritos.
Chicken Tikka Masala burrito! Holds the sauce so good!
Definitely going to try that with some sour cream and salsa
Also, California burritos are fusion? Burrito is a Californian invention, and French fries are pretty American (sorry Belgium).
Burritos are Mexican, Fries are American, thus the fusion into a California Burrito containing a protein + fries + guacamole and salsa.
Souce: Southern California Native.
Side note, I miss Dunkirk and Antwerp lol… That’s where I got introduced to Carbonade flamande. Now I make it at home using Chimey ale, throw some cilantro/coriander in there with belgian fries and parmesan on top… So good.
As a fellow Southern California native, I’m now extra intrigued that you consider California Burrito to be fusion. I’ve lived in San Diego for over 40 years and have always considered it local cuisine, the fusion aspect never crossed my mind.
If you’re still around, this is the place that made the chicken tikka masala burrito:
As a fellow Southern California native, I’m now extra intrigued that you consider California Burrito to be fusion. I’ve lived in San Diego for over 40 years and have always considered it local cuisine, the fusion aspect never crossed my mind.
We San Diegans have to remember that San Diego is unique in that it was once part of Mexico and Spain before that, so our local cuisine comes to us already infused. That doesn’t mean it’s not fusion food though. My wife, a native born Mexican has dragged me half across Mexico to see her family and it is in those trips where I realized certain foods are undeniably Mexican in their roots. From Burritos to corn tortilla tacos, they’re mexican. However, french fries are not, thus fusion cuisine.
Having lived in Chula Vista now for 26 years, I’ve learned two food facts:
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Cesar Salad was invented in Tijuana and came to Chula Vista second in the 1930s
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The California Burrito was invented in San Ysidro in the 1980s.
If you’re still around, this is the place that made the chicken tikka masala burrito:
https://www.masalastreetsandiego.com/
I’ll give it a shot next time I head up
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Kebab pizza is also good.
I think the biggest thing aboot poutine isnt that poutine is amazing. It’s that it unlocked some amazing fusions.
Butter chicken poutine.
Chicken shawarma poutine.
Vindaloo poutine.It’s all good.
If it’s saucy and tastes good with cheese, poutine it. It will be amazing.
Plus don’t fuck with my poutine, you are dangerously close to pineapple.
And you can even say that poutine is a fusion food. Potatoes are a new world food and cheese is an old world food.
Those “fancy” sushi at restaurants that have the orange sauce drizzled over them in a fancy pattern? That’s mostly mayo, which is in the same family as ranch. I wouldn’t do it, but it’s not as insane as it first appears.
I read that Europeans here for the World Cup are crazy for ranch dressing. Seems odd that they don’t already have it, given all the American junk food franchises over there.
Ranch dressing is basically sour cream and European culture is already high in sour cream, so
Obviously fish means cocktail sauce
Well spotted agent
I mean it’s Kroger Sushi who cares…
I dip mine in cocktail sauce after putting Wasabi and ginger on it. With squeezed lemon juice in the cocktail sauce
You put the ginger on the sushi when you eat it?
Is this a thing people do? I was under the impression that it was meant to be a pallette cleanser
It is, but taste of it combined with the flavors of the Sushi with the kick of the cocktails sauce followed by the citrus tickles from the lemon juice. So good.
I’ve never considered this, but now I sort of want to try it.
A big ol dab of tartar sauce on that fishiness.
Gatekeeping
Or its a meme.
Yes, as we all know no one ever takes jokes too far to the point of electing them president of a powerful nation.
Lol wow, equating this to trump is wild af
It’s yucking yums
Til gatekeeping = non-insane opinion.
Having an opinion isn’t gatekeeping. Forcing others to have your opinion is.
Ah yes, jokes are force. This is a good point.
Q: How do you get a blow job in Texas? A: Dip it in ranch
Someone tell me what doesn’t taste good with ranch. Go on. I’ll wait.
Not that things don’t taste good with ranch, some things just taste better with something else.
There are plenty of things I haven’t tried… peanut butter?
Midwest. - I should note I am from the Midwest as well. Self deprivation is all good. Trolling people and saying “No culture” doesn’t help. Just creates animosity.
Even worse. Given the boot, the sliver of woodland green MARPAT camo, and the ID card reader in the keyboard, this is some dumb ass Marine.
Thats not just sushi dipped in ranch. Thats PX gas station sushi dipped in ranch.
Don’t forget the blue silicone wedding ring. They pushed those at the BX/PX as a way to show your marital status without taking your valuable ring to a deployed site.
Just Americans.
They have no culture.
Your ignorance is showing.
People love to claim we have no culture then complain about our culture being too prevalent. The post in question is someone dipping an American interpretation of Japanese food (the Philadelphia sushi roll) into a sauce (ranch dressing) so ironically American it can be used in fiction as a shorthand for a person or place being heavily influenced by American culture
I’m not American. Other than murdering children overseas and being fat, what culture does America have?
What culture do you have?
See how that’s an impossible question to answer?
What culture do you have?
Basketball, Hockey, Lacrosse, Curling in sport. Maple Syrup, Poutine, Donairs, with food. Multiculturalism is accepted in Canada instead of a melting pot in America. We accept other cultures here while you expect them to integrate into Americanism.
I could go on. There’s a reason you responded with a “Well what about?” instead of actually defending Americal culture, which literally doesn’t exist.
America is literally a global leech. Takes everything and contributes nothing.
Canada? Ask every other International country. We can wear our flag on our body wherever we go. You wear anything American? You get spit on.
The world fucking hates you. Maybe comments like this is why.
We can wear our flag on our body wherever we go. You wear anything American? You get spit on.
Tell me something I don’t know lol. Anyways, I see I was completely right about you not being worth my time to write a thoughtful response to.
Only an idiot would assume 300million people are all the same. I’m not an idiot so you don’t see me blaming a random native of Canada for running residential schools. That would be stupid, and exactly what you sound like.
Oh I absolutely despise Residential Schools. And I’ll own that. And I’ll totally condemn the history of my country for them. My brother and his family is Anishinaabe and I am a sworn accepted member of their family, so I am very well aware of the strife and pain those people went though. I spent a lot of my childhood on indigenous land and spending time during events, pow wows, and major spiritual events.
Something you and 350 million Americans seems to fail to do on a daily basis is owning your own failure. You need to be the best country in the world. Whatever sporting event you’re at you need to chant “USA! USA! USA!” You elect governments who ruin the lives of hundreds of millions of people world wide every year.
So spare me. My gas prices in Canada are because of you. My food prices in Canada are because of you. Global inflation is literally because of you. The majority of the world’s financial and economic issues are because of America.
And while my Canadian upbringing requires me to apologize for this, all of this is because of the 350 million Americans who allowed all of this to happen over decades.
America is why the world is dog shit. And I cannot wait for all the Trump tariffs to cut any imports to America and I hope you all starve. America has literally nothing to export. Nothing of value any other country can’t get elsewhere. You’re a leech on the global economy and I am happy to see you as a nation suffer.
Maybe then you’ll rise up and put your 2nd amendment to example and erase the tyranny you duly elected.
Non exhaustive
Culinary culture: ranch dressing, macaroni and cheese, cheeseburgers, chowders, various fusion and reinterpretation foods (such as tex mex, cali mex, and American Chinese food)
Musical culture: jazz, rap, blues, rock and roll
Clothing culture: blue jeans, t shirts as outerwear, western style clothing
Traditional celebrations: a variety of sporting events, high school dance celebrations such as homecoming and prom, independence day celebrations (fireworks, cookouts, and outdoor activities are traditional)
Game culture: baseball and gridiron football
Is there an aspect of culture in specific you’d like to accuse us of not having?
Literally none of those originate from the USA.
Fuck me, Americans really think they invented everything. Just because you made them popular because you stole culture from another country doesn’t mean you invented it.
various fusion and reinterpretation foods (such as tex mex, cali mex, and American Chinese food)
This is an actual defence of “America has no culture” and an example is literally taking other cultures and fucking to up to make your own. Your culture is literally ripping off other cultures and claiming them yours.
Perfect representation of “America has no culture” if I do say so myself.
To begin with, please read the origins section here. Now, where the fuck do you think jazz originates‽ Who the fuck else would be making a national holiday of the united states declaration of independence‽
Apparently several things I listed originated in the UK, which is fair, we’re deeply culturally similar. But I repeat, you really think anyone other than Americans invented jazz music?
You’re coming in here starting with your base opinion (America bad and can do nothing worthy of even mild redemption). Yeah a lot of our culture comes from fusion and reinterpretation, it’s been barely 500 years since the European rediscovery of the continent. We’re a nation of immigrants that’s 250 years old. Do you think poutine isn’t sufficiently Canadian? If it is, in what way is it different in how much creativity and innovation needed for the US to create basketball?
I assume nothing originating with native American culture will count to you, so no lacrosse. I suspect you’ll also not count roasted turkey (a north American bird prepared in a European style) served alongside mashed potatoes (incans and brits can argue over who invented them) with turkey gravy, and a dinner of pumpkin and pecan pies (north American plants, European cooking) in a family focused feast themed around giving thanks on the 3rd Thursday of November (originally suggested by Abraham Lincoln, honoring a mythical dinner between colonists and natives, and later made annual by Franklin Roosevelt), despite this being an annual celebration nobody else does, with traditional foods tied to the dual European and North American identity of our country, that’s steeped in history both real and mythological and cultural values such as thanks, family, and gluttony.
But also as I’m typing this out, I’m realizing invention and uniqueness aren’t even remotely necessary for something to be considered an important part of culture. Basically every European loves to consider beer (or wine) and bread an important part of their culture and yet all three of these things originated in Mesopotamia. Or is the slight variation in your beers significantly more important than our radical remaining of Chinese food or Cincinnati chili (go ahead, blame someone else for that).
And in what way is it fair to say only Mexico has a cultural claim to chili con carne or only the Taino can consider barbecue part of their culture. Both of these are significant centerpieces to gatherings and local identity in their respective regions.
And we aren’t fucking up these things, we’re adapting them to our tastes and consuming them ourselves. That’s how cultural exchange and evolution happen.
May I intoduce you to the cinematic masterpiece known as The Fast and the Furious?
Okay. I’ll give you this one.
Is this a meme too?
Nah, just International reality.
Americans are cultural leeches.
There was this white cream sauce that that was served with my sushi once at this place called Kyoto Bowl. It wasn’t ranch, more like a horseradish mayo but without the horseradish nor mayo flavor, if that makes sense. It didn’t taste like either but that’s the closest comparison I can find. It was sweeter and less tangy than either. Not at all like ranch, and it was really good, if not completely inauthentic.
That said, I haven’t seen it in about 30 years and every time I go back to that place, they never know what the hell I’m talking about. So I guess the taste of that delicious mystery sushi cream will forever remain a distant memory.
So yum yum sauce? It varies from white to yellow/orange.
Another person suggested that too. I’m going to have to pick up a bottle and see for myself if that’s the stuff. Thank you for your help!
They sell this at Walmart. Pick it up and see if it’s close.
The color is wrong but it’s probably just the lighting. Thank you; I will keep an eye out for it.
