Pretty sure the "eating sushi with chopsticks" thing was created by people who can use them, so they can laugh at their friends who don't know how to use them.
A club at my university once put up signs with the phrase, "As American as apple pie, moo goo gai pan, chimichangas, vichyssoise, fajitas, General Tso's chicken, Cuban sandwiches, fortune cookies, and pasta primavera!" A lot of things don't come from the country it sounds like they should come from, and America especially seems to be fond of inventing cool foods but giving them misleading names.....
To be fair, ice cream itself wasn't invented in America, it's the ice cream *cone* that may trace its origins back to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis -- according to legend, there was an ice cream booth which ran out of cardboard dishes, right next to a waffle booth which wasn't selling well because it was too hot. Roll up the waffles into cones, and voila! Edible dishes to enable them to keep serving ice cream!
As someone who lives in Japan, wasabi with soy sauce is very much a thing. And I don't think I've ever met a Japanese person willing to eat sushi with their hands.
What a weird irony...
ReplyDeleteAnd who's food is weirder now?
Not to mention hambagu!
ReplyDeleteBut... I love the weird cultural mishmash Frankenfoods. They're delightful.
ReplyDeleteCan I offer traditional Easter food of Finland then to you to frankenize: "mämmi" often eaten in conjugation with cream :)
DeleteAnyone else here seen chocolate-tomato Pocky? Some friends of friends said it was weird, I just said the combination reminded me of Mexico. :)
ReplyDeletePretty sure the "eating sushi with chopsticks" thing was created by people who can use them, so they can laugh at their friends who don't know how to use them.
ReplyDeleteA club at my university once put up signs with the phrase, "As American as apple pie, moo goo gai pan, chimichangas, vichyssoise, fajitas, General Tso's chicken, Cuban sandwiches, fortune cookies, and pasta primavera!" A lot of things don't come from the country it sounds like they should come from, and America especially seems to be fond of inventing cool foods but giving them misleading names.....
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, ice cream itself wasn't invented in America, it's the ice cream *cone* that may trace its origins back to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis -- according to legend, there was an ice cream booth which ran out of cardboard dishes, right next to a waffle booth which wasn't selling well because it was too hot. Roll up the waffles into cones, and voila! Edible dishes to enable them to keep serving ice cream!
Deleteyeah but it didn't come from japan. they made it with the seaweed
DeleteAs someone who lives in Japan, wasabi with soy sauce is very much a thing. And I don't think I've ever met a Japanese person willing to eat sushi with their hands.
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