I made your favorite! Deep-fried bacon-wrapped pumpkins stuffed with chive butter in a 5 gallon painters bucket of fondue.
this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2025
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can confirm. american midwest is stuck in this gross perverse 1970s style of cooking. think tuna casseroles, sour cream beef strog, and cheese broccoli
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does LA even have an original dish? afaik its only good because it hosts a lot of asian/latin food.
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and only two bucks a pound at kwik trip right now, too
Me who just made buffalo chicken an hour ago in Illinois
... And deep fry it
chinese cooking: the secret is a kilogram of sugar
East Asian cuisine doesn't use sugar. The secret to Chinese cooking is lard, soy sauce, and high heat.
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Agreed on the Midwest. I refuse to ever go to LA so I'm just gonna say you're 100% objectively correct that their food sucks with all the confidence of a Chicago native, because our food is better than everyone else's.
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Move a little to the southeast and its just lard added for flavor.
Sounds about right.
Confirmed