also, finally an article whose body is oniony!
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This definitely fits in NotTheFrenchOnion
I’m loving the cultural exchange the world cup is providing, euros now understand why we’re so fat when the food’s this fire!
I made ranch for the first time today. A lot of buttermilk and sour cream and cream cheese
And we’re smack dab between 2 places known for slow cooking in fat. Ffs we got heavy French plus a harsh winter to the north, and mfers who bury half a pig for a day in hot coals to the south!
Unexpected couchon. You haven’t had pork till you’ve eaten a couchon de lait seasoned to Creole standards and cooked in good swamp earth.
Edit: wait. Half a pig?
It’s how I’ve had it. There was a butcher in South Florida years and years ago that sold them for cheap, and it was an easy thing to do for medium sized gatherings.
All these posts make it sound like people just discovered the US for the first time ever. It’s just clickbait/trend bandwagoning.
There are a lot of people visiting the US for the first time for the world cup
Apparently, they only care about soccer because we’ve been here for a while. I guess we lack culture, unlike the French cooking methods?
I’m sure there are people that only care about soccer, and are coming to see the world cup despite it being in the USA. Maybe some of those people were pleasantly surprised by what they found here 🤷♂️
For sure. But they’re acting as if they’ve never tasted food before. It’s just a little over the top for my taste I suppose.
TIL all food is the same throughout the globe and that ranch dressing doesn’t only exist in the U.S.
This surely won’t validate the fascists, at all. It’s why the ‘38 Olympics were such a starter.
shit, it’s spreading
Ranch is gross, I’m sorry
Ranch from a dressing bottle is gross. A home made ranch sauce is actually pretty good, basically like white sauce with more tang.
That’s your opinion. It’s wrong, but you are entitled to it.
Out of curiosity are you also one of the genetically-deficient that think cilantro tastes like soap?
Nah I like cilantro!
Homemade ranch with fresh herbs, garlic, buttermilk and fish sauce is amazing.
Never thought about fish sauce! I usually just use a cheap packet and a small container of sour cream. Might throw in a scoop of mayo if I’m feeling frisky. But I did just get a new bottle of squid brand, and I want to use it as much as possible before the flip top takes a shit.
I think I’m about to fuck up some veggies.
I like using tarragon in place of dill.
Don’t be sorry, it is gross.
there’s no need to be sorry for stating relevant facts
and I want to point out that I fucking love mayonnaise. but ranch is gross.
Right there with you on mayonnaise, and I despise bottled ranch, but you gotta try making your own with some carrots and broccoli and shit.
It’s really good.
Meanwhile, a German influencer named Freddy, who keeps his face hidden on X, recently went viral with his hilarious and enthusiastic reactions to trying fast food staples like Taco Bell, Waffle House and Buc-ee’s.
Aside from calling Taco Bell “the holy land,” he shared a picture of his chicken and fries platter from Raising Cane’s and wrote, “lives were changed. The soccer fan was undeniably impressed by Waffle House, writing about his 1 a.m. visit: “Great food, great prices, and friendly staff. 10/10, we will be coming back.”
Brother, if Taco Bell got you that excited you should try the real stuff. If you’re at a match in the US where any Latin American country is playing I guarantee there is an abuela in the parking lot/on the sidewalk selling food out of a cooler that will explode your European palate and send you directly to heaven.
Brother, if Taco Bell got you that excited you should try the real stuff. If you’re at a match in the US where any Latin American country is playing I guarantee there is an abuela in the parking lot/on the sidewalk selling food out of a cooler that will explode your European palate and send you directly to heaven.
I hate when people say this, because they clearly don’t actually understand the Taco Bell dynamic. They assume it’s trying to be something it isn’t.
Taco Bell is not Mexican food, and they do not claim to be Mexican Food. Their items are vaguely latin-inspired, and they generally use the same 5 or so ingredients that most Mexican food uses in various shapes and sizes, but nowhere on their marketing or website will you find a claim that they make Mexican food. They don’t claim to, and they don’t claim to be authentic. Expecting that or even comparing it to that, is disingenuous at best, and actively stupid at worst.
Taco Bell is its own thing. I’m in Arizona, there’s Mexican food literally on every corner. Most good, some excellent, very little bad, because it just doesn’t aurvive. Yet 9/10 people I see at Taco Bell are some flavor of Hispanic. There’s a reason they go there, and it’s not because they want Mexican food.
I came here to say this exact same thing! Thank you for saving me the trouble.
Cravings for Mexican food and for taco bell will not satisfy each other because they’re not the same thing.
There’s a whole spectrum of cravings for Mexican. Sometimes it’s Taco Bell, sometimes it’s Azteca, sometimes it’s that unlicensed al pastor pop-up at the edge of the Winco parking lot at night, and sometimes it’s authentic Oaxacan pollo con mole.
I remember one time my American family hosted some French exchange student and he and all his classmates were dying for taco bell and dunkin donuts. I still honestly don’t know why as French bakeries make much better stuff than what you can get at dunkin
A friend from Australia was visiting me in LA and wanted all the California stereotypical food throughout the week. The only thing that surpassed all expectations was an al pastor burrito from a local mom and pop shop.
He’s from Germany.
Anything less bland than an American chain might kill him.
Germans like it scharf and they love sarcasm
throws Maultaschen and Currywurst at you
The whole point is we have authentic food from most countries available to us in Europe. Immigrants and cultures mixing is not unique to the US. What we don’t have is all the big chain fast food that we see on tv, but have never tasted. We get excited because we get to try “authentic american” fast food.
Legit though, if you come over, try and find a decent soul food place too.
The fast food chains are interesting for sure, but soul food is where it’s at :)
Yeah this guy is making the same mistake as the “Americans don’t have an accent” people.
Also, a handful of the preservatives and some ingredients used in the US fast food supply chain are illegal to manufacture and/or serve in Europe.
Raising Cane’s
Ugh. even within the limited circle of fast-food and fast-casual chicken finger franchises, Cane’s is bland nonsense. Fried chicken as interpreted by a Star Trek replicator, and not one from the Enterprise, but the Cerritos.
Yeah, I too hate Canes and cannot possibly understand how people think it’s so great.
There are exactly two good things on their menu: the chicken and the Cane’s sauce.
And even those aren’t good enough for me to go out of my way to get them.
But like, it’s not bad by any stretch.
The chicken strips are deep fried Tyson strips
Well certainly not the Cerritos officers’ replicators…
They get multiple slices of pizza! AND PESTO!
You take that back!
The cerritos officers replicators have spicy mayo!
Starfleet wouldn’t even curse the lower deckers with cane’s chicken.
I swear they are only kept afloat by how quick they sling the chicken out, and their toast. It’s like people don’t know how to make their own toast…
Their sauce is okay (I prefer Layne’s), but that’s good because it’s fuckin’ necessary, since I think somebody saw a recipe for the batter that included a pinch of black pepper and said , “Whoa there motherfucker! We ain’t makin’ ethnic food here!”
Admittedly, when the Cane’s comes out it does always look very sanitary and photo-ready. Like, I don’t feel like I’m gonna get Salmonella from eating there, but it’s just so joyless.
I’ve been telling people this for years. The only reason they like Cane’s is the sauce. And that is easily replicated at home. It’s not a particularly special sauce with weird ingredients, it’s a fairly generic burger and fry sauce.
The actual Chicken is bland and boring, it’s like they don’t realize spices exist at all, even salt. Absolutely anywhere else you could possibly go has better fried chicken.
Why you bashing my homies on the Cerritos! Rutherford is doing his darn best to ensure they are working as best they can.
For a company that has like one or two things on their menu, it’s surprisingly bad
I’m in France and even at every Latino bands concert there’s always some Latinos selling great food at great prices. Even if you go to the embassies there’s always locals selling god shit
…selling god shit
WTF does god shit smell like? Must be good if they can sell it.
French shit smells like butter and snails, FYI.
It’ll right cure yer pancreatitis tell ya hwhat
The best German food is vietnamese
I’ve never had that Doner flavor
You can make it yourself for a fraction of even the price of the packets.
Just made a small batch for wings. It’s much better than anything store bought.
Hidden Valley Original Ranch Dressing Clone
1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup buttermilk (Greek yogurt works fine) Dried Parsley Flakes Ground Black Pepper Msg (optional) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon onion powder Dried ThymeI like to add a touch of dried dill or dill seed also. Edit: also lemon juice or a touch of rice vinegar.
MSG IS NEVER OPTIONAL!!!
I added that so people that don’t have any at home don’t stress.
Makes Shit Good
One potential problem: I don’t know how it is in the rest of Europe, but in France basically all mayonnaise includes Dijon mustard, so you can’t just use it straight in an American recipe. I did usually see at least one brand labeled “American mayonnaise” that did not include mustard, but people would need to be aware of the difference.
I’d be curious to know if mayonnaise more or less always included mustard and it was for some reason stripped out of the recipe that made its way to the US (my guess would be the British having some role), or if mustard was a later addition to the French recipe after it had already crossed the Atlantic.
As a German I don’t think I’ve ever seen mustard in regular mayonnaise
It’s not universal across Europe, for sure, so I’d say this is A France problem.
Dutch, English, German mayo would be just fine. Can’t speak to Spanish or Italian mayo. Farther east, blander it gets.
But the added buttermilk/yogurt really makes it a negligible issue overall.
Mustard is used as an easy “natural” emulsifier to keep things together, since the ingredients in mayo don’t really want to be in that configuration and it is easy to “break” that mix.
The amounts needed to do so is very small though, and usually imperceptible at the scale of a whole jar of mayo. Definitely not something you’d notice in most cases.
But again, every brand is different. Some probably are more mustard forward for whatever reason.
That is a good question… Any recipe for homemade mayo I’ve ever seen includes mustard. A casual investigation makes it seem that mayonnaise originates from France or Spain to begin with (I guess it’s contested).
That said, I feel like in France all the mustard I have had is much punchier than what we have here in the States. Possible France has just added more and better mustard as a stabilizer?
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It is my understanding that mustard is often used as an emulsifier, especially in homemade mayo. But I don’t really like mayo, so I’m not an expert.
Is the mustard flavor you’re talking about subtle, or in your face?
It should be fairly simple to make a pull through mayo at home if you have a stick mixer.
Lower the salt and add a bit of white pepper.
If not tangy enough, add a (very small) pinch of citric acid.
can confirm, I also add a touch of lemon juice or rice vinegar.
They sell Ranch in Lidl
Fuck that, we put ranch through dialysis machines.
Fuckin’ chug your ranch, godspeed!
Wait until they find out ranch makes great lube.
Hence the maggots
Brings a whole new element to tossing a salad
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