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pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours ago

What's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?

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What's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?

pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours ago
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    That a lot of non-american food is rebranded to use tacky american names to get people to try it. Too many americans are afraid to try “foreign” food, but will happily try “Cajun Jim’s Cornballs”. A couple I can think of are Aioli to “Garlic Mayo” and Chicken Satay becoming “Peanut Butter Chicken”. Sounds like mm mm good home american cookin’ to me, course I’ll try some.

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      Aioli isn’t garlic mayonnaise, it’s minced garlic cloves emulsified into olive oil, sometimes with a bit of lemon juice. The modern sauce usually called Aioli is actually garlic may made to sound more up market and “traditional”. It’s kindof the inverse of your point but perversely done for the same reason, to get Americans to eat it.

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      Tooth fish doesn’t sound very appetizing, does it?

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_toothfish

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      Multinational conglomerates regularly rename their products worldwide to try to cater to local tastes

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      Out of curiosity, what are Hush Puppies outside of the US? I mean, it’s corn batter deep fried, seems right up our alley.

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        Would this be the same s ‘corn fritters’ in Canada?

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          Corn meal, egg, salt+pepper. Add water until self-supporting balls can be formed. Drop 30mm balls into hot grease.

          Like that?

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              1375.99 Pesos

              ¡¡¡LLAME AHORA!!!

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            I guess so? The ones I’m used to have whole corn kernels too

            Dammit I’m hungry now :p

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            That sounds absolutely vile.

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              It’s actually really delicious

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              It’s basically just deep fried corn bread.

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