What's Your Favorite Nationality of Food

tirediron · Apr 6, 2015

Food.

limr · Apr 6, 2015

Ah yes, there's Middle Eastern food as well. Much of the food in Turkey incorporated meat somehow, so there was a lot that I didn't eat, but what I did have regularly was quite delicious. There were what seemed like a thousand ways to prepare eggplant, for example, and the soups were divine. Then there was the cheese (what is known as 'feta') and yogurt.

FYI, that thick, strained yogurt that is everywhere now and is called "Greek" yogurt really should be called Turkish yogurt. Even the word is Turkish.

Gary A. · Apr 6, 2015

Mexican ... no Italian ... no Chinese ... no French ... no Japanese ... no Mexican ...

bribrius · Apr 6, 2015

red hot dogs, half pound hamburgers, lasagna, haddock, swordfish, shrimp and seafoods, chinese vegetables. meatloaf, Shepard pie, italian sandwiches, lomein, bbq ribs, tacos, egg rolls, southern fried chicken steak with gravy.............................. Anything spicey or hot i can't stand though.

This is making me hungry...

table1349 · Apr 6, 2015

webestang64 said:
Italian.....because I'm Italian.....

My heritage is Scotch/Irish, but my stomach is all Italian.

Of course I also enjoy....

cclhuzhou · Apr 7, 2015

I would not choose to have that at every meal.

DanOstergren · Apr 7, 2015

Thai food for me as well. Followed by Italian and Mexican.

mmaria · Apr 7, 2015

idk, I like many cuisines

but unlike some of you I really don't think Japanese is a "light" food nor likable in any form, except maybe some kind of miso soup and some kind of sushi.

They have great cookies and sweets... simply delicious, but there are just a few Japanesse dishes I can eat...and I'm talking about eating it in Japan, not in any other country because that's just not the same.
From my experience, no one (who's not from Japan) could easily adapt to Japanese food.

mishele · Apr 7, 2015

Mexican!! I also love me some sushi but I couldn't eat that everyday.

Or anything served with french fries. hehe

Designer · Apr 7, 2015

mmaria said:
From my experience, no one (who's not from Japan) could easily adapt to Japanese food.

You are probably correct, however my oldest grandson is living in Tokyo this year, and has adapted quite well. He can eat Japanese food all the time, although his American friends over there grew very tired of it right away.

Zachary is not picky about his food, and eats anything put in front of him.

ruifo · Apr 7, 2015

Indian: I love curry and all Indian spices.
Mexican: So unique and good. Not talking about tex-mex, but real mexican.
Japanese: Healthier and delicious.
Portuguese: Just amazing, specially appetizers and sweets.
French: Butter is so good.
Mediterranean: Delicious and made to live long.

Write Lighting · Apr 7, 2015

Mexican. All day, everyday. If I could only ever eat Mexican for the rest of my life and never be able to eat any other food stuff, I wouldn't even be upset.

waday · Apr 7, 2015

tirediron said:
Food.

Yep, food.

My favorites include Middle Eastern, Ecuadorian, American, Indian, Thai, and Sushi. Grew up on Italian, so that's a good go-to, but not my favorite.

limr said:
Ah yes, there's Middle Eastern food as well. Much of the food in Turkey incorporated meat somehow, so there was a lot that I didn't eat, but what I did have regularly was quite delicious. There were what seemed like a thousand ways to prepare eggplant, for example, and the soups were divine. Then there was the cheese (what is known as 'feta') and yogurt.

FYI, that thick, strained yogurt that is everywhere now and is called "Greek" yogurt really should be called Turkish yogurt. Even the word is Turkish.

Have you tried labna? If not, you need to. It's delicious. Put that on pita with a bit of zaatar. I could eat that right now. With a side of Baroody pickles.

There's a surprising amount of Middle Eastern food that does not incorporate meat. My wife is half Palestinian and her parents/aunts/uncles all immigrated here, so I'm lucky to have some authentic cooks in the family. I've also been spoiled, because they'll make meatless food for me specifically, using the existing recipes that should have meat in them. Wow, it's delicious. :tongueout:

KenC · Apr 7, 2015

I don't really have a favorite, but Indian, Thai, Middle Eastern and Italian are always near the top. I grew up eating Italian so I often go back to that and have been eating more of it lately than anything else.

Dagwood56 · Apr 7, 2015

American\Italian I guess. I'm like Sharon, I'm EXTREMELY PICKY about the foods I eat and I will rarely try anything new. My food also needs to be cooked very well done, especially beef or I will not eat it. I'll eat something burned to the hardness of a hockey puck before I will eat something even remotely pink inside. I'm basically meat and potatoes, pasta and fast food - the faster the better!

I'd never be able to survive in a place like Japan because I hate seafood. The extent of my seafood consumption amounts to Mrs Paul's fish sticks smothered in ketchup, once or twice a year and a few Tuna fish sandwiches a couple times a year. Preparing my tuna fish for the sandwich takes some doing too, It must be chunk light tuna and I will not eat any of the darker meat pieces or the little black specks often found in tuna. Then I add quite a bit or onion and mayo to hide the taste of the fish as much as possible. Ethnic and fancy restaurants would go broke if they relied on someone like me to eat there.